VQR Congratulates the 2024 Winners

The Emily Clark Balch Prizes and the Staige D. Blackford Prize were created to honor the best writing to appear in the pages of VQR each year. Past recipients include John Berryman, Philip Caputo, Pauline W. Chen, Carolyn Forché, Natasha Trethewey, and Kevin Young. The VQR Prize for Photography was created to recognize the best photo portfolio to appear in our pages. Each prize includes a monetary award of $1,000.

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Emily Clark Balch Prize for Fiction

Nikki Ervice
“The Pilot”
summer

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Emily Clark Balch Prize for Poetry

Susan Eisenberg
“What Did the Road Do?”
“Unwelcomes Now Welcome”
“Medical Ethics”
“Welcome to the Third World”
“This Is Not First Grade”
winter

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Staige D. Blackford Prize for Nonfiction

Meera Subramanian
“A Measure of Gratitude”
fall