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Writing Contests, Grants & Awards

The Writing Contests, Grants & Awards database includes details about the creative writing contests—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, and more—that we’ve published in Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it. Ours is the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.

Sponsor and Award	Entry Fee	Genre	Cash Prize	Prize includes	Application Deadline
Accenti Writing Contest A prize of $1,000 Canadian (approximately $995) and publication in Accenti is given annually for a short story or an essay. Submit three paper copies and one digital copy of a manuscript of up...	$20	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$995	Publication	2/7/12
Library of Virginia Literary Awards Three prizes of $3,500 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the previous year. Books by writers who were born in or are...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$3,500		2/10/12
Stadler Center for Poetry Philip Roth Residence A four-month residency, which includes a $4,000 stipend, at the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University is given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer. The 2012...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$4,000	Residency	2/11/12
High Desert Journal Obsidian Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in High Desert Journal is given biennially for an essay set in or making reference to the West. The award rotates annually between fiction and creative...	$15	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000	Publication	2/12/12
Brown University International Writers Project Fellowship A fellowship, which includes a stipend of $45,000, is given annually to an established international poet or fiction writer “who is unable to practice free expression at home.” The fellowship, sponsored...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$45,000		2/15/12
Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prizes Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Cleveland State University Poetry Series are given annually for poetry collections. The First Book Prize is open to poets who have not published a book....	$25	Poetry	$1,000	Publication	2/15/12

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