A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Zoetrope: All-Story website is given annually for a short story. The winner and finalists are considered for representation by...
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.
Missouri Review
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $22
Application Deadline: 10/2/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $5,000 each and publication in Missouri Review are given annually for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Submit up to 10 pages of poetry or...
read moreSouthern Indiana Review
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 10/2/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Southern Indiana Review are given annually for a poem, a work of fiction, and a work of creative nonfiction. Maggie...
read moreAmerican Antiquarian Society
Cash Prize: $1,150
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 10/5/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Up to three fellowships are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers for monthlong residencies at the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in...
read moreUniversity of Louisville
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 10/13/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $2,000 and publication in Salt Hill Journal is given annually for a work of fiction written in the fabulist experimental style of Italo Calvino. The winner...
read moreSan Diego Poetry Annual
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 10/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication in San Diego Poetry Annual will be given annually for a poem. The winner will also receive an invitation to read at an award ceremony in...
read moreAmy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship
Cash Prize: $58,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 10/15/17
Genre: Poetry
An award of approximately $58,000 is given annually to a U.S. poet for a year of travel and study abroad. Submit two copies of up to 40 pages of poetry or a published book and...
read moreSilverfish Review Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 10/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Silverfish Review Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a first poetry collection. Poets who have not published a full-length...
read moreCopper Nickel
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 10/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Victoria Chang will judge. Using the online submission system...
read moreSongs of Eretz Poetry Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 10/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Songs of Eretz Poetry Review will be given annually for a single poem or a group of poems. Published and unpublished poems are...
read moreA Public Space
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 10/15/17
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three six-month fellowships of $1,000 each, publication in A Public Space, mentorship from an established author, and optional workspace in the journal's Brooklyn, New...
read moreBarnard College
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 10/15/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Norton is given biennially for a second poetry collection by a U.S. woman poet. Rosanna Warren will judge. Submit three copies of a...
read moreCoffee-House Poetry
Cash Prize: $2,600
Entry Fee: $8
Application Deadline: 10/16/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of £2,000 (approximately $2,600) is given annually for a poem. A second-place prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,300) is also given. Both winners receive publication on...
read moreOmnidawn Publishing
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 10/17/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in OmniVerse, Omnidawn Publishing's online journal, is given annually for a poem. The winner also receives 50 copies of a letterpress...
read moreCutthroat
Cash Prize: $1,300
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 10/20/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes of $1,300 each and publication in Cutthroat are given annually for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Cornelius Eady will judge the Joy Harjo...
read moreOmnidawn Publishing
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 10/23/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies is given annually for a work of fabulist fiction. Lily Hoang will judge. Submit a manuscript of one...
read moreSixfold
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Application Deadline: 10/24/17
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sixfold are given quarterly for a group of poems and a short story. Using the online submission system, submit up to five...
read moreFinishing Line Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 10/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Submit a manuscript of up to 30 pages with a $15 entry fee by October 31. All...
read morePersea Books
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 10/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Persea Books is given annually for a first poetry collection by a woman who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. The winner also...
read moreUniversity of North Texas Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 10/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of North Texas Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Rosanna Warren will judge. Using the online submission system,...
read moreElixir Press
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 10/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Elixir Press is given annually for a poetry collection. A second-place prize of $1,000 and publication is also awarded. Kathleen Winter...
read moreComstock Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 10/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by the Comstock Writers Group, and 50 author copies is given biennially for a poetry chapbook. Kathleen Bryce Niles-Overton will judge. Submit a...
read moreGlimmer Train Press
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 10/31/17
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 morePoetry Society of the United Kingdom
Cash Prize: $6,500
Entry Fee: $8
Application Deadline: 10/31/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of £5,000 (approximately $6,500) and publication on the Poetry Society of the United Kingdom website is given annually for a poem. A second-place prize of £2,000 (...
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