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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
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists' Fellowships Grants of $7,000 are given triennially to New York State fiction writers. Writers who have lived in New York State for two years or more, are at least 25 years of age, and are not enrolled in a degree-...	$0	Fiction	$7,000		12/15/11
Dylan Thomas Centre Dylan Thomas Prize A prize of £30,000 (approximately $45,880) is given annually for a book of poetry or fiction published in the preceding year that “displays creative, imaginative, and innovative use of the English...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$45,880		5/31/13
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships in Poetry and Prose Fellowships ranging from $7,000 to $12,000 each are awarded biennially to New Jersey poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to support new work. Full-time New Jersey residents who are...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$7,000		7/15/11
North Carolina Arts Council Writers’ Fellowships Fellowships of $10,000 each are given biennially to North Carolina poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and literary translators. Applicants must have lived in North Carolina for at least...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000		11/1/12
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Fellowships of $5,000 each are given every three years to New Hampshire poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. New Hampshire residents who are not enrolled full-time in a degree-...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$5,000		1/31/11
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
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
Bard College Bard Fiction Prize A prize of $30,000 and a one-semester appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College is given annually to a U.S. fiction writer under the age of 40. The recipient must give at least one public...	$0	Fiction	$30,000		7/15/13
Literary Arts Oregon Literary Fellowships Fellowships of $2,500 each are given annually to Oregon writers to initiate, develop, or complete literary projects in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. In addition, Women Writers Fellowships of...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$2,500		6/28/13
Mexico Fil Prize in Romance Languages A prize of $150,000 is given annually to honor a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer who writes in Catalan, French, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, Roumanian, or Spanish. The prize is...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$150,000		6/22/13
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
St. Francis College Literary Prize A prize of $50,000 is given biennially for a third, fourth, or fifth published work of fiction. Self-published books and English translations are eligible. Peter Cameron, Kate Christensen, and Jonathan...	$0	Fiction	$50,000		5/1/13
Towson University Prize for Literature A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by a writer who has lived in Maryland for at least three years and is currently a resident. Books published...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000		6/15/13
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards Fellowships of $1,000 to $6,000 are given annually on a rotating basis to Maryland poets, fiction writers, and playwrights. The 2013 awards will be given in fiction. Maryland residents who have lived in...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$1,000		7/27/12
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
Harvard University Radcliffe Institute Fellowships Fellowships of $70,000 each, office space at the Radcliffe Institute, and access to the libraries at Harvard University are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$70,000		10/1/12
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
Lynchburg College Thornton Writer Residency A fourteen-week residency at Lynchburg College, including a stipend, is awarded annually to a fiction writer for the fall term and a poet or creative nonfiction writer for the spring term. The stipend...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction		Reading, Workshop, Residency	10/15/12
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
South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Fellowships Two fellowships of $5,000 each are given biennially to a poet and a writer of fiction or creative nonfiction. Residents of South Carolina may submit three copies of up to 20 pages of poetry or prose and...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$5,000		11/1/11
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
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
Before Columbus Foundation American Book Awards Awards are given annually for books published in the United States during the preceding year that make contributions to American multicultural literature. Submit two copies of a book published in 2012 by...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction			12/31/12
Civil War Institute Michael Shaara Book Prize A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a novel about the Civil War published in the current year to “encourage fresh approaches to Civil War fiction.” Publishers, critics, and authors may submit four...	$0	Fiction	$5,000		12/31/12
Cleveland Foundation Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Two prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the previous year that “contribute to society’s understanding of...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000		12/31/12
Commonwealth Club of California California Book Awards Three prizes are given annually to California writers for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction). Prizes are also given for a first book of fiction and a book of fiction...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction			12/14/12
French-American Foundation Translation Prizes Two prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for translations from French into English of a book of fiction and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the current year....	$0	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000		12/31/12
Langum Charitable Trust Prize in American Historical Fiction A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of historical fiction published in the current year. Submit three copies of books (or bound galleys) published in 2012 by December 1. There is no entry fee...	$0	Fiction	$1,000		12/1/12
Morehead State University Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by an Appalachian writer. Authors and publishers may submit five copies of a book of poetry or prose by December...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000		12/3/12
National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships Grants of $12,500 to $25,000 each are awarded annually to translators of poetry and prose who are working on specific translations of published works from any language into English. Applicants must have...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$12,500		1/3/13
Poets & Writers, Inc. Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award Two prizes of $500 each are awarded annually to a poet and a fiction writer from a select state. Each winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to give a reading and meet with...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$500	Reading, Residency	12/15/12
Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a first novel published in the previous year. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the First Novelist Festival at Virginia Commonwealth...	$0	Fiction	$5,000		1/14/13
Binghamton University Book Awards Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for books of poetry and fiction published during the previous year. The Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award is given for a poetry collection of at least 48 pages....	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$1,000		3/1/13
Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Awards Grants of $3,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who reside in the Bronx in New York City. Winners must complete a one-time public service activity....	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$3,000		1/27/13
Brown University International Writers Project Fellowship A fellowship, including a stipend of $45,000, is given annually to an established international poet or fiction writer "who is unable to practice free expression in his or her homeland." The fellowship...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$45,000		2/15/13
Ohioana Library Association Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant A prize of $1,000 is given annually to an Ohio fiction writer or creative nonfiction writer under 30 who has not published a book. Writers born in Ohio or who have lived in Ohio for a minimum of five...	$0	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000		1/31/13
Sozopol Fiction Seminars English and Bulgarian Scholarships Ten scholarships, valued at approximately $1,600 each, to attend the Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Sozopol, Bulgaria, are given annually to five fiction writers working in English and five working in...	$0	Fiction	$1,600	Residency	3/15/13
Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowships Up to three grants of $5,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who are financially compensated for their work as professional artists. Residents of...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$5,000		1/28/13
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
Leeway Foundation Transformation Awards Awards of $15,000 each are given annually by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and Two-Spirit poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$15,000		5/15/13
The Writer’s Center Emerging Writer Fellowships Three fellowships are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Fellows who live within a 250-mile radius of the center receive a $250 honorarium each, and others receive...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$250	Reading	4/12/13
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
Micro Award Micro Award A prize of $500 is given annually for a short short story published during the current year. Stories published “in any print or electronic publication designed for public display” are eligible. Jacob...	$0	Fiction	$500		12/31/12
San José State University Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing A one-year residency at San José State University, which includes a stipend of $10,000, is given annually to a fiction writer or a creative nonfiction writer. The resident will give one public reading...	$0	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000	Reading, Residency	1/2/13
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
Baton Rouge Area Foundation Ernest J. Gaines Award A prize of $10,000 is given annually to an African American author for a book of fiction published during the previous year. Thomas Beller, Anthony Grooms, Phillip Lopate, Francine Prose, and Patricia...	$0	Fiction	$10,000		4/30/13
Lake Forest College Madeleine P. Plonsker Residency A prize of $10,000 and a two-month residency at Lake Forest College is given annually to a prose poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer to complete an innovative work-in-progress. The...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000	Publication, Residency	3/1/13
American Antiquarian Society Fellowships for Creative Writers Fellowships are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers for monthlong residencies at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, to research pre-...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,350	Residency	10/5/12
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards Four prizes of $500 each are given annually for a poetry collection, a first novel, a book of fiction, and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) by an African American writer and published...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$500		12/14/12
Kenyon College Kenyon Review Fellowships Two two-year fellowships, each including an annual stipend of $32,500, will be given biennially to poets, fiction writers, or creative nonfiction writers who have completed an MFA or PhD in creative...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$32,500		12/1/11
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
Creative Capital Artist Grants Grants of up to $50,000 are offered triennially to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Writers also receive advisory and development services from Creative Capital. United States...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$50,000		3/1/12
Kentucky Arts Council Artist Fellowships and Awards Grants of $7,500 each are given biennially to Kentucky poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Emerging Artist Awards of $1,000 are also given biennially to writers in the early stages...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$7,500		3/15/12
Library of Virginia Literary Awards Three prizes of $3,500 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the previous year. Books by writers who were born in or are...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$3,500		2/15/13
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowships Grants of $7,500 each are given biennially to Massachusetts poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Using the online submission system, submit up to 15 pages of poetry or 25 pages of...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$7,500		1/30/12
Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Artist Fellowships Grants of up to $5,000 each are given in alternating years to Mississippi poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. This year the fellowships will be offered in creative nonfiction. Using...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$5,000		3/1/13
Washington College Patrick Henry Fellowship A nine-month fellowship, which includes a stipend of $45,000, at the C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, is given annually to a...	$0	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$45,000	Residency	2/15/13
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
Passaic County Community College Paterson Fiction Prize A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a novel or short story collection published in the previous year. Publishers may submit books published in 2012 by April 1. There is no entry fee. Send an SASE,...	$0	Fiction	$1,000		4/1/13
Bridport Arts Centre Bridport Prize Two prizes of £5,000 (approximately $7,760) each and publication in the Bridport Prize anthology are given annually for a poem and a short story. A second-place prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,552) and...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$7,760	Publication	5/31/13
Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Established Professional Fellowships of $6,000 each and Emerging Professional Fellowships of $3,000 each are given annually to Delaware poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Writers...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$6,000		8/1/12
Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Awards Three prizes are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer to honor their first books. The winners receive all-expenses-paid trips to several of the 13 GLCA colleges,...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$500	Reading	7/25/12
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Writing Fellowships Guggenheim Fellowships are awarded annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who are residents of the United States and Canada on the basis of achievement and exceptional...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$30,000		9/15/12
Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grants Grants of up to $2,500 each are given twice yearly by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, and Two-Spirit poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$2,500		8/1/12
Marie Alexander Poetry Series Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction Open A prize of $1,000 and publication by Marie Alexander Poetry Series, an imprint of White Pine Press, is given annually for a collection of prose poems or flash fiction by a U.S. writer. Submit a...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$1,000	Publication	7/31/12
Memoir Journal Prize for Memoir in Prose or Poetry A prize of $500 and publication in Memoir Journal is given twice yearly for a memoir in the form of a poem, a short story, or an essay. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$500	Publication	8/16/12
New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award A prize of $10,000 is given annually to honor a novel or short story collection by a U.S. citizen who is 35 or younger. Publishers and agents may submit 10 copies of a book (or bound galleys) published...	$0	Fiction	$10,000		8/31/12
North Carolina Humanities Council Linda Flowers Literary Award A prize of $500, publication in North Carolina Conversations, and a weeklong residency at Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines, North Carolina, is given annually for a...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$500	Publication, Residency	8/15/12
Poets & Writers, Inc. California Writers Exchange Contest Two prizes of $500 each are awarded every three years to a poet and a fiction writer living in California. Each winner also receives an all-expenses-paid, weeklong trip to New York City to meet with...	$0	Poetry, Fiction	$500	Reading	8/31/12
Stone Canoe Literary Awards Four prizes of $500 each are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, a creative nonfiction writer, and a United States military veteran writing in any genre who have a connection with upstate New...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$500		7/15/12
The Writer’s Center McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize A prize of $500 is given annually to honor a first novel by a U.S. author published during the previous year. Submit three copies of a novel published in 2011 by July 15. There is no entry fee. Call or...	$0	Fiction	$500		7/15/12
Posen Foundation International Fellowship for Scholars and Writers A two-year fellowship of $40,000 ($20,000 per year) will be given annually for a work-in-progress of fiction written in English or Hebrew. Writers who have not yet published a book are eligible. Submit...	$0	Fiction	$40,000	Residency	1/15/13
Pushcart Press Editors’ Book Award A prize of $1,000 is given occasionally for a fiction or creative nonfiction manuscript that has been submitted to but not accepted by a commercial publisher. The award recognizes “worthy manuscripts...	$0	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000		11/15/12
Pushcart Press Pushcart Prizes Publication in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses is awarded annually for poetry, fiction, and essays published by literary magazines or small presses in the current year. Editors may...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction		Publication	12/1/12
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
Goethe-Institut Chicago Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a book translated from German into English published in the United States during the previous year. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to the...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000		1/31/13
Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission United States/Japan Creative Artists Residencies Up to five three-month residencies, each of which includes a monthly stipend of $20,000 for living expenses, housing, and professional support, are awarded annually to published U.S. poets, fiction...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$62,000	Residency	2/1/13
Kresge Foundation Literary Artist Fellowships Nine fellowships of $25,000 each will be given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers living in metropolitan Detroit. The fellowships are designed to enable writers to devote...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$25,000		2/1/13
Lambda Literary Foundation Midcareer Novelists' Prizes Two prizes of $5,000 each are given annually to LGBT novelists in midcareer who have each published at least three novels or two novels in addition to books of poetry, short stories, or essays. Submit...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$5,000		2/1/13
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
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
Washington College Hodson-Brown Fellowship A fellowship, which includes a stipend of $20,000, will be given annually to a writer of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) working on a book relating to the literature, history, culture, or art...	$0	Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$20,000		3/15/13
Munster Literature Centre Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award A prize of 25,000 euros (approximately $33,400) is given annually for a published short story collection. The winner also will give a reading at the Cork International Short Story Festival in September....	$0	Fiction	$33,400	Reading	3/12/13
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
Booktrust BBC National Short Story Award A prize of £15,000 (approximately $19,790) is given annually for a short story by an author with a prior record of publication in the U.K. A second-place prize of £3,000 (approximately $3,957) is also...	$0	Fiction	$19,790	Publication	3/11/13
Fiscal Press Henry Hazlitt Contest for Business Fiction A prize of $500 and a $2,000 advance against royalties for publication by Fiscal Press will be given annually for a novel on the theme of business or entrepreneurship. The editors will judge. Using the...	$0	Fiction	$2,500	Publication	4/30/13
Inkubate Literary Blockbuster Challenge A prize of $5,000 will be given annually to an unpublished or self-published novel that combines elements of literary and mainstream fiction. A second-place prize of $2,500 and a third-place prize of $1,...	$0	Fiction	$5,000		3/31/13
Loft Literary Center Minnesota Emerging Writers’ Grant Grants of up to $10,000 will be given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have lived in the state of Minnesota for at least one year. Writers who have published no...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$10,000	10000	3/27/13
Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowships A fellowship of $13,000 is given annually to a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer who has lived in the state of Maine for at least two years. Using the online submission system, submit...	$0	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$13,000		5/10/13
Shenandoah Bevel Summers Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in Shenandoah's online issue is given annually for a short short story. Submit two copies of up to three stories of no more than 1,000 words each with a $3...	$3	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	3/31/13
Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a short story. The editors will judge. Submit a story of any length with a $4 entry fee by April 1. Send...	$4	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	4/1/13
Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a short short story. The editors will judge. Submit a story of up to 1,000 words with a $4 entry fee ($3 for each...	$4	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	8/31/12
Playboy College Fiction Contest A prize of $3,000 and publication in Playboy will be given annually for a short story. Fiction writers currently enrolled in college are eligible. Using the online submissions manager, submit a...	$5	Fiction	$3,000	Publication	2/15/13
Sixfold Spring Short Story and Poetry Awards Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sixfold will be given for a short story and a group of poems. Using the online submissions system, submit up to 20 pages of prose or up to five poems...	$6	Poetry, Fiction	$1,000	Publication	1/24/13
Literal Latté K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award A prize of $1,000 and publication in Literal Latté is given annually for a short story. The editors will judge. All entries are considered for publication. Submit a story of up to 8,000 words...	$10	Fiction	$1,000	Publication	1/15/13
Madison Review Poetry and Fiction Prizes Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for a group of poems and a short story. The editors of Madison Review will judge. For the Phyllis Smart Young Prize in Poetry, submit three poems...	$10	Poetry, Fiction	$1,000		2/1/13
Philadelphia Stories Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction A prize of $2,000 and publication in Philadelphia Stories is given annually for a short story. Writers currently living in the United States are eligible. Michael Martone will judge. Using the...	$10	Fiction	$2,000	Publication	6/1/13
PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellowships Fellowships of $1,000 each are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from underrepresented communities, who lack access to financial and creative support....	$10	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000	Reading	8/15/12
Georgetown Review Literary Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in Georgetown Review is given annually for a poem, a short story, or an essay. All entries are considered for publication. Submit a poem, a story, or an essay...	$10	Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction	$1,000	Publication	10/1/12
Mid-American Review Poetry and Fiction Contests Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Mid-American Review are given annually for a single poem and a short story. Submit up to three poems or a short story of up to 6,000 words with a...	$10	Poetry, Fiction	$1,000	Publication	11/1/12

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