NeMLA Creative Writing Awards
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Creative Writing Award
The award will be given for a presentation given at the previous Convention on a Creative Session. Please email submissions to support@nemla.org with “NeMLA Creative Award Submission” as the subject line. The deadline is December 15.
Book Award
Our Annual Book Award includes an award for the best unpublished book of fiction in English. Manuscripts cannot be under review at a press. The deadline is October 15.
Previous Winners
Creative Writing Award
- 2022: Lena Retamoso Urbano, Bennington College, "y el cuerpo se eleva"
Honorable Mention: Moisés Park, Baylor University, "Gain in Translation"
Annual Book Award in Fiction
- 2022: Patrick Thomas Henry, University of North Dakota, Practice for Becoming a Ghost: Stories
Runner-Up: Allison Brooks, Kent State University, Great Grandma’s Grimoire