Arrowsmith Press, in partnership with The Derek Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, announces the first annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry to be awarded to a full-length book of poems by a living poet who is not a US citizen (green card holders welcome) published in the previous calendar year.

This has been our first short-term fall campaign, and we want to thank you for helping us kick it off strong. In the past couple of weeks, we have:

The 2019 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation is open to short prose, fiction and nonfiction, in translation! The winner receives $1,000 and publication in the journal. Two honorable mentions will each receive $250. All entries will be considered for paid publication on Gulf Coast’s website as Online Exclusives.

The 2019 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation is now open to short prose, fiction and nonfiction, in translation! The winner receives $1,000 and publication in the journal. Two honorable mentions will each receive $250. All entries will be considered for paid publication on Gulf Coast‘s website as Online Exclusives.

It’s not too late! But don’t wait long to get involved in the fun we’re planning for ALTA42: Sight and Sound, ALTA’s 42nd annual conference being held this year in Rochester, NY from November 7-10!