A prize of $1,000 and publication in TulipTree Review is given annually for a single poem, a short story, or an essay “whose main characters embody the wild woman spirit...
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The Writing Contests, Grants & Awards database includes details about the creative writing contests—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, and more—that we’ve published in Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it. Ours is the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.
TulipTree Publishing
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 3/8/25
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
National Endowment for the Arts
Cash Prize: $25,000
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 3/12/25
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Approximately 35 grants of $25,000 each are given annually in alternating years to poets and prose writers to “enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research,...
read moreBroadside Lotus Press
Cash Prize: $500
Entry Fee: $0
Application Deadline: 3/15/25
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $500 and publication by Broadside Lotus Press is given annually for a poetry collection by an African American poet. Submit two copies of a manuscript of...
read moreRobinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation
Cash Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $10
Application Deadline: 3/15/25
Genre: Poetry
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a single poem. Alicia Ostriker will judge. Submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each with a $10 entry fee by March 15....
read morePrairie Schooner
Cash Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $25
Application Deadline: 3/15/25
Two prizes of $3,000 each and publication by University of Nebraska Press are given annually for a poetry collection and a story collection. Submit a poetry manuscript of at...
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