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 a 10-day residency, free of charge, at the Glen Hollow cottage in Naples, New York. Copies of the winning book are distributed to approximately 300 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 2022 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 approximately 1,500 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 2024 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.
Nikay Paredes, Programs Director.
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 2022 by April 17. 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 2022 by April 17. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
SPAIN-USA FOUNDATION TRANSLATION AWARD
A prize of $5,000 will be given annually for a book of fiction or nonfiction whose author is of Spanish nationality translated from Spanish, Basque, Galician, or Catalan into English and published in the previous year. Translators may be based anywhere in the world. Publishers or translators may submit a book published in 2022 by April 17. 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 $4,000 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 2022 by April 17. 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
A Public Space
WRITING FELLOWSHIPS
Three six-month fellowships of $1,000 each are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers who “embrace risk in their work” and have not published a full-length book. The fellows will work with the editors to prepare a piece for publication in A Public Space, receive complimentary access to all A Public Space master classes during the fellowship year, and will also have the opportunity to meet with publishing professionals and participate in a public reading. For fellowships from June 1, 2023, to November 30, 2023, using only the online submission system, submit a group of poems no more than 15 pages in length or a short story or essay of up to 8,000 words with a cover letter and a brief written statement by March 31. There is no application fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
, Writing Fellowships, P.O. Box B, New York, NY 10159. (718) 858-8067.
