Deadlines
92Y Unterberg Poetry Center
DISCOVERY POETRY CONTEST
Four prizes of $500 each and publication in the Paris Review Daily are given annually for a group of poems. Winners also receive lodging and travel expenses to give a reading at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Poets who have not yet published a full-length poetry collection are eligible. Rick Barot, Mónica de la Torre, and Patricia Spears Jones will serve as final judges. Using only the online submission system, submit a 10-page manuscript, including at least two unpublished poems and two poems that are one page or shorter in length, with a $15 entry fee by January 8. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
92Y Unterberg Poetry Center, Discovery Poetry Contest, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128. Ricardo Maldonado, Contact. rickymaldonado@92y.org
Academy of American Poets
RAIZISS/DE PALCHI FELLOWSHIP
A fellowship of $25,000 is given biennially for the translation into English of a work of modern Italian poetry. Moira Egan, Rebecca Falkoff, and Graziella Sidoli will judge. Using only the online submission system, translators may submit a proposal and 15 pages of a translation-in-progress by February 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
AMBROGGIO PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Arizona Press is given annually for a book of poetry originally written in Spanish by a living writer and translated into English. The poet and translator will split the prize. Rigoberto González will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poetry manuscript of 48 to 100 pages in the original Spanish along with the English translation by February 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year. Indran Amirthanayagam will judge. Publishers may submit a digital copy of a book published in 2020 by February 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. (212) 274-0343. Nikay Paredes, Senior Programs Manager. awards@poets.org
www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/american-poets-prizes
Airlie Press
AIRLIE PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Airlie Press is given annually for a poetry collection. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 68441, Portland, OR 97268. Jennifer Perrine, Editor. editors@airliepress.org
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
A prize of £10,000 (approximately $12,860) is given annually for a previously published short story by an African writer. Shortlisted writers will receive £500 (approximately $643). Writers who were born in Africa, who are African residents, or who have a parent who is African by birth or nationality are eligible. Using only the online submission system, publishers may submit a story between 3,000 and 10,000 words published after January 31, 2016, by January 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing, 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU, England. info@caineprize.com
Alabama State Council on the Arts
LITERARY ARTS FELLOWSHIPS
Fellowships of $5,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have lived in the state of Alabama for at least two years. Submit 10 to 20 pages of poetry or prose, a résumé,
