A prize of $10,000 and publication by University of New Orleans Press is given annually for a short story collection or novel. Using only the online submission system, submit a...
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.
University of New Orleans Press
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $28
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Fiction
University of Iowa Press
Cash Prize: $0
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Fiction
Two prizes of publication by University of Iowa Press are given annually for debut collections of short fiction. Submit a manuscript of at least 150 pages by August 31. There...
read moreGemini Magazine
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $8
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a work of flash fiction. The editors will judge. Submit a story of up to 1,000 words with an...
read moreAesthetica
Cash Prize: $3,383
Entry Fee: $16
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Two prizes of £2,500 (approximately $3,383) each and publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing anthology are given annually for a poem and a short story. In addition, the...
read moreOnly Poems
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $22
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication in Only Poems, and $1,000 in Only Poems workshop credits will be given annually for a portfolio of poems. The winner also...
read moreDynamo Verlag
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $21
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Dynamo Verlag is given annually for a book-length work of poetry, prose, or hybrid work. The editors will judge. Submit at least 80 pages...
read moreAmerican Literary Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 9/1/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in American Literary Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only the online submission...
read moreNaugatuck River Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 9/1/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Naugatuck River Review is given annually for a narrative poem. Mary Beth Hines will judge. Using only the online submission system...
read moreAcademy for Teachers
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 9/1/26
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Epiphany is given annually for a work of flash fiction about teachers and school in which the protagonist or narrator is a K–12...
read moreAcademy of American Poets
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $35
Application Deadline: 9/1/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $5,000 and publication by Graywolf Press is given annually for a poetry collection by a writer who has not published a book of poetry in a standard edition. The...
read moreLiterary Arts
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $55
Application Deadline: 9/4/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Four prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and general nonfiction published in the current year by writers living in...
read moreDogwood
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 9/5/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Dogwood are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only the online submission system, submit up...
read moreHarvard University
Cash Prize: $78,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 9/10/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Fellowships of $78,000 each, as well as office space at the Radcliffe Institute and access to the libraries at Harvard University, are given annually to poets, fiction writers...
read moreAcademy of American Poets
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 9/15/26
Genre: Poetry, Translation
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Arizona Press is given annually for a poetry collection originally written in Spanish by a living writer and translated into...
read moreAmerican-Scandinavian Foundation
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 9/15/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
A prize of $5,000 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review is given annually for an English translation of a work of poetry, fiction, or creative...
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