SEPT OCT 2019 174EDWIN MARKHAM PRIZE FOR POETRY
Joseph Sigurdson of Buffalo, New York,
won the 2018 Edwin Markham Prize
for Poetry for “Letter 2.” He received
$1,000, and his poem will be published
in Reed Magazine. Beatrix Gates judged.
The annual award is given for a poem or
group of poems. (SEE DEADLINES.)
JOHN STEINBECK AWARD FOR FICTION
Larry Malchow of Ripon, Wisconsin, won
the 2018 John Steinbeck Short Story
Award for “Wash the Crying River.”
He received $1,000, and his story will
be published in Reed Magazine. Shanthi
Sekaran judged. The annual award is
given for a short story. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Reed Magazine, San José State University,
English Department, One Washington
Square, San José, CA 95192. (408)
924-4425. [email protected]
http://www.reedmag.orgRobinson Jeffers Tor House
Foundation
POETRY PRIZE
Sarah Matthes of Austin, Texas, won
the 2019 Robinson Jeffers Tor House
Foundation Poetry Prize for her poems
“Wet Body Hot Stone” and “The
Seventeen Year Cicadas.” She received$1,500. Brenda Hillman judged. The
annual award is given for a single poem;
this year the prize was awarded for two
poems. The next deadline is March 15,
2020.
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation,
Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 223240, Carmel,
CA 93922. (831) 624-1813. Elliot
Ruchowitz-Roberts, Coordinator.
[email protected]
http://www.torhouse.orgSan Jose State University
STEINBECK FELLOWSHIPS IN CREATIVE
WRITING
Fiction writers Gabriela Garcia of Lafay-
ette, Indiana, Meron Hadero and Laura A.
Zink, both of Oakland, Carrie R. Moore
of Milpitas, California, and Shabnam
Nadiya of El Cerrito, California; and
translator Mushfig Babayev of Fairfield,
California, won 2019–2020 Steinbeck
Fellowships in Creative Writing. They
each received a $15,000 stipend and a
yearlong residency at San Jose State
University. The annual awards are given
to fiction writers or creative nonfiction
writers. As of this writing, the next dead-
line has not been set.San Jose State University, Steinbeck
Fellowships in Creative Writing, Martha
Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies,
Room 590, Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Library, San Jose, CA 95192. (408)
808-2067. Nicholas P. Taylor, Director.
[email protected]
http://www.sjsu.edu/steinbeckSchaffner Press
NICHOLAS SCHAFFNER AWARD FOR
MUSIC IN LITERATURE
James Gallant of Atlanta won the sixth
annual Nicholas Schaffner Award for
Music in Literature for his story collec-
tion, La Leona and Other Guitar Stories.
He received $1,000, and his book will
be published by Schaffner Press in 2020.
The annual award is given for a poetry
collection, novel, short story collection,
essay collection, or memoir that “deals
in some way with the subject of music
and its influence.” The next deadline is
January 31, 2020.
Schaffner Press, Nicholas Schaffner
Award for Music in Literature, P.O. Box
41567, Tucson, AZ 85717.
http://www.schaffnerpress.comGRANTS & AWARDSR
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“[Winning] literally changed my life”
—Lidia Yuknavitch (Winner, 1997)Poets and fiction writers from Oklahoma are
invited to apply for the 2019 Maureen Egen
Writers Exchange Award.Winners receive an all-expenses-paid trip to
New York City to meet with editors, agents,
publishers, and prominent writers. One fiction
writer and one poet from Oklahoma will be
selected. The goal of the Writers Exchange
Award is to introduce promising writers to a
network for professional advancement.Applications mus be postmarked by January
6, 2020. There is no entry fee to apply. For
details and eligibility requirements, visit
pw.org/wex.The Writers Exchange Award is supported by a
generous contribution from Maureen Egen.OKLAHOMA
POETS AND
FICTION WRITERS
2020 Maureen Egen
Writers Exchange Award
CALL FOR ENTRIES