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.
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Entry Fee |
Genre | Cash Prize | Prize includes | Application Deadline |
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Artist Trust Literature Fellowships Fellowships of $7,500 are awarded biennially to Washington State poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Writers who are not enrolled in a degree-granting program are eligible. Submit up... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $7,500 | 2/26/12 | |
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American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prizes A prize of $2,000 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review is given annually for an English translation of a Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, or Swedish work of poetry, fiction... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $2,000 | Publication | 6/7/13 |
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American Library Association W. Y. Boyd Literary Award A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a novel set in a period when the United States was at war. Publishers or authors may submit seven copies of books published in 2011 by December 1. There is no... |
$0 | Fiction | $5,000 | 12/1/12 | |
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Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Fellowships and Grants Individual Artist Fellowships of $2,500 to $5,000 are given annually to Minnesota writers, and Career Development Grants of up to $2,500 are given three times a year to Minnesota writers to pursue a... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $5,000 | 3/29/13 | |
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Alabama State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Grants Fellowships of $5,000 are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have lived in the state of Alabama for at least two years. Using the online submission system,... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $5,000 | 3/1/13 | |
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Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Career Development Grants Grants of up to $2,500 are given three times a year to allow Minnesota writers to take advantage of a specific arts opportunity. Poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who are U.S.... |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $2,500 | 11/16/12 |