Poets & Writers – September 2019

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GRANTS & AWARDS

SUSAN LESLIE MOORE

University of Massachusetts Press

Juniper Prize for Debut Poetry

SARAH HARRIS WALLMAN

University of Massachusetts Press

Juniper Prize for Fiction

ELIZABETH KADETSKY

University of Massachusetts Press

Juniper Prize for Nonfiction

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Adam Clay, Editor in Chief.

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http://www.usm.edu/mississippi-review

New York Public Library

CULLMAN CENTER FELLOWSHIPS

Poet Ken Chen of New York City and

fiction writers Mitchell S. Jackson and

Ben Marcus, both of New York City,

Sana Krasikov of Hastings-on-Hudson,

New York, and Sally Rooney of Dublin

received 2019–2020 Cullman Center

Fellowships. They will each receive

$70,000, an office in the Cullman Center

at the New York Public Library, and full

access to the library’s physical and elec-

tronic resources from September 2019

to May 2020. The annual fellowships are

given to poets, fiction writers, creative

nonfiction writers, and scholars whose

work will benefit directly from access to

the research collections at the New York

Public Library. (SEE DEADLINES.)

New York Public Library, Cullman Center

Fellowships, Stephen A. Schwarzman

Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street,

New York, NY 10018.

http://www.nypl.org/csw

Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota,

South Dakota, or Wisconsin. The next

deadline is January 31, 2020.

Milkweed Editions, Ballard Spahr

Prize for Poetry, 1011 Washington

Avenue South, Open Book, Suite 300,

Minneapolis, MN 55415.

http://www.milkweed.org

Mississippi Review
MISSISSIPPI REVIEW PRIZES
Jehanne Dubrow of Denton, Texas, won
the 2019 Mississippi Review Prize in
poetry for her poem “A Human Scale.”
Yu-Mei Balasingamchow of Boston won
in fiction for her story “The Prisoner.”
Mary O. Parker of Smithville, Texas,
won in nonfiction for her essay “Cache
& Consequences.” They each received
$1,000 and publication in the Mississippi
Review. Angela Ball judged in poetry,
Olivia Clare judged in fiction, and
Joshua Bernstein judged in nonfiction.
The annual awards are given for a group
of poems, a story, and an essay. The next
deadline is January 1, 2020.
Mississippi Review, Mississippi Review
Prizes, 118 College Drive, #5144,
mo Hattiesburg, MS 39406. (601) 266-4321.

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