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There is no application process.
Ploughshares, 120 Boylston Street, Boston,
MA 02116.
http://www.pshares.orgPoetry Foundation
RUTH LILLY POETRY PRIZE
Marilyn Nelson of East Haddam, Con-
necticut, won the 2019 Ruth Lilly Poetry
Prize. Nelson, whose most recent book
is the novel-in-verse American Ace (Dial
Books, 2016), received $100,000. The
annual award is given to a U.S. poet in
recognition of lifetime achievement.
There is no application process.
PEGASUS AWARD FOR POETRY CRITICISM
Terrance Hayes of New York City won
the 2019 Pegasus Award for Poetry Crit-
icism for To Float in the Space Between: A
Life and Work in Conversation With the
Life and Work of Etheridge Knight (Wave
Books, 2018). He received $7,500. The
annual award is given for a book of po-
etry criticism published in the previous
year. As of this writing, the next deadline
has not been set.PEN/Faulkner Foundation
PEN/MALAMUD AWARD
John Edgar Wideman of New York City
and Brittany, France, won the 2019
PEN/Malamud Award. Wideman, whose
most recent book is the story collec-
tion American Histories (Scribner, 2018),
received $5,000 and will be honored at
a ceremony in Washington, D.C., in
December. The annual award “recogniz-
es excellence in the art of short fiction.”
There is no application process.
PEN/Faulkner Foundation, 641 South
Street NW, Third Floor, Washington, D.C.
- Shahenda Helmy, Programs &
Logistics Director.
[email protected]
http://www.penfaulkner.org
Ploughshares
ASHLEY LEIGH BOURNE PRIZE FOR
FICTION
Belle Boggs of Raleigh, North Carolina,
won the inaugural Ashley Leigh Bourne
Prize for Fiction for “In the Shadow of
Man,” which appeared in the Spring
2018 issue of Ploughshares. She received
$2,500. The editors judged. The annual
award is given for a short story published
Low residency MFA in
Creative Writing
POETRY • FICTION • CREATIVE NONFICTION
NARRATIVE/POETIC MEDICINEdominican.edu/mfa
Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior
Street, Chicago, IL 60654.
http://www.poetryfoundation.orgPoetry Society of the United
Kingdom
NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
Wayne Holloway-Smith of London won
the 2018 National Poetry Competition
for “The posh mums are boxing in the
square.” He received £5,000 (approxi-
mately $6,350). Katie Griffiths of Surrey,
England, won the second-place prize for
“Do not indulge indigo.” She received
£2,000 (approximately $2,540). Mark
Fiddes of London, Dubai, and Barcelona
won the third-place prize for “Polite
Safety Notice.” He received £1,000 (ap-
proximately $1,270). The winning poems
were published in the Spring 2019 issue
of Poetry Review and on the Poetry Socie-
ty of the United Kingdom’s website. Kei
Miller, Kim Moore, and Mark Waldron
judged. The annual award is given for a
single poem written in English.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
Poetry Society of the United Kingdom,
National Poetry Competition, 22
Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX,