Recent Winners
SANDRA STATON-TAIWO
Broadside Lotus Press
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
DOUG CRANDELL
Glimmer Train Press
Family Matters
VICTORIA SAYO TURNER
Hidden River Arts
William Van Wert Award in Fiction
42 Miles Press
POETRY AWARD
Mary Ann Samyn of Morgantown, West Virginia, won the 2017 Poetry Award for her poetry collection Air, Light, Dust, Shadow, Distance. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by 42 Miles Press in September 2018. She will also give a reading at Indiana University in South Bend. David Dodd Lee judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is March 1, 2018.
42 Miles Press, Poetry Award, Indiana University, English Department, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, P.O. Box 7111, South Bend, IN 46634. David Dodd Lee, Editor in Chief. 42milespress@gmail.com
Ahsahta Press
SAWTOOTH POETRY PRIZE
Jonah Mixon-Webster of Flint, Michigan, won the 2017 Sawtooth Poetry Prize for his collection Stereo(TYPE). He received $1,500, and his book will be published by Ahsahta Press in February 2018. Tyrone Williams judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is March 1, 2018.
Ahsahta Press, Sawtooth Poetry Prize, Boise State University, English Department, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725. (208) 426-3134. Janet Holmes, Director.
ahsahta@boisestate.eduahsahtapress.org
Bosque Press
BOSQUE FICTION PRIZE
Amy Purcell of Cincinnati won the 2017 bosque Fiction Prize for her story “This Is an Exercise in Detachment.” She received $1,000 and publication in bosque. Jesse Lee Kercheval judged. The annual award is given for a short story. The next deadline is March 31, 2018.
Bosque Press, bosque Fiction Prize, 508 Chamiso Lane NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107. Lynn C. Miller, Editor.
lynn@bosquepress.comwww.bosquepress.com
Broadside Lotus Press
NAOMI LONG MADGETT POETRY AWARD
Sandra Staton-Taiwo of Montgomery, Alabama, won the 2017 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award for her manuscript Broad Sympathies in a Narrow World: The Legacy of W. E. B. DuBois. She will receive $500 and publication of her manuscript by Broadside Lotus Press in Spring 2018. Haki Madhubuti judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection by an African American poet. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Broadside Lotus Press, Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, 8300 East Jefferson Avenue #504, Detroit, MI 48214. Gloria House, Senior Editor. broadsidelotus@gmail.com
Cave Canem
POETRY PRIZE
Julian Randall of Oxford, Mississippi, won the 2017 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for his poetry collection, Refuse. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press in Fall 2018. Vievee Francis judged. The annual award is given for a debut poetry collection by a black poet of African descent. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Cave Canem, Poetry Prize, 20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (718) 858-0000.
Commonwealth Club of California
CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS
of the San Francisco Bay Area won the 86th annual California Book Awards gold medal in poetry for her collection (Litmus Press). of Berkeley, California, won the gold medal in fiction for his novel (Harper). of Los Angeles won the gold medal in first fiction for her story collection, (University of Pittsburgh Press). of Davis, California, won the gold medal in nonfiction for his book (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). of Los Angeles won the gold medal in Californiana for his book (Yale University Press). The annual awards are given to honor California writers for books of
