Join NAIS and Austin independent bookstore Alienated Majesty to celebrate the release of award-winning Diné Poet Jake Skeets's second book, Horses (Milkweed, 2026). Skeets will read selected poems, sign books, and engage in a Q&A with audience members.
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.





