97 POETS & WRITERS^Recent WinnersGRANTS & AWARDS“Corpse Walks Into a Bar.” Cinthia
Ritchie of Anchorage, Alaska, won the
nonfiction award for her memoir excerpt
“Hunger, and Lies.” Marilyn Chin
judged in poetry, Shobha Rao judged in
fiction, and Stephanie Land judged in
nonfiction. The winners each received
$1,000 and a scholarship to the Tucson
Festival of Books and Masters Work-
shop. The winners were also invited to
read at the Tucson Festival of Books in
March. The annual awards are given for
a group of poems, a short story or novel
excerpt, and an essay or memoir excerpt.
The next deadline is October 31.
Tucson Festival of Books, Literary
Awards, P.O. Box 855, Cortaro, AZ 85652.
Meg Files, Director.
[email protected]
tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
University of Pittsburgh Press
DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE
Kate Wisel of Chicago won the 2019
Drue Heinz Literature Prize for Driving
in Cars With Homeless Men. She received
$15,000, and her book will be published
by University of Pittsburgh Press. Min
Jin Lee judged. The annual award is
given for a collection of short fiction.
The next deadline is June 30.
University of Pittsburgh Press, Drue
Heinz Literature Prize, 7500 Thomas
Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
[email protected]
http://www.upress.pitt.edu
Unterberg Poetry Center
DISCOVERY POETRY PRIZES
Four poets won the 2019 Discovery
Poetry Prizes. They are Alfredo Aguilar
of San Marcos, Texas; Bernard Ferguson
and Omotara James, both of New York
City; and Alycia Pirmohamed of Edin-
burgh, Scotland. They each received
$500, publication of their work in the
Paris Review Daily, and an invitation
to give a reading at the 92nd Street Y
in New York City. Mai Der Vang and
Timothy Donnelly were the preliminary
judges; Daniel Borzutzky, Randall
Mann, and Patricia Smith were the final
judges. The annual awards are given to
poets who have not published a book of
poems. The next deadline is January 10,
2020.
Unterberg Poetry Center, Discovery
Poetry Prizes, 1395 Lexington Avenue,
New York, NY 10128. (212) 415-5760.Ricardo Maldonado, Contact.
[email protected]
http://www.92y.org/discovery
Winning Writers
TOM HOWARD/MARGARET REID POETRY
CONTESTS
Latorial Faison of Chester, Virginia,
won the Tom Howard Prize for “Mama
Was a Negro Spiritual.” Sean Patrick
Mulroy of Portsmouth, Virginia, won the
Margaret Reid Prize for “Villanelle for
the Wound.” They each received $1,500,
publication on the Winning Writers
website, and a one-year gift certificate
from Duotrope. Soma Mei Sheng
Frazier judged. The annual awards are
given for a poem in any style and a poem
written in a traditional style. The next
deadline is September 30.
Winning Writers, Tom Howard/Margaret
Reid Poetry Contests, 351 Pleasant Street,
PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060.
Adam Cohen, President.
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