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Writing Awards

Sustainable Arts Foundation

Entry Fee:

$20

Deadline:

February 25, 2022

Up to twenty awards of $5,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers with children. Writers with at least one child under the age of 18 are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 10 poems totaling no more than 15 pages or between 10 to 15 pages of prose with an artist statement and a $20 entry fee by February 25. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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Amazon Speaks Out, World Book Night Suspends Operations, and More

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Amy Stolls Named NEA Literature Director, NPR’s Summer Reading Lists, and More

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Digital Digest: The Link From Online to Real Life

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Writing Awards

NEA at Risk: The Future of Arts Funding Under Trump

Roxane Gay Pulls Book From Publisher, Solange Buys Books for Fans, and More

Star Translator Ann Goldstein, Be a Bridge Bard, and More

Proctor's Literary Arts Prospers

Hurston/Wright Foundation Turns 25

Flannery O’Connor Archive Sold to Emory, Nobel Judge Condemns Western “Professionalization” of Literature, and More

Amazon Speaks Out, World Book Night Suspends Operations, and More

Amy Stolls Named NEA Literature Director, NPR’s Summer Reading Lists, and More

Digital Digest: The Link From Online to Real Life

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