A prize of $1,500 and publication in Boulevard is given annually for a short story by a writer who has not published a nationally distributed book. The editors will...
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.
Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Cash Prize: $96,748
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $130,000 Canadian (approximately $96,748) is given annually for a poetry collection published during the current year and written in, or translated into, English....
read moreThe Moth
Cash Prize: $6,572
Entry Fee: $16
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Poetry
A prize of €6,000 (approximately $6,572) and online publication in the Irish Times is given annually for a single poem. Three runner-up prizes of €1,000 (approximately...
read moreTupelo Press
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $3,000, publication by Tupelo Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. The winner also receives a two-week residency at Gentle House in...
read moreBaton Rouge Area Foundation
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $15,000 is given annually to an emerging African American writer for a book of fiction published in the current year. The winner also receives travel and lodging...
read moreOhio University Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Ohio University Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 60 to 95...
read moreHub City Press
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $5,000 and publication by Hub City Press is given biennially for a short story collection. Writers who have not published more than one book in any genre and who...
read moreCrosswinds
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Crosswinds is given annually for a single poem. April Ossmann will judge. Submit up to three poems of no more than 60 lines each...
read morePlentitudes
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/31/23
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Plentitudes will be given annually for a single poem, a short story, and an essay. Mahtem Shiferraw will judge in poetry...
read moreMississippi Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 1/1/24
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Mississippi Review are given annually for a single poem, a short story, and an essay. Current or former University of...
read moreGemini Magazine
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $9
Application Deadline: 1/2/24
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a single poem. The editors will judge. English translations of works originally written in...
read moreNorth Carolina Writers’ Network
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 1/2/24
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story or an essay that “seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians.” The winning entry is...
read moreNew Literary Project
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 1/4/24
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Fourteen fellowships of $5,000 each are given annually to creative writers who are high school teachers to support summer work on an ongoing fiction, creative nonfiction, or...
read moreSan José State University
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 1/5/24
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Six yearlong residencies at San José State University in San José, California, which include stipends of $15,000 each, are given annually to fiction writers and creative...
read moreWinter Anthology
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $11
Application Deadline: 1/10/24
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Winter Anthology is given annually for a group of poems, a story, a novel excerpt, or an essay. Nick Flynn will judge. Using only...
read moreFrench-American Foundation
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 1/12/24
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Two prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for translations from French into English of a book of fiction and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published...
read more92NY Unterberg Poetry Center
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 1/12/24
Genre: Poetry
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication on Literary Hub are given annually for a group of poems. Winners also receive lodging and travel expenses to give a reading at the...
read moreColorado Review
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 1/14/24
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,500 and publication by the Center for Literary Publishing is given annually for a poetry collection. Brenda Shaughnessy will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to...
read morePoetry Society of Virginia
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $36
Application Deadline: 1/15/24
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poetry collection published during the current year. The winner is also invited to read at the organization’s annual Spring Poetry...
read moreAsheville Poetry Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 1/15/24
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Asheville Poetry Review is given annually for a single poem. The winner is also invited to give a reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore in...
read moreRed Hen Press
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 1/15/24
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $5,000 and publication by Red Hen Press is given annually for a short story collection, a novella, a novel, or other book-length work of fiction. Aimee Liu will...
read moreEllen Meloy Fund
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 1/15/24
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $5,000 is given annually to enable a creative nonfiction writer “whose work reflects the spirit and passions for the desert embodied in Ellen Meloy’s writing” to...
read moreAustralian Book Review
Cash Prize: $3,262
Entry Fee: $16
Application Deadline: 1/15/24
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $5,000 AUD (approximately $3,262) is given annually for an essay. Two second-place prizes of $2,500 AUD (approximately $1,631) each will also be awarded. The winners...
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