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| Sponsor and Award | Entry Fee | Genre | Cash Prize | Prize includes | Application Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Millennium Writings New Millennium Awards Four prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New Millennium Writings and on the journal’s website are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay that have… |
$20 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 7/31/16 |
| Journal of Experimental Fiction Kenneth Patchen Award A prize of $1,000 and publication by Journal of Experimental Fiction/Depth Charge Publishing is given annually for an innovative novel. Dominic Ward will judge. Submit a manuscript of any length… |
$25 | Fiction | $1,000 | Publication | 7/31/16 |
| Narrative Spring 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 work of fiction or creative nonfiction. A second-place… |
$24 | Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $2,500 | Publication | 7/31/16 |
| Press 53 Award for Poetry A prize of $1,000 and publication by Press 53 is given annually for a poetry collection. Tom Lombardo will judge. Submit a manuscript of 60 to 120 pages with a $30 entry fee by July 31. Visit the website… |
$30 | Poetry | $1,000 | Publication | 7/31/16 |
| Munster Literature Centre Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition A prize of €2,000 (approximately $2,260) and publication in Southword, an online literary journal published in Cork, Ireland, is given annually for a short story. The winner also receives a… |
$17 | Fiction | $2,260 | Publication | 7/31/16 |
| Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Established Professional Fellowships of $6,000 each and Emerging Artist Fellowships of $3,000 each are given annually to Delaware poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who have lived in… |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $6,000 | 8/1/16 | |
| Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grants Project grants of up to $2,500 each are given twice yearly by the Leeway Foundation to women and transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, or otherwise gender-nonconforming poets, fiction writers, and… |
$0 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $2,500 | 8/1/16 | |
| PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellowships Five fellowships of $1,000 each are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The fellowships are given to writers who are “isolated from the literary… |
$10 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | 8/1/16 | |
| Malahat Review Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize A prize of $1,000 Canadian (approximately $780) and publication in Malahat Review is given annually for an essay. Submit an essay of 2,000 to 3,000 words with a $40 entry fee, which includes a… |
$40 | Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/1/16 |
| StoryQuarterly Nonfiction Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in StoryQuarterly is given annually for a work of creative nonfiction. Using the online submission system, submit an essay of up to 6,250 words with a $15 entry… |
$15 | Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/1/16 |
| Gival Press Short Story Award A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Gival Press website is given annually for a short story. Submit a story of 5,000 to 15,000 words with a $25 entry fee by August 8. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or… |
$25 | Fiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/8/16 |
| Indiana Review “1/2 K” Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in Indiana Review is given annually for a poem or a work of flash fiction or nonfiction of up to 500 words. Aimee Nezhukumatathil will judge. Submit up to three… |
$20 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/15/16 |
| Baton Rouge Area Foundation Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence A prize of $10,000 is given annually to an emerging African American writer for a short story collection or novel published in the current year. The winner will also receive travel and lodging expenses… |
$0 | Fiction | $10,000 | 8/15/16 | |
| New Guard Poetry and Fiction Contest Two prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Guard are given annually for a poem and a short story or novel excerpt. Stephen Dunn will judge the Knightville Poetry Contest; Sarah Braunstein… |
$20 | Poetry, Fiction | $1,500 | Publication | 8/15/16 |
| Grayson Books Poetry Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication by Grayson Books is given annually for a poetry collection. Benjamin S. Grossberg will judge. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee by August 15…. |
$25 | Poetry | $1,000 | Publication | 8/15/16 |
| Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales Poetry Prize A prize of $500, publication by Broadkill River Press, ten author copies, and two cases of Dogfish Head craft beer are given annually for a poetry collection written by a poet living in Delaware,… |
$0 | Poetry | $500 | Reading, Publication | 8/15/16 |
| Glimmer Train Press Fiction Open A prize of $3,000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the prize issue is given twice yearly for a short story. A second-place prize of $1,000 is also given. Using the online… |
$21 | Fiction | $3,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Glimmer Train Press Very Short Fiction Award A prize of $2,000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the prize issue is given twice yearly for a short short story. Using the online submission system, submit a story of 300… |
$16 | Fiction | $2,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gemini Magazine is given annually for a short short story. The editors will judge. Submit a story of up to 1,000 words with a $5 entry fee ($4 for each… |
$5 | Fiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Utica College Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize A prize of $2,000 is given annually for a poetry collection by a resident of upstate New York. The winner will also give a reading and teach a master class at Utica College in April 2017. Submit two… |
$0 | Poetry | $2,000 | Reading | 8/31/16 |
| Snake Nation Press Serena McDonald Kennedy Award A prize of $1,000 and publication by Snake Nation Press is given annually for a short story collection or a novella. Submit a story collection of up to 200 pages or a novella of up to 50,000 words with a… |
$25 | Fiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Snake Nation Press Violet Reed Haas Prize for Poetry A prize of $1,000 and publication by Snake Nation Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 75 to 100 pages with a $25 entry fee by August 31. E-mail or visit the website… |
$25 | Poetry | $1,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Gulf Coast Barthelme Prize for Short Prose A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast is given annually for a piece of short prose. Jim Shepard will judge. Submit a prose poem, a piece of flash fiction, or a micro-essay of up to 500… |
$18 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Gulf Coast Prize in Translation A prize of $1,000 and publication in Gulf Coast is given in alternating years for a group of poems or a prose excerpt translated from any language into English. The 2016 prize will be given for… |
$18 | Poetry | $1,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Black Lawrence Press St. Lawrence Book Award A prize of $1,000 and publication by Black Lawrence Press is given annually for a debut collection of poems or short stories. The editors will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a poetry… |
$25 | Poetry, Fiction | $1,000 | Publication | 8/31/16 |
| Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Poetry Contest A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. Winners and finalists will be invited to read at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California, in April 2017. Submit up to four poems of no more than 40 lines each… |
$20 | Poetry | $1,000 | 9/1/16 | |
| Black Warrior Review Writing Contests Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Black Warrior Review are given annually for a poem, a short story, and an essay. Hoa Nguyen will judge in poetry, Sofia Samatar will judge in… |
$20 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 9/1/16 |
| Red Hen Press Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award A prize of $3,000, publication by Red Hen Press, and a four-week residency at PLAYA in Summer Lake, Oregon, is given annually for a poetry collection. Afaa Michael Weaver will judge. Submit a manuscript… |
$25 | Poetry | $3,000 | Publication, Residency | 9/1/16 |
| phren-Z Morton Marcus Poetry Contest Sponsored in collaboration with Santa Cruz Writes, a prize of $1,000 and publication in phren-Z is given annually for a poem. The winner is also invited to give a reading at the seventh annual… |
$15 | Poetry | $1,000 | Reading, Publication | 9/1/16 |
| Red Hen Press Fiction and Nonfiction Awards Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Red Hen Press are given annually for a short story collection or novel and an essay collection or memoir. Steve Almond will judge in fiction; Pope Brock will… |
$20 | Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 9/1/16 |
| Slippery Elm Prizes in Poetry and Prose Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Slippery Elm are given annually for a poem and a short story or essay. Using the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length or… |
$15 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 9/1/16 |
| Sustainable Arts Foundation Writing Awards Up to five awards of $6,000 each and up to five Promise Awards of $2,000 each are given twice yearly to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers with children. Writers with at least one… |
$15 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $6,000 | 9/2/16 | |
| Dogwood Literary Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication in Dogwood is given annually for a poem, a short story, or an essay. Submit up to three poems totaling no more than 10 pages or up to 22 pages of prose with a $… |
$10 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $1,000 | Publication | 9/5/16 |
| Farmingdale State College Paumanok Poetry Award A prize of $1,500 and travel and lodging expenses to give a reading at Farmingdale State College is given annually for a group of poems. Submit three to five published or unpublished poems totaling no… |
$25 | Poetry | $1,500 | Reading | 9/15/16 |
| Red Mountain Press Poetry Prize A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Mountain Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Sarah Sousa will judge. Submit a manuscript of 48 to 72 pages with a $30 entry fee ($28 for electronic… |
$30 | Poetry | $1,000 | Publication | 9/15/16 |
| Red Hen Press Graphic Novel Award A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press is given annually for a graphic novel. Kate Gale will judge. Submit a manuscript of 75 to 200 pages with a $25 entry fee by October 31, 2016. Call or… |
$25 | Fiction | $1,000 | Publication | 10/31/16 |
| A Room of Her Own Foundation Gift of Freedom Award A prize of $50,000 is given biennially to a female poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer to complete a project for publication over a two-year period. The top finalist in each of the two… |
$45 | Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | $50,000 | Publication | 11/2/16 |
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