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POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES state, national, and international prizes in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and translation. We list only prizes of $1,000 or more, prizes of $500 or more that charge no entry fee, and prestigious nonmonetary awards. Applications and submissions for the following prizes are due shortly. Before submitting a manuscript, first visit the sponsoring organization’s website for complete guidelines. When requesting information by mail, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). See Submission Calendar for deadlines arranged by date. For announcements of recently awarded prizes, see Recent Winners.
Academy of American Poets
LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $25,000 is given annually for a poetry collection by a living poet published in the United States during the previous year. The winner also receives an all-expenses paid 10-day residency at the Glen Hollow cottage in Naples, New York. Copies of the winning book are distributed to members of the Academy of American Poets. Using only the online submission system, U.S. publishers may submit a PDF of a book published in 2021 with a $75 entry fee by May 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a second book of poetry by a living poet to be published in the coming calendar year. The winner also receives an all-expenses paid weeklong residency at the Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Copies of the winning book are distributed to members of the Academy of American Poets. Using only the online submission system, U.S. publishers may submit a PDF of a manuscript of at least 48 pages that has come under contract and will be published in 2023 by May 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. awards@poets.org
poets.org/academy-american-poets/american-poets-prizes
American Literary Translators Association
LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE
A prize of $6,000 is given annually for a book of poetry or a text from Zen Buddhism translated from an Asian language into English and published in the previous year. Publishers or translators may submit a book translated from Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, or Vietnamese into English and published in 2021 by April 18. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
ITALIAN PROSE IN TRANSLATION AWARD
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a book of fiction or nonfiction translated from Italian into English and published in the previous year. Publishers or translators may submit a book published in 2021 by April 18. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARDS
Two prizes of $2,500 each are given annually for a book of poetry and a book of prose translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. For the poetry prize, poetry collections and verse dramas in translation are eligible; for the prose prize, short story and essay collections, novels, memoirs, prose drama, and hybrid prose works in translation are eligible. Publishers may submit a book published in 2021 by April 18. The entry fee is $50 for presses that publish more than 10 titles each year and $30 for presses that publish 10 or fewer titles each year. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
American Literary Translators Association, University of Arizona, Esquire Building #205, 1230 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721. Rachael Daum, Communications and Awards Manager.
rachaeldaum@literarytranslators.org literarytranslators.org/awards
Arts & Letters
ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in are given annually for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Allison Joseph will judge in poetry, Andrew Porter will judge in fiction, and Gayle Brandeis will judge in nonfiction. Using only the online submission system, submit up to four poems of any length or up to 25 pages of prose with a $20 entry fee
