Arts and Letters Awards in Literature were given to poets Marilyn Chin of San Diego and Eileen Myles of Marfa, Texas, and New York City fiction writer John McManus of Norfolk, Virginia fiction and nonfiction writer Siri Hustvedt of New York City nonfiction writer Chris Hedges of Princeton, New Jersey and translator and nonfiction writer Robert Alter of Berkeley, California. The annual award is given to a “young writer of considerable literary talent” who has published a book during the previous year. Metcalf Award, given biennially to a “young writer of great promise.” Tommy Orange of Angels Camp, California, won the $10,000 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for his novel, There There (Knopf). Vursell Memorial Award, given annually to a writer whose work “merits recognition for the quality of its prose style.” Poet Aracelis Girmay of New York City won the $10,000 Addison M. Powell of San Francisco received the $20,000 John Updike Award, given biennially to a writer whose work has “demonstrated consistent excellence.” Poet and prose writer John Keene of Newark, New Jersey, received the $20,000 Harold D. Forster Award, given annually to a young writer from the United Kingdom or Ireland for a stay in the United States Paul Muldoon and Colm Tóibín judged.

Fiction writer Sally Rooney of Dublin, Ireland, received the $20,000 E. Fiction writer Lydia Millet of Tucson received the $25,000 Award of Merit, given in alternating years to a writer or artist this year the award was given to a short story writer. Thirteen writers received awards in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The next deadline is November 1.Īcademy of American Poets, Walt Whitman Award, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. The annual award is given to a poet who has not published a poetry collection in a standard edition.

Her work will also be featured on the Academy of American Poets website and in American Poets, and copies of her book will be distributed to thousands of Academy members. She received $5,000 a six-week all-expenses-paid residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy and publication of her book by Graywolf Press in April 2020. Leah Naomi Green of Greensboro, North Carolina, won the 2019 Walt Whitman Award for The More Extravagant Feast.

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