NeMLA Creative Writing Awards

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.

Our Annual Book Award includes an award for the best unpublished book of fiction in English.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 December 1.

Please see our Annual Book Award page for more information on how to apply.

2022: Lena Retamoso Urbano, Bennington College, "y el cuerpo se eleva"

• Honorable Mention: Moisés Park, Baylor University, "Gain in Translation"

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