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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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PEN American Center PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants Grants of $2,000 to $4,000 each are given annually to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that have not previously appeared in English or have... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $4,000 | 2/1/13 | |
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Friends of American Writers Literary Award A prize of up to $4,000 is given annually for a book of fiction or creative nonfiction published in the current year by a writer who is a resident of the Midwest or whose book features a Midwestern... |
$0 | Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $4,000 | 12/10/12 | |
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Stadler Center for Poetry Philip Roth Residence A four-month residency, including a $4,000 stipend, at the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University is given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer. The 2013 Philip... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $4,000 | Residency | 2/1/13 |
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Arkansas Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowships Fellowships of up to $4,000 are given annually to Arkansas writers in alternating genres. In 2012 the awards will be given for novels. Writers who are at least 25 years of age and have lived in Arkansas... |
$0 | Fiction | $4,000 | 4/20/12 | |
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Banipal Trust for Arab Literature Saif Gobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation A prize of 3,000 euros (approximately $4,804) is given annually for a book of poetry or fiction translated from Arabic into English and published for the first time in English during the previous year.... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction | $4,804 | 2/28/13 | |
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Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards Grants of $5,000 are awarded biennially to Ohio poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Writers who have been residents of Ohio for one year prior to the application deadline and are not... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $5,000 | 9/1/11 |