Genre: Creative Nonfiction

Stories That Need to Be Told Contest

TulipTree Publishing
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
August 9, 2026
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem, a short story, or an essay that responds to the following prompt: “What if the only way to save yourself from this reality is to write yourself a new one?” The winner also receives publication in the annual Stories That Need to Be Told anthology. Submit a poem of up to five pages or a story or essay of up to 10,000 words via e-mail with a $20 entry fee (sent via postal mail or Square Point of Sale) by August 9. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Literary Awards

American Literary Review
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
September 1, 2026
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in American Literary Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length or 8,000 words of prose with a $15 entry fee by September 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Translation Awards

American-Scandinavian Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
September 15, 2026
A prize of $5,000 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review is given annually for an English translation of a work of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction written in a Nordic language (Danish, Faroese, Finnish, Greenlandic, Icelandic, Norwegian, Sami, or Swedish). A prize of $2,000 and publication is also awarded annually to a translator whose literary translations from a Nordic language have not previously been published. An additional prize of $2,000 and publication is awarded for a translation from the Danish. Translations of works by 20th- and 21st-century Nordic authors that have not been published in English are eligible for all three prizes. Using only the online submission system, submit 15 to 25 pages of poetry in translation or 25 to 50 pages of prose in translation, a copy of the original work, a biographical statement about the author whose writing is being translated and the significance of their work, a document signed by or on behalf of the author granting permission for the translation to be entered into the competition, and a curriculum vitae by September 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

St. Lawrence Book Award

Black Lawrence Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
August 31, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a debut collection of poems, short stories, or essays. The editors and a panel of previous winners will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poetry manuscript of 45 to 95 pages or a prose manuscript of 120 to 280 pages with a $30 entry fee by August 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Writing Contest

Black Warrior Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
August 1, 2026
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Black Warrior Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only the online submission system, submit up to five poems of any length or prose of up to 6,000 words with a $20 entry fee by August 1. Financial assistance is available upon request. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Individual Artist Fellowships

Delaware Division of the Arts
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
August 3, 2026
Established Professional Fellowships of $8,000 each and Emerging Professional Fellowships of $5,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have lived in Delaware for at least one year and will remain Delaware residents during the grant period. Using only the online submission system, submit 15 to 20 pages of poetry or prose, a résumé, and an artist’s statement by August 3. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Tags: 
creative nonfiction | fiction | poetry | grants

Literary Awards

Dogwood
Entry Fee: 
$10
Deadline: 
September 5, 2026
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Dogwood are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems totaling no more than 10 pages or up to 22 pages of prose with a $10 entry fee by September 5. Writers who are incarcerated may submit to the contest free of charge via postal mail or the Dogwood website. All submissions are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Mischief

The Time Is Now
6.11.26

When asked in an interview published on Creative Independent whether there is a common thread throughout the works that he’s translated from various languages, Max Lawton mentions that there is usually “an element of transgression, whether that’s on the level of language or on the level of content” and that “shocking movies, transgressive music, loud music, not as a form of real rebellion, just mischievousness” are what brought him into art. Taking inspiration from this prioritization of transgression and mischief, write a personal essay that uses language in a shocking way or recounts something shocking in its content. Allow yourself to experiment with syntax in a way you’ve never tried before, or to write about a memory you’ve never dared to touch. How can you strike a balance between a playful sense of mischief and an intense subject matter?

Steven Pfau: Say Nephew

Caption: 

In this Green Apple Books event moderated by Brendan McHugh, Steven Pfau reads from his debut book, Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship (Catapult, 2026), and discusses his desire to write a book about his uncle in the style of “autotheory,” inspired by  Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts and Brian Blanchfield’s Proxies.

Genre: 
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
Green Apple Books
Steven Pfau
Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship,
memoir
criticism
2026

Montmartre Workshop

July/August 2026

Montmartre Workshop will hold workshops from September 13 to September 17 for fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers, October 25 to October 29 for poets, and November 22 to November 26 for translators in the historic atelier of Toulouse-Lautrec in the Montmartre neighborhood in Paris. Programming includes workshops with fresh pastries, discussions, readings, a craft lesson, a visit to the Shakespeare and Co. bookshop, and a group dinner. The faculty for the September 13 to September 17 workshop includes fiction and creative nonfiction writer Colombe Schneck.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 13, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
June 18, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 18, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Montmartre Workshop, 7 rue Tourlaque, Paris, France 75018.

Contact City: 
Paris
Country: 
FR
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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