American Poetry Review
STANLEY KUNITZ MEMORIAL PRIZE
Susan Nguyen of Tempe, Arizona, won the 2022 Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize for “Impossible Deer.” She 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. (215) 309-3722.
American-Scandinavian Foundation
TRANSLATION AWARDS
Rachel Willson-Broyles of St. Paul won the 2022 Nadia Christensen Prize for her translation from the Swedish into English of Aris Fioretos’s novel Mary. She received $2,500 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review.
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs of St. Paul won the 2022 Leif and Inger Sjöberg Prize for her translation from the Sámi of Niillas Holmberg’s poetry collection Juolgevuoððu (“Underfoot”), in collaboration with Johanna Domokos. She 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 The annual awards are given for unpublished translations of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from a Nordic language into English.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 Awards, Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. (212) 779-3587. info@amscan.org
Banipal Trust for Arab Literature
SAIF GHOBASH BANIPAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC LITERARY TRANSLATION
Robin Moger of Barcelona, Cape Town, and London, and the late Humphrey Davies both won the 2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. Moger won for his translation from the Arabic into English of Mohamed Kheir’s novel Slipping (Two Lines Press), and Davies won for his posthumously published translation from the Arabic into English of Hamdi Abu Golayyel’s novel The Men Who Swallowed the Sun (Hoopoe). The £3,000 (approximately $3,635) prize was divided evenly. Katharine Halls, Becki Maddock, Susheila Nasta, and Charis Olszok 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, 2024.
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 Grants and Prizes. rlaw@societyofauthors.org
Barrow Street Press
BOOK PRIZE
Emma Aylor of Lubbock, Texas, won the 2022 Barrow Street Press Book Prize for Close Red Water. She received $1,500 and publication of her book by Barrow Street Press. Tina Chang judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Barrow Street Press, Book Prize, P.O. Box 1558, Kingston, RI 02881. Sarah Kruse, Associate Editor.
Bellevue Literary Review
PRIZES IN POETRY AND PROSE
of Bainbridge, Georgia, won the 2023 John & Eileen Allman Prize for Poetry for “Etymology of Chlorophyll.” of Austin won the 2023 Goldenberg Prize for Fiction for “In Another Life.” of Denton, Texas, won the 2023 Felice Buckvar Prize for Nonfiction for “Lost Vessels.” They each received $1,000, and their winning works were published in the Spring 2023 issue. Phillip B. Williams judged in poetry, Toni Jensen judged in fiction, and Rana Awdish judged in creative nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a poem, a short story, and a work of creative nonfiction relating to themes of health, healing, illness, the body, or the mind. (SEE DEADLINES.)
