Genre: Creative Nonfiction

Tulsa Artist Fellowship

May/June 2025

The 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, offers three-year residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Archer Studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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RESIDENCY
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Event Date: 
November 28, 2025
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Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
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Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
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yes
Contact Information: 

Tulsa Artist Fellowship, 109 M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74103. (539) 302-4855.

Contact City: 
Tulsa
Contact State: 
OK
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
74103
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Mesa Verde Writers Conference

May/June 2025

The Mesa Verde Writers Conference, sponsored by Mancos Creative District, was held on July 10 and July 11 at the Mancos Commons Building in downtown Mancos, Colorado. The conference features workshops for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, and was followed on July 12 by a literary festival with pop-up activities throughout Mancos. Participating authors included poet January Gill O’Neil, poet and fiction writer Lisa C. Taylor, and fiction writers Angie Hodapp and Mark Stevens. The cost of the conference, which includes workshops, readings, and meals, was $425.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
November 28, 2025
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Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
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no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Mesa Verde Writers Conference, c/o Mancos Creative District, P.O Box 754, Mancos, CO 81328. Lisa C. Taylor, Codirector.

Lisa C. Taylor
Codirector
Contact City: 
Mancos
Contact State: 
CO
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
81328
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Biographers International Organization Conference

May/June 2025

The 2025 Biographers International Organization (BIO) Conference was held on June 5 and June 6 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.; select events were also streamed online. The conference theme was “Potomac Fever.” Programming included panels on craft and current issues in biography, including archival research; presidents and first ladies; sports; Black music; the use and misuse of artificial intelligence; audio platforms; and navigating problems with sourcing, scandals, and elusive subjects.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
November 28, 2025
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Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Biographers International Organization Conference, Biographers International Organization, P.O. Box 33020, Santa Fe, NM 87594. Michael Gately, Executive Director.

Michael Gately
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Washington D.C.
Contact State: 
DC
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
20045
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Creative Nonfiction

Headlands Center for the Arts

May/June 2025

Headlands Center for the Arts offers four- to ten-week residencies from mid-March to mid-November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and graphic novelists at its retreat center in the coastal wilderness of the Marin Headlands outside San Francisco. Residents are provided with a private bedroom and work space in a shared house, round-trip airfare, four meals per week, and a $1,000 monthly stipend. Writers not currently enrolled in an academic program are eligible.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
November 28, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 28, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Ft. Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965. (415) 472-9478. Holly Blake, Senior Residency Manager.

Holly Blake
Senior Residency Manager
Contact City: 
Sausalito
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
94965
Country: 
US
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A large white house nestled in trees and mountains.
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

National Book Awards

National Book Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$135
Deadline: 
June 6, 2025
Four prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and young people’s literature written by U.S. writers and published in the United States during the previous year. A $10,000 prize is also given for an English translation of a book of fiction or nonfiction by a living writer and translator published in the United States during the previous year. Finalists in all categories receive $1,000 each. Publishers may submit titles published or scheduled for publication between December 1, 2024, and November 30, 2025, for consideration via the online submission form with a $135 entry fee per title by May 14. Additionally, a digital copy and six hard copies (or bound galleys) of the books must be submitted to the judges and the National Book Foundation by June 6. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
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Q&A With Jennifer Acker of the Common

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Jennifer Acker, founder and editor in chief of the Common, answers questions about the journal’s mission, slush piles, and her editorial process in this virtual event with Becky Tuch for the Lit Mag News Roundup. An interview with Acker about the Common’s fifteenth anniversary is featured in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation
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The Common
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Becky Tuch
May/June 2025

Grants for Artist Projects

Artist Trust
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
June 23, 2025
Grants of $1,500 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers who are residents of Washington State. Students enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 10 pages of poetry, prose, or hybrid-genre work with a project description, a statement about how funding will contribute to the progress of the applicant’s work, and a brief bio by June 23. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

FSG Writer’s Fellowship

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
July 18, 2025
A prize of $15,000 will be given annually to an emerging poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer from an underrepresented community who has not published and is not under contract to publish a book in any genre. Writers who are U.S. permanent residents or U.S. citizens are eligible. The winner also receives mentorship with a Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG) author; a line edit and structural feedback from two FSG in-house editors; meet-and-greets with representatives at FSG from other departments, including Publicity/Marketing, Art, Subsidiary Rights, and Managing Editorial; and support with networking beyond FSG. Using only the online submission system, submit 8 to 12 pages of poetry or 40 to 50 pages of prose and a statement of purpose of up to 500 words by July 9. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Prizes in Poetry and Prose

Bellevue Literary Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
July 1, 2025
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellevue Literary Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay about health, healing, illness, the body, or the mind. Patricia Spears Jones will judge in poetry, Joan Silber will judge in fiction, and Nicole Chung will judge in creative nonfiction. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems totaling no more than five pages or up to 5,000 words of prose with a $20 entry fee by July 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Literary Awards

Los Angeles Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
July 31, 2025
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Los Angeles Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, a work of flash fiction, and an essay. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each, a short story or an essay of up to 2,500 words, or a work of flash fiction of no more than 1,000 words with a $20 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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