Academy for Teachers
“STORIES OUT OF SCHOOL” FLASH FICTION CONTEST
Christopher Chilton of New York City won the 2023 “Stories Out of School” Flash Fiction Contest for “Tree Club.” He received $1,000 and publication in A Public Space. Daniel Handler judged. The annual award is given for a work of flash fiction about teachers and school. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Academy for Teachers, “Stories Out of School” Flash Fiction Contest, 10 West 90th Street, New York, NY 10024. Gwenith Williams, Contact.
gwenith@academyforteachers.org
academyforteachers.org/contests
Academy of American Poets
FIRST BOOK AWARD
Sara Daniele Rivera of Albuquerque, New Mexico, won the 2023 First Book Award for The Blue Mimes. She will receive $5,000; a six-week all-expenses-paid residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy; and publication of her book by Graywolf Press in April 2024. Her work will also be featured on the Academy of American Poets website and in American Poets, and copies of her book will be distributed to over 5,000 members of the Academy of American Poets. Eduardo C. Corral judged. The annual award is given to a poet who has not published a poetry collection in a standard edition. (SEE DEADLINES.)
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.
poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/first-book-award
American Academy of Arts and Letters
LITERATURE AWARDS
Thirteen writers were among those to receive awards in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Nonfiction writer Masha Gessen of New York City received the $25,000 Blake-Dodd Prize, given triennially for “achievement in nonfiction.” Poet Shane McCrae of New York City received the $20,000 Arthur Rense Poetry Prize, given triennially to “an exceptional poet.” Fiction writer Lauren Groff of Gainesville, Florida, received the $20,000 Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award, given annually to a prose writer whose work “merits recognition for the quality of its style.” Fiction and nonfiction writer Hernan Diaz of New York City received the $20,000 John Updike Award, given biennially to “a writer in mid-career who has demonstrated consistent excellence.” Essayist and nonfiction writer Meghan O’Gieblyn of Madison, Wisconsin, received the $20,000 Benjamin Hadley Danks Award, given triennially to an “exceptional writer” of literary works. Novelist Imbolo Mbue of New York City won the $10,000 Addison M. Metcalf Award, given biennially to “a young writer of great promise.” Fiction writer Anna DeForest of New York City won the $10,000 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Literature for her novel, A History of Present Illness (Little, Brown); the annual award is given to a “young writer of considerable literary talent” for a book published during the previous year. Arts and Letters Awards in Literature winners included poets Natalie Diaz of Mohave Valley, Arizona, and Atsuro Riley of San Francisco; poet, novelist, essayist, and translator Forrest Gander of Sonoma Mountain, California; novelist, nonfiction writer, and translator Jennifer Croft of Tulsa; and nonfiction writer Joshua Prager of Maplewood, New Jersey. They each received $10,000. The annual awards are given to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators to honor “exceptional accomplishment” in literature. Morgan Talty of Levant, Maine, received the $5,000 Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction for his story collection, Night of the Living Rez (Tin House); the annual award honors a debut book of fiction published in the previous year. There is no application process.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Literature Awards, 633 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032. (212) 368-5900.
American Poetry Review
HONICKMAN FIRST BOOK PRIZE
Jane Huffman of Denver won the 2023 APR/Honickman First Book Prize for Public Abstract. She received $3,000, and her collection will be published in September by American Poetry Review with distribution by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium. Dana Levin judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection by a writer who has not yet published a book of poems. The next deadline is October 1.
American Poetry Review, Honickman First Book Prize, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103. (215) 309-3722.
Bedford Competition
INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY & POETRY AWARDS
of Wynnum, Australia, won the 2022 Bedford Competition International Poetry Award for “The of Sydney won the Short Story Award for “Six Foot Track.” They received £1,000 (approximately $1,248) each and publication in the Bedford Competition anthology. Jessica Mookherjee judged in poetry and Tim Jarvis judged in fiction. The annual awards are given for a poem and a short story. The next deadline is October 31.
