John C. Zacharis First Book Award
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The John C. Zacharis First Book Award honors the best first book of poetry or fiction by a Ploughshares
writer. The award carries a cash prize of $1,500, and feature publication in the "Postscripts" section of the Winter issue. It was started in 1991.
Ploughshares
Ploughshares is an American literary magazine founded in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, Ploughshares has been based at Emerson College in the heart of Boston...
writer. The award carries a cash prize of $1,500, and feature publication in the "Postscripts" section of the Winter issue. It was started in 1991.
| Year | Winner | Book | Magazine Issue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Paul Yoon Paul Yoon Paul Yoon is an American short story writer.He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and Wesleyan University.He lives in Boston.... |
Once The Shore: Stories (Fiction) | Winter 2009-10 |
| 2008 | Susan Hutton Susan Hutton -Life:She was raised in and around Detroit, Michigan.She graduated from Kalamazoo College, and from the University of Michigan with an MFA, where she studied with Linda Gregerson, David Baker, and Larry Goldstein... |
On the Vanishing of Large Creatures (Poetry) | Winter 2008-09 |
| 2007 | Ander Monson Ander Monson -Life:He was raised in Houghton, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula. His mother's death when he was seven years old is reflected in the themes of his later fiction. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois... |
Other Electricities (Fiction) | Winter 2007-08 |
| 2006 | Thomas Sayers Ellis Thomas Sayers Ellis Thomas Sayers Ellis is a poet, photographer, and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York, and a core faculty member of the Lesley University Low Residency MFA Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts... |
The Maverick Room (Poetry) | Winter 2006-07 |
| 2005 | Richard McCann Richard McCann Richard McCann is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. He lives in Washington, D.C., where he is a long-time professor in the A gay writer, he is the author of , a collection of linked stories that novelist Michael Cunningham has described as unbearably beautiful. It won the 2005 from... |
Mother of Sorrows (Fiction) | Winter 2005-06 |
| 2004 | Mark Turpin Mark Turpin -Life:He is the son of a Presbyterian minister. He has spent 25 years working construction and building houses.He graduated from Boston University at age 47, with a Masters Degree.He lives and works in Berkeley, California.... |
Hammer (Poetry) | Winter 2004 |
| 2003 | Maile Meloy Maile Meloy Maile Meloy is an American author of fiction. She was born in Helena, Montana, where she was also raised.Meloy graduated from the University of California, Irvine with an M.F.A... |
Half in Love (Fiction) | Winter 2003 |
| 2002 | Doreen Gildroy Doreen Gildroy -Life:She graduated from Warren Wilson College with an M.F.A. Her work has appeared in The American Poetry Review, The Antioch Review, The Colorado Review, The Marlboro Review, TriQuarterly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, and Volt.... |
The Little Field of Self (Poetry) | Winter 2002 |
| 2001 | Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon Aleksandar Hemon is a Bosnian-American fiction writer. He is the winner of a MacArthur Foundation grant. He has written four acclaimed books: Love and Obstacles: Stories , The Lazarus Project: A Novel , which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle... |
The Question of Bruno (Fiction) | Winter 2001 |
| 2000 | Dana Levin | In the Surgical Theatre (Poetry) | Winter 2000 |
| 1999 | Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth M. Gilbert is an American author, essayist, short story writer, biographer, novelist and memoirist. She is best known for her 2006 memoirs, Eat, Pray, Love, which as of December 2010, has spent 199 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, and was also made into a film by the same... |
Pilgrims (Fiction) | Winter 1999 |
| 1998 | David Gewanter David Gewanter -Life:He teaches at Georgetown University, and lives in Washington, D. C., with his wife, writer Joy Young, and son James.His work has appeared in Ploughshares.-Awards:* 1999 Witter Bynner Fellowship, Library of Congress * Whiting Writer's Award... |
In the Belly (Poetry) | Winter 1998 |
| 1997 | Carolyn Ferrell Carolyn Ferrell -Life:She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, and City College of New York with an MA.She has lived, worked, and studied in West Berlin, Manhattan, and the South Bronx.She is married to and has children with psychology professor Linwood Lewis... |
Don't Erase Me (Fiction) | Winter 1997 |
| 1996 | Kevin Young Kevin Young Kevin Young may refer to:*Kevin Young , American athlete*Kevin Young , American baseballer*Kevin Young , English footballer... |
Most Way Home (Poetry) | Winter 1996 |
| 1995 | Debra Spark Debra Spark Debra Spark is an American short story writer, essayist, and editor. She teaches at Colby College and at Warren Wilson College.-Biography:Debra Spark was born in Boston, Massachusets in 1962... |
Coconuts for the Saint (Fiction) | Winter 1995 |
| 1994 | Tony Hoagland Tony Hoagland Anthony Dey Hoagland is an American poet and writer. His poetry collection 2003, What Narcissism Means to Me, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Other honors include two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a 2000 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry, and a... |
Sweet Ruin (Poetry) | Winter 1994 |
| 1993 | Jessica Treadway Jessica Treadway -Life:She was raised in Albany, New York.She graduated from the State University of New York at Albany, and from Boston University, with an MA.She worked as a reporter for United Press International.... |
Absent Without Leave (Fiction) | Winter 1993 |
| 1992 | Allison Joseph Allison Joseph Allison Joseph is an American poet, editor and professor. She is author of six poetry collections, most recently, My Father's Kites: Poems . She grew up in Toronto and the Bronx. She graduated from Kenyon College with a B.A., and from Indiana University with an M.F.A... |
What Keeps Us Here (Poetry) | Winter 1992 |
| 1991 | David Wong Louie David Wong Louie David Wong Louie is an American writer of novels and short stories.- Literary career :He received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa in 1981 and a B.A. from Vassar College in 1977... |
Pangs of Love (Fiction) | Winter 1991 |