The Virginia Quarterly Assessment lately introduced the winners of the Emily Clark Balch Prizes in Fiction and Poetry, the Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction, and the VQR Prize for Pictures (see listing under). Our warmest congratulations exit to Puerto Rican poet Martín Espada for profitable the award for poetry!
The Emily Clark Balch Prizes and the Staige D. Blackford Prize have been created to honor the very best writing to look within the pages of VQR annually. Previous recipients embody John Berryman, Philip Caputo, Pauline W. Chen, Carolyn Forché, Natasha Trethewey, and Kevin Younger. The VQR Prize for Pictures was created to acknowledge the very best picture portfolio to look in our pages. Every prize features a financial award of $1,000.
Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction
Karen Palmer
“Birds of Paradise”
(Summer season)
Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry
Martín Espada
“Award Ceremony Nightmare With Swedish Meatballs”
“Huge Fowl Died for Your Sins”
“Take a look at This”
“Love Track of the Disembodied Head in a Jar”
(Winter)
Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction
Ed Pavlić
“On the Mercy of the Gentle”
(Winter)
The VQR Prize for Pictures
Jenna Garrett
“This Holy Hill”
(Summer season)
To learn poems and for extra data, go to https://www.vqronline.org/vqr-congratulates-2022-prize-winner and https://www.vqronline.org/vqr-congratulates-2022-prize-winner.