Red Hen Press would like to thank all who submitted work for the awards and congratulate the following winners!
Ann Petry Award 2024 winner: Abrea Armstrong’s Ferry Tales
Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award 2024 winner: Jane Won’t’s mock, vent, careening
Cai Emmons Fiction Award 2025 winner: Kyoko Uchida’s Notes for an Ending
Quill Prose Award 2024 winner: Jax Connelly’s We Have Attempted to Contact You and Have Failed on Several Occasions
Red Hen Press Women’s Prose Prize 2024 winner: Nita Noveno’s Mud on the Moon
General Awards
Red Hen Press is proud to confer four literary awards: the Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award and the Ann Petry Award for $3,000 each and the publication of a full manuscript; the Cai Emmons Fiction Award for $5,000 and the publication of a full manuscript; the Quill Prose Award for $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press.
For more information on each award, including how to enter, please check out the links below.
Given the high volume of submissions we receive, please expect a response time of three to six months. We appreciate your patience.
Partnership Awards with Book Publication by Red Hen Press
Red Hen Press partners with the following organizations who award or hand-select manuscripts for publication by Red Hen Press. For more information on each partnership, including how to submit your manuscript, please check out the links below.
Los Angeles Review Awards
Additionally, Red Hen Press is pleased to present four annual awards from the Los Angeles Review! The 2025 contests are: the Short Fiction Award, judged by Denise Frost; the Flash Fiction Award, judged by Molly Olguin; the Creative Nonfiction Award, judged by Wes Jamison; and the Poetry Award, judged by Kim Dower. A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Los Angeles Review will be given to four authors each season for exceptional writing in each genre.