A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Society of Classical Poets website is given annually for a group of one to three poems on a theme. Poems must address the negative...
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.
Society of Classical Poets
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Poetry
Florida Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Florida Review is given annually for a chapbook of short fiction, short nonfiction, or graphic narrative. Submit a manuscript of...
read moreTupelo Press
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $3,000 and publication by Tupelo Press is given annually for a poetry collection. The winner also receives a weeklong residency at the Massachusetts Museum of...
read moreNew Rivers Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by New Rivers Press are given annually for a poetry collection and a book of fiction or creative nonfiction by an emerging writer....
read moreBoulevard
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $16
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Fiction
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. Submit a story of...
read moreBefore Columbus Foundation
Cash Prize:
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Awards are given annually for books published in the United States during the previous year to recognize “outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s...
read moreLascaux Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Lascaux Review is given annually for a short story. The winner and finalists will also be published in the 2019 Lascaux Prize...
read moreThe Moth
Cash Prize: $12,000
Entry Fee: $13
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of €10,000 (approximately $12,000) and publication in the Moth is given annually for a poem. Three runner-up prizes of €1,000 (approximately $1,200) each are...
read moreVirginia Commonwealth University
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a first novel published during the previous year. The winner and the winner's agent will also receive lodging and travel expenses to...
read moreGriffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Cash Prize: $50,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Poetry
Two prizes of $65,000 CAD (approximately $50,000) each are given annually for poetry collections published during the previous year by a Canadian poet or translator and by an...
read moreBright Hill Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Bright Hill Press, and 30 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $27 entry fee...
read moreLivingston Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000, publication by Livingston Press, and 100 author copies is given annually for a first collection of short stories by a U.S. citizen. Fiction writers who have...
read moreThree Percent
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Two awards of $10,000 each are given annually for a poetry collection and a short story collection or novel translated into English for the first time and published in the...
read moreMississippi Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 1/1/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Mississippi Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Current or former University of Southern...
read moreBayou Magazine
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 1/1/19
Two prizes of $1,000 each and a subscription to Bayou Magazine are given annually for a poem and a short story. Submit up to three poems of any length or a story or...
read moreWhitefish Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 1/1/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Whitefish Review is given annually for a short story. Rick Bass will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a story of...
read moreGlimmer Train Press
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 1/2/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $2,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the prize issue is given annually for a short story about families of any configuration....
read moreSan José State University
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 1/2/19
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Yearlong residencies at San José State University in San José, California, which include a stipend of $15,000 each, are given annually to fiction writers and creative...
read moreNorth Carolina Writers’ Network
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 1/2/19
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and possible publication in Carolina Quarterly will be given annually for a short story or an essay that “conveys the rich and varied existence of...
read moreGemini Magazine
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $7
Application Deadline: 1/2/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a poem. The editors will judge. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $7 entry fee...
read moreBeyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 1/3/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. The winners and finalists for the prize, which is cosponsored by Loyola Marymount University, will be invited to read at Beyond...
read moreFrost Place
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $28
Application Deadline: 1/5/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,000 and a six- to eight-week residency at the Frost Place, Robert Frost's former home in Franconia, New Hampshire, is given annually to a poet who has published...
read morePoets & Writers, Inc.
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 1/7/19
Two prizes of $500 each are awarded annually to a poet and a fiction writer from a select state. Each winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to meet...
read moreColorado Review
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 1/14/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,000 and publication by the Center for Literary Publishing is given annually for a poetry collection. Kazim Ali will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages...
read moreFrench-American Foundation
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 1/14/19
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...
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