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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
Wise-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
Otto and Catherine Brunson Luening Award

Award Recipients

Name
Award in Category
Award for
Kaveh AkbarRosenthal Family Foundation Award / Literature
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award / Literature
Martyr!
2025
Mark ApplebaumArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2025
Alice AycockGold Medal / Art
Gold Medal / Art
Sculpture
2025
Judy BacaArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2025
Dawoud BeyArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2025
Sophie BoyceRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
The Dark Lady
2025
Laverne BrackensArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2025
Jamel BrinkleyHarold D. Vursell Memorial Award / Literature
Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award / Literature
2025
Rita BullwinkelAddison M. Metcalf Award / Literature
Addison M. Metcalf Award / Literature
2025
Raven ChaconArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2025
Corey ChangCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2025
Sylvie CourvoisierArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2025
Don DeLilloGold Medal / Literature
Gold Medal / Literature
Fiction
2025
Charles D’AmbrosioAward of Merit Medal / Literature
Award of Merit Medal / Literature
Short Story
2025
Louise ErdrichWilliam Dean Howells Medal / Literature
William Dean Howells Medal / Literature
The Night Watchman
2025
Ryan William GarveyCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2025
Baldwin GiangCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2025
Jacinth GreywoodeRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Black Girl in Paris
2025
Arseniy GusevCharles Ives Fellowship / Music
Charles Ives Fellowship / Music
2025
Marie HoweArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Andrés JaqueArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2025
Mikael KarlssonOtto and Catherine Brunson Luening Award / Music
Otto and Catherine Brunson Luening Award / Music
2025
Sylvia KhouryBenjamin H. Danks Award / Literature, Music
Benjamin H. Danks Award / Literature, Music
2025
Nora LangeSue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction / Literature
Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction / Literature
Us Fools
2025
Wendy LesserAward for Distinguished Service to the Arts
Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
2025
Emily LiushenCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2025
Veronica MansourRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
The Dark Lady
2025
Jenny McPheeArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Farshid MoussaviArnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize / Architecture
Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize / Architecture
2025
Tamar MuskalArts and Letters Award / Music
Arts and Letters Award / Music
2025
Neri&HuArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2025
Gabriel NovakCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2025
AriDy NoxRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Black Girl in Paris
2025
Elizabeth OgonekAndrew Imbrie Award in Music / Music
Andrew Imbrie Award in Music / Music
2025
Shawn E. OkpebholoGoddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
Goddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
2025
Okwui OkpokwasiliArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2025
Aruán OrtizGoddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
Goddard Lieberson Fellowship / Music
2025
Nell PainterArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Ed ParkArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Rowan Ricardo PhillipsArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Johny PittsE. M. Forster Award / Literature
E. M. Forster Award / Literature
2025
Jessi ReavesGwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award / Art
Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award / Art
2025
Spencer ReeceJohn Updike Award / Literature
John Updike Award / Literature
2025
Barrett RigginsRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Helsinki
2025
Ruta SepetysE. B. White Award / Literature
E. B. White Award / Literature
2025
Peter ShearRosenthal Family Foundation Award / Art
Rosenthal Family Foundation Award / Art
Painting
2025
Gabriella SmithCharles Ives Fellowship / Music
Charles Ives Fellowship / Music
2025
Diamond StingilyJacob Lawrence Award / Art
Jacob Lawrence Award / Art
2025
Robert SullivanArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Martine SymsArts and Letters Award / Art
Arts and Letters Award / Art
2025
Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ TateWise-Hinrichsen Award / Music
Wise-Hinrichsen Award / Music
2025
Graham TechlerRichard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater
Helsinki
2025
Max VinetzCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2025
Mark WigleyArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2025
Emily WilsonArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Paul YoonArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2025
Young and AyataArts and Letters Award / Architecture
Arts and Letters Award / Architecture
2025
Luis AlfaroArts and Letters Award / Literature
Arts and Letters Award / Literature
2024
Laurie AndersonGold Medal / Music
Gold Medal / Music
Music
2024
Elise ArancioCharles Ives Scholarship / Music
Charles Ives Scholarship / Music
2024

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

Open Thursday through Sunday, 12 - 6 p.m.

Office 633 West 155 Street New York, NY 10032

Office open by appointment

(212) 368-5900
info@artsandletters.org