Amity Prize Winners and Finalists
The Amity Literary Award includes publication
and a $1000 cash prize.
AMITY PRIZE WINNER 2026
KIM MERRILL for Mooses Xing, to be published Spring 2027
2026 Winner & Finalist List (announced May 7, 2026)
AMITY PRIZE WINNER 2025
KATHLEEN KASKA for Death Without Dignity: A Hell’s Kitchen Mystery, to be published Fall 2026
2025 Winner & Finalist List (announced April 29, 2023)
AMITY PRIZE WINNER 2024
JULIE ANN BAKER BRIN for The Sigh and Flutter, Published Spring 2026
2024 Winner & Finalist List (announced April 19, 2024)
AMITY PRIZE WINNER 2023
CHAD V. BROUGHMAN for The Fall of Bellwether, published April 2024
In the small town of Bellwether, where prejudice and judgment prevail, five harrowing life paths collide and a saga of survival, defiance, and unyielding human spirit unfolds.
Winner of the Hawthorne Prize, 2024
2023 Winner & Finalist List (announced April 29, 2025)
AMITY PRIZE FINALISTS
Lisa Lenzo for Before the Revolution, finalist 2026
Kimberly Surette for My tonic of Wildness, finalist 2026
Michelle Valois for Mapping the Dusk, finalist 2026
BRUCE ROLFE for Syzygetic Journey, coming Fall 2026
THADDEUS DUGAN for A Record Of Change, published April 2024
These poems reflect the rigorous self-examination it takes to reinvent yourself. Through love, grief, and loss The author does this, while never losing sight of his collective humanness.
BETH GULLEY for Frog Joy, published April 2024
Dive into “Frog Joy,” where Beth Gulley’s verses paint everyday magic. From mulberry-stained fingers to a heart-pounding escape from floods, hear the chorus of frog calls serenading life’s simple wonders.
D.A. IRSIK for Sunshine In The Weeds, published June 2024
Irsik explores the bonds between mothers, friends, and nature. Inviting readers to discover the divine in life’s smallest moments, Irsik provides a heartfelt connection to the human spirit to brighten the hidden corners.
J.A. MCGOVERN for Words Left Unspoken, published April 2024
Discover life’s untold stories through J.A. McGovern’s evocative poetry. Walk city streets, bask in meadows, and journey through spirituality, love, and adventure in
Words Left Unspoken. “Words Left Unspoken” is a winner in Poetry Collections at the Regal Summit Book Awards!
SUBMIT TO THE AMITY PRIZE
The Amity Literary Prize is an award honoring authors of unpublished non-fiction, fiction including novels, YA, collections of short fiction, and poetry collections. Authors writing in English—regardless of nationality, residence, or publication history—may enter the competition.
Winning manuscripts will be published by Anamcara Press. In addition to publication, the author will receive a $1000 cash prize. Though only one winner will be chosen, we may offer to publish other manuscripts submitted to the competition in addition to the prize winner.
AMITY: Friendship. 15th Century; Middle English amyte, amiste, borrowed from Anglo-French amité, amisté (earlier and continental Old French amistet, amistiet), going back to Vulgar Latin *amīcitāt-, *amīcitās, … of Latin amīcitia, from amīcus “friendly, well-disposed” — more at AMIABLE merriam-webster.com
