A prize of $1,000 and publication by Parlor Press in the Free Verse Editions series is given annually for a poetry collection. Marianne Boruch will judge. Using the online...
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.
Munster Literature Center
Cash Prize: $1,060
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,060) and publication by the Munster Literature Center is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Submit a manuscript of 16 to 24 pages with a...
read moreHidden River Arts
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $17
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story or a novel excerpt. Using the online submission system, submit up to 25 pages of fiction (and a synopsis if submitting a...
read moreOmnidawn Publishing
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $3,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Myung Mi Kim will judge. Submit a...
read moreThe Moth
Cash Prize: $3,170
Entry Fee: $13
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of €3,000 (approximately $3,170) and publication in the Moth is given annually for a short story. A second-place prize of publication, a weeklong retreat at the...
read moreGriffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
Cash Prize: $50,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
Two prizes of $65,000 CAD (approximately $50,000) each are given annually for poetry collections by a Canadian poet or translator and by an international poet or translator....
read moreGlimmer Train Press
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given three times yearly for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not appeared in a print...
read moreUniversity of North Texas Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Using the online submission system, submit a...
read moreNational Poetry Review Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by National Poetry Review Press is given annually for a poetry collection. C. J. Sage will judge. Submit via e-mail a manuscript of 45 to 75...
read moreKey West Literary Seminars
Cash Prize: $4,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Three prizes valued at $4,000 each are given annually for a group of poems, a short story, and a novel-in-progress by writers who have not published a book with a major...
read moreUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $15,000 and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Writers who have published at least one previous book...
read moreUniversity of Canberra
Cash Prize: $15,000
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $15,000 AUD (approximately $11,600) and publication in an e-book anthology is given annually for a poem. A second-place prize of $5,000 AUD (approximately $3,870)...
read moreAutumn House Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Autumn House Press are given annually for a poetry collection, a book of fiction, and a book of creative nonfiction. Each winner...
read moreLos Angeles Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Los Angeles Review are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay. t'ai freedom ford...
read moreBarrow Street Press
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Barrow Street Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Patricia Spears Jones will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with...
read moreBauhan Publishing
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Bauhan Publishing, and 100 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Jennifer Militello will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50...
read moreWinning Writers
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $60
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,500 each are given annually for self-published books of fiction, young adult fiction, and creative nonfiction. The winners also receive publication of an...
read moreCider Press Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Cider Press Review, and 25 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. The editors will judge. Submit a...
read moreEngine Books
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 6/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Engine Books is given annually for a short story collection, a novella collection, or a novel. Maya Lang will judge. Using the online...
read moreBlue Mountain Center
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/1/17
Genre: Poetry, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $5,000 and a monthlong residency at the Blue Mountain Center, an artists colony in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, is given annually to an essayist or journalist whose...
read moreNuclear Age Peace Foundation
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 7/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation website is given annually for a poem that explores "positive visions of peace and the human spirit."...
read moreComstock Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Application Deadline: 7/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Comstock Review is given annually for a poem. Ellen Bass will judge. Submit a poem of up to 40 lines with a $5 entry fee by July 1....
read moreBellevue Literary Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/1/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellevue Literary Review are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer for works about...
read moreClaremont Graduate University
Cash Prize: $100,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 7/1/17
Genre: Poetry
The $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is given annually to honor a book of poetry by a midcareer U.S. poet. The winner spends one week in residence at Claremont Graduate...
read moreSanta Fe Writers Project
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/7/17
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by 2040 Books, an imprint of the Santa Fe Writers Project, will be given annually for a short story or essay collection, a novel, or a memoir...
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