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2023 New American Poetry Prize Submission Deadline Extended to February 15

January 9, 2023

The deadline for submissions to the 2023 New American Poetry Prize has been extended to February 15, 2023. 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 poetry[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Poetry Prize Tagged With: Jamaica Baldwin

2023 New American Fiction Prize final judge Gabriel Bump

2023 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Gabriel Bump

December 5, 2022

Submissions for the 2023 New American Fiction Prize will open February 15. Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. Deadline is June 15, 2023. 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[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Weike Wang

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2023 NEW AMERICAN POETRY PRIZE: FINAL JUDGE JAMAICA BALDWIN

June 21, 2022

Submissions for the 2023 New American Poetry Prize will open September 1, 2022. 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 poetry are welcome. EXTENDED DEADLINE: February[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Poetry Prize Tagged With: Jamaica Baldwin

Philadelphia Center for Architecture and Design

New American Press at AWP 2022

March 1, 2022

New American Press will host a reading event at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture and Design on Thursday, March 24, from 5:30pm until 10:00pm. The event will be held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Conferences. Entry and refreshments are free. We will celebrate the launch of Erica[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Events, Media, New American Fiction Prize, New American Poetry Prize

Gabriel Bump

2022 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Weike Wang

February 15, 2022

Submissions for the 2022 New American Fiction Prize are closed and the reading committee is hard at work. Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. Extended deadline is July 1, 2022. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Weike Wang

Sara Fetherolf

Sara Fetherolf wins the 2021 New American Poetry Prize

January 28, 2022

We’re pleased to announce that Quan Barry has selected VIA COMBUSTA by Sara Fetherolf of Long Beach, CA, to receive the 2021 New American Poetry Prize! Sara is a poet, essayist, storyteller, and librettist, whose work has appeared in Muzzle, Indiana Review, The California Journal of Poetics and Plath Profiles, among others. Their debut work[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Poetry Prize Tagged With: Sara Fetherolf

Maija Mäkinen

Maija Mäkinen wins 2021 New American Fiction Prize

January 28, 2022

We’re pleased to announce that Kristen Arnett has selected THE GHOSTS OF OTHER IMMIGRANTS: STORIES by Maija Mäkinen of Brooklyn, NY, to receive the 2021 New American Fiction Prize! A Finnish-born writer and translator, Maija’s stories, essays, and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Iowa Review; Short, Vigorous Roots (Ooligan Press); Porterhouse Review;[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Maija Mäkinen

Eduardo C. Corral

2022 NEW AMERICAN POETRY PRIZE: FINAL JUDGE EDUARDO C. CORRAL

September 22, 2021

Submissions are now closed for the 2022 New American Poetry Prize. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500, 25 copies, and promotional support. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of poetry are welcome. Extended deadline: February 14, 2022. We[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Poetry Prize Tagged With: Eduardo C. Corral

2021 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Kristen Arnett

May 26, 2021

Submissions for the 2021 New American Fiction Prize are open. DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2021 Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, and twenty-five copies. Final judge is Kristen Arnett.

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Kristen Arnett

2021 New American Poetry Prize: Final Judge Quan Barry

May 25, 2021

Submissions for the 2021 New American Poetry Prize are now closed. Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, and twenty-five copies. Final judge is Quan Barry.

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Poetry Prize Tagged With: Quan Barry

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Jamaica Baldwin author photo

2023 New American Poetry Prize Submission Deadline Extended to February 15

The deadline for submissions to the 2023 New American Poetry Prize has been extended to February 15, 2023. 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 poetry[Read More]

2023 New American Fiction Prize final judge Gabriel Bump

2023 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Gabriel Bump

Submissions for the 2023 New American Fiction Prize will open February 15. Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. Deadline is June 15, 2023. 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[Read More]

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