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. The winning translator will also receive a five-week residency at the American Academy in Rome. Jennifer Scappettone, Graziella Sidoli, and John Taylor will judge. Using only the online submission system, translators may submit a proposal and 15 pages of a translation-in-progress, alongside copies of the original poems, by March 1. 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 poetry collection originally written in Spanish by a living writer and translated into English. Achy Obejas 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. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year. Anna Deeny Morales will judge. Using only the online submission system, publishers may submit a book published in 2022 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. Nikay Paredes, Programs Director. awards@poets.org 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 between January 1 and February 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 13325, Portland, OR 97213. airliepress@gmail.com
Alabama State Council on the Arts
LITERARY ARTS FELLOWSHIPS
Approximately two 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. Using only the online submission system, submit 10 to 20 pages of poetry or prose and a résumé including a list of publications by March 1. There is no application fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Alabama State Council on the Arts, Literary Arts Fellowships, 201 Monroe Street, Suite 110, Montgomery, AL 36104. (334) 242-5136. Anne Kimzey, Literary Arts Program Manager. anne.kimzey@arts.alabama.gov
American Short Fiction
AMERICAN SHORT(ER) FICTION PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in American Short Fiction is given annually for a work of flash fiction. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three stories of no more than 1,000 words each with a $20 entry fee by February 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
American Short Fiction, American Short(er) Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 4152, Austin, TX 78765. editors@americanshortfiction.org
Arrowsmith Press
DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poetry collection published in English during the previous year by a writer who is not a citizen of the United States. Poets who are living in the United States as green card holders are among those eligible. Poets whose work appears in translation into English are also eligible. Canisia Lubrin will judge. Publishers may submit an entry form and two copies of a full-length poetry collection published between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, with a $20 entry fee by February 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Arrowsmith Press, Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, 11 Chestnut Street, Medford, MA 02155. arrowsmithpress@gmail.com
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
AWARD SERIES
Two prizes of $5,500 each and publication by a participating press are given annually for a poetry collection and a story collection. In addition, two prizes of $2,500 each and publication by a participating press are given annually for a novel and a book of creative nonfiction. For the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages; University of Pittsburgh Press will publish the winning collection. For the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, submit a manuscript of 150 to 300 pages; Red Hen Press will publish the winning collection. For the AWP Prize for the Novel, submit a manuscript of at least 60,000 words; University of Nebraska Press will publish the winning novel. For
