A prize of $150,000 is given annually to honor the lifetime achievement of a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer who writes in Catalan, French, Galician,...
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.
Mexico
Cash Prize: $150,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 6/22/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Artist Trust
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 6/25/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Grants of up to $1,500 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers who are residents of Washington State. Students enrolled in a degree-granting...
read moreLos Angeles Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Los Angeles Review are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay. Douglas Manuel...
read moreEngine Books
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Engine Books is given annually for a short story collection, a novella, a novella collection, or a novel. Using the online submission...
read moreGlimmer Train Press
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given three times yearly for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not appeared in a print...
read moreUniversity of North Texas Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Using the online submission system, submit a...
read moreThe Moth
Cash Prize: $3,690
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of €3,000 (approximately $3,690) and publication in the Moth is given annually for a short story. A second-place prize of publication, a weeklong retreat at...
read moreUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $15,000 and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Writers who have published at least one previous book...
read moreAutumn House Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Autumn House Press are given annually for a poetry collection, a book of fiction, and a book of creative nonfiction. Each winner...
read moreHidden River Arts
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $17
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Hidden River Review of Arts & Letters is given annually for a short story or a novel excerpt. Using the online submission...
read moreWinning Writers
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $60
Application Deadline: 6/30/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A grand prize of $3,000 and five prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for self-published books of poetry, fiction, genre fiction, creative nonfiction, and children's...
read moreBellevue Literary Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/1/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellevue Literary Review are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer for works...
read morePrairie Heritage, Inc.
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/1/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction published in the previous year that "illuminates the heritage of America's mid-...
read moreStone Canoe
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/8/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $500 each and publication in Stone Canoe are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by writers who are current or past...
read moreLiterary Arts
Cash Prize: $3,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/9/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Fellowships of $3,500 each are given annually to Oregon writers to initiate, develop, or complete literary projects in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. One Women...
read moreThe Story Prize
Cash Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $75
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $20,000 is given annually to honor a short story collection written in English and published in the United States in the previous year. Two runners-up receive $5,000...
read moreSixfold
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Application Deadline: 7/24/18
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 moreHidden River Arts
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $22
Application Deadline: 7/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Hidden River Press will be given annually for a story collection. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of any length...
read moreMasters Review
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $3,000 and publication in Masters Review is given twice yearly for a short story by a writer who has not published a novel (writers who have published story...
read moreNew Millennium Writings
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
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 moreMunster Literature Centre
Cash Prize: $2,400
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of €2,000 (approximately $2,400) and publication in Southword, an online literary journal published in Cork, Ireland, is given annually for a short story. The...
read moreJournal of Experimental Fiction
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Journal of Experimental Fiction/Depth Charge Publishing is given annually for an innovative novel. Jane L. Carman will judge....
read moreRed Hen Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press will be given annually for a novella. Kate Gale will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 15,000...
read moreNarrative
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a short story, a short short story, an essay, or an excerpt from a work of fiction or creative...
read morePEN America
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 8/1/18
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...
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