| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 2021 | Beowulf: A New Translation | Farrar, Straus, Giroux | $10,000 | Indran Amirthanayagam |
Maria Dahvana Headley is the New York Times-bestselling author of eight books. She is the recipient of the 2021 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for her translation of Beowulf: A New Translation (FSG Originals, 2020).