Genre: Poetry

Literary Awards

Bellingham Review
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
March 15, 2025
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellingham Review are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The Parallel Award for Poetry is given for a poem or group of poems. The Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction is given for a short story or a work of flash fiction. The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction is given for an essay or a work of flash nonfiction. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length, three pieces of flash fiction or nonfiction of up to 1,500 words each, or a story or essay of up to 4,000 words with a $15 entry fee by March 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Peseroff Prize

Breakwater Review
Entry Fee: 
$10
Deadline: 
May 1, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Breakwater Review is given annually for a single poem. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $10 entry fee by May 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Prizes in Poetry and Fiction

Orison Books
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
April 1, 2025
Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication by Orison Books are given annually for a poetry collection and a book of fiction. Phillip B. Williams will judge in poetry, and Tessa Fontaine will judge in fiction. Using only the online submission system, submit a poetry manuscript of 50 to 100 pages or a novel, novella, or collection of short stories or flash fiction of at least 30,000 words with a $25 entry fee by April 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

ALTA First Translation Prize

American Literary Translators Association
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 17, 2025
A prize of $3,000 will be given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. The translator will receive $2,000, and the editor will receive $1,000. Translators who have not published a book in translation are eligible. Publishers or translators may submit a book published in 2024 by March 17. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Sawako Nakayasu on Creativity and Translation

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In this event hosted by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, poet and translator Sawako Nakayasu reads from her books Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From (Wave Books, 2020) and Pink Waves (Omnidawn, 2023), and talks about the creative repetition inherent to translation and her relationship to improvisational forms in music and dance.

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Poetry
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Sawako Nakayasu
Helen Zell Writers' Program
University of Michigan
Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From
Wave Books
Pink Waves
Omnidawn
2024

La Baldi Residency

March/April 2025

The La Baldi Residency, sponsored by the arts collective Cultivate, will offer two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in apartments and a small terratetto house in the historic hilltop village of Montegiovi, Italy. Residents will stay in private lodging with a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and an outside sitting area. Some lodging options include a study. Individual writers and collaborative teams may apply.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
May 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.

Susan Main
Cultivate Director
Contact City: 
Montegiovi
Country: 
IT
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

March/April 2025

The 2025 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 26 to March 29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and also included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured panel discussions, readings, discussion rooms, and a bookfair. Prior to March 25, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, was $375 for nonmembers, $255 for members, $105 for seniors, and $70 for students.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
March 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 25, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.

Contact City: 
Los Angeles
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
90015
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
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Washington Prize

The Word Works
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
March 15, 2025
A prize of $1,500 and publication by the Word Works is given annually to a U.S. or Canadian poet for a poetry collection. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

The Writer’s Retreat at Good Contrivance Farm

March/April 2025

Good Contrivance Farm, an educational nonprofit, offers residencies of up to four weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a Victorian farm in Reisterstown, Maryland, located 24 miles north of Baltimore. Workshops and craft classes with visiting faculty are offered outdoors from May to September. The faculty includes poet and nonfiction writer Ross Gay, memoirist R. Eric Thomas, and publishing professional Jane Friedman (Jane Friedman Media).

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Writer’s Retreat at Good Contrivance Farm, 2015 Emory Road, Reisterstown, MD 21136. (443) 529-2939. 

Contact City: 
Reisterstown
Contact State: 
MD
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
21136
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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