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| Academy of American Poets Fellowship Established in 1946 to reward one American poet per year "for distinguished poetic achievement"; $20,000 stipend. | John Haines |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters Awards in Literature Bestowed annually by the Academy to honor and encourage writers in their creative work; includes $7500 prize for each honoree. | Charles Baxter, Maureen Howard, Jayne Anne Phillips, and Jane Smiley In fiction Allen Grossman In poetry Luc Sante In nonfiction |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters New Members in Literature Elected annually to fill vacancies in the academy's membership. | Philip Levine, poet Albert Murray, novelist Studs Terkel, nonfiction writer |
| American Book Awards Established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation, in recognition of the excellence and multicultural diversity of American writing, to reward outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre. | Alurista For Et Tu … Raza Dorothy Barresi... |
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