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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
University of Notre Dame Press Richard Sullivan Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of Notre Dame Press is given biennially for a short story collection. Writers who have published at least one short story collection are eligible....	$15	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	9/1/11
University of Notre Dame Press Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Notre Dame Press is given biennially for a short story collection. Writers who have published at least one short story collection are eligible. Submit...	$15	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	9/1/12
University of Iowa Press Short Fiction Awards Two publication awards are given annually by the University of Iowa Press for first collections of short fiction. Writers who have not published a book of fiction are eligible. Submit a manuscript of at...	$0	Fiction		Publication	9/30/12
University of Massachusetts Press Juniper Prizes Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication by University of Massachusetts Press are given annually for a poetry collection and a book of fiction. In poetry, the award alternates yearly between first and...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$1,500	Publication	9/30/12
University of Louisville Calvino Prize A prize of $1,500 and publication in Salt Hill Journal is given annually for a work of fabulist fiction written in the vein of Italo Calvino. The winner, if he or she resides in the 48...	$25	Fiction	$1,500	Publication	10/15/12
University of East Anglia David T. K. Wong Fellowship A one-year residential fellowship at the University of East Anglia, which includes a stipend of 26,000 euros (approximately $41,600), is given annually to a fiction writer for a work that "deals...	$16	Fiction	$41,600	Residency	1/14/13
University of Texas Dobie Paisano Fellowships Two residencies, cosponsored by the Texas Institute of Letters, at a retreat west of Austin are given annually to writers who are native Texans, have lived in Texas for at least three years, or who have...	$20	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$25,000	Residency	1/14/13
University of East Anglia Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship A six-month fellowship at the University of East Anglia, which includes a stipend of 10,000 euros (approximately $16,000), is given annually to an unpublished fiction writer or creative nonfiction writer...	$0	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$16,000	Residency	1/31/13
University of Rochester Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction A prize of $7,500 is given annually for a book of fiction published during the previous year by a woman who is a U.S. citizen. Publishers may submit four copies of a novel or collection of short fiction...	$0	Fiction	$7,500		2/1/13
University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships An academic year in residence, which includes a grant of $27,000, at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing in Madison is given annually to up to six writers working on a first book of poetry or...	$45	Poetry, Fiction	$27,000	Reading, Residency, Workshop	2/28/13
University of Nebraska Press Prairie Schooner Book Prizes Two prizes of $3,000 each and publication by University of Nebraska Press are given annually for collections of poetry and short fiction. Submit a manuscript of at least 50 pages of poetry or 150 pages...	$25	Poetry, Fiction	$3,000	Publication	3/15/13
University of Georgia Press Flannery O’Connor Short Fiction Awards Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by University of Georgia Press are given annually for collections of short fiction. Submit a manuscript of 40,000 to 75,000 words with a $25 entry fee by May 31...	$25	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	5/31/13
University of North Texas Press Katherine Anne Porter Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Submit a manuscript of 100 to 200 pages with a $25 entry fee between May 1 and...	$25	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	6/30/13
University of Pittsburgh Press Drue Heinz Literature Prize A prize of $15,000 and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. The prize is open to writers who have published a book of fiction or a minimum of...	$0	Fiction	$15,000	Publication	6/30/13

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