Action, Spectacle
Prose & Poetry Chapbook Contest
Ryan Clark of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, won the 2024 Action, Spectacle Prose & Poetry Chapbook Contest for his hybrid-genre chapbook Suppose / a Presence. He received $1,000, publication by Action, Spectacle, and 25 author copies. The annual award is given for a chapbook of poetry, prose, or hybrid-genre work. (See Deadlines.)
Action, Spectacle, Prose & Poetry Chapbook Contest, 831 Mulberry Street, Louisville, KY 40217. (502) 609-2705. Adam Day, Publisher. actionspectacle23@gmail.com action-spectacle.com
Asheville Poetry Review
William Matthews Poetry Prize
Mary Makofske of Warwick, New York, won the 2024 William Matthews Poetry Prize for “Sex, That Peacock.” She received $1,000, and her poem will be published in Volume 31, Issue 33 of Asheville Poetry Review. She also received an invitation to give a reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina. David Kirby judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. (See Deadlines.)
Asheville Poetry Review, William Matthews Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802. Keith Flynn, Managing Editor. kflynn62@hotmail.com ashevillepoetryreview.com
Bellingham Review
Literary Awards
Kira Hodgson of Portland, Oregon, won the 2024 Parallel Award for Poetry for “So You’re All Good Now?” Luther Hughes judged. Ye Ning of Middletown, Connecticut, won the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction for “Aquarium.” Cleo Qian judged. Nikolas Chang Hoon Nadeau of Boston won the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction for “Abandoned Supposings: A Letter to My Non-Father’s Silence.” Emilly Prado judged. They each received $1,000, and their winning works will be published in the Fall/Winter 2025 issue of Bellingham Review. The annual awards are given for a poem, a short story, and a work of creative nonfiction. The next deadline is March 15, 2025.
Bellingham Review, Literary Awards, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Mail Stop 9053, Bellingham, WA 98225. Kels Tribble, Managing Editor. bellingham.review@wwu.edu bhreview.org/general-submissions-guidelines
Booker Prize Foundation
International Booker Prize
Fiction writer Jenny Erpenbeck of Berlin and translator Michael Hofmann of London won the 2024 International Booker Prize for Hofmann’s translation from the German of Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos (New Directions). They each received £25,000 (approximately $32,596). The finalists were Selva Almada of Buenos Aires and Annie McDermott of Hastings, England, for McDermott’s translation from the Spanish of Almada’s novel Not A River (Graywolf); Ia Genberg of Sweden and Kira Josefsson of New York City for Josefsson’s translation from the Swedish of Genberg’s novel The Details (HarperVia); Jente Posthuma of Amsterdam and Sarah Timmer Harvey of Woodstock, New York, for Timmer Harvey’s translation from the Dutch of Posthuma’s novel What I’d Rather Not Think About (Scribe UK); Hwang Sok-yong of Seoul and Youngjae Josephine Bae and Sora Kim-Russell, both of Seoul, for Bae and Kim-Russell’s translation from the Korean of Hwang’s novel Mater 2-10 (Scribe UK); and Itamar Vieira Junior of Berkeley, California, and Johnny Lorenz of Montclair, New Jersey, for Lorenz’s translation from the Portuguese of Vieira Junior’s novel, Crooked Plow (Verso). The authors and translators each received £2,500 (approximately $3,259). Natalie Diaz, Romesh Gunesekera, William Kentridge, Aaron Robertson, and Eleanor Wachtel judged. The annual award is given for a story collection or novel translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland between May 1 of the previous year and April 30 of the award year. The deadline for books published between May 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, has already passed; the deadline for books published between December 31, 2024, and April 30, 2025, is December 31, 2024.
Booker Prize Foundation, International Booker Prize, Somerset House, Strand, London, England WC2R 1LA. internationalsubmissions@bookerprizefoun... thebookerprizes.com/the-international-booker-prize
Commonwealth Club of California
California Book Awards
Mary-Alice Daniel of Princeton, New Jersey, won the 93rd annual California Book Awards gold medal in poetry for her collection, Mass for Shut-Ins (Yale University Press). Justin Torres of Los Angeles won the gold medal in fiction for his novel Blackouts (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Ruth Madievsky of Los Angeles won the gold medal in first fiction for her novel, All-Night Pharmacy (Catapult). Faye Myenne Ng of Berkeley, California, won the gold medal in nonfiction for her memoir, Orphan Bachelors (Grove Atlantic). Rosanna Xia of Los Angeles won the gold medal in Californiana for her book, California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline (Heyday). Kathryn Ma of San Francisco won the silver medal in fiction for her novel The Chinese Groove (Counterpoint Press). Yunte Huang of Santa Barbara, California, won the silver medal in nonfiction for his biography, Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous With American History (Liveright). The gold medal winners each received $2,500 and the silver medal winners each received $1,000. The annual awards are given to honor California writers for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published during the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Commonwealth Club of California, California Book Awards, 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105. bookawards@commonwealthclub.org commonwealthclub.org
Community of Literary Magazines & Presses
Firecracker Awards
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor of New York City won the 10th annual Firecracker Award in poetry for her collection The Limitless Heart (Haymarket Books). Juliana Lamy of Boynton Beach, Florida, won in fiction for her story collection, You Were Watching From the Sand (Red Hen Press). Elizabeth Rush of Providence won in creative nonfiction for her prose collection, The Quickening: Antarctica, Motherhood, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World (Milkweed Editions). The winners received $2,000 each, to be split equally between the author and their respective press. Allison Escoto, Crystal Wilkinson, and Shelley Wong judged in poetry; Zeyn Joukhadar, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, and Kevin Sampsell judged in fiction; and Edgar Gomez, Raquel Gutiérrez, and Gaël LeLamer judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a book of poetry, a book of fiction, and a book of creative nonfiction published by an independent press in the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Lord Nose Award
Jim Perlman of Duluth, Minnesota, won the 2024 Lord Nose Award for his work as founding editor and publisher of Holy Cow! Press. He received $1,000. The annual award is given to an editor or publisher “in recognition of a lifetime of superlative work in literary publishing.” There is no application process.
Community of Literary Magazines & Presses, 90 Broad Street, Suite 2100, New York, NY, 10004. (212) 741-9110, ext. 16. info@clmp.org clmp.org/programs-opportunities/firecracker
Five Points
James Dickey Prize for Poetry
Rebecca Foust of Kentfield, California, won the 2024–2025 James Dickey Prize for Poetry. She received $1,000, and her poems will be published in Volume 23, No. 2 of Five Points. The annual award is given for a group of poems. (See Deadlines.)
Five Points, James Dickey Prize for Poetry, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3999, Atlanta, GA 30302. Megan Sexton, Editor. fivepoints@gsu.edu fivepoints.gsu.edu/james-dickey-prize-poetry
Florida Review
Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award
Kate Osana Simonian of San Bernardino, California, won the 2023–2024 Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award for The Screw. She received $1,000, and her fiction chapbook will be published by Florida Review in March 2025. Mark Polanzak judged. The annual award is given for a chapbook of short fiction, short nonfiction, or graphic narrative. (See Deadlines.)
Florida Review, Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award, University of Central Florida, English Department, P.O. Box 161346, Orlando, FL 32816. David James Poissant, Editor. flreview@ucf.edu cah.ucf.edu/floridareview
High Desert Museum
Waterston Desert Writing Prize
Leath Tonino of the Colorado Rockies won the 2024 Waterston Desert Writing Prize for “Limbo Wilds: A Journey Into the Wilderness Study Areas of the Desert.” He received $3,000 and a residency at Playa in Summer Lake, Oregon. He was also invited to give a reading at an award ceremony given by the High Desert Museum in September in Bend, Oregon. Sam Waterston judged. The annual award is given for a nonfiction work-in-progress that reflects a “connection to the desert, recognizing the vital role [it plays] worldwide in the ecosystem and the human narrative.” The next deadline is May 1, 2025.
High Desert Museum, Waterston Desert Writing Prize, 59800 South Highway 97, Bend, OR 97702. (541) 382-4754. info@highdesertmuseum.org highdesertmuseum.org/waterston-prize
Iowa Review
Iowa Review Awards
Mitchell Jacobs of Los Angeles won the 2024 Iowa Review Award in poetry for his poem “Apse With Stained Glass Triptych of the Crucifixion.” Valentina Rivera-Lies of Tucson won the award in fiction for her story “Ratones.” Lucy McBee of Austin won the award in nonfiction for her essay “Light.” The winners each received $1,500 and publication in the Winter 2024/2025 issue of Iowa Review. Terrance Hayes judged in poetry, Sequoia Nagamatsu judged in fiction, and Sarah Viren judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for short works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The next deadline is January 31, 2025.
Iowa Review, Iowa Review Awards, University of Iowa, 308 English-Philosophy Building, Iowa City, IA 52242. (319) 335-0462. Lynne Nugent, Editor in Chief. iowa-review@uiowa.edu iowareview.org
Journal of Experimental Fiction
Kenneth Patchen Award
Kim Merrill of New York City won the 2024 Kenneth Patchen Award for her hybrid novel, Red Girl Jumping. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by JEF Books. Carla M. Wilson judged. The annual award is given for an innovative novel. The next deadline is August 31, 2025.
Journal of Experimental Fiction, Kenneth Patchen Award, 833 Central Avenue, P.O. Box 1271, Highland Park, IL 60035. Eckhard Gerdes, Editor and Publisher. egerdes@experimentalfiction.com experimentalfiction.com
Leon Levy Center for Biography
Leon Levy Biography Fellowships
Emily Bernard of South Burlington, Vermont, Nicholas Dawidoff of Hamden, Connecticut, Stephen Phillips of Portland, Oregon, and Michael Rezendes of New York City received the 2024–2025 Leon Levy Biography Fellowships. Nicholas Kulish of New York City received the 2024–2025 Sloan Fellowship. They each received $72,000, writing space at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, access to research facilities, and research assistance from a graduate student. The four annual fellowships are given to writers working on a biography. The annual Sloan Fellowship is given to a writer working on a biography of a figure in the field of science or technology. (See Deadlines.)
Leon Levy Center for Biography, Leon Levy Biography Fellowships, Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 6200, New York, NY 10016. Thad Ziolkowski, Deputy Director. tziolkowski@gc.cuny.edu llcb.ws.gc.cuny.edu/fellowships/biography-fellowships
Livingston Press
Tartt Fiction Award
Enid Harlow of New York City and Jeffrey S. Markovitz of Philadelphia both won the 2023 Tartt Fiction Award for Voices and Zero Day Blue Jay, respectively. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published by Livingston Press in July 2025. They will also receive 60 author copies each. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a debut collection of short stories. As of this writing, the contest is on hiatus.
Livingston Press, University of West Alabama, 100 N. Washington Street, Station 66, Livingston, AL 35470. Joe Taylor, Director. jwt@uwa.edu livingstonpress.uwa.edu
Masters Review
Novel Excerpt Contest
Raf Richardson-Carillo of New York City won the third annual Novel Excerpt Contest for an excerpt of “Back Line.” He received $3,000, online publication in Masters Review, and an hour-long consultation with Halley Dunne Parry of the Hamilburg Agency. Matthew Salesses judged. The annual award is given for an excerpt of an unpublished novel or novel-in-progress by an emerging writer. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Winter Short Story Award for New Writers
Angie Ellis of Duncan in British Columbia, Canada, won the 2023–2024 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers for “The Sisters.” She received $3,000, publication in Masters Review, and an agency review. Kelly Link judged. The annual award is given for a short story or work of narrative nonfiction. The next deadline is February 2, 2025.
Masters Review, 70 SW Century Drive, Suite 100442, Bend, OR 97702. Chelsea D’Errico, Chief Operations Officer. contact@mastersreview.com mastersreview.com
Munster Literature Centre
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition
Katie Griffiths of Surrey, England, won the 2024 Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition for “Before I Stillbirthed the Birch.” She received €2,000 (approximately $2,202) and publication of her poem in Issue 46 of Southword. She also gave a featured reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival in Cork, Ireland, in May. Mary O’Donnell judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. (See Deadlines.)
Munster Literature Centre, Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition, Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland T12 X802. info@munsterlit.ie munsterlit.ie/odonoghue-competition
Narrative
Winter Story Contest
Kartikeya Shekhar of Mumbai won the 2024 Winter Story Contest for his short story “Allergy.” Peter Bradbury of San Francisco won the second-place prize for his story “Shuttle Diplomacy.” Shekhar received $2,500 and Bradbury received $1,000, and both winners’ stories were published in Narrative. The annual award is given for a short story, a short short story, an essay, a memoir, a photo essay, a short graphic narrative, or an excerpt from a longer work of prose. The next deadline is March 31, 2025.
Narrative, Winter Story Contest. Tom Jenks, Editor. contact@narrativemagazine.com narrativemagazine.com
Narratively
Memoir Prize
Christopher Blackwell of Shelton, Washington, won the 2023 Narratively Memoir Prize for “Chaos and Noise: One Man’s Harrowing Stint in Solitary Confinement.” He received $3,000, and his story was published in Narratively. Stephanie Land judged. The annual award is given for a short work of memoir written in the first person. (See Deadlines.)
Narratively, Memoir Prize, 585 E. 35th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11203. Jesse Sposato, Executive Editor. jsposato@narratively.com narratively.com
Nimrod International Journal
Neruda and Porter Prizes
Jonathan Adriel Diaz of Santa Barbara, California, won the 46th annual Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry for “¿Gloria Cristo, Quién Habla?” and other poems. He received $2,000. Roger Craik of Ashtabula, Ohio, won the $1,000 second-place prize for “John Ruskin and a Nursing Home.” Allison Krupp of Berlin won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction for “Swamp City!” She received $2,000. Griffin Reed of Chicago won the $1,000 second-place prize for “Here, There.” The winning works appeared in the Fall 2024–Winter 2025 issue of Nimrod International Journal. Paisley Rekdal judged in poetry, and Kelly Link judged in fiction. The annual awards are given for a single long poem or group of poems and a story or a self-contained excerpt of a novel. The next deadline is January 31, 2025.
Nimrod International Journal, Neruda and Porter Prizes, University of Tulsa, 800 S. Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104. (918) 631-3080. Boris Dralyuk, Editor in Chief. nimrod@utulsa.edu artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod
Omnidawn Publishing
Poetry Chapbook Contest
Keith Jones of Roxbury, Massachusetts, won the 2023 Omnidawn Poetry Chapbook Contest for Las Palmas. He will receive $1,000, publication of his chapbook by Omnidawn Publishing in Spring 2026, and 20 author copies. Brody Parrish Craig judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. The next deadline is June 14, 2025.
Omnidawn Publishing, Poetry Chapbook Contest, 1632 Elm Avenue, Richmond, CA 94805. (510) 439-6285. Laura Joakimson and Rusty Morrison, Copublishers. rusty@omnidawn.com omnidawn.com/contests/omnidawn-poetry-contests
PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Pen/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award
Ted Chiang of Seattle won the 2024 PEN/Bernard and Ann Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Chiang, whose most recent story collection is Exhalation (Knopf, 2019), received $5,000 and will be honored at a ceremony in partnership with American University in Washington, D.C., in December. The annual award “recognizes writers who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in the short story form.” There is no application process.
PEN/Faulkner Foundation, 6218 Georgia Avenue NW, Unit #1062, Washington, D.C. 20011. Sarah Silberman, Awards and Literary Programs Director. sarah@penfaulkner.org penfaulkner.org
Plentitudes
Plentitudes Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
K. Hari of New York City won the 2024 Plentitudes Prize in poetry for “After I Give You the Great American Novel.” Jenna Bly of Toronto won in fiction for “Slackdrop.” Alisha Acquaye of New York City won in nonfiction for “I Dream of Mermaids, Memories, Shapeshifting, and Serpents.” The winners each received $1,000 and publication in Plentitudes. Mahtem Shiferraw judged in poetry, Joss Lake judged in fiction, and Daniel Allen Cox judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a single poem, a short story, and an essay. The next deadline is December 31.
Plentitudes, Plentitudes Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry, 27 West 94th Street, New York, NY 10025. Wally Suphap, Editor in Chief. editors@theplentitudes.com theplentitudes.com
Poetry Foundation
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
Five poets each received a $27,000 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. The 2024 fellows are Rob Macaisa Colgate of Chicago; Marissa Davis of Paris; Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras of Fresno, California; Chandanie Somwaru of Honolulu; and marion eames white of Irvine, California. The applications were reviewed by a combination of external readers and judges. The annual awards are given to poets between the ages of 21 and 31 to support their continued study and practice of writing poetry. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Poetry Foundation, Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships, 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60654. grants@poetryfoundation.org poetryfoundation.org/foundation/prizes-fellowship
Poetry Society of America
Four Quartets Prize
Robyn Schiff of Chicago won the 2024 Four Quartets Prize for Information Desk: An Epic (Penguin). She will receive $20,000. The finalists were Dong Li of Munich for The Orange Tree (University of Chicago Press) and Paisley Rekdal of Salt Lake City for West: A Translation (Copper Canyon Press). They each received $1,000. Catherine Barnett, Eduardo C. Corral, and D. A. Powell judged. The annual award is given for “a unified and complete sequence of poems published in the United States” in the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Shelley Memorial Award
Shin Yu Pai of Seattle won the 2024 Shelley Memorial Award. Pai, whose most recent poetry collection is No Neutral (Empty Bowl, 2023), received $7,000. Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Yona Harvey judged. The annual award is given to a poet selected with reference to their “poetic genius.” There is no application process.
Poetry Society of America, 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (212) 254-9628. info@poetrysociety.org poetrysociety.org
Poets & Writers, Inc.
Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
Poet Emerald ᏃᏈᏏ GoingSnake of the Giduwa and Mvskoke nations in Oklahoma and fiction writer Kira Hayen of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma won the 2024 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award. They each received $500; a monthlong residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Banner, Wyoming; and an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to meet with agents, editors, and prominent writers. Jake Skeets judged in poetry, and Kelli Jo Ford judged in fiction. The annual award is given to a poet and a fiction writer from a select state; in 2024, the award invited enrolled members of a Native American tribe in the contiguous United States or Alaska to apply. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Poets & Writers, Inc., Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, 90 Broad Street, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004. (212) 226-3586, ext. 222. Jared Jackson, Director of Programs and Partnerships. wex@pw.org at.pw.org/wexaward
Press 53
Prime Number Magazine Awards
Fleming Meeks of Montclair, New Jersey, won the 2024 Prime Number Magazine Award in poetry for “This Whole Big Machine Like a Ghost Ship.” Ginger Pinholster of Port Orange, Florida, won in short fiction for “Jumping Off.” They each received $1,000 and publication in Prime Number Magazine, Issue 263. Maya J. Sorini judged in poetry, and Dennis McFadden judged in fiction. The annual awards are given for a poem and a short story. The next deadline is March 31, 2025.
Press 53, Prime Number Magazine Awards, 560 N. Trade Street, Suite 103, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. (336) 770-5353. Kevin Morgan Watson, Publisher. kevin@press53.com press53.com
Red Hen Press
Cai Emmons Fiction Award
Yang Huang of the San Francisco Bay Area won the 2024 Cai Emmons Fiction Award for her novel Oasis. She received $5,000, and her book will be published by Red Hen Press in spring 2027. Aimee Liu judged. The annual award is given for a story collection, a novel, or a novella. (See Deadlines.)
Quill Prose Award
Molly McCloy of Tucson won the 2023 Quill Prose Award for her memoir, Nine Grudges: The Spiteful Origins of the Happiest Dyke on Earth. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Red Hen Press in 2026. Carlos Allende judged. The annual award is given for a story or essay collection, a novel, a memoir, or a hybrid work of prose by a queer writer. (See Deadlines.)
Red Hen Press, P.O. Box 40820, Pasadena, CA 91114. (626) 406-1203. Shelby Wallace, Production Editor. editorial@redhen.org redhen.org
River Teeth
Literary Nonfiction Book Prize
Laura Julier of Iowa City won the 2023 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize for Off Izaak Walton Road. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by University of New Mexico Press in spring 2025. Lacy M. Johnson judged. The annual award is given for a book of nonfiction. The next deadline is October 31, 2025.
River Teeth, Literary Nonfiction Book Prize, Ball State University, English Department, 2000 W. University Avenue, Muncie, IN 47306. riverteeth@bsu.edu riverteethjournal.com/news/laura-julier-wins-river-teeths-2023-literary-nonfiction-book-prize
Saturnalia Books
Poetry Prizes
Kortney Morrow of Cleveland won the 2024 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize for Run It Back. She received $1,500, and her book will be published by Saturnalia Books in spring 2026. Carmen Giménez judged. Trace Peterson of Storrs, Connecticut, and Chris Watkins of Tallahassee, Florida, won the 2024 Alma Book Awards; Peterson won for The Valleys Are So Lush and Steep and Watkins won for The Drag Gospel of Queer Jesus. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published by Saturnalia Books in fall 2025 and spring 2026, respectively. The editors judged. The annual awards are given for poetry collections. The next deadline is April 1, 2025.
Saturnalia Books, Poetry Prizes, 105 Woodside Road, Ardmore, PA 19003. Timothy Liu, Editor and Publisher. timothyliu65@gmail.com saturnaliabooks.com
Silverfish Review Press
Gerald Cable Book Award
Sheila Dietz of Branford, Connecticut, won the 2023 Gerald Cable Book Award for The Berry and the Bee. She received $1,000, publication of her book by Silverfish Review Press, and 25 author copies. Rodger Moody judged. The annual award is given for a debut poetry collection. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Silverfish Review Press, Gerald Cable Book Award, P.O. Box 3541, Eugene, OR 97403. Rodger Moody, Series Editor. sfrpress@gmail.com silverfishreviewpress.com
Slipstream Press
Poetry Chapbook Contest
Mather Schneider of Tucson won the 2024 Poetry Chapbook Contest for Much More Than Time. He received $1,000, and his chapbook was published by Slipstream Press in September. He also received 50 author copies. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. (See Deadlines.)
Slipstream Press, Poetry Chapbook Contest, P.O. Box 2071, Niagara Falls, NY 14301. editors@slipstreampress.org slipstreampress.org
Southern Poetry Review
Guy Owen Prize
Annie Woodford of Deep Gap, North Carolina, won the 2024 Guy Owen Prize for “To Set Budding More, and Still More.” She received $1,000, and her poem was published in Volume 62, Issue 1 of Southern Poetry Review. Richard Tillinghast judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is May 31, 2025.
Southern Poetry Review, Guy Owen Prize, English Department, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus, 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31419. (912) 344-3196. James Smith, Editor. editor@southernpoetryreview.org southernpoetryreview.org
Tadpole Press
100-word Writing Contest
Melanie Mulrooney of Nova Scotia, Canada, won the April 2024 Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest for “Last Night I….” She received $2,000 and publication on the Tadpole Press website and in Tadpole Press Literary Magazine. Finn O’Sullivan judged. The biannual award is given for a work of flash poetry or prose no more than 100 words in length. (See Deadlines.)
Tadpole Press, 100-Word Writing Contest. info@tadpolepress.com tadpolepress.com/100-word-writing-contest
Tampa Review
Danahy Fiction Prize
Louise Marburg of New York City won the 2024 Danahy Fiction Prize for “Memory Unit.” She received $1,000, and her story will be published in Issue 68 of Tampa Review. Kirstin Valdez Quade judged. The annual award is given for a short story. (See Deadlines.)
Tampa Review, Danahy Fiction Prize, University of Tampa, 401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Box 19F, Tampa, FL 33606. (813) 253-6266. utpress@ut.edu tampareview.org
Thin Air Magazine
Bird in Your Hands Prize
Danielle Shandiin Emerson of Providence won the fourth annual Bird in Your Hands Prize for “Her, and Those Before Her.” She received $500, publication in Thin Air Magazine, and an interview with Thin Air Online. She also gave a virtual reading at the Northern Arizona Book Festival in April. Kinsale Drake judged. The annual award is given for a poem, a short story, or an essay written by a BIPOC writer. As of this writing, the contest is on hiatus.
Thin Air Magazine, 705 S Beaver Street, Office #134, Flagstaff, AZ 86011. Maisy Phelps, Editor in Chief. thinairlitmag@gmail.com thinairmagazine.org
University of Arkansas Press
Miller Williams Poetry Prize
Greg Rappleye of Grand Haven, Michigan, won the 2025 Miller Williams Poetry Prize for Barley Child. He received $5,000, and his book will be published by University of Arkansas Press in March 2025. Patricia Smith judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is September 30, 2025.
University of Arkansas Press, Miller Williams Poetry Prize, Poetry Series, 105 North McIlroy Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72701. (479) 575-7258. uapress@uark.edu uapress.com
University of Massachusetts Press
Juniper Prizes
Mark Irwin of Los Angeles and Carlene Kucharczyk of Woodstock, Vermont, won the 2024 Juniper Prizes for poetry. Irwin won for his collection Once When Green, and Kucharczyk won for her debut collection, Strange Hymn. Greg Schutz of Chelsea, Michigan, and Lindsey Steffes of Minneapolis won the prizes in fiction. Schutz won for his story collection, Joyriders, and Steffes won for her novel, Gichigami. Tracy Youngblom of Minneapolis won the prize in creative nonfiction for her memoir, Because We Must. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published by University of Massachusetts Press in spring 2025. Abigail Chabitnoy judged in poetry, Sabina Murray judged in fiction, and Madeleine Blais judged in creative nonfiction. The annual awards are given for two poetry collections (one by a debut author), two books of fiction, and a book of creative nonfiction. The next deadline is September 30, 2025.
University of Massachusetts Press, Juniper Prizes, East Experiment Station, 671 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003. juniperprize@umpress.umass.edu umasspress.com/juniper-prizes
University of North Texas
Rilke Prize
Kevin Prufer of Houston won the 2024 Rilke Prize for The Fears (Copper Canyon Press). He received $10,000. The annual award is given for a poetry collection by a midcareer poet published in the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
University of North Texas, Rilke Prize, English Department, 1155 Union Circle #311307, Denton, TX 76203. untrilkeprize@unt.edu english.unt.edu/creative-writing/unt-rilke-prize
Virginia Commonwealth University
Cabell First Novelist Award
Alice Winn of New York City won the 23rd annual Cabell First Novelist Award for In Memoriam (Knopf). She received $5,000 and will participate in an award event in November. A committee of VCU faculty and MFA candidates judged. The annual award is given for a debut novel published during the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell First Novelist Award, c/o VCU English Department, Hibbs Building, Box 842005, Richmond, VA 23284. Celia Cummiskey, Award Fellow. cabellfn@vcu.edu firstnovelist.vcu.edu
Whiting Foundation
Whiting Awards
Poets Elisa Gonzalez of New York City, Taylor Johnson of Takoma Park, Maryland, and Charif Shanahan of Chicago; fiction writers Aaliyah Bilal of Cincinnati, Yoon Choi of Orange County, California, Gothataone Moeng of Serowe, Botswana, and Ada Zhang of Madison, Wisconsin; and poet and nonfiction writer Javier Zamora of Tucson are the winners of the 2024 Whiting Awards. They each received $50,000. The annual awards are given to emerging writers. There is no application process.
Whiting Foundation, 291 Broadway, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10007. (718) 701-5962. info@whiting.org whiting.org/writers/awards/current-winners
Winning Writers
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Robert Garnham of Paignton, England, won the 2024 Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest for his poem “Torquay, 2 – The Other Team, 2.” He received $2,000, a gift certificate for two years of literary information services from Duotrope, and publication on the Winning Writers website. Abbie Loosemore of Cambridgeshire, England, won the second-place prize for “Gregg’s First Pizza Hut.” She received $500 and publication on the Winning Writers website. Jendi Reiter and Lauren Singer judged. The annual award is given for a humorous poem. The next deadline is April 1, 2025.
Winning Writers, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, Suite B PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. (413) 320-1847. Adam Cohen, President. adam@winningwriters.com winningwriters.com