United States Artists Fellowship Grants. $50,000. USA fellows for 2008:

Jeff Chang, nonfiction writer (Berkeley, CA).
Forrest Gander, poet, novelist, and essayist (Barrington, RI).
Barry Hannah, novelist (Oxford, MS).
Joy Harjo, poet (Honolulu, HI).
Tayari Jones, novelist, short-fiction writer, and literary critic (Atlanta, GA).
A. Van Jordan, poet (Austin, TX).
Laura Kasischke, poet and novelist (Chelsea, MI).
Lê Thi Diem Thúy, poet, novelist, and performance artist (Northampton, MA).
Harryette Mullen, poet, short story writer, and literary scholar (Los Angeles, CA).

The Seventh Annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize. Publication and $300. Sponsored by CALYX, A Journal of Art & Literature by Women. Winner: Hilde Weisert for “Finding Wilfred Owen Again.” Judge: Ursula K. Le Guin.

Glimmer Train August Very Short Fiction Awards. Publication in Glimmer Train Stories. Winners: 1st Place: $1,200, Michael Schiavone for “No One Comes Up Here by Accident.” 2nd Place: $700, Jackie Thomas-Kennedy for “The Bridge is Moving.” 3rd Place: $300, Debbie Weingarten for“Precarious Things.”

2008 Gival Press Short Story Award. $1,000. Winner: Tim Johnston for “Water.” Judge: Mark Wisniewski.