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.

Santa Fe Writers Project

Literary Awards

Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 9/15/25
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction

A prize of $1,500 and publication by the Santa Fe Writers Project is given biennially for a book of fiction or creative nonfiction. Deesha Philyaw will judge. Using only the...

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Ex Ophidia Press

Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Contest

Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 9/15/25
Genre: Poetry

A prize of $2,000, publication by Ex Ophidia Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Felicia Zamora will judge. Using only the online submission...

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