The John C. Zacharis First Book Award honors the best first book of poetry or fiction by a ''

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'' writer. The award carries a cash prize of $1,500, and feature publication in the "Postscripts" section of the Winter issue. It was started in 1991.

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American literary awards Awards established in 1991 American poetry awards Short story awards 1991 establishments in the United States First book awards {{lit-award-stub