Recent Winners
ANGELA JACKSON Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award
GARY STEIN Brick Road Poetry Press Poetry Book Contest
LUISA A. IGLORIA Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Competition
Alice James Books
ALICE JAMES AWARD
Amy Woolard of Charlottesville, Virginia, won the 2018 Alice James Award for her poetry collection, Neck of the Woods. She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Alice James Books in April 2020. Cori Winrock of Salt Lake City received the Editor’s Choice Award for her collection Little Envelope of Earth Conditions. She received $1,000, and her book will be published in January 2020. 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. info@alicejamesbooks.org
www.alicejamesbooks.org/alice-james-award
American Academy in Berlin
BERLIN PRIZE FELLOWSHIPS
Fiction writers Jesse Ball of Chicago, Yaa Gyasi of New York City, and Paul La Farge of Red Hook, New York; and nonfiction writers P. Carl of Boston and Joshua Yaffa of Moscow 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 Manager. el@americanacademy.de
www.americanacademy.de/apply/apply-for-a-fellowship
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
Molly McCully Brown of Little Rock, Arkansas, won the 2018–2019 Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship. She received $58,000. 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 his or her work. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship, c/o Thomas H. P. Whitney Jr. and William A. Lowell, Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP, 2 International Place, Boston, MA 02110. amylowell@choate.com
Asheville Poetry Review
WILLIAM MATTHEWS POETRY PRIZE
Rosa Lane of El Cerrito, California, won the 2018 William Matthews Poetry Prize for “Lane, the Long Meadow.” She received $1,000, and her poem will be published in Volume 25, Issue 28 of Asheville Poetry Review. She also received an invitation to give a reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina. Alfred Corn judged. The annual award is given for a poem. The next deadline is January 15, 2019.
Asheville Poetry Review, William Matthews Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802. Keith Flynn, Managing Editor. www.ashevillepoetryreview.com
Balcones Center for Creative Writing
BALCONES PRIZES
Alessandra Lynch of Indianapolis won the 21st annual Balcones Poetry Prize for her collection Daylily Called It a Dangerous Moment (Alice James Books). Cyrus Cassells, Jenny Keto, and David Thornberry judged. Brian Van Reet of Austin, Texas, won the eighth annual Balcones Fiction Prize for his novel, Spoils (Lee Boudreaux Books). Donna Walker-Nixon 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, 2019.
Balcones Center for Creative Writing, Balcones Prizes, Austin Community College, 1212 Rio Grande Street, Austin, TX, 78701. (512) 223-3355. austincc.edu/crw
Bellingham Review
LITERARY AWARDS
Greg Rappleye of Holland, Michigan, won the 2018 49th Parallel Poetry Award for his poem “To Tell the Hornets.” Oliver de la Paz judged. Ed Allen of Vermillion, South Dakota, won the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction for his story “Anorak.” Debra Dean judged. Courtney Kersten of Santa Cruz, California, won the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction for her essay “Women of the Sky.” Jenny Boully judged. They each received $1,000, and their winning works will be published in the Spring 2019 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, 2019.
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
Raena Shirali of Philadelphia won the 2018 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award for her collection, Gilt (YesYes Books). Maria Mazziotti Gillan judged. Angela Jackson of Chicago won the 2018 John Gardner Fiction Book Award for her novel Roads, Where There Are No Roads (Northwestern University Press). Leslie Heywood 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, 2019.
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
Jan-Henry Gray of Chicago won the 2018 A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize for his collection, Documents. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by BOA Editions in 2019. D. A. Powell judged. The annual award is given for a first book of poetry. The next deadline is November 30.
BOA Editions, A. Poulin
