PEN America
BFA authors included on the PEN America 2021 longlists: Rajiv Mohabir, Torrey Peters, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Percival Everett, Mai Der Vang, Phillip B. Williams, Douglas Kearney, George Saunders.
Publishers Weekly
Congratulations to Douglas Kearney, whose Sho is a finalist for the National Book Awards.
PEN America
BFA authors Saidiya Hartman and Kwame Dawes both recipients of 2021 PEN Awards.
Poetry Society of Am
Congratulations to Erika Meitner who is the 2021 recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s Cecil Hemley Memorial Award.
LA Times Book Prize
Deesha Philyaw among 2021 winners for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her collection The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
Guggenheim Fellows
Congratulations to Ellen Bass who was awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry!
Whiting Award
Congratulations to Ladan Osman, recipient of a 2021 Whiting Award for Poetry!