Recent Winners
American Poetry Review
STANLEY KUNITZ MEMORIAL PRIZE
Casey Thayer of Chicago won the 2021 Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize for “Reminding Myself That We Are Not Remarkable.” He received $1,000 and publication in American Poetry Review. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a single poem by a poet under the age of 40. (SEE DEADLINES.)
American Poetry Review, Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103. aprweb.org
American-Scandinavian Foundation
TRANSLATION PRIZES
Randi Ward of Vienna, West Virginia, won the 2021 Nadia Christensen Prize for her translation from the Faroese into English of Kim Simonsen’s poetry collection Hvat hjálpir einum menniskja at vakna ein morgun hesumegin hetta áratúsundið (“What good does it do for a person to wake up one morning this side of the new millennium”). She received $2,500 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review. Hunter Simpson of Copenhagen won the 2021 Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award for his translation from the Danish into English of Stine Pilgaard’s novel Meter i sekundet (“The Land of Short Sentences”). He received $2,000 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review. The annual awards are given for unpublished translations of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from a Nordic language into English. The next deadline is September 1.
American-Scandinavian Foundation, Translation Prizes, Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. (212) 779-3587. info@amscan.org amscan.org
Banipal Trust for Arab Literature
SAIF GHOBASH BANIPAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC LITERARY TRANSLATION
Sarah Enany of Cairo won the 2021 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her translation from the Arabic into English of Rasha Adly’s novel The Girl With Braided Hair (Hoopoe, 2020). She received £3,000 (approximately $4,058). Roger Allen, Rounak Hosni, Rosemarie Hudson, and Caroline McCormick judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry or fiction translated from Arabic into English and published for the first time in English during the previous year. The next deadline is March 31, 2023.
Banipal Trust for Arab Literature, Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, Society of Authors, 24 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4TQ, England. Robyn Law, Head of Prizes and Awards. rlaw@societyofauthors.org banipaltrust.org.uk/prize
Barrow Street Press
BOOK PRIZE
of Milwaukee won the 2021 Barrow Street Press Book Prize for . She received $1,500 and publication of her book by Barrow Street Press. A. Van Jordan judged. The annual award is given for a poetry
