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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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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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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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 | |
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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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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |