Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Southern Illinois University Press are given annually for poetry collections by U.S. poets. Each winner will also receive a $1,500...
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.
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 11/18/17
Genre: Poetry
Narrative
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/19/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a poem, a short story, an essay, or an excerpt from a longer work of fiction or creative...
read moreLiterary Death Match
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 11/21/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication will be given annually for a short short story. The winning story will be published on Literary Death Match bookmarks and distributed to...
read moreCésar Egido Serrano Foundation
Cash Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/23/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $20,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to attend an award ceremony in Madrid, Spain, will be given annually for a work of flash fiction written in English, Spanish,...
read moreBrooklyn Film & Arts Festival
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/23/17
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 moreQuarter After Eight
Cash Prize: $1,008
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,008.15 and publication in Quarter After Eight is given annually for a prose poem, a short short story, or a micro-essay. Stuart Dybek will judge. Submit...
read moreBurnside Review Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Burnside Review Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Suzanne Buffam will judge. Using the online submission...
read moreNarrative
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
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 longer work of prose. A second-...
read moreTwo Sylvias Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Two Sylvias Press is given annually for a poetry collection by a woman over the age of 50. Kelli Russell Agodon and Annette Spaulding-Convy...
read moreLascaux Review
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Lascaux Review is given annually for a short story. The winner and finalists will also be published in the 2018 Lascaux Prize...
read moreUniversity of Georgia Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Georgia Press is given annually for a poetry collection. The winner also receives travel expenses and $1,000 per event to...
read moreUniversity of North Texas
Cash Prize: $10,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a poetry collection published in the previous year by a mid-career poet. The winner will also receive airfare and lodging to give...
read moreBOA Editions
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication by BOA Editions is given annually for a first book of poetry by a U.S. resident. D. A. Powell will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100...
read morePoetry International
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $15
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a poem. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems with a $15 entry...
read moreMunster Literature Center
Cash Prize: $1,200
Entry Fee: $6
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,200), publication in Southword, and a weeklong residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland, is given annually...
read moreFish Publishing
Cash Prize: $3,400
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of €3,000 (approximately $3,400) and publication in the annual Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short story. The winner will also receive a five-day...
read moreCider Press Review
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $26
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,500, publication by Cider Press Review, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Lauren Allyne will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48...
read moreTennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 11/30/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Louisiana Literature is given annually for a short story by a writer who has not published a full-length book of fiction. The...
read moreWaywiser Press
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $27
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $3,000 and publication by the Waywiser Press is given annually for a poetry collection by a poet who has published no more than one previous collection. The winner...
read moreFine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Cash Prize:
Entry Fee: $50
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
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 moreAmerican Library Association
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a novel published in the previous year that is set in a period when the United States was at war. Publishers or authors may submit seven...
read moreLangum Charitable Trust
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
Genre: Fiction
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of historical fiction published during the previous year. Publishers or authors may submit two copies of a book (or galleys)...
read moreSlipstream Press
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000, publication by Slipstream Press, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of up to 40 pages...
read moreUniversity of Evansville
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem translated from any language into English. Willis Barnstone will judge. Submit up to 10 translated poems of no more than 200...
read morePushcart Press
Cash Prize:
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 12/1/17
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Publication in The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses is awarded annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction published by literary magazines...
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