Poets & Writers – September 2019

SEPT OCT 2019 156

Austin Community College

BALCONES PRIZES

Margaree Little of Tucson, Arizona,

won the 22nd annual Balcones Poetry

Prize for her collection, Rest (Four

Way Books). Joseph Ahearn, Geoffrey

Hall, and Sasha West judged. Shena

McAuliffe of Schenectady, New York,

won the ninth annual Balcones Fiction

Prize for her novel, The Good Echo (Black

Lawrence Press). Jim Sanderson judged.

The winners each received $1,500. The

annual awards honor a book of poetry

and a book of fiction published during

the previous year. The next deadline is

January 31, 2020.

Austin Community College, Balcones

Prizes, Creative Writing Department,

6101 Highland Campus Drive, Austin,

TX, 78752.

http://www.austincc.edu/crw

Bellingham Review

LITERARY AWARDS

Gail Newman of San Francisco won the

2019 49th Parallel Poetry Award for

her poem “Mishpacha.” Nickole Brown

judged. Corey Flintoff of Cheverly, Mary-

land, won the Tobias Wolff Award for

Fiction for his story “The Marchioness.”

Robin Hemley judged. Toni Judnitch of

Cincinnati won the Annie Dillard Award

for Creative Nonfiction for her essay

“Don’t You See?” Ira Sukrungruang

judged. They each received $1,000, and

their winning works will be published

in the Spring 2020 issue of Bellingham

Review. The annual awards are given

for a poem, a short story, and a work of

creative nonfiction. The next deadline is

March 15, 2020.

Bellingham Review, Literary Awards,

Western Washington University, Mail

Stop 9053, Bellingham, WA 98225.

Bailey Cunningham, Managing Editor.

[email protected]

http://www.bhreview.org

Binghamton University

BOOK AWARDS

Bob Hicok of Blacksburg, Virginia,

won the 2019 Milt Kessler Poetry Book

Award for his poetry collection Hold

(Copper Canyon Press). Maria Mazzi-

otti Gillan judged. Azareen Van der Vliet

Oloomi of South Bend, Indiana, and

Chicago won the 2019 John Gardner

Fiction Book Award for her novel Call

Me Zebra (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).

Dante Di Stefano judged. They each

received $1,000. The annual awards are

given for a poetry collection and a novel

or collection of short fiction published in

the previous year. The next deadline is

February 1, 2020.

Binghamton University, Book Awards,

P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902.

(607) 777-2713. Maria Mazziotti Gillan,

Director.

http://www.binghamton.edu/english/creative-writing

/binghamton-center-for-writers/book-awards.html

BOA Editions

A. POULIN JR. POETRY PRIZE

Matt Morton of Dallas won the 2019 A.

Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize for Improvisa-

tion Without Accompaniment. He received

$1,000, and his book will be published

by BOA Editions in 2019. Patricia Smith

judged. The annual award is given for a

first book of poetry. The next deadline is

November 30.

BOA Editions, A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize,

250 North Goodman Street, Suite 306,

Rochester, NY 14607. (585) 546-3410.

Ron Martin-Dent, Marketing Director.

[email protected]

http://www.boaeditions.org

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