APRIL 2023

Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize

Prose on the theme of the Alpine Fellowship Annual Symposium up to 2,500 words Prizes: £10,000; £3,000, £2,000 Free entry Closing date: 1 April https://alpinefellowship.com/

Cowles Poetry Book Prize

Poetry collections, 48-100 pages Prizes: $2,000 and publication Entry fee: $25 Closing date: 1 April www.semopress.com/events/cowles-prize/

GVCA New Deal Writing Competition

Short stories, up to 10,000 words, inspired by a painting, shown on the website Prizes: $200, $100, $50 Entry fee: $5 Closing date: 1 April http://gvartscouncil.org/writingcompetition/

Killer Nashville Claymore Award

Unpublished manuscripts with elements of thriller, mystery, crime or suspense Prizes: $3,000 prize fund, publication Entry fee: $40

Closing date: 1 April https://killernashville.com/claymore/

Nimrod Literary Awards

Fiction up to 7,500 words or 3-10 pages of poetry, by US residents Prizes: $2,000, $1,000 in both categories, plus publication Entry fee: $20 Closing date: 1 April https://artsandsciences.utulsa.edu/nimrod/nimrod-literaryawards/

Orison Books Poetry and Fiction Prizes

Novels, novellas or fiction collections of at least 30,000 words; poetry collections, 50100 pages Prizes: $1,500 and publication in each category Entry fee: $30 Closing date: 1 April, annual https://orisonbooks.com

Short Grain Contest

Poetry, max 100 lines, or fiction, max 2,500 words Prizes: Can$1,000, $750, $500 and publication, in each category Entry fee: $40, international entries $60 Closing date: 1 April www.grainmagazine.ca/

SPR Book Prizes

Books published on Amazon before entry Prizes: SPR reader review packages on Amazon Entry fee: $30 Closing date: 1 April www.selfpublishingreview.com/ spr-book-awards/

Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest

Highly enjoyable annual competition for humorous and spoof poetry, up to 250 lines Prizes: $2,000, $500, 10x$100 Free entry Closing date: 1 April www.winningwriters.com/wergle

Zone 3 Press Award

Poetry manuscripts this year, 48-80 pages Prizes: $1,000 and publication Entry fee: $20 Closing date: 1 April www.zone3press.com

Terry Tempest Williams Prize for Creative Non-Fiction

One piece of creative nonfiction, up to 30 double spaced pages Prizes: $500 and publication Entry fee: $23 Closing date: 2 April, TBC https://northamericanreview.org

Willowdown Books Cunningham Short Story Competition

Short stories, 1,000-3,000 words Prizes: $125 Entry fee: $12 Closing date: 4 April www.willowdownbooks.com

Gordon Burn Prize

Annual prize from New Writing North for a published novel or work of non-fiction that challenges perceived ideas about genre Prizes: £5,000, writing retreat up to three months at Gordon Burn’s cottage Free entry Closing date: TBC, 5 April in 2023 www.newwritingnorth.com

HE Bates Short Story Competition

Short stories up to 2,000 words Prizes: £500, £200, £100, £100 for best short story by a Northampton writer not winning another prize Entry fee: £6, £10 for two Closing date: 5 April, TBC www.hebatescompetition.org.uk

Oberon Poetry Prize

Single poems, max 2 pages each; submit up to 3 Prizes: $1,000 and publication

Entry fee: $18 Closing date: 10 April, annually www.oberonpoetry.com

Bath Short Story Award

Short stories up to 2,200 words, in any style and on any subject Prizes: £1,200, £300, £100, £50 for the best local writer, £100 for the best unpublished writer Entry fee: £8 Closing date: 11 April http://bathshortstoryaward.org

Red Planet Prize

New TV series drama scripts Prizes: Script commission and masterclasses Closing date: all details TBC www.redplanetpictures.co.uk/ the-red-planet-prize

Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry

Poetry collections, 48-100 pages Prizes: $1,500 and publication Entry fee: $25 Closing date: 15 April www.uofupress.com/alipoetryprize.php

CantoMundo Poetry Prize

Poetry collections, 48-90 pages, by Latinx writers Prizes: $1,000 and publication Entry fee: $28 Closing date: 15 April www.cantomundo.org

Etel Adnan Poetry Prize

Poetry collections, 48-90 pages, by a writer of Arab heritage Prizes: $1,000 and publication Entry fee: $25 Closing date: 15 April www.uapress.com/prizes/