AWP Small Press Publisher Award

AWP’s 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. The award acknowledges the hard work, creativity, and innovation of these presses and journals, and honors their contributions to the literary landscape through their publication of consistently excellent work.

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 Requirements

The nominee will be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

• The nominee will have participated in at least three previous AWP book fairs, which may include the bookfair held in the year in which they are nominated.

• The nominee will have been inoperation for five years or more eat the time of its nomination.

• The winner must travel to the AWP conference to receive the award.