Fellowships for a seven-month residency at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, are given annually to four poets and four fiction writers who have not...
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.
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Cash Prize:
Entry Fee: $50
Application Deadline: 12/2/18
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/3/18
Genre: Poetry
Two prizes of $2,500 each and publication by Southern Illinois University Press are given annually for poetry collections by U.S. poets. Each winner will also give a reading at...
read moreAustralian Book Review
Cash Prize: $3,970
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/3/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $5,000 AUD (approximately $3,970) is given annually for a poem. A second-place prize of $2,000 AUD (approximately $1,590) will also be given. The winners will be...
read moreNational Endowment for the Arts
Cash Prize: $25,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/5/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Grants of $12,500 and $25,000 each are given annually to translators of poetry and prose from any language into English. Applicants must have published, alone or in...
read moreFriends of American Writers
Cash Prize: $4,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/10/18
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of up to $4,000 is given annually for a book of fiction or creative nonfiction published during the previous year by a writer who is a resident of the Midwest (or who...
read moreBronx Council on the Arts
Cash Prize: $4,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/10/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Grants of $4,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who reside in the Bronx in New York City. Winners are encouraged to complete...
read moreBrunel University London
Cash Prize: $3,990
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/12/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of £3,000 (approximately $3,990) is given annually for a group of poems by a poet who was born in Africa, is an African national or resident, or whose parents are...
read morePublic Poetry
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 12/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication in an e-book anthology, and an invitation to give a reading in Houston, Texas, is given annually for a poem on a theme. This year's theme is “...
read moreCommonwealth Club of California
Cash Prize:
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/15/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Three prizes are given annually to writers residing in California for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published during the previous year. Prizes are also given for a...
read moreSanta Fe Writers Project
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 12/15/18
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 book of fiction or creative nonfiction by a writer of...
read moreLitMag
Cash Prize: $3,500
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/15/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $3,500 and publication in LitMag is given annually for a short story. A second-place prize of $1,000 will also be given. The winners will have their work...
read moreWillow Books
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 12/15/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Willow Books are given annually for a poetry collection and a book of fiction or creative nonfiction by writers of color. Using the...
read moreCenter for Book Arts
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 12/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $500 and letterpress publication by the Center for Book Arts is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The winner will also receive an additional $500 to give a...
read moreCodhill Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 12/20/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Codhill Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Pauline Uchmanowicz will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 70...
read morePoetry Society of America
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 12/22/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,500 and publication of a poem on the Poetry Society of America website is given annually to a poet over 40 who has published no more than one book. Submit two...
read morePoetry Society of America
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $12
Application Deadline: 12/22/18
Genre: Poetry
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication by the Poetry Society of America are given annually for poetry chapbooks by poets who have not published a full-length collection....
read morePoetry Society of America
Cash Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/22/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $20,000 will be given annually for a unified and complete sequence of poems published in the U.S. in a print or online journal, a chapbook, or a book. Three...
read moreQuercus Review Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 12/28/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Quercus Review Press, and 15 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Sam Pierstorff will judge. Submit a manuscript of up to...
read moreOmnidawn Publishing
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 12/29/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $3,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies will be given annually for a first or second collection of poetry. Rajiv Mohabir, Metta Sáma, Stacy...
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 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 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 moreRiver Styx
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,500 and publication in River Styx is given annually for a short short story. Submit up to three stories of no more than 500 words each with a $10 entry...
read moreTampa Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Tampa Review is given annually for a short story. The editors will judge. Submit a story of 500 to 5,000 words with a $20 entry...
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