Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Florida Review are given annually for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. The editors will judge. Submit...
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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.
Florida Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 4/15/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
New Ohio Review
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 4/15/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Ohio Review are given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Submit a poem or group of...
read moreHidden River Arts
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 4/15/21
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Hidden River Publishing is given annually for a book-length work of nonfiction. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission...
read moreWhiting Foundation
Cash Prize: $40,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 4/19/21
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Up to eight grants of $40,000 each are given annually for creative nonfiction works-in-progress to enable writers to complete their books. Creative nonfiction writers under...
read moreAmerican Literary Translators Association
Cash Prize: $6,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 4/19/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $6,000 is given annually for a book of poetry or a text from Zen Buddhism translated from an Asian language into English and published in the previous year....
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Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 4/19/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a book of fiction or nonfiction translated from Italian into English and published in the previous year. Publishers or translators may...
read moreAmerican Literary Translators Association
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $50
Application Deadline: 4/19/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Two prizes of $2,500 each are given annually for a book of poetry and a book of prose translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. For the...
read moreDIAGRAM/New Michigan Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 4/30/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000, publication by New Michigan Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a chapbook of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or hybrid-genre work. Ander...
read moreWinning Writers
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 4/30/21
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Two prizes of $3,000 each and publication on the Winning Writers website are given annually for a short story and an essay. Dennis Norris II will judge. Unpublished and...
read moreHigh Desert Museum
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 5/1/21
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $2,500 and a two-week residency at the PLAYA artists and scientists’ retreat in Summer Lake, Oregon, is given annually for a nonfiction work-in-progress that “...
read moreAcademy of American Poets
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 5/15/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a second book of poetry by a living poet to be published in the coming calendar year. The winner also receives an all-expenses paid...
read morePloughshares
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $24
Application Deadline: 5/15/21
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Ploughshares are given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Each winner also receives a...
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