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Memoirs |
Flying South 2017: Poetry, Fiction, and Creative NonfictionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry (up to 3 poems, 10 pages max.), fiction (including flash fiction, short story, and novel excerpt, up to 5000 words), and creative nonfiction (including memoir, essay, journal entries, and other, up to 3500 words). Original work that has been previously unpublished only. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Three Best in Category winners will be chosen, winning $500 each, and a President’s Favorite winner will be chosen from those three, winning an additional $500 to equal $1000 total. Winners will be announced July 1, 2017. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Estimated Callback: July 01 | Categories: Short Stories, Memoirs, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length maximum 5,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Fiction Prose |
Sunshot Prize SeriesThe Sunshot Prize Series™ honors unpublished collections of poetry, short stories, and essays with a cash prize, publication, author copies, and a continuation of the book's cultural impact through nomination to the highest echelon of book awards.The prize-winning manuscripts and selected finalists will be nominated for the National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and other prestigious book awards, adding a potential purse of more than $156,000 and international notoriety. Medium: print | Fee: $40 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,500 length 50-200 pages deadline 8 days May 30 |
Hourglass Literary Magazine - International Writing ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks short stories between 700-7,000 words, poetry that doesn’t exceed 3,500 words, and essays between 1,000-9,000 words. Poetry submissions may contain up to three poems. No theme or genre limitations or boundaries. Winning entry in each category will receive $1,000. Medium: print | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length maximum 7,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Flying South 2017: Poetry, Fiction, and Creative NonfictionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry (up to 3 poems, 10 pages max.), fiction (including flash fiction, short story, and novel excerpt, up to 5000 words), and creative nonfiction (including memoir, essay, journal entries, and other, up to 3500 words). Original work that has been previously unpublished only. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Three Best in Category winners will be chosen, winning $500 each, and a President’s Favorite winner will be chosen from those three, winning an additional $500 to equal $1000 total. Winners will be announced July 1, 2017. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Estimated Callback: July 01 | Categories: Short Stories, Memoirs, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length maximum 5,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Bacopa Literary Review ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry, flash story, creative nonfiction, and literary fiction. Poetry submissions should contain 1-3 poems; flash stories should be less than 750 words; creative nonfiction should be less than 3300 words; literary fiction should be less than 8000 words. Previously unpublished work only. Medium: print and online | Fee: $3 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $400 length 8,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
The Carrie McCray Memorial Literary AwardsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks first chapter of a novel, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. First chapter of a novel has a 3500 word limit, fiction and creative nonfiction entries have a 3000 word limit, and poetry should be up to three poems, not to exceed 80 lines in total. A first place ($200), second place ($100), and third place ($50) will be awarded, along with potential honorable mentions. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $200 length maximum 3,500 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Spokane Prize for Short FictionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks a book length manuscript containing at least three short stories, no less than 98 pages total. Manuscripts should be organized with a table of contents and page numbers. Stories may have been previously published. Novels will not be accepted. Winner receives $2000 plus publication. Medium: print | Fee: $27.50 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Books, Book Awards prize $2,000 length minimum 98 pages deadline 10 days June 01 |
2017 Salamander Fiction ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks fiction. Entrants should submit no more than one story per entry, and entries must not exceed 30 double spaced pages in 12 point font. Multiple entries are acceptable. All entries will be considered anonymously. First place will receive $1,000 and second will receive $500. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose prize $1,000 length maximum 30 pages deadline 10 days June 01 |
HeartWood Broadside Series ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry or flash prose (200 word max.). Winner will receive $500 and 25 copies of broadside. Entry fee in-cludes copy of winning broadside. Medium: print | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Poetry prize $500 length maximum 200 words deadline 15 days June 06 |
Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize for the NovellaOpen to all writers, this contest seeks unpublished novellas between 17,000 and 40,000 words. First place will receive $6,000, along with publication, publicity at the Miami Book Fair as well as hotel, travel and per diem to attend and participate at the Fair. Two runners-up will receive $2,000 along with publication, publicity at the Miami Book Fair as well as hotel, travel, and per diem to attend and participate at the Fair. Finalists will be notified on or before October 20, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $50 | Estimated Callback: October 20 | Categories: Fiction Prose, Books, Book Awards prize $6,000 length 17,000-40,000 words deadline 24 days June 15 |
Fineline Competition for Prose Poetry and Short ShortsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks prose poetry and shorts shorts. Both should be no more than 500 words. Any poetry submitted in verse form will be automatically disqualified. A first prize of $1000 will be awarded, and 10 finalists will receive possible publication. Previously unpublished work only. Medium: print and online | Fee: $10 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length 500 words deadline 24 days June 15 |
Marguerite McGlinn Fiction ContestOpen to all writers in the United States, this contest seeks fiction of up to 8000 words. Previously unpublished work only. Multiple submissions allowed, as well as simultaneous submissions. Second place will receive $500 and third place will receive $250. Winners will be announced October 1, 2017. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Estimated Callback: October 01 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose prize $2,000 length maximum 8,000 words deadline 24 days June 15 |
2017 Autumn House Press Full-Length ContestsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks full length manuscripts for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Poetry should be 50-80 pages in length, fiction should be 200-300 pages (and all fiction sub-genres or any combination of sub-genres are eligible), and nonfiction should be 200-300 pages. A winner in each category will receive publication. All finalists will be considered for publication. Medium: print | Fee: $30 | Categories: Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books prize $2,500 length 200-300 pages deadline 39 days June 30 |
Crazyshorts! Short-Short Fiction CompetitionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks short fiction. Each entry may contain three short-shorts of up to 500 words each. First place wins $1,000 and publication; three runners-up will be announced. All entries will be considered for publication. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose prize $1,000 length maximum 500 words deadline 70 days July 31 |
Nonfiction Prose |
Sunshot Prize SeriesThe Sunshot Prize Series™ honors unpublished collections of poetry, short stories, and essays with a cash prize, publication, author copies, and a continuation of the book's cultural impact through nomination to the highest echelon of book awards.The prize-winning manuscripts and selected finalists will be nominated for the National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and other prestigious book awards, adding a potential purse of more than $156,000 and international notoriety. Medium: print | Fee: $40 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,500 length 50-200 pages deadline 8 days May 30 |
Hourglass Literary Magazine - International Writing ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks short stories between 700-7,000 words, poetry that doesn’t exceed 3,500 words, and essays between 1,000-9,000 words. Poetry submissions may contain up to three poems. No theme or genre limitations or boundaries. Winning entry in each category will receive $1,000. Medium: print | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length maximum 7,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Flying South 2017: Poetry, Fiction, and Creative NonfictionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry (up to 3 poems, 10 pages max.), fiction (including flash fiction, short story, and novel excerpt, up to 5000 words), and creative nonfiction (including memoir, essay, journal entries, and other, up to 3500 words). Original work that has been previously unpublished only. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Three Best in Category winners will be chosen, winning $500 each, and a President’s Favorite winner will be chosen from those three, winning an additional $500 to equal $1000 total. Winners will be announced July 1, 2017. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Estimated Callback: July 01 | Categories: Short Stories, Memoirs, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length maximum 5,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Bacopa Literary Review ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry, flash story, creative nonfiction, and literary fiction. Poetry submissions should contain 1-3 poems; flash stories should be less than 750 words; creative nonfiction should be less than 3300 words; literary fiction should be less than 8000 words. Previously unpublished work only. Medium: print and online | Fee: $3 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $400 length 8,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
The Carrie McCray Memorial Literary AwardsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks first chapter of a novel, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. First chapter of a novel has a 3500 word limit, fiction and creative nonfiction entries have a 3000 word limit, and poetry should be up to three poems, not to exceed 80 lines in total. A first place ($200), second place ($100), and third place ($50) will be awarded, along with potential honorable mentions. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $200 length maximum 3,500 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
2017 Autumn House Press Full-Length ContestsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks full length manuscripts for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Poetry should be 50-80 pages in length, fiction should be 200-300 pages (and all fiction sub-genres or any combination of sub-genres are eligible), and nonfiction should be 200-300 pages. A winner in each category will receive publication. All finalists will be considered for publication. Medium: print | Fee: $30 | Categories: Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books prize $2,500 length 200-300 pages deadline 39 days June 30 |
There are currently no contests available in this category. |
Journal/General |
There are currently no contests available in this category. |
Poetry |
Sunshot Prize SeriesThe Sunshot Prize Series™ honors unpublished collections of poetry, short stories, and essays with a cash prize, publication, author copies, and a continuation of the book's cultural impact through nomination to the highest echelon of book awards.The prize-winning manuscripts and selected finalists will be nominated for the National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and other prestigious book awards, adding a potential purse of more than $156,000 and international notoriety. Medium: print | Fee: $40 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,500 length 50-200 pages deadline 8 days May 30 |
Hourglass Literary Magazine - International Writing ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks short stories between 700-7,000 words, poetry that doesn’t exceed 3,500 words, and essays between 1,000-9,000 words. Poetry submissions may contain up to three poems. No theme or genre limitations or boundaries. Winning entry in each category will receive $1,000. Medium: print | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length maximum 7,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Flying South 2017: Poetry, Fiction, and Creative NonfictionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry (up to 3 poems, 10 pages max.), fiction (including flash fiction, short story, and novel excerpt, up to 5000 words), and creative nonfiction (including memoir, essay, journal entries, and other, up to 3500 words). Original work that has been previously unpublished only. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Three Best in Category winners will be chosen, winning $500 each, and a President’s Favorite winner will be chosen from those three, winning an additional $500 to equal $1000 total. Winners will be announced July 1, 2017. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Estimated Callback: July 01 | Categories: Short Stories, Memoirs, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length maximum 5,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Bacopa Literary Review ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry, flash story, creative nonfiction, and literary fiction. Poetry submissions should contain 1-3 poems; flash stories should be less than 750 words; creative nonfiction should be less than 3300 words; literary fiction should be less than 8000 words. Previously unpublished work only. Medium: print and online | Fee: $3 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry prize $400 length 8,000 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
5th Annual Lucille Clifton Poetry Prize 2017Open to all writers, this contest seeks poetry. Writers should think of humanness, struggle, adversity, and resilience when submitting. Winning poem will receive $500 as well as publication. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Poetry prize $500 deadline 9 days May 31 |
2017 Laux/Millar RR Poetry PrizeOpen to all writers in the United States, this contest seeks poetry. Entrants should submit up to five pages of unpublished poems per entry. Simultaneous submissions are accepted. All entrants will receive the Fall 2017 issue of Raleigh Review. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Poetry prize $500 length maximum 5 pages deadline 9 days May 31 |
2017 JuxtaProse Poetry PrizeOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry. Poems must be previously unpublished. Each entry should consist of 1-3 poems, and each poem should be no more than 50 lines. All finalists will be considered for publication. First prize will receive $500 and publication, and up to three additional poems may be awarded honorable mention status, which will receive $50 and publication. Winner will be announced on August 1, 2017. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Estimated Callback: August 01 | Categories: Poetry prize $500 deadline 9 days May 31 |
The Carrie McCray Memorial Literary AwardsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks first chapter of a novel, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. First chapter of a novel has a 3500 word limit, fiction and creative nonfiction entries have a 3000 word limit, and poetry should be up to three poems, not to exceed 80 lines in total. A first place ($200), second place ($100), and third place ($50) will be awarded, along with potential honorable mentions. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $200 length maximum 3,500 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
22nd National Poet Hunt ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry. Each entry should contain no more than three poems. First place winner will receive $500 and their work will be published. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Poetry prize $500 deadline 12 days June 03 |
HeartWood Broadside Series ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry or flash prose (200 word max.). Winner will receive $500 and 25 copies of broadside. Entry fee in-cludes copy of winning broadside. Medium: print | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Poetry prize $500 length maximum 200 words deadline 15 days June 06 |
Slate Roof Press 2017 Elyse Wolf Prize $500Open to all writers, this contest seeks poetry chapbook manuscripts of no more than 28 pages. Winner will receive $500, along with a three year membership to Slate Roof Press. Slate Roof will publish the winning manuscript within the member’s three year term. Members will also receive feedback and suggestions for editing. Medium: print | Fee: $10 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $500 length 28 pages deadline 24 days June 15 |
2017 Swan Scythe Press Poetry Chapbook ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry chapbook manuscripts. Manuscripts should be between 20 and 32 pages. Winner receives $200 and 25 perfect-bound chapbooks. Medium: print | Fee: $18 | Categories: Poetry, Books prize $200 length 20-32 pages deadline 24 days June 15 |
Fineline Competition for Prose Poetry and Short ShortsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks prose poetry and shorts shorts. Both should be no more than 500 words. Any poetry submitted in verse form will be automatically disqualified. A first prize of $1000 will be awarded, and 10 finalists will receive possible publication. Previously unpublished work only. Medium: print and online | Fee: $10 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Poetry prize $1,000 length 500 words deadline 24 days June 15 |
The Bitter Oleander Press Library of Poetry AwardOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry manuscripts between 48-80 pages in length. Winner will receive $1000 prize along with publication in the following spring of 2018. Winner will be announced November 1, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $28 | Estimated Callback: November 01 | Categories: Poetry, Books prize $1,000 length 48-80 pages deadline 24 days June 15 |
Bauhan Publishing’s May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry PrizeOpen to all poets, new and experienced, this annual prize is awarded for a book-length (50-80 pages) collection of poetry. The collection as a whole must be previously unpublished. We accept multiple submissions. All submissions go directly to this year's judge, poet Jennifer Militello, we do not pre-screen manuscripts. The winner receives $1,000, publication of their collection, 100 copies, and distribution with our other titles through University Press of New England. Cost per submission is $25, we accept submissions online via Submittable and print manuscripts. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $25 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,000 length 50–80 pages deadline 39 days June 30 |
2017 Autumn House Press Full-Length ContestsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks full length manuscripts for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Poetry should be 50-80 pages in length, fiction should be 200-300 pages (and all fiction sub-genres or any combination of sub-genres are eligible), and nonfiction should be 200-300 pages. A winner in each category will receive publication. All finalists will be considered for publication. Medium: print | Fee: $30 | Categories: Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books prize $2,500 length 200-300 pages deadline 39 days June 30 |
2017 Tomaž Šalamun PrizeOpen to all writers, this contest seeks a poetry chapbook between 18-28 pages in length. Prize is open to poets at any stage of their career. Winner will receive $500, chapbook publication, and a one-month residency at the Tomaž Šalamun Center for Poetry in downtown Ljubljana, Slovenia. Medium: print | Fee: $12 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $500 length 18-28 pages deadline 54 days July 15 |
2018 Press 53 Award for PoetryOpen to all writers in the United States, this contest seeks poetry manuscripts between 60 and 120 pages. Previously published poems may be included, but the work as a whole should be unpublished. Winner will be announced on or before November 1, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $30 | Categories: Poetry, Books prize $1,000 length 60-120 pages deadline 70 days July 31 |
Screenwriting |
There are currently no contests available in this category. |
Books |
Sunshot Prize SeriesThe Sunshot Prize Series™ honors unpublished collections of poetry, short stories, and essays with a cash prize, publication, author copies, and a continuation of the book's cultural impact through nomination to the highest echelon of book awards.The prize-winning manuscripts and selected finalists will be nominated for the National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and other prestigious book awards, adding a potential purse of more than $156,000 and international notoriety. Medium: print | Fee: $40 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,500 length 50-200 pages deadline 8 days May 30 |
The Carrie McCray Memorial Literary AwardsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks first chapter of a novel, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. First chapter of a novel has a 3500 word limit, fiction and creative nonfiction entries have a 3000 word limit, and poetry should be up to three poems, not to exceed 80 lines in total. A first place ($200), second place ($100), and third place ($50) will be awarded, along with potential honorable mentions. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $200 length maximum 3,500 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Spokane Prize for Short FictionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks a book length manuscript containing at least three short stories, no less than 98 pages total. Manuscripts should be organized with a table of contents and page numbers. Stories may have been previously published. Novels will not be accepted. Winner receives $2000 plus publication. Medium: print | Fee: $27.50 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Books, Book Awards prize $2,000 length minimum 98 pages deadline 10 days June 01 |
Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize for the NovellaOpen to all writers, this contest seeks unpublished novellas between 17,000 and 40,000 words. First place will receive $6,000, along with publication, publicity at the Miami Book Fair as well as hotel, travel and per diem to attend and participate at the Fair. Two runners-up will receive $2,000 along with publication, publicity at the Miami Book Fair as well as hotel, travel, and per diem to attend and participate at the Fair. Finalists will be notified on or before October 20, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $50 | Estimated Callback: October 20 | Categories: Fiction Prose, Books, Book Awards prize $6,000 length 17,000-40,000 words deadline 24 days June 15 |
Slate Roof Press 2017 Elyse Wolf Prize $500Open to all writers, this contest seeks poetry chapbook manuscripts of no more than 28 pages. Winner will receive $500, along with a three year membership to Slate Roof Press. Slate Roof will publish the winning manuscript within the member’s three year term. Members will also receive feedback and suggestions for editing. Medium: print | Fee: $10 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $500 length 28 pages deadline 24 days June 15 |
2017 Swan Scythe Press Poetry Chapbook ContestOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry chapbook manuscripts. Manuscripts should be between 20 and 32 pages. Winner receives $200 and 25 perfect-bound chapbooks. Medium: print | Fee: $18 | Categories: Poetry, Books prize $200 length 20-32 pages deadline 24 days June 15 |
The Bitter Oleander Press Library of Poetry AwardOpen to all writers, this contest seeks poetry manuscripts between 48-80 pages in length. Winner will receive $1000 prize along with publication in the following spring of 2018. Winner will be announced November 1, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $28 | Estimated Callback: November 01 | Categories: Poetry, Books prize $1,000 length 48-80 pages deadline 24 days June 15 |
Bauhan Publishing’s May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry PrizeOpen to all poets, new and experienced, this annual prize is awarded for a book-length (50-80 pages) collection of poetry. The collection as a whole must be previously unpublished. We accept multiple submissions. All submissions go directly to this year's judge, poet Jennifer Militello, we do not pre-screen manuscripts. The winner receives $1,000, publication of their collection, 100 copies, and distribution with our other titles through University Press of New England. Cost per submission is $25, we accept submissions online via Submittable and print manuscripts. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $25 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,000 length 50–80 pages deadline 39 days June 30 |
2017 Autumn House Press Full-Length ContestsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks full length manuscripts for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Poetry should be 50-80 pages in length, fiction should be 200-300 pages (and all fiction sub-genres or any combination of sub-genres are eligible), and nonfiction should be 200-300 pages. A winner in each category will receive publication. All finalists will be considered for publication. Medium: print | Fee: $30 | Categories: Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books prize $2,500 length 200-300 pages deadline 39 days June 30 |
2017 Tomaž Šalamun PrizeOpen to all writers, this contest seeks a poetry chapbook between 18-28 pages in length. Prize is open to poets at any stage of their career. Winner will receive $500, chapbook publication, and a one-month residency at the Tomaž Šalamun Center for Poetry in downtown Ljubljana, Slovenia. Medium: print | Fee: $12 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $500 length 18-28 pages deadline 54 days July 15 |
2018 Press 53 Award for PoetryOpen to all writers in the United States, this contest seeks poetry manuscripts between 60 and 120 pages. Previously published poems may be included, but the work as a whole should be unpublished. Winner will be announced on or before November 1, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $30 | Categories: Poetry, Books prize $1,000 length 60-120 pages deadline 70 days July 31 |
Book Awards |
Sunshot Prize SeriesThe Sunshot Prize Series™ honors unpublished collections of poetry, short stories, and essays with a cash prize, publication, author copies, and a continuation of the book's cultural impact through nomination to the highest echelon of book awards.The prize-winning manuscripts and selected finalists will be nominated for the National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and other prestigious book awards, adding a potential purse of more than $156,000 and international notoriety. Medium: print | Fee: $40 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,500 length 50-200 pages deadline 8 days May 30 |
The Carrie McCray Memorial Literary AwardsOpen to all writers, this contest seeks first chapter of a novel, fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. First chapter of a novel has a 3500 word limit, fiction and creative nonfiction entries have a 3000 word limit, and poetry should be up to three poems, not to exceed 80 lines in total. A first place ($200), second place ($100), and third place ($50) will be awarded, along with potential honorable mentions. Medium: print and online | Fee: $15 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Nonfiction Prose, Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $200 length maximum 3,500 words deadline 9 days May 31 |
Spokane Prize for Short FictionOpen to all writers, this contest seeks a book length manuscript containing at least three short stories, no less than 98 pages total. Manuscripts should be organized with a table of contents and page numbers. Stories may have been previously published. Novels will not be accepted. Winner receives $2000 plus publication. Medium: print | Fee: $27.50 | Categories: Short Stories, Fiction Prose, Books, Book Awards prize $2,000 length minimum 98 pages deadline 10 days June 01 |
Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize for the NovellaOpen to all writers, this contest seeks unpublished novellas between 17,000 and 40,000 words. First place will receive $6,000, along with publication, publicity at the Miami Book Fair as well as hotel, travel and per diem to attend and participate at the Fair. Two runners-up will receive $2,000 along with publication, publicity at the Miami Book Fair as well as hotel, travel, and per diem to attend and participate at the Fair. Finalists will be notified on or before October 20, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $50 | Estimated Callback: October 20 | Categories: Fiction Prose, Books, Book Awards prize $6,000 length 17,000-40,000 words deadline 24 days June 15 |
Slate Roof Press 2017 Elyse Wolf Prize $500Open to all writers, this contest seeks poetry chapbook manuscripts of no more than 28 pages. Winner will receive $500, along with a three year membership to Slate Roof Press. Slate Roof will publish the winning manuscript within the member’s three year term. Members will also receive feedback and suggestions for editing. Medium: print | Fee: $10 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $500 length 28 pages deadline 24 days June 15 |
Bauhan Publishing’s May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry PrizeOpen to all poets, new and experienced, this annual prize is awarded for a book-length (50-80 pages) collection of poetry. The collection as a whole must be previously unpublished. We accept multiple submissions. All submissions go directly to this year's judge, poet Jennifer Militello, we do not pre-screen manuscripts. The winner receives $1,000, publication of their collection, 100 copies, and distribution with our other titles through University Press of New England. Cost per submission is $25, we accept submissions online via Submittable and print manuscripts. Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2017. Medium: print | Fee: $25 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $1,000 length 50–80 pages deadline 39 days June 30 |
2017 Tomaž Šalamun PrizeOpen to all writers, this contest seeks a poetry chapbook between 18-28 pages in length. Prize is open to poets at any stage of their career. Winner will receive $500, chapbook publication, and a one-month residency at the Tomaž Šalamun Center for Poetry in downtown Ljubljana, Slovenia. Medium: print | Fee: $12 | Categories: Poetry, Books, Book Awards prize $500 length 18-28 pages deadline 54 days July 15 |
Residencies/Fellowships/Grants |
There are currently no contests available in this category. |
