Recent Winners

JOAQUIN ZIHUATANEJO Anhinga Press Anhinga–Robert Dana Prize for Poetry

CARMEN MARIA MACHADO Bard College Fiction Prize

MICHAEL WASSON Beloit Poetry Journal Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry

American Literary Translators Association

NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARDS

Daniel Borzutzky of Chicago won the 2017 National Translation Award in Poetry for his translation from the Spanish of Galo Ghigliotto’s poetry collection Valdivia (co·im·press). Ani Gjika, Katrine Øgaard Jensen, and Gregory Racz judged. Esther Allen of New York City won the 2017 National Translation Award in Prose for her translation from the Spanish of Antonio di Benedetto’s novel Zama (New York Review Books). Carol Apollonio, Eric M. B. Becker, and Ottilie Mulzet judged. They each received $2,500. The annual awards are given for a book of poetry and a book of prose translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)

LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE

Jennifer Freeley of South Lyon, Michigan, won the 2017 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize for her translation from the Chinese of Xi Xi’s poetry collection Not Written Words (Zephyr Press). She received $5,000. Eleanor Goodman, Kendall Heitzman, and Aditi Machado judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry translated from an Asian language into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)

ITALIAN PROSE IN TRANSLATION AWARD

Matt Holden of Coburg, Australia, won the 2017 Italian Prose in Translation Award for his translation from the Italian of Nanni Balestrini’s novel We Want Everything (Verso Books). He received $5,000. Elizabeth Harris, Jim Hicks, and Olivia Sears judged. The annual award is given for a book of fiction or nonfiction translated from Italian into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)

CLIFF BECKER BOOK PRIZE IN TRANSLATION

Anne O. Fisher and Derek Mong, both of Crawfordsville, Indiana, won the 2018 Cliff Becker Book Prize for their translation from the Russian of Maxim Amelin’s poetry collection The Joyous Science. They received $1,000 and publication of their translation by White Pine Press. Anthony Anemone, Diana Thow, and Joanna Trzeciak Huss judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry translated from any language into English. (SEE DEADLINES.)

American Literary Translators Association, Fire Works, 3rd Floor, 701 S. 50th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143. Rachael Daum, Assistant Managing Director. rachaeldaum@literarytranslators.orgwww.literarytranslators.org

Anhinga Press

ANHINGA–ROBERT DANA PRIZE FOR POETRY

Joaquin Zihuatanejo of Dallas won the 2017 Anhinga–Robert Dana Prize for his poetry collection Arsonist. He received $2,000, and his book will be published by Anhinga Press in Fall 2018. Eduardo C. Corral judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is May 30.

Anhinga Press, Anhinga–Robert Dana Prize for Poetry, P.O. Box 3665, Tallahassee, FL 32315. (850) 577-0745. Kristine Snodgrass, Contact. info@anhinga.orgwww.anhingapress.org

Arts & Letters

ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES

of Erie, Pennsylvania, won the Arts & Letters Prize for poetry for a group of poems. of San Francisco won in fiction for her story “The Tasmanians.” of New York City won in creative nonfiction for her essay “It May All End in Aleppo.” They each received $1,000, and their winning works were published in the Fall 2017 issue of . Richard Garcia judged in poetry, Amy Hassinger judged in fiction, and Sonja Livingston judged in creative nonfiction. The annual awards are