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Previous Winners

NEW AMERICAN POETRY PRIZE

2022 …  TBA. Final judge: Eduardo C. Corral.

2021 …  Via Combusta, by Sara Fetherolf. Final judge: Quan Barry.

2020 …  Elixir, by Janine Certo. Final judge: Corey Van Landingham.

2019 …  The Falls, by Emily Mohn-Slate. Final judge: Sara Gelston.

2018 …  And Other Bodiless Powers, by Sarah Aronson. Final judge: Andrew Grace.

2017 …  A Small Rising Up in the Lungs, by Kit Frick. Final judge: Jesse Lee Kercheval.

2016 …  The Underneath, by Christopher Cokinos. Final judge: Gabriel Gudding.

2015 …  The Derelict Daughter, by Brittney Scott. Final judge: Maggie Smith.

2014 …  Levitation for Agnostics, by Arne Weingart. Final judge: Jillian Weise.

2013 …  The Drowning Room, by Damien Shuck. Final judge: David Kirby.

2012 …  Renamed 2013 to reflect year of award announcement.

2011 …  Taurus, by Paul Nemser. Final judge: Andrew Hudgins.

2010 …  The Last Sacred Place in North America, by Stephen Haven. Final judge: T. R. Hummer.


NEW AMERICAN FICTION PRIZE

2022 …  TBA. Final judge: Weike Wang.

2021 …  The Ghosts of Other Immigrants, by Maija Mäkinen. Final judge: Kristen Arnett.

2020 …  Proof of Me and Other Stories, by Erica Plouffe Lazure. Final judge: Nick White.

2019 …  I Know You Love Me, Too, by Amy Neswald. Final judge: Judith Claire Mitchell.

2018 …  How to Walk on Water and Other Stories, by Rachel Swearingen. Final judge: John McNally.

2017 …  If I Die in Ohio, by Seth Borgen. Final judge: Lori Ostlund.

2016 …  Welcome to Freedom Point, by Marina Mularz. Final judge: Gina Frangello.

2015 …  Wrench, by Wayne Harrison. Final judge: Larry Watson.

2014 …  Reiterations, by David Armstrong. Final judge: Noley Reid.

2013 …  Unaccompanied Minors, by Alden Jones. Final judge: Kyle Minor.

2012 …  Renamed 2013 to reflect year of award announcement.

2011 …  Electricity & Other Dreams, by Micah Dean Hicks. Final judge: Benjamin Percy.

2010 …  Ramshackle Wonderlands, by Craig Davis. Final judge: Lee K. Abbott.

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2025 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Clancy Martin

Submissions for the 2025 New American Fiction Prize are now open. Winner will receive a contract including a $1500, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. DEADLINE: JUNE 15, 2025. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in verse, linked collections, as well as full-length collections of flash[Read More]

Sara Eliza Johnson

2025 New American Poetry Prize: EXTENDED DEADLINE February 3!

The 2025 New American Poetry Prize is open for submissions starting September 1, 2024. EXTENDED DEADLINE: February 3, 2025. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500, promotional support, and 25 author copies. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of[Read More]

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