

Vishwas R. Gaitonde Longlisted for The PEN/Bingham Prize
We're thrilled to announce that On Earth as It Is in Heaven by Vishwas R. Gaitonde has been longlisted for PEN America's 2026 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection! The $25,000 prize will be awarded in March "to an author whose debut collection of short stories represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise for future work." Congratulations to Vishwas! Find all of PEN America's 2026 longlists here .


The 2026 Orison Prizes Are Open for Submissions!
The 2026 Orison Prizes are open for submissions from December 1, 2025 – April 1, 2026. Margot Livesey will judge in fiction and Leila Chatti will judge in poetry; the winner in each genre will receive $1,500 and publication of their book. Find complete guidelines here . Early submissions are encouraged, as they help us spread out the screening process! ABOUT THE JUDGES Leila Chatti is the author of the poetry collections Wildness Before Something Sublime (Copper Canyon Pr


Winners of The 2025 Best Spiritual Literature Awards
Every year, Orison Books publishes Best Spiritual Literature , a collection of the finest spiritually engaged writing that appeared in periodicals the preceding year. The anthology also includes previously unpublished work by the winners of The Best Spiritual Literature Awards. (Subscribe here .) We are pleased to announce the winners and finalists for The 2025 Best Spiritual Literature Awards ! The winners will each receive $500 and publication in the 2026 volume of Best Spi































