Recent Winners
CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ
Atlanta Review
International Poetry Competition
JOHN SIBLEY WILLIAMS
Backwaters Press
Backwaters Prize
BEVERLY BURCH
BkMk Press
John Ciardi Prize for Poetry
Academy of American Poets
WALLACE STEVENS AWARD
Sonia Sanchez of Philadelphia won the 2018 Wallace Stevens Award. She received $100,000. The Academy’s Board of Chancellors judged. The annual award is given to a poet to “recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.” There is no application process.
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP
Martín Espada of Shutesbury, Massachusetts, won the 2018 Academy of American Poets Fellowship. He received $25,000 and a residency at the T. S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Academy’s Board of Chancellors judged. The annual fellowship is given to an American poet for distinguished poetic achievement. There is no application process.
LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE
Craig Morgan Teicher of Verona, New Jersey, won the 2018 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for The Trembling Answers (BOA Editions, 2017). He received $25,000. Laura Kasischke, Campbell McGrath, and Mary Szybist judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. The next deadline is May 15.
JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD
Geffrey Davis of Fayetteville, Arkansas, won the 2018 James Laughlin Award for Night Angler (BOA Editions, 2019). He received $5,000, a weeklong residency at the Betsy Hotel in Miami, and distribution of his book to approximately one thousand members of the Academy of American Poets. Patricia Spears Jones, Craig Santos Perez, and Prageeta Sharma judged. The annual award is given for a poet’s second collection, forthcoming in the next calendar year. The next deadline is May 15.
RAIZISS/DE PALCHI BOOK PRIZE
Anthony Molino of Vasto, Italy, won the 2018 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize for his translation from the Italian of The Diary of Kaspar Hauser by Paolo Febbraro (Negative Capability Press, 2017). He received $10,000. Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Giorgio Mobili, and Michael Palma judged. The biennial award is given for a book of modern Italian poetry translated into English and published in the United States. The next deadline is February 15, 2020.
HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
David Larsen of New York City won the 2018 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for his translation from the Arabic of Names of the Lion by Ibn Khalawayh (Wave Books, 2017). He received $1,000. Ammiel Alcalay judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. (212) 274-0343. Nikay Paredes, Programs Coordinator.
Airlie Press
AIRLIE PRIZE
Hannah Larrabee of Salem, Massachusetts, won the 2018 Airlie Prize for Wonder Tissue. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Airlie Press in September 2019. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 82653, Portland, OR 97282. (262) 215-1640. Jon Boisvert, Editor.
Ashland Poetry Press
RICHARD SNYDER MEMORIAL PUBLICATION PRIZE
Barbara Ungar of Saratoga Springs, New York, won the 2018 Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize for Save Our Ship. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Ashland Poetry Press in Fall 2019. Mark Jarman judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is April 30. Ashland Poetry Press, Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize, 401 College Avenue, Ashland, OH 44805.(419) 289-5098.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
AWARD SERIES
Four writers won the 2018 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award Series prizes. of South Bend, Indiana, won the $5,500 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. Her collection , selected by Ross Gay, will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press. The late won the $5,500 Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction. His collection, selected by Kelly Link, will be published by Red Hen Press. of Atlanta won the $2,500 Award Series for the Novel. Her novel, , selected by Paula McLain, will be published by New Issues Press. of Corvallis, Oregon, won the $2,500 AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction. His memoir,, selected by Dinty W. Moore, will be published by University of Georgia Press. The annual awards are given for books of poetry, fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. (SEE DEADLINES.)
