The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards are two American prizes located at Claremont Graduate University. These awards are given to poets for their collections of poetry written in English by citizens or legal residents of the United States. The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is a $100,000 prize given to a poet who is still developing their career but has already published a collection of poems.
The San Francisco Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the biggest community foundations in the United States. The foundation’s goal is to bring together community leaders, nonprofit groups, government agencies, and donors to promote racial fairness, diversity, and equal economic opportunities.
John Esten Cooke was born on November 3, 1830, and died on September 27, 1886. He was an American novelist, writer, and poet. He was the brother of Philip Pendleton Cooke, who was also a poet.
The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize is a literary award given every year to an American woman for the best long book that tells a story. The award has been given by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies and the Department of English at the University of Rochester since 1975.
The James Jones Literary Society is a group that celebrates American author James Jones by supporting many writing awards.
The San Francisco Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is one of the largest community foundations in the United States. The foundation works to bring together community leaders, nonprofit groups, government agencies, and donors to promote fair treatment for all races, support diversity, and help people from all backgrounds have equal opportunities.
The Hopwood Awards are a major scholarship program at the University of Michigan, created by Avery Hopwood. According to Avery Hopwood’s will, one-fifth of his estate was given to the university’s regents to support writing creative works. Avery Hopwood was a well-known American playwright and a 1905 graduate of the University of Michigan.
The Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize is a yearly award named after German-American publishers Helen and Kurt Wolff. It recognizes a top literary translation from German to English, published in the United States the year before. The translator who completes the winning translation receives $10,000.
The PEN America Literary Awards are considered to be some of the most important American literary prizes. These awards are part of many PEN awards supported by International PEN, which has more than 145 PEN centers worldwide. Some awards that were once given by the PEN American Center, which is now called PEN America, are no longer presented.
The Gotham Book Prize is a $50,000 award given every year to a book that is either fiction or non-fiction and is chosen as the best book about or set in New York City. The award was created by business investor Bradley Tusk and political consultant Howard Wolfson.