Genre: Creative Nonfiction

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Action, Spectacle is given annually for a poem, a short work of fiction, or a short work of creative nonfiction. Using only the online submission system, submit any number of poems totaling up to 10 pages or a short story, essay, or excerpt from a longer work of no more than 8,500 words with a $20 entry fee by October 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Half-term and full-term fellowships of $16,000 and $30,000 respectively are given annually to artists, academics, and creative writers, including poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, to support the development of a project. In addition to a stipend, the fellows are each provided with meals, a private workspace, and a bedroom with a private bathroom as they join the Academy’s residential community on the Janiculum Hill in Rome, alongside other fellows and visiting artists and scholars. All applicants, except those applying for the National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowships, must be U.S. citizens at the time of their application. Writers who in the past six years have published a book in their respective genre are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 20 pages of poetry or prose, a résumé, a project proposal, and contact information for three references with a $50 entry fee by November 1 (or an $80 entry fee by November 15). Visit the website for complete guidelines.

A prize of $500 and publication on the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival website is given annually for a work of nonfiction that is set in Brooklyn, New York, and renders the borough’s “rich soul and intangible qualities through the writer’s actual experiences in Brooklyn” as well as their representations of place and/or its residents. Submit an essay of up to 2,500 words by November 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

A prize of $10,000 and publication with DLJ Books, the imprint of Columbus State University Press, will be given annually for a book of fiction or creative nonfiction “that engages a reader with upholding human values, such as trust, generosity, love, gratitude, or responsibility.” Maureen Gibbon will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of any length with a $25 entry fee by October 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.