Quincy Scott Jones – Poetry 
Khanh Ha – Fiction 
Amy Roma – Non-Fiction
2020 C&R Press Awardees, Shortlist, and Longlist
We are pleased to announce our 2020 awardees, shortlist, and longlist in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction.
C&R Press awards $1000 for a book of Poetry, $1000 for a book of Fiction (Novel or Short Story Collection), and $1000 for a book of Nonfiction (Memoir and Essay) and publication of selected manuscripts. C&R Press also hosts two Chapbook competitions each year. C&R Press also holds open submissions for full-length manuscripts in each genre throughout the year. To see our other published titles please click HERE.
2022 C&R Press Awards open on January 1, 2022.
The Press congratulates the awardees, the shortlist and longlist, and notes that the selection process was full of strong writers across all genres with a very high quality of writing.
Poetry Award
Quincy Scott Jones How to Kill Yourself Instead of Your Children
Fiction Award
Khanh Ha A Mother’s Tale and Other Stories
Nonfiction Award
Amy Roma By the Bridge or by the River?
Poetry Shortlist
Lucian Mattison
Curtis Crisler
Brent House
Dr. Deidra Suwanee Dees
Fiction Shortlist
Mark Powell
Shilpi Suneja
Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes
Ed Falco
Nonfiction Shortlist
Golda Lee Bruce
Joshua Bernstein
Dina Elenbogen
Casey Charles
Illya Szilak
Matthew Vollmer
Poetry Longlist
Zakia Khwaja
C. Pope
Brian Clifton
Jose Angél Araguz
Theodora Ziolkowski
Jenny Irish
Maria Terrone
Erin Slaughter
Patrick Kindig
Daryl Lim Wei Jie
Fiction Longlist
Karen Lee Boren
Marcus Clayton
Keith Lesmeister
Mary Troy
Anietie Isong
Mark Wisniewski
Curtis VanDonkelaar
Jody Hobbs Hesler
Amanda Kabak
Nonfiction Longlist
Laurie Blauner
Abby Diamond
Kase Johnstun
David Gavin
Sascha Bercovitch
John Cotter
Katharine Haake
Naomi Coquillon