A prize of $500 and publication on the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival website is given annually for a work of nonfiction that is set in Brooklyn, New York, and renders the...
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.
Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Yale University Press
Cash Prize:
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Genre: Poetry
An award of publication by Yale University Press is given annually for a poetry collection by an early-career poet who has not published a full-length book of poetry. Carl...
read moreMeasure Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $3
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Measure: A Review of Formal Poetry is given annually for a sonnet. Dana Gioia will judge. Submit a sonnet with a $3 entry fee by...
read morePerugia Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Perugia Press is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a woman. Submit a manuscript of 45 to 85 pages with a $27 entry...
read moreMid-American Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Mid-American Review are given annually for a poem and a short story. Submit up to three poems for the James Wright Poetry...
read moreWashington Writers Publishing House
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Two prizes of $1,000 each, publication by Washington Writers Publishing House, and 50 author copies are given annually for a poetry collection and a short story collection or...
read moreNightboat Books
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $28
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Nightboat Books is given annually for a poetry collection. Kazim Ali and Stephen Motika will judge. Using the online submission system,...
read moreTennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 11/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine is given annually for a group of poems. The winner also receives an all-access pass to the...
read moreCésar Egido Serrano Foundation
Cash Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/23/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $20,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to attend an award ceremony in Madrid, Spain, will be given annually for a work of flash fiction written in English, Spanish,...
read moreBeyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. Winners and finalists will be invited to read at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California, in April 2018. Matthew Zapruder will...
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