SEPT OCT 2019 178“Hindsight.” She received $1,500, and
her poem was published on the Valen-
tine’s Day menu at White Oak Kitchen
& Cocktails in Atlanta. Lindsay Turner
judged. The annual award is given for a
single poem on a theme by a writer from
the South. As of this writing, the next
deadline has not been set.
White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails, Prize in
Southern Poetry, 270 Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, GA 30303. (404) 524-7200.
http://www.whiteoakkitchen.comWomen’s Prize for Fiction
Tayari Jones of Atlanta won the 2019
Women’s Prize for Fiction for her
novel An American Marriage (Oneworld
Publications). She received £30,000 (ap-
proximately $38,100). Arifa Akbar, Dolly
Alderton, Leyla Hussein, Kate Williams,
and Sarah Wood judged. The annual
award is given for a novel by a woman
published in the United Kingdom dur-
ing the previous year. As of this writing,
the next deadline has not been set.
Women’s Prize for Fiction, c/o Society of
Authors, 84 Drayton Gardens, London
SW10 9SB. Paula Johnson, Contact.[email protected]
http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.ukYale Universit y Press
YALE SERIES OF YOUNGER POETS
Jill Osier of Fairbanks, Alaska, won the
2019 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize
for The Solace Is Not the Lullaby. Her book
will be published by Yale University
Press in April 2020, and she will receive
a residency at the James Merrill House
in Stonington, Connecticut. Carl Phil-
lips judged. The annual award is given
for a debut poetry collection.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
Yale University Press, Yale Series of
Younger Poets, P.O. Box 209040, New
Haven, CT 06520. [email protected]
http://www.youngerpoets.orgZócalo Public Square
BOOK PRIZE
Omer Bartov of Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, won the ninth annual Zócalo
Public Square Book Prize for Anatomy
of a Genocide: The Life and Death of a
Town Called Buczacz (Simon & Schuster).
He received $5,000 and was invited to
give a lecture at the National Center
for the Preservation of Democracy inLos Angeles. Michael Ignatieff, Krit
Novoselic, and Megan Smith judged.
The annual award is given for a book
of nonfiction published in the United
States in the previous year that “most
enhances our understanding of commu-
nity, human connectedness, and social
cohesion.” As of this writing, the next
deadline has not been set.
POETRY PRIZE
Erica Goss of Eugene, Oregon, won the
eighth annual Zócalo Public Square Po-
etry Prize for “The State of Jefferson.”
She received $500 and was invited to
give a reading at the National Center for
the Preservation of Democracy in Los
Angeles. Colette LaBouff and the editors
judged. The annual award is given for
a poem that “best evokes a connection
to place.” As of this writing, the next
deadline has not been set.
Zócalo Public Square, 100 North Central
Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
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