Genre: Fiction

Good Hart Artist Residency

November/December 2024

The Good Hart Artist Residency offers two- to three-week residencies year-round to artists and writers, including poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, in the woods bordering the “Tunnel of Trees” Scenic Heritage Route in Good Hart, Michigan, a village located on Lake Michigan. One artist or writer attends the residency at a time. The resident is provided with a private bedroom, a living room, an open loft with a reading area, a patio, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
October 15, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 8, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 15, 2024
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Good Hart Artist Residency, 910 N. Lamkin Road, Harbor Springs, MI 49740. (231) 412-0688. Carrie Tebeau, Executive Director.

Carrie Tebeau
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Good Hart
Contact State: 
MI
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
49740
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Todos Santos Writers Workshop Winter Session

November/December 2024

The 2025 Todos Santos Writers Workshop Winter Session will be held from February 1, 2025, to February 8, 2025, in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The workshop offers daily classes and craft seminars in poetry, fiction, and memoir; one-on-one consultations with faculty; an open mic; a fiesta featuring regional food and cocktails; and beach hikes. The faculty includes poet and nonfiction writer Christopher Merrill, fiction and nonfiction writers Gina Frangello and Karen Karbo, nonfiction writer Rex Weiner, and memoirist Jeanne McCulloch. The cost of tuition is $2,200.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
February 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
December 1, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 15, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Todos Santos Writers Workshop Winter Session, C. Horizonte 10, Brisas del Pacífico, 23300 Todos Santos. B.C.S., Mexico. Jeanne McCulloch and Rex Weiner, Codirectors.

Jeanne McCulloch and Rex Weiner
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Todos Santos, Baja California Sur
Country: 
MX
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Event Horizon

November/December 2024

Event Horizon offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on eight acres of olive groves in Crete, Greece. Residents are provided with lodging on site or in nearby affiliate housing, which includes a traditional Cretan house, a converted stone windmill, and two caravans, as well as work space in modern studios built from converted shipping containers. Residents will have access to nearby beaches and towns, including Fourní Village, Mirabello Bay, and Neapolis.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
October 15, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
October 15, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Event Horizon, Fourní Village, Lasithi, 72400, Crete, Greece. Julienne Dolphin Wilding, Director. 

Julienne Dolphin Wilding
Director
Contact City: 
Crete
Country: 
GR
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Event Horizon Amphitheatre
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Fish Short Story Prize

Fish Publishing
Entry Fee: 
$24
Deadline: 
November 30, 2024
A prize of €3,000 (approximately $3,302) and publication in the annual Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short story. The winner will also be invited to attend a five-day short story workshop and read at the West Cork Literary Festival in July 2025. Sean Lusk will judge. Submit a story of up to 5,000 words with a €24 (approximately $26) entry fee for postal submissions or a €22 (approximately $24) entry fee for online submissions by November 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Jack Hazard Fellowships

New Literary Project
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 3, 2025
Ten fellowships of $5,000 each are given annually to creative writers who are high school teachers to support summer work on an ongoing fiction, creative nonfiction, or memoir project. Full-time instructors at accredited U.S. high schools teaching in the 2024–2025 academic year who are contracted to return to their schools in fall 2025 and who have been teaching for at least three years are eligible. The New Literary Project selection committee and program director Ian S. Maloney will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 5,000 words of prose, a brief bio, a curriculum vitae, a project description, and contact information for the head of school by January 3, 2025. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Short Short Story Competition

Writer’s Digest
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
November 15, 2024
A prize of $3,000 is given annually for a short short story. The winner is also provided money for travel and lodging expenses to attend the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference. A second-place prize of $1,500 is also awarded. The winners will both be published in Writer’s Digest. Using only the online submission system, submit a story of up to 1,500 words with a $30 entry fee by the early bird deadline of November 15 or with a $35 entry fee by December 16. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award

Florida Review
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
January 7, 2025
A prize of $1,000, publication in Florida Review, and 50 author copies is given annually for a chapbook of short fiction, short nonfiction, or graphic narrative. Submit a manuscript of up to 45 pages with a $25 entry fee by January 7, 2025. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Jacobs/Jones African American Literary Prize

North Carolina Writers’ Network
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
January 2, 2025
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story or an essay that “seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians.” The winning entry is considered for publication in Carolina Quarterly. Black writers who live in North Carolina are eligible. Submit a story or essay of up to 3,000 words (a self-contained excerpt from a longer work is also accepted) with a $20 entry fee ($10 for NCWN members) by January 2, 2025. Include two copies if submitting by mail. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Translation Prize

French-American Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 10, 2025
Two prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for translations from French into English of a book of fiction and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the United States during the current year. A jury of translators and literary professionals will judge. Authors, translators, agents, and publishers may submit six excerpts (three from the original French and three matching selections from the English translation) of approximately six pages each from a book published in 2024 by January 10, 2025. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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