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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
Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Awards Three prizes are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer to honor their first books. The winners receive all-expenses-paid trips to several of the 13 GLCA colleges,...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$500	Reading	7/25/12
Glimmer Train Press Very Short Fiction Award A prize of $1,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given twice yearly for a short story. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 3,000 words with a $15 entry fee...	$15	Fiction	$1,500	Publication	7/31/12
Gival Press Short Story Award A prize of $1,000 and publication on the press’s website is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of 5,000 to 15,000 words with a $25 entry fee by August 8. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or...	$25	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	8/8/12
Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a short short story. The editors will judge. Submit a story of up to 1,000 words with a $4 entry fee ($3 for each...	$4	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	8/31/12
Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award for New Writers A prize of $1,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given quarterly for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not been published in a print publication with a circulation over 5,...	$15	Fiction	$1,500	Publication	8/31/12
Georgetown Review Literary Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in Georgetown Review is given annually for a poem, a short story, or an essay. All entries are considered for publication. Submit a poem, a story, or an essay...	$10	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000	Publication	10/1/12
Glimmer Train Press Very Short Fiction Award A prize of $1,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given twice yearly for a short story. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 3,000 words with a $15 entry fee by...	$15	Fiction	$1,500	Publication	1/31/13
Goethe-Institut Chicago Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a book translated from German into English published in the United States during the previous year. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to the...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000		1/31/13
Gulf Coast Writing Contests Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in Gulf Coast are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Submit up to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages or a story or essay...	$23	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,500	Publication	3/15/13
Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a short story. The editors will judge. Submit a story of any length with a $4 entry fee by April 1. Send...	$4	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	4/1/13
Glimmer Train Press Family Matters A prize of $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the prize issue is given twice yearly for a short story about families of all configurations. Using the online...	$15	Fiction	$1,500	Publication	4/30/13
Gival Press Novel Award A prize of $3,000, publication by Gival Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a novel. Submit a manuscript of 30,000 to 100,000 words with a $50 entry fee by May 30. Send an SASE, call, e-...	$50	Fiction	$3,000	Publication	5/30/13
Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award for New Writers A prize of $1,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given quarterly for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not been published in a nationally distributed publication with a...	$15	Fiction	$1,500	Publication	5/31/13
Glimmer Train Press Fiction Open A prize of $2,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given quarterly for a short story. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 20,000 words with a $19 entry fee by...	$19	Fiction	$2,500	Publication	6/30/13

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