BleakHouse Publishing, in partnership with WilloTrees Press, sponsors the LIFE Award ("Literary Involvements for Equality) given to a work of fiction that illuminates problems of social justice. The presses also sponsor Tacenda Literary Awards, one for best short story, one for best play, and one for best poem.
LIFE Award, 2007: Exiled Voices: Portals of Discovery by Susan Nagelsen (New England College Press)
Best Short Story, 2007: The Flotsam and Jetsam of War by Randy Lowens (JMWW)
Best Play, 2007: The Price is Wrong by Thaïs Miller (Tacenda)
Best Poem, 2007: First Time by Erin George (Exiled Voices) and The Big Day by Katlyn Miller (Tacenda)
Best Collaboration, 2007: Painting Czeslawa Kwoka by Theresa Edwards (verse), Loir Schreiner (art), photographs by Wilhelm Brasse (Admit2)
LIFE Award, 2006: No award given
Best Short Story, 2006: Jacob's Story: An Existential Diary by Jacob Winship (Tacenda)
Best Play, 2006: The House by Laura Goodwin (Tacenda)
Best Poem, 2006: Boy Kills Cat by Madeline Gitomer (Tacenda) & Monday Night Prison Raid by Aaron Loewenberg (Tacenda)
LIFE Award, 2005: Poetice Justice: Reflections on the Big House, the Death House, and the American Way of Justice by Robert Johnson (WilloTrees & Infinity)
Best Short Story, 2005: Dances with Dragons by Ania Dobrzanska (The Crying Wall)
Best Play, 2005: Three Boys and a Dog by Victor Hassine (The Crying Wall)
Best Poem, 2005: No award given