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Wednesday, August 12th - Each month I post one entire issue of new writing and poetry contests open for submissions. In this issue I have included 40+ new writing and poetry contests (both free and fee-based). I've tried to include the most reputable and prize-worthy contests that many literary experts feel benefit the careers of writers and poets. To make this issue more reader-friendly, I have posted direct links to many of the contests' websites instead of our site where we originally posted the information.
Since this is a private emailing to my subscribers only, please do NOT repost online. Thank you. (C) 2015 / Brian Scott
Next week subscribers will receive our Special Deadlines Issue, which will have special calls for submissions and writing opportunities nearing their final deadlines.
( Note: You can view this entire issue online at https://madmimi.com/s/a71d86 ) |
1. The William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grants Program
The organization will award a cash prize of $2,500, plus free registration to next year's convention. This competition is open to unpublished authors who write in the malice fiction genre. Malice Domestic, Ltd. awards the grant based on a demonstrated commitment to the malice domestic genre. Deadline: 11/01/2015. Prizes: $2,500. Fees: $0.
2. Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Restless Book is seeking entries for thee company's New Immigrant Writing Prize. The judges are searching for writers to submit remarkable unpublished fiction that explores American identity in a multinational era. The writer of the best book-length story with mainstream appeal will receive a cash advance of $10,000 plus publication. Deadline: 12/31/2015. Prizes: $10,000. Fees: $0.
3. The Push [START] to Begin Chapbook Contest
Cartridge Lit is inviting writers to enter the magazine's Push [START] to Begin Chapbook Contest. The judges are reviewing chapbook-length compilations of fiction, nonfiction, poetry influenced by video games for the contest. First prize is $150, plus chapbook publication. Deadline: 12/31/2015. Prizes: $150. Fees: $0. |
4. The Schneider Family Book Awards
The Award recognizes three authors and/or illustrators for a novel that personifies a dramatic articulation of the disability that a child or adult experiences. Three awards of $5,000 are given to winners. Deadline: 12/01/2015. Prizes: $5000. Fees: $0.
5. Arnold Adoff Poetry Awards
The Board of the Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth has established the Arnold Adoff Poetry Awards to recognize excellence in multicultural poetry for youth. The judges will endow four winners with a cash prize of $500 plus a special award. Entries must be initially published in the U.S. within the last two years predating the award year. Deadline: 12/01/2015. Prizes: $500. Fees: $0.
6. The RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest
The RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest, sponsored by literary publisher Anderbo.com, is inviting writers to submit unpublished short stories. First-place winner receives a cash prize of $500, a trophy, and publication. Deadline: 10/15/2015. Prizes: $500. Fees: $0. |
7. Baby Thank You Card Video Poem Contest
Pure Hoopla is hosting a Baby thank you card poem and message video contest. Create an original poem or message and videotape yourself or your child reading the poem or message. The video with the most likes on Facebook will win. First prize is $300 USD. Deadline: 09/15/2015. Prizes: $300 USD. Fees: $0.
8. The Vermont Writers' Prize
Vermont Magazine is open for submissions of prose and poetry. This writing contest offers a special venture for writers to express their storytelling with a Vermont theme. The contest is open to all Vermont residents. First prize is $1,500 and publication. Deadline: 11/01/2015. Prizes: $1,500. Fees: $0.
9. Fictuary's August 2015 Fiction Short Story Contest
Fictuary is accepting submissions for its August 2015 short story competition. The judges accept any fiction-based piece of writing with no restrictions. This contest is merit-based. First prize is $50 and publication. Deadline: 08/31/2015. Prizes: $50. Fees: $0. |
10. Minotaur Books First Crime Novel Competition
Open to writers who have not yet had a novel published, Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America will award a $10,000 book contract to the best murder/crime mystery. Deadline: 12/14/2015. Prizes: $10,000. Fees: $0.
11. Dogfish Head Poetry Prize
Literary journal Broadkill Review is sponsoring the annual Dogfish Head Poetry Prize to recognize one talented poet of a collection of poetry. The winner receives a cash prize of $500, chapbook publication by Broadkill Press (with 10 free copies), and two courtesy cases Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Beer. Deadline: 09/07/2015. Prizes: $500. Fees: $0.
12. Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards
The Individual Excellence Awards sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council honors exceptional achievements by writers, poets, artists and designers in many fields. The Ohio Arts Council offers awards in fiction writing, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting, and other creative genres. The recipient receives a stipend of $5,000 to help advance and develop his or her career. Deadline: 09/01/2015. Fees: $0. |
13. 1st Annual Dark Poetry Contest
Eldritch Press is inviting writers and poets to enter its 1st Annual Dark Poetry Contest, which will award the writer of the best manuscript of dark poetry with a cash prize of $1,500 and a three year publishing contract. A second winner will receive $1,000 and a two year publishing contract; and a third winner will receive $500 and a one year publishing contract. This contest is open to writers who have not had a full-length book or collection of poetry published in any genre. Deadline: 09/30/2015. Fees: $0.
14. The Hodder Fellowship
The Hodder Fellowship sponsored by Princeton University is awarded to writers and poets who demonstrate outstanding aptitude to tackle individual undertakings at Princeton University during the academic year. The Fellowship awards a stipend of $68,000 to the winning fellow. Fellows consist of poets, writers (fiction/non-fiction), book authors, playwrights, and screenplay writers who have proven amazing potential among their peers. Deadline: 09/14/2015. Fees: $0. |
15. Award for Excellence in Journalism
As part of its Award for Excellence in Journalism, The American Psychoanalytic Association is offering a $1,000 cash prize to a writer or journalist who has demonstrated expert reporting and writing on broad psychoanalytic topics that has contributed to helping the public better understand psychoanalytic and psychological precepts and methods. Deadline: 09/18/2015. Fees: $0.
16. The Piedmont Laureate for Authors
The Piedmont Laureate program will award a cash prize of $5,500 to a talented author of short fiction who resides in the Piedmont region (Alamance, Durham, Orange, or Wake counties). The City of Raleigh Arts Commission will designate the winning author as Laureate for one year. Deadline: 09/30/2015. Fees: $0. |
You can find more writing and poetry contests to enter for free here, here, and here. |
1. The Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry
The Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry celebrates poets of all backgrounds, experience, and styles. Submit up to five pages of poetry. The first-place winning poet will receive a $1,000 cash award for an individual poem, an invitation to an awards event in Philadelphia and publication in the Spring issue. Deadline: 11/15/2015. Prizes: $1,000. Fees: $12.
2. Split This Rock Poetry Contest
Split This Rock Poetry Contest is accepting poems of provocation and witness. This theme can be interpreted broadly. Submit up to 3 unpublished poems, no more than 6 pages total. First prize is $500 and publication. Deadline: 11/01/2015. Prizes: $500. Fees: $20.
3. The Green Rose Prize
The Green Rose Prize is awarded to an author who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems. Submit a manuscript at least 40 pages in length. First prize is $2,000 and publication. Deadline: 09/30/2015. Prizes: $2,000. Fees: $25. |
4. Miller Williams Poetry Series
Every year, the University of Arkansas Press accepts submissions for the Miller Williams Poetry Series and from the books selected awards the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. Manuscripts must be between sixty and ninety pages. Individual poems may have been published in chapbooks, journals, and anthologies. Deadline: 09/30/2015. Prizes: $5,000. Fees: $28.
5. Red Mountain Prize for Poetry
The 2015 Red Mountain Prize for Poetry will award $1000.00 and publication of a full-length book of poetry. The most important criterion is that the manuscript manifests significant themes in beautiful, strong and evocative language. Send a manuscript of 48-72 pages. Deadline: 09/15/2015. Prizes: $1,000. Fees: $27.
6. The Second Annual Coniston Prize
The Coniston Prize is an annual award that recognizes an exceptional group of poems by a woman writing in English. Submit 3-6 previously unpublished poems. The winner receives $1,000 and is featured in Radar's dedicated contest issue. Deadline: 09/01/2015. Prizes: $1,000. Fees: $15. |
7. The 15th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize
The A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is awarded to honor a poet's first book, while also honoring the late founder of BOA Editions, Ltd. Submit a manuscript between 48 pages and 100 pages of poetry. The winner receives a $1,500 honorarium and book publication. Deadline: 11/30/2015. Prizes: $1,500. Fees: $25.
8. The New Issues Poetry Prize
The New Issues Poetry Prize, an award for a first book of poems, is chosen by a guest judge. Eligibility: Poets writing in English who have not previously published or self-published a full-length collection (40+ pages) of poems. First prize is $2,000 and publication. Deadline: 11/30/2015. Prizes: $2,000. Fees: $20.
9. FanStory's What If? Writing Contest
For this contest you are presented with a "what if" for your character. What if your character won the lottery. The catch—the lottery can not be anything positive (like winning money). First prize is $100. All writers will receive feedback for their submission. Deadline: 02/05/2016. Prizes: $100. Fees: $6.95. |
10. The Fiddlehead's 25th Annual Writing Contest
The Fiddlehead's 25th Annual Contest will award publication and a cash prize of $2,000 for a best poem and a best short fiction story. Submit one poetry submission, no more than 100 lines per poem, or one short fiction story (6,000 words maximum). Deadline: 12/31/2015. Prizes: $2,000. Fees: $30.
11. The Paumanok Poetry Award
The Visiting Writers Program at Farmingdale State College invites writers to enter this year's Paumanok Poetry Award. First prize is $1500. Two second prizes include $750. Winners also receive expenses for a public reading. Submit 3-5 of your best poems (no more than 10 pages total) Deadline: 09/15/2015. Prizes: $1,500. Fees: $25.
12. Overleaf Chapbook Manuscript Competition
Leaf Press awards chapbook publication contracts to one Canadian and one international poet each year. Your manuscript should be 15 pages long maximum. Winners receive 50 copies of their handstitched chapbook and $100.00 CAD toward the launch party in their home town. Deadline: 08/15/2015. Prizes: $100. Fees: $25. |
13. The St. Lawrence Book Award
The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of short stories or poems. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Deadline: 08/31/2015. Prizes: $1,000. Fees: $25.
14. The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is an annual award for the best unpublished book-length collection of poetry in English, in honor of native Missourian T. S. Eliot’s considerable intellectual and artistic legacy. The winning author will receive $2,000 and publication of the winning collection. Deadline: 10/31/2015. Prizes: $2,000. Fees: $25.
15. Patricia Dobler Poetry Award
The Patricia Dobler Poetry Award invites writers to submit up to two unpublished poems, of any style, per submission. First prize is $1,000; round-trip travel, lodging and a reading at Carlow University in Pittsburgh. Deadline: 09/05/2015. Prizes: $1,000. Fees: $20. |
16. Miami University Press 2016 Novella Prize
The Miami University Novella Prize is awarded annually to a novella-length manuscript of original fiction. Length: 18,000-40,000 words. Winner receives $750 against royalties, a standard contract, publication and 10 copies of the book. Deadline: 10/15/2015. Prizes: $750. Fees: $25.
17. PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing
The $5,000 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing honors a nonfiction book about sports. Eligible titles should be of a biographical, investigative, historical, or analytical nature and of the strongest literary character. Deadline: 08/15/2015. Prizes: $5,000. Fees: $50.
18. Sinclair Poetry Prize
Evening Street Press is inviting writers to enter this year's Sinclair Poetry Prize. The contest is open to poets who have already published book length collections as well as those for whom this is a first book. First prize is $500 and publication. Deadline: 12/01/2015. Prizes: $500. Fees: $25. |
19. Finishing Line Press Open Chapbook Competition
Finishing Line Press is accepting entries for its Open Chapbook Competition. The judges will award a prize of $1,000 and publication for a chapbook-length poetry collection in print edition. Deadline: 10/31/2015. Prizes: $1,000. Fees: $15.
20. FanStory's Love Poem Poetry Contest
FanStory is inviting writers to enter its Love Poem Poetry Contest. Write a love poem. All forms of poetry are accepted. Your love poem can be fictional or non-fictional. It can be humorous or serious. First prize is $100 and publication. Deadline: 01/27/2016. Prizes: $100. Fees: $6.95.
21. Sustainable Arts Foundation Writing Award
The Sustainable Arts Foundation Writing Award focuses on awards to individual artists and writers with families. Specifically, the applicant must have at least one child under the age of 18. There are no geographic restrictions. First prize is $6,000. Deadline: 09/04/2015. Prizes: $6,000. Fees: $15 |
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