Writing 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.

Academy of American Poets

Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize

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...

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Arkansas International

C.D. Wright Prize for Poetry

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...

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