Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New South are given annually for a poem and a story or essay. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems...
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.
New South
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 3/21/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Enizagam
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 3/28/19
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Enizagam are given annually for a group of poems and a short story. Tongo Eisen-Martin will judge in poetry and Shanthi...
read moreCave Canem Foundation
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 3/29/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Georgia Press is given annually for a first book of poetry by a Black poet of African descent. Evie Shockley will judge....
read moreWillie Morris Awards
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 3/29/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $10,000 will be given annually for novel published during the previous year that takes place in the South and reflects late author Willie Morris’s “hope for...
read moreTrustees of the Robert Frost Farm
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $6
Application Deadline: 3/30/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem written in metrical verse. The winner also receives a scholarship and a $400 honorarium to give a reading at the Frost Farm...
read moreFlorida Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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...
read moreBlack Lawrence Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a collection of poems or short stories. The editors will judge. Using the...
read moreBellingham Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellingham Review are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The 49th Parallel Award for...
read moreIndiana Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Indiana Review are given annually for a group of poems and a story. Using the online submission system, submit up to three...
read moreBanipal Trust for Arab Literature
Cash Prize: $3,780
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
A prize of £3,000 (approximately $3,780) is given annually for a book of poetry or fiction translated from Arabic into English and published for the first time in English...
read moreArts & Letters
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Arts & Letters are given annually for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. GennaRose Nethercott will judge...
read moreElixir Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Elixir Press is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis will judge. Submit a manuscript of at least...
read moreNarrative
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a short story, a short short story, an essay, or an excerpt from a longer work of fiction or...
read moreFish Publishing
Cash Prize: $1,180
Entry Fee: $17
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,180) and publication in the Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a single poem. The winner is also invited to read at the...
read moreLascaux Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Lascaux Review is given annually for a single poem. Previously published and unpublished poems are eligible. The winners and finalists will...
read moreRestless Books
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $10,000 and publication by Restless Books is given in alternating years for a debut book of fiction or nonfiction by a first-generation immigrant. The 2019 prize...
read moreRed Hen Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press is given annually for an essay collection, memoir, or book of narrative nonfiction. Nikki Moustaki will judge. Using the...
read moreWillie Morris Awards
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
A prize of $2,500 will be given annually for poem that exudes the American South in spirit, history, landscape, or experience. The winner will also receive an all-expenses-paid...
read moreBosque Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $22
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in bosque is given annually for a short story or a novel excerpt by a writer over the age of 40. Julie Williams will judge. Using the...
read morePress 53
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 3/31/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Prime Number Magazine are given annually for a poem and a short story. Ginger Murchison will judge in poetry and Pinckney...
read moreTusculum Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 4/1/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Tusculum Review is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Manuscripts with one or two authors are eligible. Bhanu Kapil will judge...
read moreThe Pinch
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 4/1/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Pinch are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Emily Skaja will judge in poetry, Amy Bonnaffons...
read morePirate’s Alley Faulkner Society
Cash Prize: $7,500
Entry Fee: $35
Application Deadline: 4/1/19
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $7,500 is given annually for a novel; a prize of $2,000 is given for a book of nonfiction; three prizes of $1,500 each are given for a short story, a novella, and a...
read moreWinning Writers
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 4/1/19
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Winning Writers website is given annually for a humorous poem. Jendi Reiter will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a...
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