Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
$2,000 honorarium
Scholarship coverage
- other
Description
AWP Small Press Publisher Award is an annual prize for nonprofit presses and literary journals that recognizes the important role such organizations play in publishing creative works and introducing new authors to the reading public.
Benefits
The award includes a $2,000 honorarium and a complimentary exhibit booth, including two complimentary conference registrations, at the AWP Conference & Bookfair in the year following the recipient’s recognition. In even years, the award is given to a journal, and, in odd years, to a press.
Eligibility
The AWP Small Press Publisher award will be given to a press or journal that has made significant contributions to contemporary literature.
- The nominee will be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
- The nominee will have participated in at least three previous AWP bookfairs, which may include the bookfair held in the year in which they are nominated.
- The nominee will have been in operation for five years or more at the time of its nomination.
- The winner must travel to the AWP conference to receive the award.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Literature
Locations
United States
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
None
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
31 Oct 2026
Letters of nomination are accepted September 1–October 31 annually via our online submission portal.