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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 |
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Creative Capital Artist Grants Grants of up to $50,000 are offered triennially to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Writers also receive advisory and development services from Creative Capital. United States... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $50,000 | 3/1/12 | |
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Claremont Graduate University Tufts Poetry Awards The $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is given annually to honor a book of poetry by a midcareer U.S. poet. The winner spends one week in residence at Claremont Graduate University in California. The... |
$0 | Poetry | $100,000 | 100000 | 9/15/12 |
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Commonwealth Club of California California Book Awards Three prizes are given annually to California writers for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction). Prizes are also given for a first book of fiction and a book of fiction... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | 12/14/12 | ||
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Civil War Institute Michael Shaara Book Prize A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a novel about the Civil War published in the current year to “encourage fresh approaches to Civil War fiction.” Publishers, critics, and authors may submit four... |
$0 | Fiction | $5,000 | 12/31/12 | |
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Cleveland Foundation Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Two prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the previous year that “contribute to society’s understanding of... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $10,000 | 12/31/12 |