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Academy for Teachers

STORIES OUT OF SCHOOL FLASH FICTION CONTEST

A prize of $1,000 and publication in A Public Space will be given annually for a work of flash fiction about teachers and school, in which the protagonist or narrator is a K–12 teacher. Using only the online submission system, submit a short story of six to 749 words by September 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Academy for Teachers, Stories Out of School Flash Fiction Contest, 10 West 90th Street, New York, NY 10024. Rene Marion, Dean of Fellows. rene@academyforteachers.org academyforteachers.org/contests

Academy of American Poets

FIRST BOOK AWARD

A prize of $5,000, publication by Graywolf Press, and a six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy, is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has not published a book of poems in a standard edition. The winning book will also be distributed to over 5,000 members of the Academy of American Poets. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $35 entry fee by September 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Academy of American Poets, First Book Award, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. (212) 274-0343, ext. 13. Nikay Paredes, Programs Director. awards@poets.org poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/first-book-award

Aesthetica 

CREATIVE WRITING AWARD

Two prizes of £2,500 (approximately $3,256) each and publication in Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual are given annually for a poem and a short story. In addition, the winner in poetry also receives a membership to the Poetry Society in London, and the winner in short fiction receives a consultation with the literary agency Redhammer Management. Both winners receive a subscription to Granta and a selection of books from Vintage Books. Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of up to 40 lines with a £12 (approximately $16) entry fee or a short story of up to 2,000 words with an £18 (approximately $23) entry fee by August 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Aesthetica, Creative Writing Award, 21 New Street, York, YO1 8RA, England. writing@aestheticamagazine.com aestheticamagazine.com/creative-writing-award

American-Scandinavian Foundation

TRANSLATION AWARDS

A prize of $2,500 and publication of an excerpt in is given annually for an English translation of a work of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction written in a Nordic language (Danish, Faroese, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Sami, or Swedish). A prize of $2,000 and publication is also awarded to a translator whose literary translations from a Nordic language have not previously been published. Translations of works by 20th-and 21st-century Nordic authors that have not been published in English are