Recent Winners
92Y Unterberg Poetry Center
DISCOVERY POETRY CONTEST
Four poets won the 2021 Discovery Poetry Contest. They are Kenzie Allen of Toronto, Ina Cariño of Raleigh, North Carolina, Mag Gabbert of Dallas, and Alexandra Zukerman of Tel Aviv. They each received $500, publication of their work in Paris Review Daily, and an invitation to give a reading at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Timothy Donnelly and Julia Guez were the preliminary judges; Rick Barot, Mónica de la Torre, and Patricia Spears Jones were the final judges. The annual awards are given to poets who have not published a book of poems. (SEE DEADLINES.)
92Y Unterberg Poetry Center, Discovery Poetry Contest, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128. Ricardo Maldonado, Contact.
92y.org/poetry/discovery-contest.aspx
Academy of American Poets
WALLACE STEVENS AWARD
Toi Derricotte of Pittsburgh won the 2021 Wallace Stevens Award. She received $100,000. The Academy’s board of chancellors judged. The annual award is given to a poet to “recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.” There is no application process.
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP
Camille T. Dungy of Fort Collins, Colorado, won the 2021 Academy of American Poets Fellowship. She received $25,000 and a residency at the T. S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Academy’s board of chancellors judged. The annual fellowship is given to an American poet for distinguished poetic achievement. There is no application process.
LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers of Norman, Oklahoma, won the 2021 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for The Age of Phillis (Wesleyan University Press, 2020). She received $25,000; a 10-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York; and distribution of her book to members of the Academy of American Poets. Cornelius Eady, Vievee Francis, and Elise Paschen judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. The next deadline is May 15.
RAIZISS/DE PALCHI FELLOWSHIP
Paula Bohince of Pittsburgh won the 2021 Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship. She received $25,000 and a five-week residency at the American Academy in Rome. Moira Egan, Rebecca Falkoff, and Graziella Sidoli judged. The fellowship is given biennially to a U.S. translator for a work-in-progress of modern Italian poetry translated into English. The next deadline is February 15, 2023.
JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD
James Cagney of Oakland won the 2021 James Laughlin Award for Martian (Nomadic Press, 2022). He received $5,000, a weeklong residency at the Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, and distribution of his book to members of the Academy of American Poets. Mark Bibbins, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, and Ladan Osman judged. The annual award is given for a poet’s second collection, forthcoming in the next calendar year. The next deadline is May 15.
HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
Maria Dahvana Headley of New York City won the 2021 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for her translation from the old English of Beowulf (FSG Originals, 2020). She received $1,000. Indran Amirthanayagam judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. Nikay Paredes, Senior Programs Manager.
poets.org/academy-american-poets/american-poets-prizes
JAYA STENQUIST
Airlie Press
Airlie Prize
MERON HADERO
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
ANDREA MOORHEAD
Bitter Oleander Press
Library of Poetry Award
Airlie Press
AIRLIE PRIZE
Jaya Stenquist of Minneapolis won the 2021 Airlie Prize for Animal Afterlife. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Airlie Press in the fall. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 13325, Portland, OR 97213.
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
of San Francisco won the 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for “The Street Sweep.” She received £10,000 (approximately $13,794). The finalists were of Entebbe, Uganda, for “Lucky”; of Windhoek, Namibia, for “The Giver of Nicknames”; of Kisumu, Kenya, for “This Little Light of Mine”; and of Regina, Canada, for “A Separation.” They each received £500 (approximately
