Recent Winners

92Y Unterberg Poetry Center

DISCOVERY POETRY CONTEST

Four poets won the 2021 Discovery Poetry Contest. They are Kenzie Allen of Toronto, Ina Cariño of Raleigh, North Carolina, Mag Gabbert of Dallas, and Alexandra Zukerman of Tel Aviv. They each received $500, publication of their work in Paris Review Daily, and an invitation to give a reading at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Timothy Donnelly and Julia Guez were the preliminary judges; Rick Barot, Mónica de la Torre, and Patricia Spears Jones were the final judges. The annual awards are given to poets who have not published a book of poems. (SEE DEADLINES.) 92Y Unterberg Poetry Center, Discovery Poetry Contest, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

10128. Ricardo Maldonado, Contact. rickymaldonado@92y.org

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Academy of American Poets

WALLACE STEVENS AWARD

Toi Derricotte of Pittsburgh won the 2021 Wallace Stevens Award. She received $100,000. The Academy’s board of chancellors judged. The annual award is given to a poet to “recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.” There is no application process. ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP

Camille T. Dungy of Fort Collins, Colorado, won the 2021 Academy of American Poets Fellowship. She received $25,000 and a residency at the T. S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Academy’s board of chancellors judged. The annual fellowship is given to an American poet for distinguished poetic achievement. There is no application process.

LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers of Norman, Oklahoma, won the 2021 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for The Age of Phillis (Wesleyan University Press, 2020). She received $25,000; a 10-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York; and

distribution of her book to members of the Academy of American Poets. Cornelius Eady, Vievee Francis, and Elise Paschen judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. The next deadline is May 15.

RAIZISS/DE PALCHI FELLOWSHIP

Paula Bohince of Pittsburgh won the 2021 Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship.

She received $25,000 and a five-week residency at the American Academy in Rome. Moira Egan, Rebecca Falkoff, and Graziella Sidoli judged. The fellowship is given biennially to a U.S. translator for a work-in-progress of modern Italian poetry translated into English. The next deadline is February 15, 2023.

JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD

James Cagney of Oakland won the 2021 James Laughlin Award for Martian (Nomadic Press, 2022). He received $5,000, a weeklong residency at the Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, and distribution of his book to members of the Academy of American Poets. Mark Bibbins, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Ladan Osman judged. The annual award is given for a poet’s second collection, forthcoming in the next calendar year. The next deadline is May 15. HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD

Maria Dahvana Headley of New York City won the 2021 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for her translation from the old English of Beowulf (FSG Originals, 2020). She received $1,000. Indran Amirthanayagam judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.) Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. Nikay Paredes, Senior Programs Manager. awards@poets.org poets.org/academy-american-poets/american -poets-prizes JAYA Airlie Press STENQUIST Airlie Prize

MERON HADERO

AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

ANDREA MOORHEAD Bitter Oleander Press Library of Poetry Award

Airlie Press

AIRLIE PRIZE

Jaya Stenquist of Minneapolis won the 2021 Airlie Prize for Animal Afterlife.

She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Airlie Press in the fall. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.

(SEE DEADLINES.) Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 13325, Portland, OR 97213. airliepress@gmail.com

airliepress.org AKO Caine Prize for African Writing

Meron Hadero of San Francisco won the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for “The Street Sweep.”

She received £10,000 (approximately $13,794). The finalists were Doreen Baingana of Entebbe, Uganda, for “Lucky”; Rémy Ngamije of Windhoek, Namibia, for “The Giver of Nicknames”; Troy Onyango of Kisumu, Kenya, for “This Little Light of Mine”; and Iryn Tushabe of Regina, Canada, for “A Separation.” They each received £500 (approximately $690), and their stories will be published in the 2021 AKO Caine Prize anthology.

Victor Ehikhamenor, Georgina Godwin, Razia Iqbal, Goretti Kyomuhendo, and Nicholas Makoha judged. The annual award is given for a published short story by a writer of African descent.

(SEE DEADLINES.) AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, CAN Mezzanine Building, 7-14 Great Dover Street, London SE1 4YR, England. info@caineprize.com

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Arrowsmith Press

DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY

Canisia Lubrin of Whitby, Ontario, and Serhiy Zhadan of Kharkiv, Ukraine, both won the second annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. Lubrin won for her collection The Dyzgraphxst (McClelland & Stewart, 2020), and Zhadan won for

A New Orthography (Lost Horse Press, 2020), translated by John Hennessy of Amherst, Massachusetts, and Ostap Kin of New York City. They each received $1,000 and will participate in a reading at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre in May. Major Jackson judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection published in the previous year that is written in, or translated into, English

by an author who is not a citizen of the United States. (SEE DEADLINES.) Arrowsmith Press, Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, 11 Chestnut Street, Medford, MA 02155. arrowsmithpress@gmail.com

arrowsmithpress.com/walcott Association of Writers & Writing Programs

AWARD SERIES

Four writers won the 2021 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award Series prizes. Paul Hlava Ceballos of Seattle won the $5,500 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. His collection, banana [ ], selected by Ilya Kaminsky, will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press. Daphne Kalotay of Somerville, Massachusetts, won the $5,500 Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction. Her collection Vertigo and Other Stories, selected by Rebecca Makkai, will be published by a press to be determined. Elizabeth Shick of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, won the $2,500 AWP Prize for the Novel. Her novel, The Golden Land, selected by Sabina Murray, will be published by New Issues Press. Anne-Marie Oomen of Empire, Michigan, won the $2,500 Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative

Nonfiction. Her essay collection As Long as I Know You: The Mom Book, selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, will be published by University of Georgia Press. The annual awards are given for books of poetry, fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. (SEE DEADLINES.) Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Award Series, 5700 Rivertech Court, Suite 225, Riverdale Park, MD 20737.

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Backwaters Press

BACKWATERS PRIZE IN POETRY

Laura Bylenok of Fredericksburg, Virginia, won the 2021 Backwaters Prize in Poetry for Living Room. She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Backwaters Press in the fall. Sophie Klahr of Carrboro, North Carolina, received an honorable mention for

Two Open Doors in a Field. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Backwaters Press in spring 2023. Huascar Medina judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is May 1.

Backwaters Press, Backwaters Prize in Poetry, University of Nebraska Press, 1225 L Street, Suite 200, Lincoln, NE 68588.

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Bauhan Publishing MAY SARTON NEW HAMPSHIRE POETRY PRIZE

Richard Smith of Washington, D.C., won the 2021 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize for Not a Soul but Us. He will receive $1,000, publication by Bauhan Publishing in the spring, and 50 author copies. Meg Kearney judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is June 30.

MONADNOCK ESSAY COLLECTION PRIZE

Phillip Hurst of Portland, Oregon, won the 2021 Monadnock Essay Collection Prize for Whiskey Boys and Other Meditations From the Abyss at the End of Youth. He received $1,000, publication by Bauhan Publishing in fall 2021, and 50 author copies. Steven Harvey judged. The annual award is given for an essay collection. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Bauhan Publishing, P.O. Box 117, Peterborough, NH 03458.

bauhanpublishing.com/contests FRAN CASTAN Hippocrates Prize Hippocrates Open Award

DENNIS VANDERSPEK

Journal of Experimental Fiction

Kenneth Patchen Award

REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS MacArthur Foundation MacArthur Fellowship

Beloit Poetry Journal

CHAD WALSH CHAPBOOK SERIES

Katie Farris of Atlanta won the 2021

Chad Walsh Chapbook Series for A Net to Catch My Body in Its Weaving. She received $2,500, 50 author copies, and publication of her chapbook by Beloit Poetry Journal. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.

Beloit Poetry Journal, Chad Walsh Chapbook Series, P.O. Box 1450, Windham, ME 04062. Aumaine Rose Smith, Operations Manager. bpj@bpj.org bpj.org/submit/chad-walsh-chapbook-series -guidelines

Bitter Oleander Press

LIBRARY OF POETRY AWARD

Andrea Moorhead of Greenfield, Massachusetts, won the 2021 Library of Poetry Award for Tracing the Distance. She received $1,500, and her collection will be published by Bitter Oleander Press in the spring. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is June 15.

Bitter Oleander Press, Library of Poetry Award, 4983 Tall Oaks Drive, Fayetteville, NY 13066.

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Black Lawrence Press

BIG MOOSE PRIZE

Jill Stukenberg of Wausau, Wisconsin, won the 2021 Big Moose Prize for News of the Air. She received $1,000, and her novel will be published by Black Lawrence Press in September. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a novel. (SEE DEADLINES.) Black Lawrence Press, Big Moose Prize, 279 Claremont Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. (412) 559-6649. Diane Goettel, Executive Editor. diane@blacklawrencepress.com blacklawrence.com/submissions-and-contests /the-big-moose-prize

Booker Prize Foundation

BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION

Damon Galgut of Cape Town won the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction for The Promise (Chatto & Windus). He received £50,000 (approximately $68,971). The finalists were Anuk Arudpragasam of India and Colombo for A Passage North (Granta Books), Patricia Lockwood of

Savannah for No One Is Talking About This (Bloomsbury Circus), Nadifa Mohamed of London for The Fortune Men (Viking), Richard Powers of Townsend, Tennessee, for Bewilderment (Hutchinson Heinemann), and Maggie Shipstead of Los Angeles for Great Circle (Transworld). The finalists, including the winner, each received £2,500 (approximately $3,449). Horatia Harrod, Maya Jasanoff, Natascha McElhone, Chigozie Obioma, and Rowan Williams judged. The annual award is given for a novel published in the previous year that is written in English and published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Booker Prize Foundation, Booker Prize for Fiction, First Floor 10 Queen Street Place, London, EC4R 1BE, England.

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Boulevard SHORT FICTION CONTEST FOR EMERGING WRITERS

Seth Bockley of Saint Paul and Chicago won the 2020 Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers for “Repertorio.” He received $1,500, and his story was

published in the Fall 2021 issue of Boulevard. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a short story by a writer who has not published a book with a nationally distributed press. The next deadline is December 31, 2022.

Boulevard, Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers, 3829 Hartford Street, Saint Louis, MO 63116. Jessica Rogen, Editor.

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Cave Canem Foundation

CAVE CANEM POETRY PRIZE

Courtney Faye Taylor of Kansas City, Missouri, won the 2021 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for Concentrate. She will receive $1,000, and her book will be published by Graywolf Press in the fall. Rachel Eliza Griffiths judged. The annual award is given for a debut poetry collection by a Black poet. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Cave Canem Foundation, Cave Canem Poetry Prize, 20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (718) 858-0000.

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Conduit Books & Ephemera MARYSTINA SANTIESTEVAN FIRST BOOK PRIZE

Rachel Abramowitz of Santa Monica, California, won the 2021 Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize for The Birthday of the Dead. She received

$1,500, and her book will be published by Conduit Books & Ephemera. Bob Hicok judged. The annual award is given for a debut poetry collection. The next deadline is July 4. Conduit Books & Ephemera, Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize, 788 Osceola Avenue, Saint Paul, MN

55105. William Waltz, Editor.

conduit.org Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation

LITERARY AWARDS

Alexander Starritt of London won the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction for his novel We Germans (Little, Brown). Ariana Neumann of London won in nonfiction for her book, When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains (Simon & Schuster). They

⁄ each received $10,000. Nguyên ˜ Phan Quê Mai of Bishkek won the runner-up prize