SEPT OCT 2019 158nationally distributed press.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
Boulevard, Nonfiction Contest for
Emerging Writers, 4125 Juniata Street B,
Saint Louis, MO 63116. Jessica Rogen,
Editor.
http://www.boulevardmagazine.orgBrick Road Poetry Press
POETRY BOOK CONTEST
Beth Ruscio of Los Angeles won the
2018 Brick Road Poetry Book Contest
for Speaking Parts. She received $1,000,
and her book will be published by Brick
Road Poetry Press in 2020. The annual
award is given for a poetry collection.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
Brick Road Poetry Press, Poetry Book
Contest, 513 Broadway, Columbus, GA- Keith Badowski and Ron Self,
Coeditors.
http://www.brickroadpoetrypress.com
Bronx Council on the Arts
BRIO AWARDS
Poets Helen Dano, Sandra Garcia Rivera,
Renee Salandy, and Sydney Valerio;
fiction writers Marcia Bradley, Richard
Frias, and William Lung; nonfiction writ-
ers Vanessa Mártir and Elaine Musiwa;and illustrated text writer Derrick
Charles, all of New York City, received
2019 BRIO Awards. They each received
$5,000. The annual grants are given to
writers who reside in the Bronx in New
York City. As of this writing, the next
deadline has not been set.
Bronx Council on the Arts, BRIO Awards,
2700 East Tremont Avenue, Bronx, NY- (718) 931-9500.
http://www.bronxarts.org
Carlow University
PATRICIA DOBLER POETRY AWARD
Donna M. Glass of Okmulgee, Oklaho-
ma, won the 2018 Patricia Dobler Poetry
Award for her poem “The Grocery
Store.” She received $1,000, publication
in Voices From the Attic, and round-trip
transportation and lodging to give a
reading at Carlow University. Judith
Vollmer judged. The annual award is
given to a woman poet over 40 who has
not published a book in any genre.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
Carlow University, Patricia Dobler
Poetry Award, c/o Jan Beatty, Director
of Creative Writing, 3333 Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15213. (412) 578-6346. JanBeatty and Sarah Williams-Devereux,
Contacts. [email protected]
http://www.carlow.edu/Dobler_Poetry_Award.aspxCave Canem Foundation
TOI DERRICOTTE & CORNELIUS EADY
CHAPBOOK PRIZE
Mia S. Willis of Charlotte, North Caroli-
na, won the 2018 Toi Derricotte & Cor-
nelius Eady Chapbook Prize for monster
house. They received $500, publication by
Jai-Alai Books, and a weeklong resi-
dency at the Writer’s Room at the Betsy
Hotel in Miami, Florida, and will give a
reading at the O, Miami Festival. Dawn
Lundy Martin judged. The annual award
is given for a poetry chapbook by a Black
poet. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Cave Canem Foundation, Toi Derricotte
& Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize, 20 Jay
Street, Suite 310-A, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
(718) 858-0000.
http://www.cavecanempoets.org/prizes/toi-derricotte
-cornelius-eady-chapbook-prizeCenter for Book Arts
POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
Miriam Bird Greenberg of Berkeley,
California, won the 24th annual Poetry
Chapbook Competition for The SixthGRANTS & AWARDSR
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