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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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 | 5/2/13 |
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Crab Orchard Review Literary Prizes Three prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Crab Orchard Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. The editors will judge. Submit three poems of up to 100 lines each... |
$20 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $2,000 | Publication | 5/4/13 |
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Emergency Press International Book Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication by Emergency Press is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. Special consideration is given to submissions that are multi-media or cross-... |
$20 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 5/15/13 |
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Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition A prize of $1,500 and publication in Cutthroat is given annually for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation over 5,... |
$15 | Fiction | $1,500 | Publication | 5/15/13 |