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 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.
Sixfold
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Application Deadline: 7/24/17
Great Lakes Colleges Association
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/25/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer to honor their first published books. The winners are also invited to visit...
read moreNew Millennium Writings
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/31/17
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 morePress 53
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 7/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Press 53 is given annually for a poetry collection. Tom Lombardo will judge. Submit a manuscript of 60 to 120 pages with a $30 entry fee by...
read morePEN Center USA
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 8/1/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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 moreIndiana Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 8/1/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Indiana Review is given annually for a poem or fiction or a work of short creative nonfiction. Donika Kelly will judge. Submit up...
read moreDelaware Division of the Arts
Cash Prize: $6,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/1/17
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 moreLeeway Foundation
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/1/17
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 moreGrayson Books
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 8/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Grayson Books is given annually for a poetry collection. Barbara Crooker will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry...
read moreEx Ophidia Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 8/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Ex Ophidia Press will be given annually for a poetry collection. Richard-Gabriel Rummonds will judge. Submit a manuscript of 64 to 84 pages...
read moreDogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $500, publication by Broadkill River Press, ten author copies, and two cases of Dogfish Head craft beer are given annually for a poetry collection written by a poet...
read moreAesthetica
Cash Prize: $1,290
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
Two prizes of £1,000 (approximately $1,290) each and publication in Aesthetica will be given annually for a poem and a short story. The winners will also receive a...
read moreGulf Coast
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast is given in alternating years for a group of poems or a prose excerpt translated from any language into English. The...
read moreGulf Coast
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast is given annually for a piece of short prose. Roxane Gay will judge. Submit a prose poem, a piece of flash fiction, or...
read moreUtica College
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,000 is given annually for a poetry collection published in the previous year by a resident of upstate New York. The winner will also give a reading and teach a...
read moreBlack Lawrence Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Black Lawrence Press is given annually for a debut collection of poems or short stories. The editors will judge. Using the online...
read moreSnake Nation Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Snake Nation Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 75 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee by August 31....
read moreNew Guard
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication in the New Guard are given annually for a poem and a short story. Mark Doty will judge the Knightville Poetry Contest; Chris...
read moreSustainable Arts Foundation
Cash Prize: $6,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 8/31/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Ten awards of $6,000 each and ten awards of $2,000 each are given twice yearly to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers with children. Writers with at least...
read moreBeyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 9/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. Winners and finalists will be invited to read at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California, in April 2018. Submit up to four poems of...
read moreBlack Warrior Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 9/1/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Black Warrior Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Rachel McKibbens will judge in poetry,...
read moreRadar Poetry
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 9/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Radar Poetry will be given annually for a group of poems by a woman. Dorothea Lasky will judge. Using the online submission system,...
read morephren-Z
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 9/1/17
Genre: Poetry
Sponsored in collaboration with Santa Cruz Writes, a prize of $1,000 and publication in phren-Z is given annually for a poem. The winner is also invited to give a...
read moreSlippery Elm
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 9/1/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Slippery Elm are given annually for a poem and a short story or essay. Using the online submission system, submit up to...
read moreDogwood
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 9/5/17
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. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 10...
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