It seems like every other week we’re posting about a new recognition for Faylita Hicks’s revolutionary debut poetry collection HoodWitch. This time the book is a finalist for the Balcones Poetry Prize! Check out the list of other finalists (for the poetry as well as...
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Spider Love Song and Other Stories Is Finalist for Firecracker Awards!
We are very pleased to announce that Nancy Au’s Spider Love Song and Other Stories is a finalist in fiction for The Firecracker Awards! Thank you, CLMP! The final winners will be announced at the end of the month. Join us in wishing Nancy as much luck as you can...
The Cincinnati Review Robert and Adele Schiff Awards Now Open
Acre Books’ kinprint publication The Cincinnati Review‘s annual summer contest is now open for submissions. The Robert and Adele Schiff Awards provide one winner in each of the categories of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction with $1000 prize. The contest also...
HoodWitch Named Finalist for 2020 Julie Suk Award!
We at Acre are absolutely thrilled that Faylita Hicks’s HoodWitch has been named one of nine finalists for the Julie Suk Award for the best book of poetry published by a literary press in 2019. Cue mad applause for the amazing Faylita Hicks and her brilliant debut...
Joanna Pearson’s Every Human Love is a 2019 Foreword INDIES Finalist!
We are grateful to be able to offer some good news in tense and traumatic times. Congrats to Acre author Joanna Pearson, whose novel Every Human Love is a finalist for the 2019 INDIES Award!
Joanna Pearson and Tomas Moniz Finalists for Foreword INDIES!
In these strange and often discouraging times, we are thankful for our wonderful authors and the recognition they garner for their amazing work. Joanna Pearson (Every Human Love) and Tomas Moniz (Big Familia) are Foreword INDIES finalists in the short story and LGBTQ...
Stream the PEN America Literary Awards Live on YouTube
Earlier this year, everyone at Acre was ecstatic to hear that Tomas Moniz’s wonderful book Big Familia was shortlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for best debut novel. Wish him luck during the awards ceremony tonight, which can be livestreamed here. View the other...
Faylita Hicks’ “Girl 1994: Gawd” on Sundress’s Best of the Net 2019!
Congratulations to poet and activist Faylita Hicks, author of HoodWitch, on having her poem “Girl 1994: Gawd” featured in Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net poetry awards for 2019! Originally published by The Cincinnati Review, “Girl 1994: Gawd” is also included...
Don’t Forget: Hannah Dow’s Rosarium as The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed
Did you know that Hannah Dow’s poetry collection Rosarium was a The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed pick from Sundress Publications this spring? The Wardrobe highlights a collection through the lens of a single poem, picking their favorite spotlights for “Best Dressed.” In...
Nancy Au Wins First Place in Redivider Contest
Congratulations to Nancy Au, first place winner of Redivider Magazine’s Blurred Genre Contest. You can read her winning piece, “Walks Like a Lion,” on their website.