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POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES state, national, and international prizes in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. We list only prizes of $1,000 or more, prizes of less than $1,000 that charge no entry fee, and prestigious nonmonetary awards. Applications and submissions for the following prizes are due shortly. Before submitting a manuscript, first contact the sponsoring organization for complete guidelines. When requesting information by mail, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). See Submission Calendar for deadlines arranged by date and the Anatomy of Awards for a closer look at the numbers behind Grants & Awards. For announcements of recently awarded prizes, see Recent Winners.

42 Miles Press

42 MILES POETRY AWARD

A prize of $1,000, publication by 42 Miles Press, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Current and former students of Indiana University in South Bend are ineligible. David Dodd Lee will judge. Submit a manuscript of 45 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

42 Miles Press, 42 Miles Poetry Award, Indiana University South Bend, English Department, 1700 Mishawaka Avenue, P.O. Box 7111, South Bend, IN 46634.

42milespress@gmail.com

www.42milespress.com/contest

92Y Unterberg Poetry Center

DISCOVERY POETRY PRIZES

Four prizes of $500 each and publication in the Paris Review Daily are given annually for a group of poems. Winners also receive lodging and travel expenses to give a reading at the 92nd Street Y in New York City in May. Poets who have not yet published a full-length poetry collection are eligible. Timothy Donnelly and Diana Marie Delgado will serve as preliminary judges; Jericho Brown, Paisley Rekdal, and Wendy Xu will serve as final judges. Submit a 10-page manuscript, including at least two unpublished poems and two poems that are one page in length, with a $15 entry fee by January 10. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

92Y Unterberg Poetry Center, Discovery Poetry Prizes, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128.

www.92y.org/discovery

Academy of American Poets

AMBROGGIO PRIZE

A prize of $1,000 and publication by Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe is given annually for a book of poetry originally written in Spanish by a living writer and translated into English. The poet and translator will split the prize. Pablo Medina will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poetry manuscript of 48 to 100 pages in the original Spanish along with the English translation by February 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

RAIZISS/DE PALCHI BOOK PRIZE

A fellowship of $10,000 is given biennially for a book of modern Italian poetry translated into English and published in the United States during the previous year. Maria Frank, Giorgio Mobili, and Michael Palma will judge. Publishers may submit four copies of a book published in 2019 by February 15. Publishers may nominate one title or more. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD

A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year. Collaborations by more than two translators and self-published collections are ineligible. Daniel Borzutzky will judge. Publishers may submit three copies of books published in 2019 by February 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. (212) 274-0343. Nikay Paredes, Programs Manager. awards@poets.org

www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/american-poets-prizes

Airlie Press

AIRLIE PRIZE

A prize of $1,000 and publication by Airlie Press is given annually for a poetry collection. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 68441, Portland, OR 97268. Jennifer Perrine, Editor. editors@airliepress.org

www.airliepress.org

Alabama State Council on the Arts

LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS

Fellowships of $5,000 each

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