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List of awards and nominations received by Ocean Vuong

Ocean Vuong is a Vietnamese-American writer who has received numerous awards and nominations. His three separate poems – Prayer for the Newly Damned, Telemachus, and Self Portrait as Exit Wounds – respectively won the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize, the Chad Walsh Poetry Prize, and the Pushcart Prize before being published as a complete collection of poems.

Ocean Vuong awards and nominations
Vuong at the 2016 Split This Rock

Vuong's poetry collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, was one of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2016.[1] It's earned him a series of prestigious awards such as the T. S. Eliot Prize, the Thom Gunn Award, the Whiting Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. The book was also a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Lambda Literary Awards.[2]

Three years later, Ocean Vuong released his debut novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, which continued to earn him many of the first literary awards in his career such as the American Book Awards, the Ferro-Grumley Award, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature, the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize, and the New England Book Award for Fiction. It was named one of the best book of the year by Time, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, The Wall Street Journal and many more.[3] The book was longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, the Andrew Carnegie Medal in Fiction, and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. The novel was also a finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Kirkus Prize and the Lambda Literary Awards.

In addition to his literary achievements, Vuong also received grants from many organizations to provide financial support throughout his career. In 2014, Vuong was awarded a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. Five years later, he was named a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship as well as other prestigious scholarships from the Lannan Foundation, Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Elizabeth George Foundation, Kundiman, and Poets House.[4][5] In 2015, he was named by BuzzFeed as one of the "32 Essential Asian American Writers" and selected by Foreign Policy as a "2016 100 Leading Global Thinker" alongside Hillary Clinton, Ban Ki-moon, and Angela Merkel.[6]

Literature

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Organizations[a]Year[b]CategoryWorkResultRef.
American Library Association2020Andrew Carnegie MedalsOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousLonglisted[7]
Stonewall Book Award for LiteratureHonored[8]
Aspen Words2020Aspen Words Literary PrizeLonglisted[9]
Before Columbus Foundation2020American Book AwardsWon[10]
Beloit Poetry Journal2013The Chad Walsh Poetry PrizeTelemachusWon[11]
Bibliotekets litteraturpris2022Literature for AdultsOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousNominated[12]
Brooklyn Public Library2020Literary Prize for Fiction/PoetryWon[13]
Claremont Graduate University2017Kate Tufts Discovery AwardNight Sky with Exit WoundsFinalist[14]
Connecticut Book Awards2020FictionOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousWon[15]
Digital Book World2019Best Book (Fiction)Won[16]
Dublin City Libraries2021International Dublin Literary AwardFinalist[c][17]
Dylan Thomas Prize2020NovelFinalist[c][18]
Forward Prizes for Poetry2017Felix Dennis Prize for Best First CollectionNight Sky with Exit WoundsWon[19]
Goodreads Choice Awards2016Best PoetryNominated[20]
2019Best Debut NovelOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousNominated[21]
Best FictionNominated
2022Best PoetryTime Is a MotherNominated[22]
Griffin Poetry Prize2023PoetryFinalist[c][23]
Kirkus Reviews2019Kirkus Prize for FictionOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousFinalist[24]
Lambda Literary Awards2017Gay PoetryNight Sky with Exit WoundsFinalist[25]
2020Gay FictionOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousFinalist[26]
Mark Twain House2020Mark Twain American Voice in LiteratureOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousWon[27]
Massachusetts Book Award2020FictionWon[28]
Narrative Magazine2015Narrative PrizeNo One Knows the Way to HeavenWon[29]
National Book Award2019FictionOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousLonglisted[30]
New England Book Awards2019FictionWon[31]
PEN America2020PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut NovelLonglisted[32]
PEN/Faulkner Foundation2020PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionFinalist[33]
Publishing Triangle2017Thom Gunn AwardNight Sky with Exit WoundsWon[34]
2020Ferro-Grumley AwardOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousWon[35]
Pushcart Prize2013PoetrySelf Portrait as Exit WoundsWon[36]
T. S. Eliot Prize2018PoetryNight Sky with Exit WoundsWon[37]
The American Poetry Review2012Stanley Kunitz Memorial PrizePrayer for the Newly DamnedWon[38]
The Center for Fiction2019First Novel PrizeOn Earth We're Briefly GorgeousFinalist[c][39]
Whiting Award2016PoetryNight Sky with Exit WoundsWon[40]

Career awards

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Fellowship & Grant

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OrganizationYearAwardRef.
Academy of American Poets2010College Poetry Prize[41]
Civitella Ranieri Foundation2016Fellow[42]
Elizabeth George Foundation2014Fellowship[43]
2015[44]
Kundiman2012Fellow[45]
Lannan Literary Awards2016Lannan Literary Fellowship[46]
MacArthur Foundation2019MacArthur Fellowship[47]
Poetry Foundation2014Ruth Lilly / Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships[48]
Poets House2013Emerging Poets Fellowship[49]
NAAAP2020Pride Award[50]
United States Artists2021USA Fellowships[51]

Residences

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OrganizationYearProgrammeRef.
Asian/Pacific/American Institute2019–20Artist-in-Residence[52]
Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts2013Residency[53]

Listicles

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PublisherCategoryYearRef.
BuzzFeed32 Essential Asian-American Writers2015[54]
Foreign PolicyThe Leading Global Thinkers of 20162016[55]

Notes

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  1. ^ Awards, festivals, honors and other miscellaneous organizations are listed in alphabetical order.
  2. ^ Indicates the year of ceremony.
  3. ^ a b c d This is also the final list before announcing the winners.

References

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