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All Awards

Each year the American Academy of Arts and Letters honors over 70 architects, visual artists, writers, and composers with awards and prizes ranging from $5,000 to $100,000. Candidates for awards are nominated by members of Arts and Letters with the sole exception of the Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater, for which there is an open application. Award recipients are chosen by committees drawn from the membership. These awards are an important way for our members to support artists who are not members; members are not eligible to receive monetary awards.


Awards

Arts and Letters Awards
Blake-Dodd Prize
Marc Blitzstein Memorial Award
Michael Braude Award
Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize
Benjamin H. Danks Award
Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
E. M. Forster Award
Gold Medals
Walter Hinrichsen Award
William Dean Howells Medal
Andrew Imbrie Award in Music
Charles Ives Awards
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction
John Koch Award
Wladimir and Rhoda Lakond Award
Jacob Lawrence Award
Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award
Goddard Lieberson Fellowships
Medal for Spoken Language
Award of Merit Medal
Metcalf Awards
Addison M. Metcalf Award
Willard L. Metcalf Award
Katherine Anne Porter Award
Presidential Citation
Art Purchase Program
Arthur Rense Poetry Prize
Richard Rodgers Awards for Musical Theater
Rosenthal Family Foundation Awards
Mildred and Harold Strauss Livings
Virgil Thomson Award in Vocal Music
John Updike Award
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award
Christopher Lightfoot Walker Award
E. B. White Award
Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation
Morton Dauwen Zabel Award

Award Recipients

Name
Award in Category
Award for
Ali Can PuskulcuCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2023
Amale AndraosArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2023
Andy AkihoGoddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
Goddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
2023
Anna DeForestRosenthal Family Foundation Award / Literature
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award / Literature
A History of Present Illness
2023
Atsuro RileyArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Bethany YoungeCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2023
Bruce NorrisAward of Merit Medal / Literature
Award of Merit Medal / Literature
Drama
2023
Cameron RowlandArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2023
Cauleen SmithArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2023
Charles PeckCharles Ives Fellowship / Music
Charles Ives Fellowship / Music
2023
Dan WoodArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2023
David Serkin LudwigArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2023
Dylan MarcAureleRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Lewis Loves Clark
2023
Emily JacirArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2023
Erato A. KremmydaRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Marie in Tomorrow Land
2023
Eve BeglarianArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2023
Faith RinggoldGold Medal / Art
Gold Medal / Art
Painting
2023
Forrest GanderArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Fred BernsteinArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2023
Ginger StrandCharles Ives Opera Prize / Music
Charles Ives Opera Prize / Music
Artemisia
2023
Harriet SteinkeCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2023
Helen Hennessy VendlerGold Medal / Literature
Gold Medal / Literature
Belles Lettres and Criticism
2023
Hernan DiazJohn Updike Award / Literature
John Updike Award / Literature
2023
Hugh RafflesArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Imbolo MbueAddison M. Metcalf Award / Literature
Addison M. Metcalf Award / Literature
2023
Jacqueline WoodsonE. B. White Award / Literature
E. B. White Award / Literature
2023
James IjamesArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Jennifer CroftArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Jordyn GallinekCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2023
Joshua PragerArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Laura Elise SchwendingerCharles Ives Opera Prize / Music
Charles Ives Opera Prize / Music
Artemisia
2023
Lauren GroffHarold D. Vursell Memorial Award / Literature
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award / Literature
2023
Lorraine O’GradyArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2023
Luke HaaksmaCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2023
Maggie-Kate ColemanRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Marie in Tomorrow Land
2023
Mary MissArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2023
Masha GessenBlake-Dodd Prize / Literature
Blake-Dodd Prize / Literature
2023
Meghan O’GieblynBenjamin H. Danks Award / Literature, Music
Benjamin H. Danks Award / Literature, Music
Writing
2023
Mike RossRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Lewis Loves Clark
2023
Missy MazzoliMarc Blitzstein Memorial Award / Music
Marc Blitzstein Memorial Award / Music
2023
Mona MansourArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Morgan TaltySue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction / Literature
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction / Literature
Night of the Living Rez
2023
Natalie DiazArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2023
Nicole MitchellArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2023
Ouattara WattsGwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award / Art
Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award / Art
2023
Peter ShinCharles Ives Fellowship / Music
Charles Ives Fellowship / Music
2023
Robert HonsteinAndrew Imbrie Award in Music / Music
Andrew Imbrie Award in Music / Music
2023
Roberto de LeonArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2023
Roscoe MitchellArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2023
Ross PrimmerArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2023
Royce VavrekMarc Blitzstein Memorial Award / Music
Marc Blitzstein Memorial Award / Music
Librettist
2023
Sandy RodriguezJacob Lawrence Award / Art
Jacob Lawrence Award / Art
2023
Sean CantyArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2023
Seare Ahmad FarhatCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2023
Shane McCraeArthur Rense Poetry Prize / Literature
Arthur Rense Poetry Prize / Literature
2023
Shih-Hui ChenWalter Hinrichsen Award / Music
Walter Hinrichsen Award / Music
2023
Susan UnterbergAward for Distinguished Service to the Arts
Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
2023
Tala MadaniRosenthal Family Foundation Award / Art
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award / Art
Painting
2023
W. G. ClarkArnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize / Architecture
Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize / Architecture
2023
Zosha Di CastriGoddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
Goddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
2023

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Office 633 West 155 Street New York, NY 10032

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Galleries Audubon Terrace Broadway between West 155 and 156 Streets New York, NY 10032

Galleries closed for renovation through Fall 2024

Office 633 West 155 Street New York, NY 10032

Office open by appointment

(212) 368-5900
info@artsandletters.org