A prize of $3,000 and publication in Masters Review is given annually for a short story or an essay by an emerging writer. Writers who have not published a book, self-...
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.
Masters Review
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 8/30/26
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Utica University
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $3,000 is given annually for a poetry collection published during the previous year by a resident of upstate New York. The winner will also give a reading and teach...
read moreMunster Literature Centre
Cash Prize: $1,175
Entry Fee: $29
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,175); publication by Southword Editions, Munster Literature Centre’s publishing imprint; and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry...
read moreUniversity of New Orleans Press
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $28
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Fiction
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 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 moreUniversity 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 moreOxford Poetry
Cash Prize: $2,702
Entry Fee: $14
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of £2,000 (approximately $2,702) and publication in Oxford Poetry is given annually for a single poem. A second-place prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,351) is...
read moreBlack Lawrence Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a debut collection of poems, short stories, or essays. The editors and a...
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 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 moreGrid Books
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in print and audiobook formats by Grid Books is given annually for a poetry collection by a writer over the age of 60. Elise Paschen will...
read moreTalking Gourds
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $14
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a single poem. Lesley Wheeler will judge. Submit a poem of up to 125 lines totaling no more than three pages with a $14 entry fee ($35...
read moreTalking Gourds
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $14
Application Deadline: 8/31/26
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a single poem about the state of Colorado or written by a poet residing in Colorado. Scott Nicolay will judge. Submit a poem of up to...
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 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 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 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 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 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...
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...
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