Writing Contests, Grants & Awards

Three prizes of $2,000 Canadian (approximately $1,490) each and publication in Malahat Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using only the...

A prize of $1,000 and publication in North American Review is given annually for a single poem. Diane Seuss will judge. Submit up to five poems of any length with a $23...

A prize of $1,500 will be given annually for a group of poems by an African poet who has not yet published a full-length collection. Writers who were born in Africa, are...

Half-term and full-term fellowships of $16,000 and $30,000 respectively will be given annually to artists, academics, and creative writers, including poets, fiction writers,...

A prize of $10,000 and publication by Changes Press will be given annually for a first or second poetry collection. The winner will also receive an all-expenses-paid book...

A prize of $1,500, publication by Conduit Books & Ephemera, and 30 author copies is given annually for a book of poetry. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48...

A prize of $1,000, publication by Yale University Press, and a writing fellowship at the James Merrill House in Stonington, Connecticut, is given annually for a poetry...

A prize of $2,000, publication by Perugia Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a writer who identifies as a woman. Using...