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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

Winner of 2020 New American Fiction Prize: Erica Plouffe Lazure

May 30, 2020

We’re pleased to announce that Nick White has selected Proof of Me and Other Stories by Erica Plouffe Lazure of Exeter, New Hampshire,, to receive the 2020 New American Fiction Prize!

Filed Under: Announcements, New American Fiction Prize Tagged With: Erica Plouffe Lazure

Winner of 2020 New American Poetry Prize: Janine Certo

May 25, 2020

We’re pleased to announce that Corey Van Landingham selected ELIXIR by Janine Certo of East Lansing, Michigan, to receive the 2020 New American Poetry Prize!

Filed Under: Announcements, New American Poetry Prize Tagged With: Janine Certo

Winner of 2019 New American Fiction Prize: Amy Neswald

December 10, 2019

We’re excited to announce that Judith Claire Mitchell has selected I Know You Love Me, Too, by Amy Neswald of Farmington, Maine, to receive the 2019 New American Fiction Prize! Amy is a fiction writer and independent filmmaker.

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Amy Neswald, Emily Franklin, Glen Allen, Judith Claire Mitchell, Shannon Kernaghan, Tim Conrad

Emily Mohn-Slate

Winner of 2019 New American Poetry Prize

December 1, 2019

We’re excited to announce that Sara Gelston has selected Emily Mohn-Slate’s collection The Falls to receive the 2019 New American Poetry Prize! Emily is the author of FEED, which won the 2018 Keystone Chapbook Prize (Seven Kitchens Press).

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Caroline Crew, Donald Platt, Emily Mohn-Slate, Karina Borowicz, Nicholas Molbert, Philip Belcher, Reese Conner, Sara Gelston

Submissions Now Closed for 2019 New American Fiction Prize

November 10, 2019

Submissions for the 2019 New American Fiction Prize are closed and the reading committee is hard at work. Winner will receive $1,200, publication, and book promotion.

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Judith Claire Mitchell

Corey Vanlandingham

Submissions Closed for 2020 New American Poetry Prize

November 10, 2019

Submissions are now closed for the 2020 New American Poetry Prize. Winner will receive a contract including a $1,200 advance, publication, and complimentary copies.

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Corey Van Landingham

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2023 New American Fiction Prize final judge Gabriel Bump

2023 New American Fiction Prize Extended Deadline: July 1

The New American Fiction Prize, to be judged by Gabriel Bump, has extended the deadline to July 1, 2023. Winner will receive a contract including $1500, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. 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]

Nikki Wallschlaeger

2024 NEW AMERICAN POETRY PRIZE: FINAL JUDGE NIKKI WALLSCHLAEGER

Submissions for the 2024 New American Poetry Prize will open September 1, 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 are welcome. DEADLINE: January 15,[Read More]

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