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.

Stony Brook Southampton

Stony Brook Undergraduate Short Fiction Prize

Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/14/25
Genre: Fiction

A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story by a current undergraduate college student. The winner also receives a full scholarship to attend the Southampton Writers...

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BOA Editions

Blessing the Boats Selections

Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/14/25
Genre: Poetry

A prize of $2,500 and publication by BOA Editions will be given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who is a woman of color and lives in the United States, “including...

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