A nine-month fellowship, which includes a stipend of $45,000, at the Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, is...
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.
Washington College
Cash Prize: $45,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/1/18
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Briar Cliff Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 11/1/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Briar Cliff Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. The editors will judge. Submit three...
read moreFiction Collective Two
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/1/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $15,000 and publication by Fiction Collective Two, an imprint of University of Alabama Press, is given annually for a novel, a short story collection, a novella, or...
read moreAutumn House Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 11/1/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Autumn House Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Gerry LaFemina will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a...
read moreSoutheast Missouri State University Press
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 11/1/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Southeast Missouri State University Press is given annually for a novel, a novella, or a collection of linked stories by a U.S. writer who...
read moreBrooklyn Film & Arts Festival
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/15/18
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
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 moreYale University Press
Cash Prize:
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/15/18
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 moreWashington Writers Publishing House
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/15/18
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: 11/15/18
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 morePerugia Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 11/15/18
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 moreSanta Fe Writers Project
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 12/15/18
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
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