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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
Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize A prize of $12,000 and publication by Graywolf Press is given annually for a work-in-progress of creative nonfiction by a writer not yet established in that genre. U.S. writers who have published at...	$0	Creative Nonfiction	$12,000	Publication	8/31/12
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
Grub Street Nonfiction Book Prize A prize of $5,000 is given every three years to honor a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) by a writer living outside New England who has published at least one previous book. The winning...	$10	Creative Nonfiction	$5,000		10/1/12
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
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
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 each receive an all-expenses-paid trip to several of the 13 GLCA...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$500		7/25/13

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