Fellowships of $78,000 each, as well as office space at the Radcliffe Institute and access to the libraries at Harvard University, are given annually to poets, fiction writers...
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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.
Harvard University
Cash Prize: $78,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 9/11/25
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Santa Fe Writers Project
Cash Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $30
Application Deadline: 9/15/25
Genre: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
A prize of $1,500 and publication by the Santa Fe Writers Project is given biennially for a book of fiction or creative nonfiction. Deesha Philyaw will judge. Using only the...
read moreEx Ophidia Press
Cash Prize: $2,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 9/15/25
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $2,000, publication by Ex Ophidia Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Felicia Zamora will judge. Using only the online submission...
read moreAmerican-Scandinavian Foundation
Cash Prize: $2,500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 9/15/25
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Translation
A prize of $2,500 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review is given annually for an English translation of a work of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction...
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