Elizabeth Hoover
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AWARDS

Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, Finalist, 2021

Zone 3 Press Book Award, Finalist, 2018
 
Pushcart nomination from Foundry, 2018

Sundress Academy, Writing Retreat fellowship, 2018

Boulevard Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets, winner 2017

Best American Essays, notable essay, 2015
 
Discovery/Boston Review, semifinalist, 2015
 
Lauren K. Alleyne Difficult Fruit Prize for “Won’t You Be My Valentine,” IthacaLit, winner, 2015
 
Orlando Award from A Room of Her Own Foundation, finalist, 2015
 
StoryQuarterly First Annual Essay Contest for “Smudge,” winner, 2014
 
VanderMey Nonfiction Prize for “Phantom Language,” Ruminate Magazine, finalist, 2014
 
Ninth Letter Literary Award for “Smudge,” Ninth Letter, finalist, 2014
 
Diana Woods Memorial Creative Non-fiction Award for “Phantom Language,” finalist, 2014
 
Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize for “Luna Moth,” “A Fine Romance,” and “Another Fine Romance,” 2014
 
Madison Caucus for Gender Equality, professional development grant for work on “Smudge,” James Madison University, 2013
 
Merída Prize for “the archive is always in present tense,” U.S. Poets in Mexico, finalist, 2013
 
Split This Rock Poetry of Provocation and Witness Award for “Lát-Kat,” second prize, 2012
 
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, fellowship, 2011

Flight School, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, fellowship, 2011
 
Arts and Letters/Rumi Prize for Poetry, finalist, 2009
 
Writers in the Heartland, residency, October 2009
 
Bertotl Clever Writing Prize, Indiana University, 2008
 
Project on African Expressive Traditions, research and travel grant, 2008
 
Atlanta Review International Publication Prize for “The Altar,” Atlanta Review, 2008
 
Won-Joon Yon Scholarship for Racial Tolerance, 2008
 
The Poetry Center of Chicago’s Annual Juried Reading Award, finalist, 2008

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  • About
  • Creative Writing
  • Criticism & Interviews
  • Museum & University Publications
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  • Awards