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Author Wayne Harrison

Awards for Wayne Harrison’s story collection WRENCH

January 10, 2018

We’re super pumped that Wayne Harrison’s story collection WRENCH was shortlisted for the 2018 Ken Kesey Award for Fiction and a Readers’ Choice Award. Both awards were presented at a ceremony on April 30 by Literary Arts of Portland, Oregon.

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Author Seth Borgen

Winner of 2017 New American Fiction Prize

December 10, 2017

We’re pleased to announce that Lori Ostlund has chosen Seth Borgen’s story collection If I Die in Ohio to receive the 2017 New American Fiction Prize! A native of northeastern Ohio, Seth studied with Michelle Herman and Lee K. Abbott at The Ohio State University before completing an MFA in fiction at the University of[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Amanda Marbais, Barrett Bowlin, Lori Ostlund, Marléne Zadig, Michael Lowenthal, Robert Morgan Fisher, Roy Bentley, Seth Borgen

Author Kit Frick

Winner of 2017 New American Poetry Prize

November 10, 2017

We are pleased to announce that Jesse Lee Kercheval selected A Small Rising Up in the Lungs, by Kit Frick of Brooklyn, New York, to receive the 2017 New American Poetry Prize. A MacDowell Colony fellow, Kit studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. Her debut young adult[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Aaron Baker, Amorak Huey, Charles Kell, Jed Myers, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Kit Frick, Rimas Uzgiris, Suzanne Fischkorn

Author Christopher Cokinos

Winner of 2016 New American Poetry Prize

December 10, 2016

We’re pleased to announce that Gabriel Gudding selected The Underneath, by Christopher Cokinos, to receive the 2016 New American Poetry Prize. Recipient of a Whiting Award, a Glasgow Prize, and an N.S.F. Antarctic Visiting Artists and Writers Fellowship, Christopher is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Arizona and an affiliated faculty with[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Alexis Ivy, Christopher Cokinos, D. Gilson, Gabriel Gudding, James Capozzi, Jeff Nesheim, Kathleen Rooney, Michelle Bonczek, Monica Berlin, Richard Carr, Sue William Silverman, Sydnee Brower

Author Marina Mularz

Winner of 2016 New American Fiction Prize

December 10, 2016

We’re excited that Gina Frangello selected Welcome to Freedom Point by Marina Mularz of Los Angeles, CA, to receive the 2016 New American Fiction Prize! Recently named a finalist for the Samantha Bee Full Frontal Mentorship Program, Marina also received the 2015 Nonesuch National Humor Writing Prize and was shortlisted by George Saunders for Matrix[Read More]

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Gina Frangello, Kathryn Paulsen, Kem Joy Ukwu, Marina Mularz, Mark Brazaitis, Peter Grandbois

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Maya Jewell Zeller

Maya Jewell Zeller wins the 2022 New American Poetry Prize

We’re pleased to announce that Eduardo Corral has selected out takes/ glove box by Maya Jewell Zeller of Spokane, Washington, to receive the 2022 New American Poetry Prize! Maya will receive $1,500 and out takes/ glove box is tentatively slated for publication in October 2023. Maya is the author of the interdisciplinary collaboration (with visual[Read More]

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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]

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