San Francisco Foundation/Nomadic Press Literary Award
The SFF/Nomadic Press Literary Awards offer 10 winning writers $5,000 per recipient for outstanding work in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Announcing the winners of the 2023 SFF/Nomadic Press Literary Awards.
Poetry
Carla Schick
Christell Victoria Roach
Vania Gutierrez
Nia McAllister
Nefertiti Asanti
Joshua Merchant
Mimi Tempestt
Fiction
Julián Delgado Lopera
Danny Thanh Nguyen
Non-fiction
Linda Norton
Learn more about the 2023 awards and the winners at Nomadic Press.
The next literary awards will be postponed until Spring 2025. Visit us here and stay tuned for more information.
Past Awardees
2022
Poetry
Reggie Edmonds
Carolyn Ho
Rick D’Elia
Anesha Grant
Jenny Qi
Dawn Angelicca Barcelona
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Fiction
Lydia Kim
Olivia Peña
Non-fiction
Gabrielle Corona
2021
Poetry
Josiah Luis Alderete
Mae Ramirez
Lourdes Figueroa
Alan Chazaro
Camilo Garzón
Karla Clark
Leticia Hernández-Linares
MK Chavez
Cynthia Parker-Ohene
Susana Praver-Pérez
Fiction
Maya Sisneros
Lillian Giles
Dominica Phetteplace
Daniel Pearce
Zora Mai Quỳnh
Suzanne Rivecca
Devon Devine
Ngozi Oparah
Non-fiction
Janine Kovac
Ellie Bozmarova
About Our Donor: Joseph Henry Jackson
Joseph Henry Jackson (1894-1955) moved to California after World War I and was editor of Sunset Magazine from 1926-28. From 1924-1943 he hosted the radio program “Bookman’s Guide,” and from 1930 through the remainder of his career, he served as the literary editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, where he gained national prominence. Jackson also wrote and edited over a dozen books, many concerning California history. He served on several literary boards, including the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Harper Prize Novel and the Pulitzer Prize. Jackson was always interested in discovering and encouraging new writers. In his honor, his friends established the Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award for emerging writers in the Bay Area.
