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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
Artist Trust Literature Fellowships Fellowships of $7,500 are awarded biennially to Washington State poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers. Writers who are not enrolled in a degree-granting program are eligible. Submit up...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$7,500		2/24/12
Fence Books Modern Poets Series A prize of $1,000 and publication by Fence Books is given annually for a poetry collection. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $28 entry fee, which includes...	$28	Poetry	$1,000	Publication	2/28/12
Fourth Genre Michael Steinberg Essay Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in Fourth Genre is given annually for an essay. All entries are considered for publication. Marcia Aldrich will judge. Submit an essay of up to 6,000 words with...	$20	Creative Nonfiction	$1,000	Publication	2/28/12
The Ledge Fiction Award A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Ledge is given annually for a short story. All entries are considered for publication. Submit a story of up to 7,500 words with a $12 entry fee ($6 for...	$12	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	2/28/12
Summer Literary Seminars Unified Literary Contest Two prizes, valued at $5,200 each, to attend the Summer Literary Seminars program in Canada, Kenya, or Lithuania are given annually to a poet and a fiction writer. The prizes include airfare,...	$15	Poetry, Fiction	$5,200	Publication	2/28/12
Wag’s Revue Winter Writers’ Contest A prize of $1,000 and publication in Wag’s Revue is given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, or an essay. The editors will judge. All entries are considered for publication....	$20	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000	Publication	2/28/12

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