Join the National Book Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for the 2026 Science + Literature Ceremony—celebrating the three remarkable 2026 Science + Literature selected titles in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry: Bog Queen, Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, and Ancient Light. The program is free and open to the public, and will feature readings and conversation with selected authors Anna North, Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, and Kimberly Blaeser. Hosted by Flora Lichtman, host of Science Friday.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.





