Recent Winners
Alice James Books
ALICE JAMES AWARD
Rosebud Ben-Oni of New York City won the 2019 Alice James Award for If This Is the Age We End Discovery. She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Alice James Books in March 2021. Jacques Rancourt of Redwood City, California, and Jane Wong of Bellingham, Washington, received the Editor’s Choice Awards for Brocken Spectre and How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, respectively. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published in Fall 2021. The annual awards are given for poetry collections. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Alice James Books, Alice James Award, 114 Prescott Street, Farmington, ME 04938. (207) 778-7071. Alyssa Neptune, Managing Editor.
www.alicejamesbooks.org/alice-james-award
American Academy in Berlin
BERLIN PRIZE FELLOWSHIPS
Fiction writers Angela Flournoy of New York City and Adam Ehrlich Sachs of Pittsburgh and nonfiction writer Suki Kim of New York City received Berlin Prize Fellowships. They each received a semester-long residency at the Hans Arnhold Center at the American Academy in Berlin, a $5,000 monthly stipend, and round-trip airfare. The annual fellowships are given to fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and scholars. (SEE DEADLINES.)
American Academy in Berlin, Berlin Prize Fellowships, Am Sandwerder 17-19, 14109 Berlin, Germany. Emma Lo, Fellows Selection Coordinator.
www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-for-a-fellowship
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
Anne Pierson Wiese of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, won the 2019–2020 Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. She received $59,000. The annual scholarship is typically given to a U.S. poet to spend one year outside North America in a country the recipient feels will most advance their work. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship, c/o Charles A. Cheever and William A. Lowell, Choate, Hall & Stewart, 2 International Place, Boston, MA 02110. (617) 248-4729. Gina Coletti, Trust Advisor. amylowell@choate.com
A Public Space
A PUBLIC SPACE FELLOWSHIPS
Fiction writers Mihret M. Sibhat of Minneapolis, Sylvan Thomson of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Kyle Francis Williams of New York City and nonfiction writer Vicki Madden of New York City received the 2019 A Public Space Fellowships. They each received $1,000, a six-month mentorship with the editors to prepare a piece for publication in A Public Space, and the opportunity to meet with publishing professionals and participate in a public reading in New York City. The annual fellowships are given to emerging fiction writers and nonfiction writers who have not published a full-length book. (SEE DEADLINES.)
A Public Space, A Public Space Fellowships, 323 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. (718) 858-8067.
Asheville Poetry Review
WILLIAM MATTHEWS POETRY PRIZE
Jude Nutter of Minneapolis won the 2019 William Matthews Poetry Prize for “The Lions of Chauvet.” She received $1,000, and her poem will be published in Volume 26, Issue 29 of Asheville Poetry Review. She also received an invitation to give a reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina. Dorianne Laux judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is January 15, 2020.
Asheville Poetry Review, William Matthews Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802. Keith Flynn, Managing Editor.
ROSEBUD BEN-ONI
Alice James Books
Alice James Award
JANE WONG
Alice James Books
Editor’s Choice Award
TONI JUDNITCH
Bellingham Review
Annie Dillard Award for Creative
Nonfiction
Austin Community College
BALCONES PRIZES
Margaree Little of Tucson, Arizona, won the 22nd annual Balcones Poetry Prize for her collection, Rest (Four Way Books). Joseph Ahearn, Geoffrey Hall, and Sasha West judged. Shena McAuliffe of Schenectady, New York, won the ninth annual Balcones Fiction Prize for her novel, The Good Echo (Black Lawrence Press). Jim Sanderson judged. The winners each received $1,500. The annual awards honor a book of poetry and a book of fiction published during the previous year. The next deadline is January 31, 2020.
Austin Community College, Balcones Prizes, Creative Writing Department, 6101 Highland Campus Drive, Austin, TX, 78752.
Bellingham Review
LITERARY AWARDS
Gail Newman of San Francisco won the 2019 49th Parallel Poetry Award for her poem “Mishpacha.” Nickole Brown judged. Corey Flintoff of Cheverly, Maryland, won the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction for his story “The Marchioness.”
Robin Hemley judged. Toni Judnitch of Cincinnati won the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction for her essay “Don’t You See?” Ira Sukrungruang judged. They each received $1,000, and their winning works will be published in the Spring 2020 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, 2020.
Bellingham Review, Literary Awards, Western Washington University, Mail Stop 9053, Bellingham, WA 98225. Bailey Cunningham, Managing Editor. bellingham.review@wwu.edu
Binghamton University
BOOK AWARDS
Bob Hicok of Blacksburg, Virginia, won the 2019 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award for his poetry collection Hold (Copper Canyon Press). Maria Mazziotti Gillan judged. Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi of South Bend, Indiana, and Chicago won the 2019 John Gardner Fiction Book Award for her novel Call Me Zebra (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Dante Di Stefano judged. They each received $1,000. The annual awards are given for a poetry collection and a novel or collection of short fiction published in the previous year. The next deadline is February 1, 2020.
Binghamton University, Book Awards, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902. (607) 777-2713. Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director.
www.binghamton.edu/english/creative-writing/binghamton-center-for-writers/book-awards.html
BOA Editions
A. POULIN JR. POETRY PRIZE
of Dallas won the 2019 A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize for . He received
