Grants & Awards
Over 100 upcoming deadlines, plus 5 new awards and 133 recent winners.
American Poetry Review
STANLEY KUNITZ MEMORIAL PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in American Poetry Review is given annually for a single poem by a poet under the age of 40. The editors will judge. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than three pages with a $15 entry fee, which includes a copy of the prize issue, by May 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
American Poetry Review,
Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
www.aprweb.org
American-Scandinavian Foundation
TRANSLATION PRIZES
A prize of $2,500 and publication of an excerpt in Scandinavian Review is given annually for an English translation of a work of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction written in a Nordic language. A prize of $2,000 and publication is also awarded to a translator whose literary translations have not previously been published. Translations of works by Scandinavian authors born after 1900 that have not been published in English are eligible. Submit up to 25 pages of poetry or 50 pages of prose, one copy of the original work, and a curriculum vitae by June 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
American-Scandinavian Foundation, Translation Prizes, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. (212) 779-3587. info@amscan.org
www.amscan.org
American Short Fiction
HALIFAX RANCH FICTION PRIZE
A prize of $2,500 and publication in American Short Fiction is given annually for a short story. Rebecca Makkai will judge. Submit a story of 2,000 to 6,500 words with a $20 entry fee by June 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
American Short Fiction,
Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 4152, Austin, TX 78765. Adeena Reitberger, Coeditor. editors@americanshortfiction.org
www.americanshortfiction.org
Anhinga Press
ANHINGA–ROBERT DANA PRIZE FOR POETRY
A prize of $2,000, publication by Anhinga Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. The winner is also invited to participate in a reading tour at select colleges in Florida. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee ($28 for electronic submissions) by May 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Anhinga Press, Anhinga–Robert
Dana Prize for Poetry, P.O. Box 3665, Tallahassee, FL 32315. Kristine Snodgrass, Codirector. info@anhinga.org
www.anhingapress.org
Artist Trust
GRANTS FOR ARTIST PROJECTS
Grants of up to $1,500 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers who are residents of Washington State. Students enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible. Submit a writing sample of up to 10 pages with a project description, synopsis, budget, and résumé by June 24. There is no application fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Artist Trust, Grants for Artist Projects, 1835 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122. Zach Frimmel, Contact. zach@artisttrust.org
artisttrust.org
Autumn House Press
LITERARY PRIZES
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Autumn House Press are given annually for a poetry collection, a book of fiction, and a book of creative nonfiction. Each winner also receives a $1,500 travel and publicity grant. Cornelius Eady will judge in poetry, Aimee Bender will judge in fiction, and Paul Lisicky will judge in nonfiction. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages of poetry or 200 to 300 pages of prose with a $30 entry fee by June 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Autumn House Press, Literary Prizes, 5530 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. info@autumnhouse.org
www.autumnhouse.org
Bard College
BARD FICTION PRIZE
A prize of $30,000 and a one-semester appointment as writer-in-residence at Bard College is given annually to a U.S. fiction writer under the age of 40. The recipient must give at least one public lecture and meet informally with students but is not expected to teach traditional courses. Submit three copies of a published book of fiction, a cover letter, and a curriculum vitae by June 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Bard College, Bard Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504. (845) 758-7087. bfp@bard.edu
www.bard.edu/bfp
Barrow Street Press
BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $1,500 and publication by Barrow Street Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Jericho Brown will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee ($28 for electronic submissions) by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Barrow Street Press, Book Prize, P.O. Box 1558, Kingston, RI 02881. infobarrow@gmail.com
www.barrowstreet.org
Bauhan Publishing
MAY SARTON NEW HAMPSHIRE POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $1,000, publication by Bauhan Publishing, and 100 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Deborah Gorlin will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Bauhan Publishing, May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 117, Peterborough, NH 03458.
www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize
Bellevue Literary Review
PRIZES IN POETRY AND PROSE
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Bellevue Literary Review are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer for works about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. DéLana R. A. Dameron will judge in poetry, Bryan Washington will judge in fiction, and Sheri Fink will judge in creative nonfiction. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems totaling no more than five pages or up to 5,000 words of prose with a $20 entry fee ($30 to receive a subscription to Bellevue Literary Review) by July 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Bellevue Literary Review,
Prizes in Poetry and Prose, New York University Langone Medical Center, Department of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, OBV-A612, New York, NY 10016. (212) 263-3973. Stacy Bodziak, Managing Editor. stacy@blreview.org
www.blreview.org
Bitter Oleander Press
LIBRARY OF POETRY BOOK AWARD
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Bitter Oleander Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $28 entry fee between May 1 and June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Bitter Oleander Press, Library of Poetry Book Award, 4983 Tall Oaks Drive, Fayetteville, NY 13066. info@bitteroleander.com
www.bitteroleander.com
Blue Mountain Center
RICHARD J. MARGOLIS AWARD
A prize of $5,000 and a monthlong residency at the Blue Mountain Center, an artists colony in Blue Mountain Lake, New York, is given annually to an essayist or journalist whose work “combines warmth, humor, wisdom, and concern with social justice.” Submit two to three writing samples, at least one of which is not memoir material, totaling no more than 30 pages, a brief bio, and a project description by July 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Blue Mountain Center, Richard J. Margolis Award, c/o Margolis & Bloom, 667 Boylston Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02116. award@margolis.com
award.margolis.com
BOA Editions
SHORT FICTION PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by BOA Editions is given annually for a short story collection. Peter Conners will judge. Submit a manuscript of 90 to 200 pages with a $25 entry fee by May 31. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
BOA Editions, Short Fiction Prize, 250 North Goodman Street, Suite 306, Rochester, NY 14607. Ron Martin-Dent, Marketing Director. contact@boaeditions.org
www.boaeditions.org
Boulevard
EMERGING POETS CONTEST
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Boulevard is given annually for a group of poems by a poet who has not published a poetry collection with a nationally distributed press. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit three poems of any length with a $16 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Boulevard, by June 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Boulevard,
Emerging Poets Contest, 4125 Juniata Street B, St. Louis, MO 63116. Jessica Rogen, Editor.
www.boulevardmagazine.org
Bridport Arts Centre
BRIDPORT PRIZE
Two prizes of £5,000 (approximately $6,430) each and publication in the Bridport Prize anthology are given annually for a poem and a short story. Two second-place prizes of £1,000 (approximately $1,290) each and publication are given in each category. A prize of £1,000 (approximately $1,290) and publication is also given for a work of flash fiction. Hollie McNish will judge in poetry and Kirsty Logan will judge in fiction and flash fiction. Submit a poem of up to 42 lines, a story of up to 5,000 words, or a piece of flash fiction of up to 250 words by May 31. The entry fee is £10 (approximately $13) for poetry, £12 (approximately $15) for fiction, and £9 (approximately $12) for flash fiction. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport Prize,
P.O. Box 6910, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 9BQ, England. Kate Wilson, Prize Administrator. kate@bridportprize.org.uk
www.bridportprize.org.uk
Center for Documentary Studies
DOROTHEA LANGE–PAUL TAYLOR PRIZE
A prize of $10,000 and publication in the Center for Documentary Studies digital periodical is given annually for a documentary project that incorporates images and text in any genre. The winning piece will also be placed in the Archive of Documentary Arts at Duke University’s Rubinstein Library. Independent and collaborative fieldwork projects are eligible. Using the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 15 pages and up to 19 images or 10 minutes of video or audio, along with a project description, a personal statement, a curriculum vitae, and a $70 entry fee by May 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Center for Documentary Studies, Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize, 1317 West Pettigrew Street, Durham,
NC 27705. (919) 660-3663. Samantha Bechtold, Contact. samantha.bechtold@duke.edu
documentarystudies.duke.edu/awards/lange-taylor
Cider Press Review
EDITORS’ PRIZE BOOK AWARD
A prize of $1,000, publication by Cider Press Review, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. The editors will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $26 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cider Press Review,
Editors’ Prize Book Award, P.O. Box 33384, San Diego, CA 92163. Caron Andregg, Publisher.
www.ciderpressreview.com
Cincinnati Review
ROBERT AND ADELE SCHIFF AWARDS IN POETRY AND PROSE
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Cincinnati Review are given annually for a poem and a piece of fiction or creative nonfiction. Rebecca Lindenberg will judge in poetry and Michael Griffith will judge in prose. Using the online submission system, submit up to eight pages of poetry or a short story, essay, or excerpt of a longer work of fiction or nonfiction of up to 40 pages with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Cincinnati Review, by July 15.
All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Cincinnati Review,
Robert and Adele Schiff Awards in Poetry and Prose, P.O. Box 210069, 2700 Campus Way, 248 McMicken Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45221. (513) 556-3954. Lisa Ampleman, Managing Editor. editors@cincinnatireview.com
www.cincinnatireview.com/contests/robert-and -adele-schiff-prizes-in-poetry-and-prose
Claremont Graduate University
KINGSLEY & KATE TUFTS POETRY AWARDS
The $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is given annually to honor a book of poetry by a midcareer U.S. poet. The winner spends one week in residence at Claremont Graduate University in California. The $10,000 Kate Tufts Discovery Award is given annually to honor a first book of poetry by “a poet of genuine promise.” Poets, publishers, or agents may submit eight copies of a poetry collection published between
July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019, with a list of previously published work by July 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Claremont Graduate University, Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, 160 East 10th Street, Claremont, CA 91711.
(909) 621-8974.
arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards
Conduit Books & Ephemera
MINDS ON FIRE OPEN BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $1,000, publication by Conduit Books & Ephemera, and 25 author copies will be given annually for a poetry collection. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Conduit Books & Ephemera, Minds on Fire Open Book Prize, 788 Osceola Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55105.
William Waltz, Editor.
www.conduit.org
Crab Orchard
FIRST BOOK AWARD
A prize of $1,000, publication by Southern Illinois University Press, and a $1,500 honorarium to give a reading at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is given annually for a poetry collection. U.S. poets who have not published a full-length book of poems in an edition of over 500 copies are eligible. Traci Brimhall will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee between May 15 and July 8. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Crab Orchard, First Book Award, Southern Illinois University, English Department, Mail Code 4503, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901. Jon Tribble, Series Editor.
craborchardreview.siu.edu/submissions-first-book .html
Crook’s Corner Book Prize Foundation
BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a debut novel set in the American South. The winner is also entitled to receive a free glass of wine every day for a year at Crook’s Corner Café and Bar in Chapel Hill. Eligible novels must be set primarily in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., or West Virginia. Self-published books are eligible, but e-books are not. Charles Frazier will judge. Authors and publishers may submit two copies of a book (or bound galleys) published between January 1, 2018, and May 15, 2019, with a $35 entry fee by May 15. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Crook’s Corner Book Prize Foundation, Book Prize, 313 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. (919) 942-3713. Anna Hayes, President. info@crookscornerbookprize.com
www.crookscornerbookprize.com
Elixir Press
FICTION AWARD
A prize of $2,000, publication by Elixir Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a short story collection or a novel. Gary Fincke will judge. Submit a manuscript of 120 to 500 pages with a $40 entry fee by May 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Elixir Press, Fiction Award, P.O. Box 27029, Denver, CO 80227. info@elixirpress.com
www.elixirpress.com
Feminist Press/TAYO Literary Magazine
LOUISE MERIWETHER FIRST BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $5,000 and publication by the Feminist Press will be given annually for a debut book of fiction or narrative nonfiction by a woman of color or a nonbinary writer of color. Submit a story collection, essay collection, novel, memoir, or manifesto of 30,000 to 80,000 words via e-mail by June 28. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Feminist Press/TAYO Literary Magazine, Louise Meriwether First Book Prize, c/o Feminist Press at CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5406, New York, NY 10016. louisemeriwetherprize@gmail.com
www.feministpress.org/louise-meriwether-first -book-prize
Gaudy Boy Press
POETRY BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Gaudy Boy, an imprint of the literary nonprofit Singapore Unbound, will be given annually for a poetry collection by an Asian writer. Vijay Seshadri will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 100 pages with a $10 entry fee by May 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Gaudy Boy Press, Poetry Book Prize, 3 West 122nd Street, Suite 5D, New York, NY 10027. Jee Leong Koh, Publisher. jkoh@singaporeunbound.org
singaporeunbound.org/opportunities
Great Lakes Colleges Association
NEW WRITERS AWARDS
Three prizes are given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer to honor their first books. The winners each receive an all-expenses-paid trip to several of the 13 GLCA colleges, each of which pays an honorarium of at least $500, to give readings, meet with students, and lead discussions and classes. Books published in 2018 and 2019 are eligible. Faculty members of the colleges will judge. Publishers may submit four copies of one book in each category by June 25.
There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Great Lakes Colleges Association,
New Writers Awards, 535 West William Street, Suite 301, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Gregory Wegner, Director of Program Development. wegner@glca.org
www.glca.org/glcaprograms/new-writers-award
Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry
GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE
Two prizes of CAD $65,000 (approximately $49,000) each are given annually for poetry collections by a Canadian poet or translator and by an international poet or translator published during the previous year. Finalists receive CAD $10,000 (approximately $7,540) each. Ulrikka Gernes, Kim Maltman, and Srikanth Reddy will judge. Publishers may submit four copies of a book of at least 48 pages published between January 1 and June 30 by June 30. There is no entry fee. The deadline for books published during the second half of the year is December 31. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, Griffin Poetry Prize, 363 Parkridge Crescent, Oakville ON L6M 1A8, Canada. (905) 618-0420. Ruth Smith, Executive Director. info@griffinpoetryprize.com
www.griffinpoetryprize.com
Hidden River Arts
WILLIAM VAN WERT FICTION AWARD
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Hidden River Review of Arts & Letters is given annually for a short story or a novel excerpt. Using the online submission system, submit up to 25 pages of fiction (and a synopsis if submitting a novel excerpt) with a $17 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Hidden River Arts, William Van Wert Fiction Award, P.O. Box 63927, Philadelphia, PA 19147. hiddenriverarts@gmail.com
hiddenriverarts.wordpress.com
Lascaux Review
PRIZE IN FLASH FICTION
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Lascaux Review is given annually for a work of flash fiction. Previously published and unpublished stories are eligible. The winner and finalists will also be
published in the Lascaux Prize Anthology Vol. 7. Submit up to three stories of no more than 1,000 words each with a $15 entry fee by June 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Lascaux Review,
Prize in Flash Fiction, 275 Conner Street, Clinton, AR 72031. lascauxreview@gmail.com
lascauxreview.com/contests
Leeway Foundation
TRANSFORMATION AWARDS
Awards of $15,000 each are given annually to women and transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, or otherwise gender-nonconforming poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Philadelphia area who have been creating art for social change for five or more years. Writers who have lived for at least two years in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia counties, who are at least 18 years of age, and who are not fulltime students in a degree-granting arts program are eligible. Submit an application by May 15. A panel of communitybased artists will review applications and invite selected poets and writers to submit work for the second stage of the application process. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required application and complete guidelines.
Leeway Foundation, Transformation Awards, Philadelphia Building, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832, Philadelphia, PA 19107. (215) 545-4078. info@leeway.org
www.leeway.org
Literal Latté
POETRY AWARD
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Literal Latté is given annually for a poem or group of poems. Submit up to ten poems totaling no more than 2,000 words each with a $10 entry fee ($15 for up to 15 poems) by July 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Literal Latté,
Poetry 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
Literary Arts
OREGON LITERARY FELLOWSHIPS
Fellowships of $3,500 each are given annually to Oregon writers to initiate, develop, or complete literary projects in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. One Women Writers Fellowship and one Writer of Color Fellowship of $3,500 each are also given. Submit three copies of up to 15 pages of poetry or 25 pages of prose with the required entry form by July 8. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Literary Arts, Oregon Literary Fellowships, 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR 97205. (503) 227-2583. Susan Moore, Director of Programs for Writers. susan@literary-arts.org
www.literary-arts.org
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts is given annually for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation over 5,000. Submit a story of up to
3,500 words by May 15. The entry fee is $15 until May 1 and $20 thereafter. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, P.O. Box 2011, Key West, FL 33045. shortstorykeywest@hushmail.com
www.shortstorycompetition.com
Los Angeles Review
LITERARY AWARDS
Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Los Angeles Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay. Matty Layne Glasgow will judge in poetry, Tammy Lynne Stoner will judge in fiction, Brittany Ackerman will judge in flash fiction, and Adrianne Kalfopoulou will judge in nonfiction. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems of no more than 50 lines each, a short story or essay of up to 2,500 words, or a piece of flash fiction of up to 500 words with a $20 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Los Angeles Review,
Literary Awards, P.O. Box 40820, Pasadena, CA 91114. Deirdre Collins, Managing Editor. editor@losangelesreview.org
www.losangelesreview.org
Lost Horse Press
IDAHO PRIZE FOR POETRY
A prize of $1,000, publication by Lost Horse Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection by a U.S. poet. Sandra Alcosser will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $28 entry fee by May 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Lost Horse Press, Idaho Prize for Poetry, 105 Lost Horse Lane, Sandpoint, ID 83864.
www.losthorsepress.org
Maine Arts Commission
MAINE ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
A fellowship of up to $5,000 is given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer who has lived in the state of Maine for at least one year. The fellow is expected to reside in the state for the year of the fellowship. Writers enrolled in a degree-granting program are ineligible. Using the online submission system, submit up to five poems of any length or up to 20 pages of prose and a résumé by June 20. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Maine Arts Commission, Maine Artist Fellowship, 193 State Street, 25 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333. (207) 287-6719. Kerstin Gilg, Contact. kerstin.gilg@maine.gov
mainearts.maine.gov/pages/funding/individual -artist-fellowships
Mexico
FIL PRIZE IN ROMANCE LANGUAGES
A prize of $150,000 is given annually to honor the lifetime achievement of a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer who writes in Catalan, French, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, or Spanish. The prize is awarded by a consortium of Mexican government agencies, banks, and universities. Cultural or educational institutions or groups interested in literature may nominate a candidate; individuals may not apply. Submit the writer’s curriculum vitae and a letter of support by June 22. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Mexico, FIL Prize in Romance Languages, Guadalajara International Book Fair, Avenida Alemania 1370, Guadalajara, 44190 Jalisco, Mexico.
www.fil.com.mx
Milkweed Editions
MAX RITVO POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $10,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions is given annually to a U.S. poet for a debut poetry collection. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $25 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Milkweed Editions, Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Open Book, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55415. (612) 332-3192.
milkweed.org/max-ritvo-poetry-prize
The Moth
INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE
A prize of €3,000 (approximately $3,380) and publication in the Moth is given annually for a short story. A secondplace prize of publication, a weeklong retreat at the Circle of Missé in Missé, France, and a €250 (approximately $280) travel stipend; and a third-place prize of €1,000 (approximately $1,130) and publication are also given. Kit de Waal will judge. Submit a story of up to 5,000 words with a €15 (approximately $17) entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
The Moth, International Short Story
Prize, Ardan Grange, Milltown, Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland H14 K768.
Rebecca O’Connor, Editor. enquiries@themothmagazine.com
www.themothmagazine.com
Munster Literature Center
FOOL FOR POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
A prize of €1,000 (approximately
$1,130) and publication by the Munster Literature Center is given annually for a poetry chapbook. The winner will also receive accommodations to give a reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival in March 2020. Submit a manuscript of 16 to 24 pages with a €25 entry fee (approximately $28) by June
30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Munster Literature Center, Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition, Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland. info@munsterlit.ie
www.munsterlit.ie
National Book Foundation
NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
Four prizes of $10,000 each are given annually to honor books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and young people’s literature written by U.S. writers and published in the United States during the previous year. A $10,000 prize is also given to honor a translated book of fiction or nonfiction by a living writer published in the United States during the previous year. Finalists in each category receive $1,000 each. Using the online submission system, publishers may submit an entry form with a $135 entry fee per title by May 15. Six copies of books (or bound galleys) published or scheduled for publication between December 1, 2018, and November 30, 2019, must be submitted to the judges and to the National Book Foundation by July 1. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
National Book Foundation, National
Book Awards, 90 Broad Street, Suite 604, New York, NY 10004. (212) 685-0261. Anna Dobben, Awards Coordinator. adobben@nationalbook.org
www.nationalbook.org
New American Press
NEW AMERICAN FICTION PRIZE
A prize of $1,200 and publication by New American Press is given annually for a book of fiction. Judith Claire Mitchell will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a collection of short stories or flash fiction, a novella, or a novel of at least 100 pages with a
$25 entry fee by June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
New American Press, New American Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 1984, Grafton, WI 53024. David Bowen, Executive Editor. david@newamericanpress.com
www.newamericanpress.com
New Letters
CONGER BEASLEY JR. AWARD FOR NONFICTION
A prize of $2,500 and publication in New Letters is given annually for an essay. Submit up to 8,000 words of prose with a $24 entry fee, which includes a subscription to New Letters, by May 20. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
LITERARY AWARDS
Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Letters are given annually for a group of poems and a short story. Submit up to six poems or a story of up to 8,000 words with a $24 entry fee, which includes a subscription to New Letters, by May 20. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
New Letters,
University of Missouri, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110. (816) 235-1169. newletters@umkc.edu
www.newletters.org/writers-wanted
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 previously been chosen as a contest winner are eligible. Using the online submission system, submit a poem of any length or a story or essay of 800 to 5,000 words with a $20 entry fee by July 1. 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
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
BARBARA MANDIGO KELLY PEACE POETRY AWARD
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation website is given annually for a single poem that explores “positive visions of peace and the human spirit.” Submit two copies of up to three poems of no more than 30 lines each with a $15 entry fee by July 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award, PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.
www.peacecontests.org
Omnidawn Publishing
POETRY CHAPBOOK PRIZE
A prize of $1,000, publication by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Tongo Eisen-Martin will judge. Submit a manuscript of 20 to
40 pages with an $18 entry fee by June 17. For an additional $2, entrants will receive one chapbook of their choice from the Omnidawn catalogue. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Omnidawn Publishing, Poetry Chapbook Prize, 1632 Elm Avenue, Richmond, CA 94805. (510) 237-5472. Rusty Morrison and Ken Keegan, Coeditors. submissions@omnidawn.com
www.omnidawn.com
Oversound
CHAPBOOK PRIZE
A prize of $1,000, publication by Oversound, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry chapbook. Mary Jo Bang will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 15 to 30 pages with an $18 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Oversound, by May 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Oversound,
Chapbook Prize, University of South Carolina, Humanities Office Building, 1620 College Street, Room 107, Columbia, SC 29208. Samuel Amadon and Liz Countryman, Editors. oversoundpoetry@gmail.com
www.oversoundpoetry.com
Parlor Press
NEW MEASURE POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Parlor Press in the Free Verse Editions series is given annually for a poetry collection. Peter Gizzi will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of at least 54 pages with a $28 entry fee by June 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Parlor Press, New Measure Poetry Prize, 3015 Brackenberry Drive, Anderson, SC 29621.
www.parlorpress.com/freeverse
Philadelphia Stories
MARGUERITE MCGLINN PRIZE FOR FICTION
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Philadelphia Stories is given annually for a short story. The winner will also receive travel and lodging expenses to read at Rosemont College in October. Writers currently living in the United States are eligible. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 8,000 words with a $15 entry fee, which includes a copy of the issue of Philadelphia Stories in which the prize-winning story appears, by June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Philadelphia Stories,
Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction, 93 Old York Road, Suite 1, #1-753, Jenkintown, PA 19046.
www.philadelphiastories.org
Pittsburg State University
COW CREEK CHAPBOOK CONTEST
A prize of $1,000, publication by Pittsburg State University, and 25 author copies will be given annually for a poetry chapbook. Submit a manuscript of 15 to 40 pages with a $15 entry fee by May 15. Chloe Honum will judge. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Pittsburg State University, Cow Creek Chapbook Contest, English and Modern Languages Department, 434 Grubbs Hall, 1701 South Broadway Street, Pittsburg, KS 66762. Chase Dearinger, Assistant Professor. cdearinger@pittstate.edu
www.cowcreekchapbook.org
Prairie Heritage, Inc.
JAN GARTON PRAIRIE HERITAGE BOOK AWARD
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction published in the previous year that “illuminates the heritage of America’s mid-continental prairies.” Authors and publishers may submit two copies of a book published in 2018 by July 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Prairie Heritage, Inc., Jan Garton Prairie Heritage Book Award, 11003 Lower McDowell Road, Junction City, KS 66441. (785) 539-5592. Margy Stewart, Contact. margystewart785@gmail.com
prairieheritage.org
Pulitzer Prizes
PRIZES IN LETTERS
Four prizes of $15,000 each are given annually to U.S. writers for books of poetry, fiction, general nonfiction, and biography or autobiography (including memoir) published in the United States during the award year. For books published between January 1 and June 14, submit four copies of a poetry collection, biography, or autobiography, or six copies of a book of fiction or general nonfiction with a $75 entry fee by June 15. The deadline for books published during the second half of the year is October 1. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Pulitzer Prizes, Prizes in Letters, Columbia University, 709 Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. (212) 854-3841. pulitzer@pulitzer.org
www.pulitzer.org
Rattle
POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $10,000 and publication in Rattle is given annually for a poem. A Reader’s Choice Award of $2,000 is also given to one of ten finalists. Submit up to four poems of any length with a $25 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Rattle, by July 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Rattle,
Poetry Prize, 12411 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA 91604. Timothy Green, Editor. tim@rattle.com
www.rattle.com
Ruminate
JANET B. MCCABE POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Ruminate is given annually for a poem. Craig Santos Perez will judge. Using the online submission system, submit up to two poems of no more than 40 lines each with a $20 entry fee, which includes a copy of Ruminate, by May 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Ruminate,
Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize, 1041 North Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins, CO 80521. Brianna Van Dyke, Editor in Chief. editor@ruminatemagazine.org
www.ruminatemagazine.com
Salamander
FICTION PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Salamander is given annually for a short story. Wayétu Moore will judge. Submit a story of up to 30 pages with a $15 entry fee between May 1 and June 3.
All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Salamander,
Fiction Prize, Suffolk University, English Department, 8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108.
www.salamandermag.org
Santa Fe Writers Project
BOOK AWARD
A prize of $1,500 and publication by the Santa Fe Writers Project is given biennially for a book of fiction or creative nonfiction. Carmen Maria Machado will judge. Submit a story collection, a novel, an essay collection, or a memoir
of any length with a $30 entry fee by July 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Santa Fe Writers Project, Book Award, 369 Montezuma Avenue, #350, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Andrew Gifford, Director. sfwpinfo@gmail.com
www.sfwp.com/the-contest
Southampton Review
STONY BROOK UNDERGRADUATE SHORT FICTION PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story by a college student. The winner also receives a full scholarship to attend the Southampton Writers Conference in July, and their winning work will be considered for publication in Southampton Review. Using the online submission system, submit a story of up to 7,500 words by June 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Southampton Review,
Stony Brook Undergraduate Short Fiction Prize, c/o Carla Caglioti, Stony Brook University Southampton, MFA in Writing and Literature, 239 Montauk Highway, CH 238, Southampton, NY 11968.
(631) 632-5027. Emily Gilbert, Editor in
Chief. emily.gilbert@stonybrook.edu
www.stonybrook.edu/southampton/mfa/special
_programs/fiction.html
Southern Humanities Review
AUBURN WITNESS POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Southern Humanities Review is given annually for a poem of witness in honor of poet Jake Adam York. The winner also receives travel expenses to give a reading at Auburn University in Alabama in October with the contest judge; this year’s judge is Vievee Francis. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length with a $15 entry fee, which includes a copy of Southern Humanities Review, by June 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Southern Humanities Review,
Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, Auburn University, 9088 Haley Center, Auburn, AL 36849. (334) 844-9088. shr@auburn.edu
www.southernhumanitiesreview.com
Southern Poetry Review
GUY OWEN PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Southern Poetry Review is given annually for a single poem. Submit three to five poems totaling no more than 10 pages with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Southern Poetry Review, by May 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Southern Poetry Review,
Guy Owen Prize, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus, Literature Department, 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA 31419.
www.southernpoetryreview.org/guyowen
Towson University
PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction by a current resident of Maryland who has lived in the state for at least three years. Books published within the past three years or scheduled for publication in 2019 are eligible. Publishers, institutions, or individuals may submit three copies of a book or manuscript by June 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry
form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.) Towson University, Prize for Literature, English Department, 8000 York
Road, Towson, MD 21252. Chris Cain, Department Chair.
www.towson.edu/english
TulipTree Publishing
NEW WRITERS STORY CONTEST A prize of $1,000 and publication in TulipTree Review will be given annually for a poem, a short story, or an essay that tells a story. Writers who have not published a book and have not yet been published in a journal or magazine are eligible. Submit a poem, a story, or an essay of up to 10,000 words with a $20 entry fee by May 23. All entries will be considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. TulipTree Publishing, New Writers Story Contest, P.O. Box 723, Canon City, CO 81215. Jennifer Top, Contact. jennifer@tuliptreepub.com
www.tuliptreepub.com/tuliptree-review.html
University of Akron Press
AKRON POETRY PRIZE A prize of $1,500 and publication by University of Akron Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Victoria Chang will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 90 pages with a $25 entry fee by June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.) University of Akron Press, Akron Poetry Prize, 120 East Mill Street, Suite 415, Akron, OH 44308. Mary Biddinger, Series Editor.
www.uakron.edu/uapress/akron-poetry-prize
University of Canberra VICE-CHANCELLOR’S INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE A prize of AUD $15,000 (approximately $10,600) and publication in the prize anthology is given annually for a single poem. A second-place prize of AUD $5,000 (approximately $3,550) and publication is also given. Tricia Dearborn, Kei Miller, and Paul Munden will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a poem of up to 50 lines with a AUD $25 entry fee (approximately $18) by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.) University of Canberra, Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize, Faculty of Arts & Design, Building 20, Canberra, ACT 2610, Australia. vcpoetryprize@canberra.edu.au
www.canberra.edu.au/vcpoetryprize
University of Georgia Press FLANNERY O’CONNOR SHORT FICTION AWARD A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of Georgia Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Roxane Gay will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 40,000 to 75,000 words with a $30 entry fee by May 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines. University of Georgia Press, Flannery O’Connor Short Fiction Award, Main Library, 3rd Floor, 320 South Jackson Street, Athens, GA 30602. press@uga.edu
www.ugapress.org/index.php/series/foc
University of Nebraska Press
BACKWATERS PRIZE
A prize of $2,500, publication by University of Nebraska Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Grace Bauer will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 60 to 85 pages with a $30 entry fee by May 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
University of Nebraska Press, Backwaters Prize, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Suite 400, Lincoln, NE 68508.
nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-backwaters-press
University of North Texas Press
KATHERINE ANNE PORTER PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 100 to 200 pages with a $25 entry fee between May 1 and June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
University of North Texas Press, Katherine Anne Porter Prize, 1155 Union Circle #311336, Denton, TX 76203.
J. Andrew Briseño, General Editor.
untpress.unt.edu/contest
University of Pittsburgh Press
DRUE HEINZ LITERATURE PRIZE
A prize of $15,000 and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Writers who have published at least one previous book of fiction or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in nationally distributed magazines or literary journals are eligible. Submit a manuscript of 150 to 300 pages between May 1 and June 30. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
University of Pittsburgh Press, Drue Heinz Literature Prize, 7500 Thomas Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. info@upress.pitt.edu
www.upress.pitt.edu
Western Connecticut State University
HOUSATONIC BOOK AWARDS
Three prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published in the previous year. The winners also receive $500 in travel expenses to give a reading and teach a master class at Western Connecticut State University’s low-residency MFA program. Submit two copies of a book published in 2018 with a $25 entry fee by June 15. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Western Connecticut State University, Housatonic Book Awards, Writing Department, White Hall 314, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810.
housatonicbookawards.wordpress.com
Willow Springs Books
SPOKANE PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION
A prize of $2,000 and publication by Willow Springs Books is given annually for a short story collection. Submit a manuscript of three or more stories totaling at least 98 pages with a $27.50 entry fee by June 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Willow Springs Books, Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, c/o Inland Northwest Center for Writers, 668 North Riverpoint Boulevard, 2 RPT #259, Spokane, WA 99202. willowspringsbooks@gmail.com
www.willowspringsbooks.org/submit
Winning Writers
NORTH STREET BOOK PRIZE
A grand prize of $3,000 and six additional prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for self-published books of poetry, fiction, genre fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic narrative, and children’s literature. The winners will all also receive publication of an excerpt on the Winning Writers website; a marketing consultation with author and publishing consultant Carolyn Howard-Johnson; $300 in credit at BookBaby, a distributor for self-published authors; and free advertising in the Winning Writers e-mail newsletter. Ellen LaFleche and Jendi Reiter will judge. Submit a book of up to 200,000 words with a $60 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Winning Writers, North Street Book Prize, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. (866) 946-9748. Adam Cohen, President. adam@winningwriters.com
www.winningwriters.com
Writer’s Digest
ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION
A prize of $5,000, publication in the
88th annual Writer’s Digest Competition Collection, and an all-expenses-paid trip to the Writer’s Digest Conference in New York City is given annually for a poem, a short story, or an essay. The winner will also be interviewed in Writer’s Digest and will receive a subscription to the Writer’s Digest Tutorials video series. Five prizes of $1,000 each and publication in the Writer’s Digest Competition Collection are also given for a rhyming poem, a non-rhyming poem, a short story, a genre short story, and an essay. Submit a poem of up to 32 lines, a story of up to 4,000 words, or an essay of up to 2,000 words by June 3. The entry fee for poetry is $20 ($15 for each additional poem) before May 6 and $25 thereafter; the entry fee for prose is $30 ($25 for each additional entry) before May 6 and $35 thereafter. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Writer’s Digest,
Annual Writing Competition, 10151 Carver Road, Suite 300, Blue Ash, OH 45242.
www.writersdigest.com/competitions