Genre: Creative Nonfiction

Leon Levy Biography Fellowships

Leon Levy Center for Biography
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 6, 2025
Four yearlong fellowships of $72,000, writing space at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, access to research facilities, and research assistance from a graduate student are given annually to nonfiction writers working on biographies. An additional Sloan Fellowship of the same amount is given annually to a writer working on a biography of a figure in the field of science or technology. Using only the online submission system, submit a sample of up to 2,500 words from the biography, a curriculum vitae, a project description, a narrative career history, and two letters of reference by January 6, 2025. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Aminah Robinson Writer/Scholar/Researcher Residency

November/December 2024

The Aminah Robinson Writer/Scholar/Researcher Residency, sponsored by the Columbus Museum, offers a three-month residency from May through July to a poet, fiction writer, or nonfiction writer at the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson home studio in the Shepard neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The resident is provided with a $15,000 stipend; a private room, studio, and bathroom; and access to Robinson’s art, archive, and library. Robinson’s bungalow-style home also features a living room, a sunroom, and a dining room.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
November 1, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 18, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Aminah Robinson Writer/Scholar/Researcher Residency, 480 E. Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43215. (614) 221-6801. Deidre Hamlar, Director.

Deidre Hamlar
Director
Contact City: 
Columbus
Contact State: 
OH
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
43219
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Mississippi Review Prize

Mississippi Review
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
January 1, 2025
Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Mississippi Review are given annually for a single 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 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, 2025. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Pacific Residency Writers Conference

November/December 2024

The Pacific Residency Writers Conference, sponsored by Pacific University’s creative writing MFA program, will be held from January 9, 2025, to January 19, 2025, in the beachside resort town of Seaside, Oregon. The conference features craft talks, workshops, panels, roundtable discussions, and student and faculty readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty includes poets Ellen Bass, Leila Chatti, Adrienne Christian, Eduardo C. Corral, Kwame Dawes, Tyree Daye, Frank X.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
January 9, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
December 2, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 18, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Pacific Residency Writers Conference, 530 NW 12th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209. (503) 352-1531. Scott Korb, Director.

Scott Korb
Director
Contact City: 
Seaside
Contact State: 
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
97138
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Fall Story Contest

Narrative
Entry Fee: 
$27
Deadline: 
November 26, 2024
A prize of $2,500 and publication in Narrative is given annually for a short story, a short short story, an essay, a memoir, a photo essay, a short graphic narrative, 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 only the online submission system, submit up to 15,000 words of prose with a $27 entry fee by November 26. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Tags: 
essays | short stories | short-shorts

Jack Hazard Fellowships

New Literary Project
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 3, 2025
Ten fellowships of $5,000 each are given annually to creative writers who are high school teachers to support summer work on an ongoing fiction, creative nonfiction, or memoir project. Full-time instructors at accredited U.S. high schools teaching in the 2024–2025 academic year who are contracted to return to their schools in fall 2025 and who have been teaching for at least three years are eligible. The New Literary Project selection committee and program director Ian S. Maloney will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 5,000 words of prose, a brief bio, a curriculum vitae, a project description, and contact information for the head of school by January 3, 2025. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Translation Prize

French-American Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
January 10, 2025
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 in the United States during the current year. A jury of translators and literary professionals will judge. Authors, translators, agents, and publishers may submit six excerpts (three from the original French and three matching selections from the English translation) of approximately six pages each from a book published in 2024 by January 10, 2025. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Jacobs/Jones African American Literary Prize

North Carolina Writers’ Network
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
January 2, 2025
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a short story or an essay that “seeks to convey the rich and varied existence of Black North Carolinians.” The winning entry is considered for publication in Carolina Quarterly. Black writers who live in North Carolina are eligible. Submit a story or essay of up to 3,000 words (a self-contained excerpt from a longer work is also accepted) with a $20 entry fee ($10 for NCWN members) by January 2, 2025. Include two copies if submitting by mail. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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