Patricia Bibby First Book Award
The competition is open to all poets writing in English who have not committed to
publishing collections of poetry of 36 poems or more in editions of over 400 copies. Winner receives $1,000 and book publication ... (more)
DEADLINE:
10-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
Memoirs Ink's Annual Personal Essay Contest
Memoirs Ink is looking for
original, well-written personal essays, memoirs, or stories that are based on autobiographical experiences. The narrative must be in first person, other than that, the contest is open to any type, genre or style of story ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-14-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
2010 MMM Press Poetry Book Prize
Open to all poets and writers whose work is
in English. The winner receives $1,000 and publication by MMM Press in 2011 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-14-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
2011 Swenson Award Competition
This annual competition, named for May
Swenson, honors her as one of America's most provocative and vital writers. Submitted collections must be original poetry in English, 50 to 100 pages. The winning manuscript receives a $1000 award ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
The Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize
Bona Fide Books will award
annually The Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize for an unpublished collection of poems. The winner will receive publication, ten copies, a $500 cash award ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2010.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added:
23-July-2010
Beyond Baroque Prize
California residents only. The cherished heart of L.A.'s
poetry community is conducting its first-ever poetry contest. All poets of our region will benefit from boosting Beyond Baroque ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-17-2010.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
2010 Copperdome Poetry Chapbook Competition
Winner receives $300 and 25
copies. Send 24 to 32 pages of your Chapbook ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2010.
PRIZES:
$300.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
2010 RRofihe Trophy
For an unpublished short story (up to 5,000 words). Winner
Receives:$500 cash. Limit one submission per author ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-15-2010.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
The Laureate Prize for Poetry
Each year The Laureate Prize for Poetry
will honor one new poem that TNPR believes has the greatest chance, of those entered, of standing the test of time. The winner will receive $500 ... (more)
DEADLINE:
08-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
Zoetrope: All-StoryShort Fiction Contest
We accept all genres of literary fiction.
Entries must be: unpublished; strictly 5,000 words or less; and accompanied by a $15 entry fee per story. First prize: $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 23-July-2010
Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction
Philadelphia Stories is pleased to
announce the 2010 Second Annual Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction in the amount of $2000. The Prize also includes travel expenses to an awards dinner. Submit Previously unpublished works of fiction up to 8,000 words. ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-04-2010.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2010
Literal Latté Essay Awards
Send unpublished personal essays.
8,000 words max. All topics. First Prize $1000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2010.
PRIZES:
$1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 14-July-2010
Paumanok Poetry Award
First Prize $1500 and expenses for a reading in our
2011 - 2012 series. Two Second Prizes $750 and expenses for a reading in our series. Submit 3-5 of your best poems (no more than 10 pages, total) ... (more)
DEADLINE:
09-15-2010.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 14-July-2010
The Kate Tufts Discovery Award
The work submitted must be a first book
published between September 1, 2009 and September 1, 2010. Manuscripts, CDs, and chapbooks are not accepted. Work must be original poetry written originally in English. Winner receives $10,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2010.
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 14-July-2010
The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
The most prestigious prizes a
contemporary poet can receive. The work submitted must be a book published between September 1, 2009 and September 1, 2010. Manuscripts, CDs, and chapbooks are not accepted ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2010.
PRIZES: $100,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added:
14-July-2010
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
An annual contest for the best
writing in the boundless field of creative nonfiction. A chance for your creative nonfiction to be read by Hunger Mountain editors and guest judges ... (more)
DEADLINE:
09-10-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 14-July-2010
2010 Doug Fir Fiction Award
The Bear Deluxe Magazine welcomes submissions
of previously unpublished short stories up to 5,000 words, relating to a sense of place or the natural world, interpreted as broadly or narrowly as you wish ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-08-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added:
14-July-2010
Black Warrior Review Writing Contests
Now open: 6th Fiction &
Poetry Contests, and the First-Ever Nonfiction Contest. Winners in each genre will receive $1,000 and publication in the Spring/Summer 2011 issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added:
14-July-2010
2010 Orlando Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Submit one unpublished nonfiction work.
Maximum 25 pages. Deadline for applications is 7/31/2010. $1000 Award ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-31-2010.
PRIZES:
$1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 14-July-2010
The Orphic Prize for Poetry Book Prize
All entries will be considered for
publication.All styles are welcome. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-30-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-July-2010
Ruskin Art Club Poetry Award
Established in 2003, the Ruskin Art Club
Poetry Award is for an unpublished poem. Awarded poem is selected through an annual submission process which is open to all poets ... (more)
DEADLINE:
09-30-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-July-2010
Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
Established in 1998, in honor of the
poet Benjamin Saltman (1927-1999), this award is for a previously unpublished original collection of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2010.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-July-2010
PEN USA Literary Awards
PEN USA is accepting submissions of work produced or
published in 2010 by writers living west of the Mississippi River. Entries in the ten categories are reviewed and judged by panels of distinguished writers ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added:
02-July-2010
Young Lions Fiction Award
The New York Public Library Young Lions
Fiction Award is a $10,000 prize awarded each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a novel or a collection of short stories ... (more)
DEADLINE:
08-27-2010.
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 02-July-2010
The 7th Annual Gival Press Short Story Award
Submissions of a
previously unpublished original (not a translation) short story in English must be approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words of high literary quality ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-08-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added:
02-July-2010
To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize
Prize will be awarded for the
best, unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Award: $1000 and publication of collection by Red Hen Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-July-2010
Ducts.org Multi-Genre Writing Contest
Grand Prize of $400 for the winning
entry, which may be selected from any category. Top Prizes of $50/each awarded to the most successful entries in each of the 3 remaining categories ... (more)
DEADLINE:
09-01-2010.
PRIZES: $400.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 02-July-2010
Kore Press First Book Award
This competition is open to any female
writer who has not published a full-length collection of poetry. Writers who have had chapbooks of less than 42 pages printed in editions of no more than 400 copies are eligible ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added:
02-July-2010
Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press Poetry Award
The award is $1,000 and
publication by Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press. Please submit: 10 - 20 pages of original poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-July-2010
Narrative Spring 2010 Story Contest
Open to all fiction and nonfiction
writers. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction. Awards: First Prize is $3,250, Second Prize is $1,500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-31-2010.
PRIZES: $3,250.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 25-June-2010
The 2010 Screenplay Awards Program
The Screenplay Program will be
accepting screenplays of any genre.. The contest is open to everyone. There are no limitations regarding subject matter or genre ... (more)
DEADLINE:
08-01-2010.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $30.00.
Added: 25-June-2010
Scare The Dickens Out of Us Ghost Story Contest
The second annual "Scare
The Dickens Out of Us" ghost story contest offers $1000.00 first place, $500.00 second place and $250.00 third place prize money this year for a new, original ghost story up to 5000 words. Any genre is welcome ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 25-June-2010
The 2010 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
The 2010 Caketrain Chapbook
Competition is now open to entries in the fiction genre. This competition is open to English language fiction manuscripts ... (more)
DEADLINE:
10-01-2010.
PRIZES: $250.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 25-June-2010
Women in Judaism's First Annual Fiction and Non-fiction Competition
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary is now accepting submissions for its 2010 annual writing competition. The e-journal is looking for unpublished submissions of short fiction, poetry, and essays on Jewish themes that touch the lives and experiences of Jewish women ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-01-2010.
PRIZES: $250.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 25-June-2010
Fresh Voices Original Screenplay Competition
Fresh Voices Original
Screenplay Competition seeks to discover and award the most promising and original voices in storytelling and position our winners for the greatest chance of success ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-06-2010.
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $45.00.
Added:
25-June-2010
Transcontinental Poetry Award
Each year Pavement Saw Press will
publish at least one book of poetry and/or prose poems from manuscripts received during this competition. The author receives $1000 and five percent of the 1000 copy press run ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-15-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added:
18-June-2010
The Memoir (and) Prizes for Memoir in Prose or Poetry
The Memoir (and) Prizes for
Memoir in Prose or Poetry are awarded to the most outstanding prose or poetry memoirs—traditional, nontraditional or experimental—drawn from the reading period ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-16-2010.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added:
18-June-2010
The Delaware Division of the Arts Fellowship
The Delaware Division of the
Arts awards individual artist fellowships and opportunity grants to individual artists. Fellowships provide funding to Delaware artists working in the visual, performing, media, folk, and literary arts ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-02-2010.
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 18-June-2010
The Marie Alexander Poetry Series
The Marie Alexander Poetry Series
has an open submission period during the month of July. An award of $500 and publication will be given for a chosen collection of prose poems ... (more)
DEADLINE:
07-31-2010.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 18-June-2010
Sixth Annual Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award
Camber Press is pleased to
announce the return of our annual poetry chapbook award. Our ethos is to publish contemporary poetry exhibiting lucid delivery ... (more)
DEADLINE: 09-15-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
The 2011 Mississippi Review Prize
Fiction entries should be 1000-5000
words, poetry entries should be three poems totaling 10 pages or less ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
2010 Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest
We are seeking entries for
our annual fiction contest. The winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in a future issue of Memphis ... (more)
DEADLINE:
08-01-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
MMM Press Poetry Book Prize
Open to all poets and writers whose work is in
English. The winner receives $1,000 and publication by MMM Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-14-2010.
PRIZES:
$1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
2010 Holland Prize
Logan House announces the sixth annual Holland Prize for the best
unpublished book of poetry in American English. The author will receive $500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-01-2010.
PRIZES:
$500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
Rattle Poetry Prize
The annual Rattle Poetry Prize offers $5,000 for a single
poem, plus ten honorable mentions of $100 each. All 11 winning poems are published in the winter issue of RATTLE ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-01-2010.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $18.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
2010 Mighty River Short Story Contest
Searching for the best short story of
any theme. Winner receives an award of $500 and publication. Work must not be previously published ... (more)
DEADLINE: 10-01-2010.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans First Poetry Contest
One entry is 2-4
original poems of any style or theme, written in English, with a combined length of up to 400 lines ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-15-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
The Oaxaca International Literature Competition
The competition is dedicated
to providing a forum for the writer to display their talents. For the relationship between cinema and literature has always been closely intertwined ... (more)
DEADLINE:
07-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-June-2010
Carpe Articulum Literary Review Essay/Non-Fiction Contest
Submissions must not
exceed 25 pages double-spaced. Multiple entries are accepted. First prize: $300 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-30-2010.
PRIZES: $300.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 28-May-2010
The Capilano Review's Midsummer Day Contest
The Capilano Review's "Midsummer Day"
contest is inspired by Bernadette Mayer's poem -Midwinter Day-. We invite submissions that engage with that fact in any way at all ... (more)
DEADLINE: 08-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $35.00.
Added: 28-May-2010
The Oaxaca International Literature Competition
The competition is
dedicated to providing a forum for the writer to display their talents. For the relationship between cinema and literature has always been closely intertwined ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-31-2010.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added:
21-May-2010
Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest
This competition welcomes anyone who loves
arranging words into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone. And to all who have the ability to dream... Write your best short story or poem ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-31-2010.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added:
29-April-2010
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