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Grants & Awards: Upcoming Writing Contests
The Grants & Awards database includes details about the writing contests 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 | Deadline |
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Hunger Mountain
Creative Nonfiction Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Hunger Mountain Web site is given annually for a work of creative nonfiction. Submit a work of creative nonfiction of up to...
| $20 | Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | Sep 10 |
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Olivet College
Sandburg-Auden-Stein Residency
A three-week residency at Olivet College, including a stipend of $3,100, is given annually to a poet who has published at least one book of poetry. The resident will teach...
| None | Poetry | $3,100 | Residency | Sep 10 |
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The New Guard
Machigonne Fiction Contest
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the New Guard will be given annually for a short story. Debra Spark will judge. Submit a story or novel excerpt of 2,500...
| $10 | Fiction | $1,000 | Publication | Sep 13 |
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Claremont Graduate University
Tufts Poetry Awards
The $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is given annually to honor a book of poetry by a midcareer U.S. poet. The winner will spend one week in residence at Claremont...
| None | Poetry | $100,000 | Sep 15 | |
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Farmingdale State College
Paumanok Poetry Award
A prize of $1,500 and travel and lodging expenses to give a reading at Farmingdale State College is given annually for a group of poems. The prize is awarded by...
| $25 | Poetry | $1,500 | Reading | Sep 15 |
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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 promise.”...
| None | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $0 | Sep 15 |