Grants & Awards
Over 100 upcoming deadlines, plus 6 new awards and 134 recent winners.
African Poetry Book Fund
SILLERMAN FIRST BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Nebraska Press is given annually for a debut poetry collection by a poet who was born in Africa, is an African national or resident, or whose parents are African. The prize is cosponsored by Prairie Schooner. The African Poetry Book Fund editorial board will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 50 pages by December 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. African Poetry Book Fund, Sillerman First Book Prize, c/o Prairie Schooner,
110 Andrews Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588. (402) 472-0911. Ashley Strosnider, Managing Editor. africanpoetrybf@unl.edu
africanpoetrybf.unl.edu
American Library Association
W. Y. BOYD LITERARY AWARD
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a novel published in the previous year that is set in a period when the United States was at war. Publishers or authors may submit seven copies of a book published in 2018 by December 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. American Library Association, W. Y. Boyd Literary Award, Governance Office, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611. (312) 280-3247. www.ala.org/awardsgrants/wy-boyd-literary-award -excellence-military-fiction
Asheville Poetry Review
WILLIAM MATTHEWS POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Asheville Poetry Review is given annually for a poem. The winner is also invited to read at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina. Dorianne Laux will judge. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $20 entry fee by January 15, 2019. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Asheville Poetry Review, William Matthews Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802. (828) 450-0357. Keith Flynn, Managing Editor.
www.ashevillepoetryreview.com
Australian Book Review
PETER PORTER POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $5,000 AUD (approximately $3,970) is given annually for a poem. A second-place prize of $2,000 AUD (approximately $1,590) will also be given. The winners will be published in Australian Book Review. Judith Bishop, John Hawke, and Paul Kane will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a poem of up to 75 lines with an entry fee of $25 AUD (approximately $20) by December 3. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Australian Book Review, Peter Porter Poetry Prize, Studio 2, 207 City Road, Southbank, Victoria 3006, Australia. abr@australianbookreview.com.au www.australianbookreview.com.au/prizes -programs/peter-porter-poetry-prize
Bayou Magazine
POETRY AND FICTION PRIZES
Two prizes of $1,000 each and a subscription to Bayou Magazine are given annually for a poem and a short story. Submit up to three poems of any length or a story or novel excerpt of up to 7,500 words with a $20 entry fee by January 1, 2019. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Bayou Magazine, Poetry and Fiction Prizes, University of New Orleans, English Department, 2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148.
Nora Seilheimer, Associate Editor. bayoumagazine@gmail.com
bayoumagazine.org
Before Columbus Foundation
AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS
Awards are given annually for books published in the United States during the previous year to recognize “outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community.” Submit two copies of a book (or bound galleys) published in 2018 by December 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.) Before Columbus Foundation, American Book Awards, Raymond House, 655 13th Street, Suite 302, Oakland, CA 94612. (916) 425-7916. beforecolumbusfoundation@gmail.com
www.beforecolumbusfoundation.com
Beloit Poetry Journal
CHAD WALSH CHAPBOOK SERIES
A prize of $1,000, publication by Beloit Poetry Journal, and 50 author copies will be given annually for a poetry chapbook. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 20 to 35 pages with a $20 entry fee by November 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Beloit Poetry Journal, Chad Walsh Chapbook Series, P.O. Box 1450, Windham, ME 04062. Rachel Contreni Flynn, Coeditor. bpj@bpj.org
www.bpj.org
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
POETRY CONTEST A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. The winners and finalists for the prize, which is cosponsored by Loyola Marymount University, will be invited to read at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California, in April 2019. Diane Seuss will judge. Submit up to four poems of no more than 42 lines each with a $20 entry fee by January 3, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, Poetry Contest, Loyola Marymount University, 681 North Venice Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291. (310) 822-3006. Richard Modiano, Executive Director. richard@beyondbaroque.org
www.beyondbaroque.org BkMk Press
CIARDI/CHANDRA PRIZES Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by BkMk Press are given annually for a poetry collection and a short story collection. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 110 pages of poetry or 125 to 300 pages of short fiction with a $25 entry fee ($30 for electronic submissions) by January 15, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines. BkMk Press, Ciardi/Chandra Prizes, University of Missouri, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110.
(816) 235-2558. bkmk@umkc.edu www.newletters.org/writers-wanted/bkmk-writing -contests Black Caucus of the American Library Association
LITERARY AWARDS Four prizes of $500 each are given annually for a poetry collection, a first novel, a book of fiction, and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) by an African American writer published in the United States in the previous year. The awards honor books that depict the “cultural, historical, and sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora.” Publishers may nominate books published in 2018 by December 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines and a list of jurors to whom books should be sent. Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Literary Awards, Hampton University, Harvey Library, 130 East Tyler Street, Hampton, VA 23668.
(757) 727-5185. Gladys Smiley Bell, Chair. gladys.bell@hamptonu.edu
www.bcala.org/book-award BOA Editions
A. POULIN JR. POETRY PRIZE A prize of $1,000 and publication by BOA Editions is given annually for a first book of poetry by a U.S. resident. Patricia Smith will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee by November 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines. BOA Editions, A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, 250 North Goodman Street, Suite 306, Rochester, NY 14607. contact@boaeditions.org
www.boaeditions.org Boulevard
SHORT FICTION CONTEST A prize of $1,500 and publication in Boulevard is given annually for a short story by a writer who has not published a nationally distributed book. Submit a story of up to 8,000 words with a $16 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Boulevard, by December 31. All entries are considered for publication.
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Boulevard, Short Fiction Contest, 4125 Juniata Street, B, Saint Louis, MO 63116. Jessica Rogen, Editor.
www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest Bright Hill Press
POETRY BOOK COMPETITION A prize of $1,000, publication by Bright Hill Press, and 30 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $27 entry fee by December 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Bright Hill Press, Poetry Book Competition, 94 Church Street, Treadwell, NY 13846. (607) 829-5055. Bertha Rogers, Editor. wordthur@stny.rr.com
www.brighthillpress.org Bronx Council on the Arts
BRIO ARTIST AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE Grants of $4,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who reside in the Bronx in New York City. Winners are encouraged to complete a public service activity as part of the Artists for Community Enrichment program. Students enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible. Using the online submission system, submit 5 to 15 pages of poetry or 30 pages of prose, a résumé, and proof of residency by December 10. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Bronx Council on the Arts, BRIO Artist Awards for Excellence, 1738 Hone Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461. Bryan E. Glover, Contact. bryan@bronxarts.org
www.bronxarts.org/brio.asp Brunel University London
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN POETRY PRIZE A prize of £3,000 (approximately $3,990) is given annually for a group of poems by a poet who was born in Africa, is an African national or resident, or whose parents are African. Poets who have not yet published a full-length collection are eligible. The prize is cosponsored by the African Poetry Book Fund. Submit 10 published or unpublished poems of up to 30 lines each via e-mail by November 30. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Brunel University London, International African Poetry Prize, Kingston Lane, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, United Kingdom. buapp@brunel.ac.uk
www.africanpoetryprize.org Burnside Review Press
BOOK PRIZE A prize of $1,000, publication by Burnside Review Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Ed Skoog will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes one title from the press’s catalogue, by November 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Burnside Review Press, Book Prize, P.O. Box 1782, Portland, OR 97207. Sid Miller, Contact. sid@burnsidereview.org
www.burnsidereview.org Center for Book Arts LETTERPRESS POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION A prize of $500 and letterpress publication by the Center for Book Arts is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The winner will also receive an additional
$500 to give a reading with the contest judge at the Center for Book Arts in New York City in Fall 2019, and a weeklong residency at the Winter Shakers Program at the Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, New York. Edwin Torres will judge. Submit a manuscript of up to 21 pages (or 450 lines) with a $30 entry fee by December 15. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. Center for Book Arts, Letterpress Poetry Chapbook Competition, 28 West 27th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001.
www.centerforbookarts.org Cider Press Review
BOOK AWARD A prize of $1,500, publication by Cider Press Review, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Leona Sevick will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $26 entry fee, which includes a copy of the winning book, by November 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cider Press Review, Book Award, P.O.
Box 33384, San Diego, CA 92163. (717) 417-8596. Caron Andregg, Editor in Chief.
editor@ciderpressreview.com
www.ciderpressreview.com/bookaward Cleveland Foundation
ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDS Prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published during the previous year that “contribute to our understanding of racism and appreciation of human diversity.” Rita Dove, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Joyce Carol Oates, Steven Pinker, and Simon Schama will judge. Submit five copies of a book published in 2018 by December 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. Cleveland Foundation, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1300, Cleveland, OH 44115.
(216) 685-2018. submit@anisfield-wolf.org
www.anisfield-wolf.org Codhill Press
POETRY AWARD A prize of $1,000, publication by Codhill Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Pauline Uchmanowicz will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 70 pages with a $30 entry fee by December 20. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Codhill Press, Poetry Award, P.O. Box 280, Bloomington, NY 12411. Pauline Uchmanowicz, Contest Coordinator. www.codhill.com/submissions/codhill-press -poetry-award-guide Colorado Review
COLORADO PRIZE FOR POETRY A prize of $2,000 and publication by the Center for Literary Publishing is given annually for a poetry collection. Kazim Ali will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee ($28 for online submissions), which includes a subscription to Colorado Review, by January 14, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Colorado Review, Colorado Prize for Poetry, Colorado State University, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
(970) 491-5449. Stephanie G’Schwind, Editor. creview@colostate.edu
coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-prize-for -poetry Commonwealth Club of California
CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS Three prizes are given annually to writers residing in California for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published during the previous year. Prizes are also given for a first book of fiction and a book of fiction or nonfiction that relates to California. Publishers may submit six copies of books published in 2018 by December 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.) Commonwealth Club of California, California Book Awards, 110 Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105. bookawards@commonwealthclub.org www.commonwealthclub.org/events/california -book-awards Crosswinds
POETRY CONTEST A prize of $1,000 and publication in Crosswinds is given annually for a poem. Tina Cane will judge. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than 60 lines each with a $20 entry fee by December 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Crosswinds, Poetry Contest, 10 Algonquin Drive, Middletown, RI 02842. www.crosswindspoetry.com/poetry-contest -submissions Dappled Things
J. F. POWERS PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION A prize of $500 and publication in Dappled Things will be given annually for a short story. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 8,000 words by November 30. There is no entry fee. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Dappled Things, J. F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction, 600 Giltin Drive, Arlington, TX 76006. Bernardo Aparicio García, Publisher. dappledthings.aparicio@gmail.com
www.dappledthings.org December
JEFF MARKS MEMORIAL POETRY PRIZE A prize of $1,500 and publication in december is given annually for a poem. Kim Addonizio will judge. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $20 entry fee, which includes a copy of the prize issue, by December 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
december, Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 16130, St. Louis, MO 63105. december@decembermag.org
decembermag.org Ellen Meloy Fund
DESERT WRITERS AWARD A prize of $5,000 is given annually to enable a creative nonfiction writer “whose work reflects the spirit and passions for the desert embodied in Ellen Meloy’s writing” to spend creative time in a desert environment. Using the online submission system, submit up to 10 pages of creative nonfiction, a project description, and a one-page biography between November 1, 2018, and January 15, 2019. There is no entry fee. Visit the
website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. Ellen Meloy Fund, Desert Writers Award, P.O. Box 484, Bluff, UT 84512. Mark Meloy, Executive Director. fund@ellenmeloy.com
www.ellenmeloy.com Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
WRITING FELLOWSHIPS Fellowships for a seven-month residency at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, are given annually to four poets and four fiction writers who have not published a full-length book in any genre. Each fellowship includes a private apartment and a monthly stipend of $750.
For fellowships from October 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, using the online submission system submit up to 15 pages of poetry or 35 pages of fiction (include a synopsis if submitting a novel), a personal statement, and a $50 entry fee by December 2. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Writing Fellowships, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657.
(508) 487-9960. general@fawc.org
www.fawc.org Fish Publishing
FISH SHORT STORY PRIZE A prize of €3,000 (approximately $3,400) and publication in the annual Fish Publishing anthology is given annually for a short story. The winner will also be invited to attend a five-day short story workshop at the West Cork Literary Festival in July 2019. Mia Gallagher will judge. Submit a story of up to 5,000 words by mail with a €22 (approximately $26) entry fee or using the online submission system with a €20 (approximately $24) entry fee by November 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Fish Publishing, Fish Short Story Prize, Durrus, Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. Clem Cairns, Editor. info@fishpublishing.com
www.fishpublishing.com Five Points
JAMES DICKEY PRIZE A prize of $1,000 and publication in
Five Points is given annually for a group of poems. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each with a $25 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Five Points, by December 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Five Points, James Dickey Prize, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3999, Atlanta, GA 30302. Megan Sexton, Editor. fivepoints@gsu.edu
www.fivepoints.gsu.edu Florida Review JEANNE LEIBY MEMORIAL CHAPBOOK AWARD A prize of $1,000 and publication by Florida Review is given annually for a chapbook of short fiction, short nonfiction, or graphic narrative. Submit a manuscript of up to 45 pages with a $25 entry fee by December 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Florida Review, Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award, University of Central Florida, English Department, P.O. Box 161346, Orlando, FL 32816. Lisa Roney, Editor. flreview@ucf.edu
floridareview.cah.ucf.edu French-American Foundation
TRANSLATION PRIZES Two prizes of $10,000 each are given annually for translations from French into English of a book of fiction and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published during the previous year. A jury of translators and literary professionals will judge. Authors, translators, agents, and U.S. publishers may submit three excerpts from a book published in 2018 by January 4, 2019. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. French-American Foundation, Translation Prizes, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 902, New York, NY 10036. (646) 588-6782.
frenchamerican.org/initiatives/translation-prize Friends of American Writers
LITERARY AWARD A prize of up to $4,000 is given annually for a book of fiction or creative nonfiction published during the previous year by a writer who is a resident of the Midwest (or who previously resided in the Midwest for at least five years) or whose book features a Midwestern setting.
The prize may be split if more than one winner is selected. Writers who have published up to three books are eligible. Self-published books are not eligible. Authors or publishers may submit two copies of books published in 2018 and an author bio by December 10. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Friends of American Writers, Literary Award, c/o Tammie Bob, 474 Stagecoach Run, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137. info@fawchicago.org
www.fawchicago.org/awards.php Frost Place
DARTMOUTH POET-IN-RESIDENCE AWARD A prize of $2,000 and a six- to eightweek residency at the Frost Place, Robert Frost’s former home in Franconia, New Hampshire, is given annually to a poet who has published at least one poetry collection. The winner is also invited to give readings at Dartmouth College, the Frost Place, and other local venues. Using the online submission system, submit five poems from the most recent book, a résumé, a brief bio, a personal statement, and contact information for two references with a $28 entry fee by January 5, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Frost Place, Dartmouth Poet-inResidence Award, P.O. Box 74, Franconia, NH 03580. (603) 823-5510. frost@frostplace.org
www.frostplace.org Gemini Magazine
POETRY CONTEST A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a poem. The editors will judge. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $7 entry fee by January 2, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Gemini Magazine, Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA 02558.
(339) 309-9757. David Bright, Editor.
editor@gemini-magazine.com
www.gemini-magazine.com Glimmer Train Press
FAMILY MATTERS A prize of $2,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the prize issue is given annually for a short story about families of any configuration. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 12,000 words with an $18 entry fee by January 2, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.) Glimmer Train Press, Family Matters, P.O. Box 80430, Portland, OR 97280. (503) 221-0836. Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda Swanson-Davies, Coeditors.
www.glimmertrain.com Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE Two prizes of $65,000 CAD (approximately $50,000) each are given annually for poetry collections published during the previous year by a Canadian poet or translator and by an international poet or translator. Finalists in each category receive $10,000 CAD (approximately $8,300). Publishers may submit four copies of a book of at least 48 pages published between July 1 and December 31 by December 31. There is no entry fee. The deadline for books published during the first half of the year was June 30. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, Griffin Poetry Prize, 363 Parkridge Crescent, Oakville, Ontario L6M 1A8, Canada. (905) 618-0420. Ruth Smith, Executive Director. info@griffinpoetryprize.com
www.griffinpoetryprize.com Langum Charitable Trust DAVID J. LANGUM SR. PRIZE IN AMERICAN HISTORICAL FICTION A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of historical fiction published during the previous year. Publishers or authors may submit two copies of a book (or galleys) published in 2018 by December 1. Self-published books are ineligible. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Langum Charitable Trust, David J. Langum Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction, 2809 Berkeley Drive,
Birmingham, AL 35242. www.langumtrust.org/about-prizes/american -historical-fiction Lascaux Review
PRIZE IN SHORT FICTION A prize of $1,000 and publication in Lascaux Review is given annually for a short story. The winner and finalists will also be published in the 2019 Lascaux Prize Anthology. Submit a story of up to 10,000 words with a $10 entry fee by December 31. Previously published and unpublished stories are eligible. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Lascaux Review, Prize in Short Fiction, 275 Conner Street, Clinton, AR 72031. lascauxreview@gmail.com
www.lascauxreview.com/contests Literal Latté K. MARGARET GROSSMAN FICTION AWARD A prize of $1,000 and publication in Literal Latté is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of up to 10,000 words with a $10 entry fee ($15 for two stories) by January 15, 2019. All entries
are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Literal Latté, K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award, 200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York, NY 10003.
(212) 260-5532. Jenine Gordon Bockman, Editor. litlatte@aol.com
www.literal-latte.com LitMag VIRGINIA WOOLF AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION A prize of $3,500 and publication in LitMag is given annually for a short story. A second-place prize of $1,000 will also be given. The winners will have their work reviewed by Sobel Weber Associates literary agency. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a story of 3,000 to 8,000 words with a $20 entry fee by December 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
LitMag, Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction, Greeley Square Station, P.O. Box 20091, New York, NY 10001. info@litmag.com
litmag.com Livingston Press
TARTT FICTION AWARD A prize of $1,000, publication by Livingston Press, and 100 author copies is given annually for a first collection of short stories by a U.S. citizen. Fiction writers who have not published a short story collection are eligible. Submit a manuscript of 160 to 275 pages with a $20 entry fee by December 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.) Livingston Press, Tartt Fiction Award, University of West Alabama, One College Drive, Station 22, Livingston, AL 35470. Joe Taylor, Director. jwt@uwa.edu
livingstonpress.uwa.edu Mid-American Review
POETRY AND FICTION CONTESTS Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Mid-American Review are given annually for a poem and a short story. Submit up to three poems for the James Wright Poetry Award or a short story of up to 6,000 words for the Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award with a $10
entry fee by November 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Mid-American Review, Poetry and Fiction Contests, Bowling Green State University, English Department, Box W, Bowling Green, OH 43403. (419) 372-2725.
casit.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview/fallcontests Mississippi Review
MISSISSIPPI REVIEW PRIZE Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Mississippi Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Current or former University of Southern Mississippi students are ineligible. Submit three to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages or a short story or essay of 1,000 to 8,000 words with a $15 entry fee ($16 for electronic submissions), which includes a copy of the prize issue, by January 1, 2019. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Mississippi Review, Mississippi Review Prize, 118 College Drive, #5144, Hattiesburg, MS 39406. (601) 266-4321. Adam Clay, Editor in Chief.
msreview@usm.edu
www.usm.edu/mississippi-review The Moth
POETRY PRIZE A prize of €10,000 (approximately $12,000) and publication in the
Moth is given annually for a poem. Three runner-up prizes of €1,000 (approximately $1,200) each are also given. The winners will also be invited to read at an awards ceremony at the Poetry Ireland festival in Dublin in Spring 2019. Jacob Polley will judge. Submit any number of poems with a €12 (approximately $13) entry fee per poem by December 31. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
The Moth, Poetry Prize, Ardan Grange, Milltown, Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland. Rebecca O’Connor, Editor. editor@themothmagazine.com
www.themothmagazine.com Munster Literature Center GREGORY O’DONOGHUE INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE A prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,200), publication in Southword, and a weeklong residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland, is given annually for a poem. The winner will also receive up to €600 (approximately $700) in travel expenses, as well as lodging and meals, to give a reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival in Cork, Ireland, in March 2019. Patrick Cotter will judge. Submit a poem of up to 40 lines with a €5 (approximately $6) entry fee or five poems of up to 40 lines each with a €20 (approximately $24) entry fee by November 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.) Munster Literature Center, Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry
Prize, Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland T12 X802. godcomp@munsterlit.ie
www.munsterlit.ie Narrative
30 BELOW CONTEST A prize of $1,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a poem, a short story, an essay, or an excerpt from a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction by a writer under the age of 30. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit up to five poems of any length or up to 15,000 words of prose with a $25 entry fee by November 18. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
FALL STORY CONTEST A prize of $2,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a short story, a short short story, an essay, or an excerpt from a longer work of prose. A second-place prize of $1,000 and publication in Narrative is also awarded. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit up to 15,000 words of prose with a $26 entry fee by November 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Narrative, 2443 Fillmore Street, #214, San Francisco, CA 94115. Tom Jenks, Editor.
www.narrativemagazine.com National Endowment for the Arts
TRANSLATION FELLOWSHIPS Grants of $12,500 and $25,000 each are given annually to translators of poetry and prose from any language into English. Applicants must have published, alone or in collaboration, at least 20 pages of translation in digital or print literary publications or in book form between December 1, 2003, and December 5, 2018. Using the online submission system, submit 10 to 15 pages of translation and the original work, a project description, a résumé, justification of retranslation (if applicable), and a list of published translations into English with proof of eligibility by December 5. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.) National Endowment for the Arts, Translation Fellowships, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20506.
(202) 682-5034. litfellowships@arts.gov
arts.gov/grants-individuals/translation-projects New Rivers Press
MANY VOICES PROJECT COMPETITION Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by New Rivers Press are given annually for a poetry collection and a book of fiction or creative nonfiction by an emerging writer. Writers who have not published more than two full-length books are eligible. Using the online submission system, submit a poetry manuscript of 50 to 90 pages; a collection of short stories, novellas, or essays of 100 to 200 pages; or a novel or memoir of up to 400 pages with a $25 entry fee by December 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines. New Rivers Press, Many Voices Project Competition, 1104 Seventh Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563.
newriverspress.com North Carolina Writers’ Network JACOBS/JONES AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERARY PRIZE A prize of $1,000 and possible publication in Carolina Quarterly will be given annually for a short story or an essay that “conveys the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians.” Black writers who live in North Carolina are eligible. Rion Amilcar Scott will judge. Submit two copies of a short story or essay of up to 3,000 words with a $20 entry fee ($10 for NCWN members) by January 2, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines. North Carolina Writers’ Network, Jacobs/ Jones African American Literary Prize, P.O. Box 21591, Winston-Salem, NC 27120. Ed Southern, Executive Director. mail@ncwriters.org
www.ncwriters.org Nowhere Magazine
TRAVEL WRITING CONTEST A prize of $1,000 and publication in Nowhere Magazine is given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, or an essay that “possesses a powerful sense of
place.” Porter Fox will judge. Unpublished and published pieces that have not already been chosen as a contest winner are eligible. Using the online submission system, submit a poem of up to 800 words or a story or essay of 800 to 5,000 words with a $20 entry fee by December 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Nowhere Magazine, Travel Writing Contest, 1582 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213.
nowheremag.com/contests Ohio University Press
HOLLIS SUMMERS POETRY PRIZE A prize of $1,000 and publication by Ohio University Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 60 to 95 pages with a $30 entry fee by December 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Ohio University Press, Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, Ohio University, Alden Library 101, 30 Park Place, Athens, OH 45701. (740) 593-1160.
www.ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize Omnidawn Publishing
LAKE MERRITT POETRY PRIZE A prize of $3,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies will be given annually for a first or second collection of poetry. Rajiv Mohabir, Metta Sáma, Stacy Szymaszek, and Orlando White will select the finalists; Hoa Nguyen will select the winner. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 40 to 120 pages with a $27 entry fee ($30 to receive a book from the Omnidawn catalogue) by December 29. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Omnidawn Publishing, Lake Merritt Poetry Prize, 1632 Elm Avenue, Richmond, CA 94805.
www.omnidawn.com Permafrost
BOOK PRIZE A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Alaska Press is given in alternating years for a book of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. The 2019 prize will be given for a book of nonfiction. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 50 pages with a $20 entry fee by January 15, 2019. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Permafrost, Book Prize, University of Alaska, English Department, P.O. Box 755720, Fairbanks, AK 99775.
(907) 474-5074. editor@permafrostmag.com
permafrostmag.com/contests Pleiades Press
LENA–MILES WEVER TODD POETRY PRIZE A prize of $2,000 and publication by Pleiades Press with distribution by Louisiana State University Press is given annually for a poetry collection by a U.S. poet. The winner also receives $1,000 for book tour expenses. Traci Brimhall will judge. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes a poetry collection from the Pleiades Press catalogue, by November 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.) ROBERT C. JONES PRIZE FOR SHORT PROSE A prize of $2,000 and publication by Pleiades Press with distribution by Louisiana State University Press is given
annually for a collection of short stories, short short stories, or essays. Kazim Ali will judge. Submit a manuscript of 60 to 200 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes a book from the Pleiades Press catalogue, by November 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.) Pleiades Press, University of Central Missouri, English Department, Martin 336, Warrensburg, MO 64093.
(660) 543-8106. Jenny Molberg, Director. molberg@ucmo.edu
www.pleiadespress.org/about/guidelines Poetry International
C. P. CAVAFY POETRY PRIZE A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a poem. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems with a $15 entry fee ($3 for each additional poem) by November 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Poetry International, C. P. Cavafy Poetry Prize, San Diego State University, English and Comparative Literature Department, Mail Code 6020, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182. (619) 594-1522. Ilya Kaminsky, Editor.
poetryinternational.sdsu.edu Poetry Society of America
FOUR QUARTETS PRIZE A prize of $20,000 will be given annually for a unified and complete sequence of poems published in the U.S. in a print or online journal, a chapbook, or a book. Three finalists, including the winner, will receive $1,000 each. Submit four copies of at least 14 pages of poetry or a book-length sequence of poems published in 2018 and unified by subject, form, and style by December 22. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
ROBERT H. WINNER MEMORIAL AWARD A prize of $2,500 and publication of a poem on the Poetry Society of America website is given annually to a poet over 40 who has published no more than one book. Submit two copies of 10 pages of poetry with a $15 entry fee by December 22. Visit the website for complete guidelines. CHAPBOOK FELLOWSHIPS Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication by the Poetry Society of America are given annually for poetry chapbooks by poets who have not published a full-length collection. Each winner also receives a monthlong residency at PLAYA in Summer Lake, Oregon. Two fellowships are given to poets ages 30 and under, and two fellowships are given to poets of any age. Submit a manuscript of 20 to 30 pages with a $12 entry fee by December 22. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Poetry Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003.
(212) 254-9628.
www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual Poets & Writers, Inc. MAUREEN EGEN WRITERS EXCHANGE AWARD Two prizes of $500 each are awarded annually to a poet and a fiction writer from a select state. Each winner also receives an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City to meet with writers, editors, publishers, and agents, as well as a monthlong residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Wyoming.
The 2019 contest is open to residents of West Virginia. Poets and fiction writers who have published no more than one full-length book in the genre in which they are applying are eligible. Patricia Spears Jones will judge in poetry and Bryn Chancellor will judge in fiction. Submit four copies of 7 to 10 pages of poetry or up to 25 pages of fiction by January 7, 2019. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. Poets & Writers, Inc., Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award, 90 Broad Street, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004. Bonnie Rose Marcus, Contact. bmarcus@pw.org
at.pw.org/wexaward Press 53
AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION A prize of $1,000, publication by Press 53, and 50 author copies is given annually for a story collection. Kevin Morgan Watson will judge. Submit a manuscript of 100 to 250 pages with a $30 entry fee by December 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Press 53, Award for Short Fiction, 560 North Trade Street, Suite 103, WinstonSalem, NC 27101. (336) 770-5353. Kevin Morgan Watson, Publisher. kevin@press53.com
www.press53.com/award-for-short-fiction PRISM
JACOB ZILBER PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION A prize of $1,500 CAD (approximately $1,150) and publication in PRISM is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of up to 6,000 words with a $40 CAD (approximately $31) entry fee, which includes a subscription to PRISM, by January 15, 2019. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
PRISM, Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction, University of British Columbia, Creative Writing Program, Buchanan Building E462, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T
1Z1, Canada. (604) 822-2514. Olga Holin, Executive Editor of Promotions. promotions@prismmagazine.ca
prismmagazine.ca/contests/the-jacob-zilber-prize
-for-short-fiction Public Poetry
POETRY CONTEST A prize of $1,000, publication in an e-book anthology, and an invitation to give a reading in Houston, Texas, is given annually for a poem on a theme. This year’s theme is “Enough.” Using the online submission system, submit up to two poems of no more than 40 lines each with a $15 entry fee ($20 for three poems) by December 15. Late entries will be accepted until January 15, 2019, for a $25 entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. Public Poetry, Poetry Contest, 2617C West Holcombe Boulevard #543, Houston, TX 77025. Fran Sanders, Director. publicpoetry1@aol.com
www.publicpoetry.net/contests Pushcart Press
EDITORS’ BOOK AWARD A prize of $1,000 is given occasionally for a fiction or nonfiction manuscript that has been rejected by a commercial publisher. The award recognizes “worthy manuscripts that have been overlooked by today’s high-pressure, bottom-line publishing conglomerates.”