A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of New Mexico Press is given annually for a book of creative nonfiction. Sue William Silverman will judge. Using only the online...
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.
River Teeth
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 10/31/26
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Comstock Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 10/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Comstock Review, and 50 author copies is given biennially for a poetry chapbook. Martin Willitts Jr. will judge. Submit a manuscript...
read moreSaturnalia Books
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry, Translation
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Saturnalia Books is given annually for a poetry collection in translation. Translators who identify as female (including those who are...
read moreFiction Collective Two
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $3,000 and publication by Fiction Collective Two, an imprint of University of Alabama Press, is given annually for a novel, a story collection, a novella, or a...
read moreAfrican Poetry Book Fund
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500 is given annually for a group of poems by an African poet who has not published a full-length collection. Writers who were born in Africa, who are nationals...
read moreEpiphany
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $2,000 and publication in Epiphany is given annually for a poem or a group of poems, a work of fiction, or a work of creative nonfiction. The winner will...
read moreAmerican Academy in Rome
Cash Prize: $16,000
Entry Fee: $50
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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...
read moreJohn Updike Society
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and a two-week residency at the Mission Hill Casitas that John Updike owned and worked out of in Tucson is given annually for a group of poems or a work of...
read moreNorth American Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $23
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in North American Review is given annually for a single poem. Forrest Gander will judge. Submit up to five poems of any length with a...
read moreNorth American Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $23
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in North American Review is given annually for a work of speculative fiction. Kate Folk will judge. Submit up to two works of flash...
read moreMalahat Review
Cash Prize: $1,405
Entry Fee: $21
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $2,000 Canadian (approximately $1,405) each and publication in Malahat Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only...
read moreWillow Springs Books
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Willow Springs Books is given annually for a short story collection. Submit a manuscript of three or more stories totaling at least 100...
read moreFonograf Editions
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $28
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,500, publication by Fonograf Editions, and 15 author copies will be given annually for a book in any genre, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and...
read moreFiction Collective Two
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/1/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $15,000 and publication by Fiction Collective Two, an imprint of University of Alabama Press, is given annually for a novel, a story collection, a novella, or a...
read moreStanford University
Cash Prize: $75,000
Entry Fee: $55
Application Deadline: 11/2/26
Ten fellowships, five in poetry and five in fiction, of $75,000 each per year to attend Stanford University’s two-year creative writing program are given annually for...
read moreConduit Books & Ephemera
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/3/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500, publication by Conduit Books & Ephemera, and 15 author copies is given annually for a book of poetry. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48...
read moreOnly Poems
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $22
Application Deadline: 11/7/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Only Poems will be given annually for a single poem that is in the spirit of Leonard Cohen and “deals in some way with the...
read moreMasters Review
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 11/8/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $3,000 and publication in Masters Review is given annually for an excerpt of an unpublished novel or novel-in-progress by an emerging writer. The winner...
read moreNarrative
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 11/13/26
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $2,500 is given annually for a short story, a work of flash fiction, an essay, a memoir, a photo essay, a short graphic narrative, or an excerpt from a longer work...
read moreF(r)iction
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 11/13/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the F(r)iction website is given biannually for a short story. Using only the online submission system, submit a story of 1,001 to...
read moreBrooklyn Film & Arts Festival
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/15/26
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
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...
read moreAcademy of American Poets
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/15/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Academy of American Poets website in the Poem-a-Day series is given annually for a poem that helps readers recognize “the vulnerable...
read moreArkansas International
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 11/15/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Arkansas International will be given annually for a single poem. Writers who have not published a poetry collection by May 1, 2027...
read morePerugia Press
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 11/15/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,000, publication by Perugia Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a woman poet, inclusive of all gender-...
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