A prize £1,000 (approximately $1,400); a course at Ty Newydd, the National Writing Centre of Wales; and publication on the Ledbury Poetry Festival website is given annually for...
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.
Ledbury Poetry Festival
Cash Prize: $1,400
Entry Fee: $7
Application Deadline: 7/12/18
Genre: Poetry
Narrative
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a poem or group of poems. The poetry editors will judge. Using the online submission system,...
read moreThe Story Prize
Cash Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $75
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $20,000 is given annually to honor a short story collection written in English and published in the United States in the previous year. Two runners-up receive $5,000...
read moreComstock Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Comstock Review is given annually for a poem. Maggie Smith will judge. Submit a poem of up to 40 lines with a $5 entry fee by July...
read moreLiteral Latté
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Literal Latté is given annually for a poem or group of poems. Submit up to ten poems totaling no more than 2,000 words each...
read moreThe Word Works
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by the Word Works is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has published at least two full-length books of poetry. Leslie...
read morePRISM
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $40
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,500 CAD (approximately $1,170) and publication in PRISM is given annually for an essay. Using the online submission system, submit an essay of up to 6,...
read moreCrab Orchard
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Southern Illinois University Press, and a $1,500 honorarium to give a reading at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is given annually...
read moreBreakwater Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Breakwater Review is given annually for a story. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram will judge. Submit up to three poems with a $10 entry fee by...
read moreRattle
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $10,000 and publication in Rattle is given annually for a poem. A Reader's Choice Award of $2,000 is also given to one of ten finalists. Submit up to four...
read moreEmrys Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/15/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Emrys Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The winner will also receive a weeklong residency at the Rensing Center near...
read moreSixfold
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Application Deadline: 7/24/18
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 moreHidden River Arts
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $22
Application Deadline: 7/30/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Hidden River Press will be given annually for a story collection. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of any length...
read moreMunster Literature Centre
Cash Prize: $2,400
Entry Fee: $18
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of €2,000 (approximately $2,400) and publication in Southword, an online literary journal published in Cork, Ireland, is given annually for a short story. The...
read morePress 53
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Press 53 is given annually for a poetry collection. Tom Lombardo will judge. Submit a manuscript of 60 to 120 pages with a $30 entry fee by...
read moreJournal of Experimental Fiction
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Journal of Experimental Fiction/Depth Charge Publishing is given annually for an innovative novel. Jane L. Carman will judge....
read moreMasters Review
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $3,000 and publication in Masters Review is given twice yearly for a short story by a writer who has not published a novel (writers who have published story...
read moreNew Millennium Writings
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New Millennium Writings and on the journal’s website are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short...
read moreNarrative
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
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 work of fiction or creative...
read moreRed Hen Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 7/31/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press will be given annually for a novella. Kate Gale will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 15,000...
read moreLeeway Foundation
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/1/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Project grants of up to $2,500 each are given twice yearly to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, or otherwise gender-nonconforming poets, fiction writers, and...
read morePEN America
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 8/1/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Seven-month fellowships, which include a stipend of $1,000 each, are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who lack access to...
read moreAspen Words
Cash Prize: $35,000
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 8/1/18
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $35,000 is given annually for a book of fiction published in the current year that “illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power...
read moreDelaware Division of the Arts
Cash Prize: $6,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 8/1/18
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Established Professional Fellowships of $6,000 each and Emerging Artist Fellowships of $3,000 each are given annually to Delaware poets, fiction writers, and creative...
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