The AWP Award is an annual competition for the publication of new book-length works.
The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry is an award of $5,000 and publication.
The Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction is an award of $5,000 and publication.
Winners in the novel and creative nonfiction categories receive a $2,000 cash honorarium and publication.
AWP hires a staff of “screeners” who review manuscripts for the judges, who select ten manuscripts in each genre for each judge's final evaluations.