CONTESTS FOR 2013!*
(Date listed above name of contest)
DEADLINE 1/24/13
Sixfold
Spring Short Story and Poetry Awards
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Sixfold will be given for a short story and a group of poems. Using the online submissions system, submit up to 20 pages of prose or up to five poems...
DEADLINE 1/25/13
Unterberg Poetry Center
"Discovery"/Boston Review Poetry Prizes
Four prizes of $500 each and publication in Boston Review are given annually for a group of poems. Winners also receive transportation to and lodging in New York City to give a reading at the...
DEADLINE 1/27/13
Bronx Council on the Arts
BRIO Awards
Grants of $3,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who reside in the Bronx in New York City. Winners must complete a one-time public service activity....
DEADLINE 1/28/13
Tennessee Arts Commission
Individual Artist Fellowships
Up to three grants of $5,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who are financially compensated for their work as professional artists. Residents of...
DEADLINE 1/30/13
North Carolina Writers Network
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story. The winning story is considered for publication in Thomas Wolfe Review. Submit two copies of a story of no more than 12 pages with a $25...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Academy of American Poets
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
A prize of $1,000 is given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of a book of poetry from any language into English published in the United States during the previous year. Collaborations by two...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Glimmer Train Press
Very Short Fiction Award
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given twice yearly for a short story. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 3,000 words with a $15 entry fee by...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Iowa Review
Iowa Review Awards
Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in Iowa Review are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Mary Jo Bang will judge in poetry, ZZ Packer in fiction, and...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Main Street Rag
Poetry Book Award
A prize of $1,200, publication by Main Street Rag, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. All entries are considered for publication. The editors will judge. Submit a...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Ohioana Library Association
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
A prize of $1,000 is given annually to an Ohio fiction writer or creative nonfiction writer under 30 who has not published a book. Writers born in Ohio or who have lived in Ohio for a minimum of five...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Ohio State University Press
Prize in Short Fiction
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Ohio State University Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Submit a manuscript of 150 to 300 pages of short stories, novellas, or a combination...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
A Room of Her Own Foundation
Orlando Prizes
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Los Angeles Review are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay by women writers. Submit a poem of no more...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Academy of American Poets
Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award
A fellowship of $25,000 is given biennially to a U.S. translator for a work-in-progress of modern Italian poetry into English. Translators may submit four copies of the work-in-progress by January 31....
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Black Lawrence Press
Big Moose Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Black Lawrence Press is given annually for a novel. All finalists will be considered for publication. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of any length with a...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
Hippocrates Prize Open International Award
A prize of 5,000 euros (approximately $8,007) and publication in the Hippocrates Prize anthology is given annually for a poem on a medical theme. A second-place prize of 1,000 euros (approximately $1,600...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Chattahoochee Review
Lamar York Prizes
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Chattahoochee Review is given annually for an essay. Beginning this year, an additional prize of $1,000 will be given annually for a short story. Submit...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Crazyhorse
Literary Prizes
Three prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Crazyhorse are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems or a story or...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Fish Publishing
Short Memoir Prize
A prize of 1,000 euros (approximately $1,300) and publication in the 2013 Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short memoir. Molly McCloskey will judge. Submit a memoir of up to 4,000 words...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
Goethe-Institut Chicago
Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize
A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a book translated from German into English published in the United States during the previous year. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to the...
DEADLINE 1/31/13
University of East Anglia
Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship
A six-month fellowship at the University of East Anglia, which includes a stipend of 10,000 euros (approximately $16,000), is given annually to an unpublished fiction writer or creative nonfiction writer...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
PEN American Center
PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
A prize of $10,000 is given biennially for a distinguished book of general nonfiction possessing notable literary merit and critical perspective. Submit three copies of a book
DEADLINE 2/1/13
PEN American Center
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation
A prize of $3,000 is given annually for a book-length translation of poetry from any language into English, published in the United States during the previous year. Translators may be of any nationality...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
PEN American Center
PEN Translation Prize
A prize of $3,000 is given annually for a book-length prose translation from any language into English. Publishers, agents, and translators may submit three copies of a book published in 2012 with a $50...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Madison Review
Poetry and Fiction Prizes
Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for a group of poems and a short story. The editors of Madison Review will judge. For the Phyllis Smart Young Prize in Poetry, submit three poems...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Passaic County Community College
Paterson Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry published in the previous year. The winning poet must participate in an awards ceremony and give a reading at the Poetry Center in Paterson, New...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Salem College
International Literary Awards
Three prizes of $1,200 each are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Erika Meitner will judge in poetry, Timothy Schaffert in fiction, and Marianne Gingher in creative nonfiction....
DEADLINE 2/1/13
University of Rochester
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction
A prize of $7,500 is given annually for a book of fiction published during the previous year by a woman who is a U.S. citizen. Publishers may submit four copies of a novel or collection of short fiction...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Stadler Center for Poetry
Philip Roth Residence
A four-month residency, including a $4,000 stipend, at the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University is given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer. The 2013 Philip...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
PEN American Center
PEN Open Book Award
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a book-length work of fiction or creative nonfiction by a writer of color published in the United States during the previous year. Authors may be of any...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
PEN American Center
PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay
A prize of $10,000 is given annually for an essay collection published in the United States during the previous year. Writers must be permanent U.S. residents or American citizens. Submit three copies of...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission
United States/Japan Creative Artists Residencies
Up to five three-month residencies, each of which includes a monthly stipend of $20,000 for living expenses, housing, and professional support, are awarded annually to published U.S. poets, fiction...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Kresge Foundation
Literary Artist Fellowships
Nine fellowships of $25,000 each will be given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers living in metropolitan Detroit. The fellowships are designed to enable writers to devote...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Lambda Literary Foundation
Midcareer Novelists' Prizes
Two prizes of $5,000 each are given annually to LGBT novelists in midcareer who have each published at least three novels or two novels in addition to books of poetry, short stories, or essays. Submit...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Memphis
Fiction Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Memphis magazine will be given annually for a short story by a writer living within 150 miles of Memphis, Tennessee. Submit a story of 3,000 to 4,500 words...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
PEN American Center
PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize
A prize of $25,000 is given annually for a first novel or story collection published in the United States during the previous year. Writers must be U.S. residents. Submit three copies of a book published...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
PEN American Center
PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants
Grants of $2,000 to $4,000 each are given annually to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that have not previously appeared in English or have...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Southern Illinois University
Devil's Kitchen Reading Awards
Two prizes of $1,000 each and an all-expenses-paid trip to give a reading at the Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale are given annually for a book of...
DEADLINE 2/1/13
Southern Indiana Review
Michael Waters Poetry Prize
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Southern Indiana Review Press will be given annually for a poetry collection written in English. All entries are considered for publication. Michael Waters will judge...
DEADLINE 2/8/13
Accenti
Writing Contest
A prize of $1,000 Canadian (approximately $1,006) and publication in Accenti is given annually for a short story or an essay. Submit a manuscript of up to 2,000 words with a $20 Canadian (...
DEADLINE 2/15/13
Brown University
International Writers Project Fellowship
A fellowship, including a stipend of $45,000, is given annually to an established international poet or fiction writer "who is unable to practice free expression in his or her homeland." The fellowship...
DEADLINE 2/15/13
Converse College
Julia Peterkin Award
A prize of $1,000 and an invitation to read in Converse College's Visiting Writers Series is given in alternating years for a group of poems or a work of fiction. The 2013 award will be given for fiction...
DEADLINE 2/15/13
National Poetry Series
Open Competition
Five prizes of $1,000 each and publication by participating trade, university, or small press publishers are given annually for poetry collections. Publishers currently include Fence Books, HarperCollins...
DEADLINE 2/15/13
Sarabande Books
Morton and McCarthy Prizes
Two prizes of $2,000 each and publication by Sarabande Books are given annually for collections of poetry and fiction. For the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages...
DEADLINE 2/15/13
Georgetown Review Press
Poetry Manuscript Contest
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Georgetown Review Press is given annually for a poetry collection. D. A. Powell will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $20 entry fee by February 15...
DEADLINE 2/15/13
Library of Virginia
Literary Awards
Three prizes of $3,500 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the previous year. Books by writers who were born in or are...
DEADLINE 2/15/13
Washington College
Patrick Henry Fellowship
A nine-month fellowship, which includes a stipend of $45,000, at the C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, is given annually to a...
Finishing Line Press
New Women's Voices Chapbook Competition
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Finishing Line Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook by a woman who has not published a full-length collection. All entries are considered for publication....
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Cultural Center of Cape Cod
Poetry Competition
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. Cornelius Eady will judge. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than five pages with a $15 entry fee.
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Award Series
Two prizes of $5,500 each and publication by a participating press are given annually for a poetry collection and a short story collection. In addition, two prizes of $2,500 each and publication by a...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Dream Horse Press
American Poetry Journal Book Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Dream Horse Press is given annually for a poetry collection. J. P. Dancing Bear will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 65 pages with a $25 entry fee by February 28...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Fence Books
Modern Poets Series
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Fence Books is given annually for a poetry collection. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $28 entry fee, which includes...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Glimmer Train Press
Short Story Award for New Writers
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given quarterly for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000....
DEADLINE 2/28/13
The Ledge
Fiction Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Ledge is given annually for a short story. All entries are considered for publication. Submit a story of up to 7,500 words with a $12 entry fee ($6 for...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Summer Literary Seminars
Unified Literary Contest
Three prizes, valued at $5,200 each, to attend the Summer Literary Seminars program in Lithuania or Kenya are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer. The prizes...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships
An academic year in residence, which includes a grant of $27,000, at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing in Madison is given annually to up to six writers working on a first book of poetry or...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Banipal Trust for Arab Literature
Saif Gobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
A prize of 3,000 euros (approximately $4,804) is given annually for a book of poetry or fiction translated from Arabic into English and published for the first time in English during the previous year....
$0 Poetry, Fiction $4,804 2/28/13
Tupelo Press
Snowbound Chapbook Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Tupelo Press is given annually for a poetry chapbook. All entries are considered for publication. Submit a manuscript of 20 to 36 pages with a $23 entry fee by...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Fish Publishing
Flash Fiction Prize
A prize of 1,000 euros (approximately $1,300) and publication in the 2013 Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short short story. Peter Benson will judge. Submit a story of up to 300 words...
DEADLINE 2/28/13
Wag's Revue
Winter Writers' Contest
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Wag's Revue is given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, or an essay. All entries are considered for publication. The editors will judge....
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Atlanta Review
International Poetry Competition
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Atlanta Review is given annually for a poem. In addition, twenty entrants will be published in Atlanta Review. Dan Veach will judge. Submit a poem...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Lotus Press
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
A prize of $500 and publication by Lotus Press is given annually for a poetry collection by an African American poet. Submit two copies of a manuscript between 60 to 90 pages by March 1. There is no entry...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
The Pinch
Literary Awards
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Pinch is given annually for a poem, short story, and an essay. Submit up to three poems or a short story or essay of up to 5,000 words with a $20 entry...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Kundiman/Alice James Books
Kundiman Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Alice James Books is given annually for a poetry collection by an Asian American poet. The board members of Kundiman and Alice James Books will judge. Submit a...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
St. Petersburg Review
Poetry Contest
A prize of $1,000 and publication in St. Petersburg Review is given annually for a poem or group of poems. All entries are considered for publication. The editors will judge. Submit up to three...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Ahsahta Press
Sawtooth Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Ahsahta Press is given annually for a poetry collection. All entries are considered for publication. Dan Beachy-Quick will judge. Submit a manuscript of at least 48...
$25 Poetry $1,500 Publication 3/1/13
Binghamton University
Book Awards
Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for books of poetry and fiction published during the previous year. The Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award is given for a poetry collection of at least 48 pages....
DEADLINE 3/1/13
James Jones Literary Society
First Novel Fellowship
A prize of $10,000 is given annually for a work-in-progress of fiction by a U.S. writer who has not published a novel. A selection from the winning work is published in Provincetown Arts. Novels...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Lake Forest College
Madeleine P. Plonsker Residency
A prize of $10,000 and a two-month residency at Lake Forest College is given annually to a prose poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer to complete an innovative work-in-progress. The...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Writers at Work
Fellowship Competition
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Quarterly West is given annually for a group of poems, a short story or a novel excerpt, and an essay. Writers who have not published a book in the genre in...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
42 Miles Press
42 Miles Poetry Award
A prize of $1,000, publication by 42 Miles Press, and 50 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. David Dodd Lee will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee by...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Mississippi Arts Commission
Literary Artist Fellowships
Grants of up to $5,000 each are given in alternating years to Mississippi poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. This year the fellowships will be offered in creative nonfiction. Using...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Individual Artist Grants
Fellowships of $5,000 are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have lived in the state of Alabama for at least two years. Using the online submission system,...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Persea Books
Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Persea Books is given annually for a poetry collection by a U.S. poet who has published at least one book of poetry. The winner also receives a residency of two to...
DEADLINE 3/14/13
Colorado Review
Nelligan Prize
A prize of $2,000 and publication in Colorado Review is given annually for a short story. All entries are considered for publication. Jim Shepard will judge. Friends and current and former...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Bellingham Review
Literary Awards
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellingham Review are given annually for works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The 49th Parallel Poetry Award is given for a poem or...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Gulf Coast
Writing Contests
Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in Gulf Coast are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Submit up to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages or a story or essay...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Milton Center
Postgraduate Fellowship
A nine-month fellowship, including a $16,000 stipend, is given annually to a Christian writer of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction to complete a first book. Writers who are U.S. citizens and have...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation
Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a previously unpublished poem. Kim Addonizio will judge. Submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each with a $10 entry fee by March 15. Send an SASE,...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Slope Editions
Book Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Slope Editions is given annually for a poetry collection. Dorothea Lasky will judge. Submit a manuscript of 40 to 90 pages with a $22 entry fee ($25 for electronic...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Sozopol Fiction Seminars
English and Bulgarian Scholarships
Ten scholarships, valued at approximately $1,600 each, to attend the Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Sozopol, Bulgaria, are given annually to five fiction writers working in English and five working in...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Word Works
Washington Prize
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Word Works, a nonprofit literary organization, is given annually to a U.S. or Canadian poet for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $25...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Cave Canem Foundation
Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press is given annually for a first poetry collection by an African American poet. Tracy K. Smith will judge. Submit two copies of a...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Symphony Space
Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story on a theme. The winner also receives two tickets to a performance of Selected Shorts, featuring the winning work, at Symphony Space in New York City...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Campbell Corner
Poetry Contest
A prize of $3,000 and publication on the Campbell Corner website is given annually for a group of poems that "treat larger transpersonal themes with lyric intensity." The winning writer is also invited...
DEADLINE 3/1/13
Enizagam
Literary Awards
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Enizagam are given annually for a group of poems and a short story. All entries are considered for publication. Kim Addonizio will judge in poetry,...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Hidden River Publishing
Eludia Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Sowilo Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing, is given annually for a first novel or short story collection by a woman over 40 who has not published a book....
DEADLINE 3/15/13
New South
Writing Contest
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New South are given annually for a poem and a story or an essay. All entries are considered for publication. Marilyn Kallet will judge in poetry, and...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Fourth Genre
Steinberg Essay Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Fourth Genre is given annually for an essay. All entries are considered for publication. Scott Russell Sanders will judge. Submit an essay of up to 6,000...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Tusculum Review
Literary Prizes
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Tusculum Review are given annually for a poem and a short story. Nate Pritts will judge in poetry, and Kate Bernheimer will judge in fiction. Submit...
DEADLINE 3/15/13
Washington College
Hodson-Brown Fellowship
A fellowship, which includes a stipend of $20,000, will be given annually to a writer of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) working on a book relating to the literature, history, culture, or art...
DEADLINE 3/16/13
Cleveland State University
Poetry Center Prizes
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Cleveland State University Poetry Series are given annually for poetry collections. The First Book Prize is open to poets who have not published a book....
*MORE TO COME FOR THE REST OF 2013
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