A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,300); a course at Ty Newydd, the National Writing Centre of Wales; and publication on the Ledbury Poetry Festival website is given annually...
read moreWriting Contests, Grants & Awards
The Writing Contests, Grants & Awards database includes details about the creative writing contests—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, and more—that 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.
Ledbury Poetry Festival
Cash Prize: $1,300
Entry Fee: $7
Application Deadline: 7/18/19
Genre: Poetry
Sixfold
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Application Deadline: 7/24/19
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sixfold are given quarterly for a group of poems and a short story. Using the online submission system, submit up to five...
read moreEmrys Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/30/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Emrys Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The winner will also receive a weeklong residency at the Rensing Center near...
read moreHidden River Arts
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $22
Application Deadline: 7/30/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Hidden River Press is given annually for a story collection. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of any length with a $...
read moreKore Press
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $28
Application Deadline: 7/30/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500, publication by Kore Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection by a woman, trans, or gender-nonconforming poet. Erica Hunt will...
read moreNew Millennium Writings
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New Millennium Writings and on the journal's website are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short...
read moreF(r)iction
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 is given three times a year for a short story. Using the online submission system, submit a story of 1,000 to 7,500 words with a $15 entry fee by July 31. The...
read moreNarrative
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a short story, a short short story, an essay, or an excerpt from a work of fiction or creative...
read moreHowling Bird Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Howling Bird Press will be given in alternating years for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. The 2019 prize will be awarded...
read morePress 53
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Press 53, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Tom Lombardo will judge. Submit a manuscript of 60 to 120 pages with...
read moreRed Hen Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press is given annually for a novella. Doug Lawson will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 15,000 to...
read moreSewanee Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sewanee Review will be given annually for a group of poems and a short story. Carl Phillips will judge in poetry and...
read moreUniversity of Notre Dame
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of Notre Dame Press is given biennially for a story collection. Writers who have published at least one story collection are...
read moreJournal of Experimental Fiction
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Journal of Experimental Fiction/Depth Charge Publishing is given annually for an innovative novel. Jason E. Rolfe will judge....
read moreMunster Literature Centre
Cash Prize: $2,250
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/31/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of €2,000 (approximately $2,250) and publication in Southword is given annually for a short story. The winner also receives a weeklong residency at the Anam...
read moreLeeway Foundation
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/1/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Project grants of up to $2,500 each are given twice yearly to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, or otherwise gender-nonconforming poets, fiction writers, and...
read moreDelaware Division of the Arts
Cash Prize: $6,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/1/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Established Professional Fellowships of $6,000 each and Emerging Artist Fellowships of $3,000 each are given annually to Delaware poets, fiction writers, and creative...
read morePEN America
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 8/1/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Five seven-month fellowships, which include a stipend of $1,000 each, are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who lack access to...
read moreSeneca Review Books
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 8/1/19
Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Seneca Review Books will be given biennially for a collection of lyric essays. Jenny Boully will judge. Cross-genre, hybrid, and verse...
read moreAspen Words
Cash Prize: $35,000
Entry Fee: $45
Application Deadline: 8/1/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $35,000 is given annually for a book of fiction published in the current year that “illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power...
read moreGival Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 8/8/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Gival Press website is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of 5,000 to 15,000 words with a $25 entry fee by August 8....
read moreGulf Coast
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 8/15/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast is given annually for a work of short prose. Submit a prose poem, a piece of flash fiction, or a micro-essay of up to...
read moreRed Wheelbarrow
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 8/15/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Red Wheelbarrow will be given annually for a poem. The winner will also receive 20 copies of a letterpress broadside of the...
read moreIndiana Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 8/15/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Indiana Review is given annually for a poem or a work of flash fiction or creative nonfiction. Submit up to three poems, stories,...
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