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.

Rattle

Poetry Prize

Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 7/15/24
Genre: Poetry

A prize of $15,000 and publication in Rattle is given annually for a single poem. A Reader’s Choice Award of $5,000 is also given to one of ten finalists. Using only the...

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Cincinnati Review

Robert and Adele Schiff Awards

Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/15/24
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Cincinnati Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Erica Dawson will judge in poetry, Michael...

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