Writing Contests, Grants & Awards

A prize of $1,000 and publication by Dynamo Verlag will be given biennially for a book-length work of poetry, prose, or hybrid work. The editors will judge. E-mail a manuscript...

A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a single poem. Art Goodtimes will judge. Submit a poem of up to 125 lines totaling no more than three pages with a $12 entry fee ($30...

A prize of $2,000 is given annually for a poetry collection published during the current year by a resident of upstate New York. The winner will also give a reading and teach a...

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Banyan Review is given for a single poem. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to five poems...

A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,329) and publication in Oxford Poetry is given annually for a single poem. Submit a poem of up to 50 lines with a £10 (approximately...

A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,118); publication by Southword Editions, Munster Literature Centre’s publishing imprint; and 25 author copies is given annually for a 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...

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...

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...