Genre: Cross-Genre

Changing Light Prize

Livingston Press
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
May 31, 2026
A prize of $500, publication by Livingston Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a novel-in-verse. Eleanor Boudreau will judge. Submit a manuscript of 90 to 160 pages of poetry and a cover letter via e-mail by May 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

James A. Winn Prize

Michigan Quarterly Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
May 31, 2026
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Michigan Quarterly Review is given annually for an essay or a work of nonfiction in hybrid form. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 7,000 words of prose with a $20 entry fee by May 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poured Over: Jeanette Winterson

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast with guest host Jenna Seery, Jeanette Winterson talks about retelling some of the stories from One Thousand and One Nights in her first hybrid book, One Aladdin Two Lamps (Grove Press, 2026). Winterson’s book is featured in Page One in the January/February 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Chapbook Contest

DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press
Entry Fee: 
$28
Deadline: 
April 30, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by New Michigan Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a chapbook of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or hybrid-genre work. Ander Monson will judge. Submit a manuscript of 18 to 44 pages with a $28 entry fee by April 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Hudson Prize

Black Lawrence Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
March 31, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a collection of poems, short stories, essays, or hybrid work. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poetry manuscript of 45 to 95 pages or a prose manuscript of 120 to 280 pages with a $30 entry fee by March 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Grolier Poetry Book Shop: Diana Arterian, Frannie Lindsay, Ariel Yelen

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In this 2025 reading hosted by the Grolier Poetry Book Shop, Diana Arterian reads from Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press, 2025), Frannie Lindsay reads from The Snow’s Wife (CavanKerry Press, 2020), and Ariel Yelen reads from I Was Working (Princeton University Press, 2024).

Stacks by Anne Carson

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In this 2024 Louisiana Literature Festival event at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, Anne Carson reads “Stacks” and is joined by poet Danez Smith and her collaborator and partner Robert Currie for the performance. The piece was originally performed in collaboration with choreographer Jonah Bokaer and sculptor Peter Cole.

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Big Moose Prize

Black Lawrence Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
January 31, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a novel. The contest is open to traditional novels as well as “novels-in-stories, novels-in-poems, and other hybrid forms that contain within them the spirit of a novel.” The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 90 to 1,000 pages with a $30 entry fee by January 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Lana Lin: The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam

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In this Books Are Magic event, Lana Lin reads from her book The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam (Dorothy, a Publishing Project, 2025) and discusses how she uses both Gertrude Stein and Audre Lorde’s genre-bending approaches to autobiography in order to highlight Asian diasporic narratives in a conversation with Monique Truong.

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