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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 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of Notre Dame Press is given biennially for a poetry collection by a Latino poet who has not yet published a book. The winner is also invited to give a...	$0	Poetry	$1,000	Reading, Publication	1/15/12
University of Notre Dame Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press will be given biennially for a second or third book by a Latino poet. Orlando Ricardo Menes will judge. The winner will also receive a two-week...	$0	Poetry	$1,000	Publication, Residency	1/15/12
Utica College Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize A prize of $2,000 will be given annually for a poetry collection by a resident of upstate New York. The winner must also give a reading and teach a master class at Utica College. Don Bogen will judge....	$0	Poetry	$2,000	Reading	8/31/12
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 North Texas Rilke Prize A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a book published in the previous year by a mid-career poet. U.S. poets who have published at least two previous books of poetry are eligible. Authors, editors, or...	$0	Poetry	$10,000		11/30/12
University of Mississippi Summer Poet-in-Residence Award A one-month residency, which includes a $2,000 honorarium, is given annually to a poet who is working on a manuscript to live and work in Oxford, Mississippi, near the University of Mississippi campus....	$0	Poetry	$2,000	Reading, Residency	1/15/13
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 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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