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Screenwriting Contests
Slope Editions
Book Prize
The winning poet will have his/her book of poems published in 2009 or 2010 by Slope Editions. He or she will receive free copies of the book, and $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 03-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
Washington Prize
The Word Works will award a living American or Canadian poet $1,500 and book publication for a volume of original poetry in English ... (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Annual Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award
The Annual Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award is now open for submissions. This year’s judge is Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Winner receives $1,000, 50 free copies, and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction
The 2009-10 contest, offering $1000 and publication with Starcherone Books, is now accepting entries. Contest is open to story collections, novels, or indeterminate prose ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $30.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
2009 Devil's Kitchen Reading Awards in Poetry and Prose
One book of poetry and one book of prose (novel, short fiction, or literary nonfiction) will be selected from submissions of titles published in 2008, and the winning authors will receive an honorarium of $1000 and will present a public reading ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-01-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The 49th Annual Allan Nevins Dissertation Prize
The Allan Nevins Prize is awarded annually for the best-written doctoral dissertation on an American subject. The Nevins Prize's winning book is published by one of the distinguished houses which support the prize ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Francis Parkman Prize
The Francis Parkman Prize is awarded annually for the best nonfiction book on an American theme published the previous year ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $2,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a collection of short stories, novellas, or a short novel, and a standard royalty contract ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry
The Kathyrn A. Morton Prize in Poetry includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a full-length collection of poetry, and a standard royalty contract ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
5th Biennial X.J. Kennedy Award for Creative Nonfiction
The author submitting the best piece of original, unpublished nonfiction will be awarded $1000, publication of the work in Rosebud, and three copies of the contest issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Library of Virginia Literary Awards
The Library of Virginia Literary Awards are given to outstanding Virginia authors in the areas of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Winners in each category receive a $3,500 prize ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-13-2009.
PRIZES: $3,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Ledge Magazine Fiction Awards Competition
All stories must be previously unpublished and not exceed 7,500 words. First prize: $1,000 and publication in The Ledge Magazine ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Iowa Review Awards
Submit up to 20 pages of prose or 10 pages of poetry (Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction). Awards $1000 to each winner, plus $500 to runners-up ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The Indie Book Awards is the only book awards program of its kind offering more monetary prizes, more awards, recognition and exposure ... (more)
DEADLINE: 03-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $75.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
Glimmer Train Press Very Short Fiction Award
We are interested in reading your original, unpublished very short stories. 1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
Glimmer Train Press Family Matters Contest
We are interested in reading your original, unpublished short stories about family. Stories--about family--not to exceed 12,000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Florida Review 2009 Editors’ Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Submit a group of 3-5 poems, one story, or one essay with a $15 reading fee. Writers may enter in more than one genre ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-16-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition
A prize of $1,000 and publication will be awarded by Finishing Line Press for a chapbook-length poetry collection ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction
A yearly award of $1,000 and publication in The Chattahoochee Review will be given for the winning essay in the annual Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction, which honors the founder and former editor of the Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $12.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Julia Ward Howe Book Award
Boston Authors Club gives annual prizes of $1,000 each for two books (one for young readers) ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Balcones Poetry Prize
This award of $1000 recognizes an outstanding book of poetry in English published during a given year ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
The AWP Award Series
AWP sponsors an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works—the AWP Award Series. The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $4,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
The Warren Adler Short Story Contest
Theme is short fiction in all of its varied genres. Submit original, imaginative pieces featuring compelling characters and creative plots. Grand Prize of $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-19-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Fourth Genre Editors' Prize
Fourth Genre is currently seeking the best creative nonfiction essay/memoir for its fifth annual Editors’ Prize. Authors of previously unpublished manuscripts in English are encouraged to enter ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Julia Peterkin Award
The 2009 Julia Peterkin Award is open to all writers of fiction writing original works in English. Previously published works are eligible for inclusion in the submission ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
The American Poetry Journal Book Prize
Submit 50-65 paginated pages of poetry. The winner will receive $1000, publication, and 20 copies. All entries will be considered for publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
2009 Kore Press Short Fiction Award
A prize of $1,000 plus chapbook publication by Kore Press will be given for a short story written in English ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Levis Reading Prize
The Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University aims to encourage poets early in their careers by sponsoring an annual award for the best first or second book of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship of $5,000 is offered annually to an author of children's or young-adult fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
Award of $1,000 to a writer under thirty years of age who has not had a book published. Up to six pieces may be submitted. The recipient must have been born in Ohio or lived in Ohio ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Cabell First Novelist Award
The First Novelist Award honors the best debut novel published during a calendar year. The author receives a $5000 prize, travel expenses to Richmond, and 5-star accommodations ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Texas Institute of Letters
The Texas Institute of Letters has issued its call for entries in twelve categories for the best works published in the year 2008. This year’s awards will carry a monetary value of $21,450 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-09-2009.
PRIZES: $21,450.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
South Carolina Fiction Project
This annual writing competition, sponsored by The Post and Courier and the South Carolina Arts Commission, calls for previously unpublished short stories of 2,500 words or less ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers
The winner receives a cash award of $35,000, a stipend intended to permit a significant degree of leisure in which to pursue a second work of literary fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-16-2009.
PRIZES: $35,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $50.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry
The Osterweil Award recognizes the high literary character of the published work to date of a new and emerging American poet of any age and the promise of further literary achievement ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-16-2009.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Doris Betts Fiction Prize
The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first-place winner with a prize of $250. Winners and finalists will be considered for publication in the North Carolina Literary Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-01-2009.
PRIZES: $250.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 23-November-2008
The Editors' Prize Contest
The Editors' Prize Contest is now accepting entries, with $1,000 awarded in each genre. Poets can upload four poems per entry. Fiction writers may submit one story of 10,000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-07-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $16.00.
Added: 23-November-2008
Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers
The Hurston/Richard Wright Award for College Writers has been established by novelist Marita Golden to honor excellence in fiction writing by students of African descent enrolled full time as an undergraduate or graduate student in any college or university in the United States ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 22-November-2008
Cultural Center of Cape Cod National & Regional Poetry Competitions
A National Prize of $1000.00 will be awarded for a single, unpublished poem that has not won first prize in any national competition. A Regional Prize of $250.00 will be awarded ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 06-November-2008
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Each year’s prizewinner receives a $1,500 honorarium and publication of his or her book by the Center for Literary Publishing ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-12-2009.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 01-November-2008
The John Ciardi Prize for Poetry
Prize: $1,000 and publication for the best book-length collections of poetry in English by a living author ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 23-October-2008
The G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction
Prize: $1,000 and publication for the best book-length of short fiction in English by a living author ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 23-October-2008
The Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction
This annual award is given to the manuscript collection of short fiction. The winning author will receive publication under a standard book contract that includes a cash prize of $1,500 as an advance against royalties ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-October-2008
The 2008 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize
Del Sol Press invites contest submissions from both emerging and established poets, published or unpublished. Winner receives a $1,200 honorarium ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $24.00.
Added: 04-September-2008
The winning poet will have his/her book of poems published in 2009 or 2010 by Slope Editions. He or she will receive free copies of the book, and $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 03-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
Washington Prize
The Word Works will award a living American or Canadian poet $1,500 and book publication for a volume of original poetry in English ... (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Annual Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award
The Annual Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award is now open for submissions. This year’s judge is Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Winner receives $1,000, 50 free copies, and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction
The 2009-10 contest, offering $1000 and publication with Starcherone Books, is now accepting entries. Contest is open to story collections, novels, or indeterminate prose ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $30.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
2009 Devil's Kitchen Reading Awards in Poetry and Prose
One book of poetry and one book of prose (novel, short fiction, or literary nonfiction) will be selected from submissions of titles published in 2008, and the winning authors will receive an honorarium of $1000 and will present a public reading ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-01-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The 49th Annual Allan Nevins Dissertation Prize
The Allan Nevins Prize is awarded annually for the best-written doctoral dissertation on an American subject. The Nevins Prize's winning book is published by one of the distinguished houses which support the prize ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Francis Parkman Prize
The Francis Parkman Prize is awarded annually for the best nonfiction book on an American theme published the previous year ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $2,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a collection of short stories, novellas, or a short novel, and a standard royalty contract ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
The Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry
The Kathyrn A. Morton Prize in Poetry includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a full-length collection of poetry, and a standard royalty contract ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $2,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 02-January-2009
5th Biennial X.J. Kennedy Award for Creative Nonfiction
The author submitting the best piece of original, unpublished nonfiction will be awarded $1000, publication of the work in Rosebud, and three copies of the contest issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Library of Virginia Literary Awards
The Library of Virginia Literary Awards are given to outstanding Virginia authors in the areas of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Winners in each category receive a $3,500 prize ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-13-2009.
PRIZES: $3,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Ledge Magazine Fiction Awards Competition
All stories must be previously unpublished and not exceed 7,500 words. First prize: $1,000 and publication in The Ledge Magazine ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Iowa Review Awards
Submit up to 20 pages of prose or 10 pages of poetry (Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction). Awards $1000 to each winner, plus $500 to runners-up ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The Indie Book Awards is the only book awards program of its kind offering more monetary prizes, more awards, recognition and exposure ... (more)
DEADLINE: 03-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $75.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
Glimmer Train Press Very Short Fiction Award
We are interested in reading your original, unpublished very short stories. 1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
Glimmer Train Press Family Matters Contest
We are interested in reading your original, unpublished short stories about family. Stories--about family--not to exceed 12,000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
The Florida Review 2009 Editors’ Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Submit a group of 3-5 poems, one story, or one essay with a $15 reading fee. Writers may enter in more than one genre ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-16-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 24-December-2008
New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition
A prize of $1,000 and publication will be awarded by Finishing Line Press for a chapbook-length poetry collection ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction
A yearly award of $1,000 and publication in The Chattahoochee Review will be given for the winning essay in the annual Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction, which honors the founder and former editor of the Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $12.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Julia Ward Howe Book Award
Boston Authors Club gives annual prizes of $1,000 each for two books (one for young readers) ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Balcones Poetry Prize
This award of $1000 recognizes an outstanding book of poetry in English published during a given year ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
The AWP Award Series
AWP sponsors an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works—the AWP Award Series. The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $4,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
The Warren Adler Short Story Contest
Theme is short fiction in all of its varied genres. Submit original, imaginative pieces featuring compelling characters and creative plots. Grand Prize of $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-19-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 19-December-2008
Fourth Genre Editors' Prize
Fourth Genre is currently seeking the best creative nonfiction essay/memoir for its fifth annual Editors’ Prize. Authors of previously unpublished manuscripts in English are encouraged to enter ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Julia Peterkin Award
The 2009 Julia Peterkin Award is open to all writers of fiction writing original works in English. Previously published works are eligible for inclusion in the submission ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
The American Poetry Journal Book Prize
Submit 50-65 paginated pages of poetry. The winner will receive $1000, publication, and 20 copies. All entries will be considered for publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
2009 Kore Press Short Fiction Award
A prize of $1,000 plus chapbook publication by Kore Press will be given for a short story written in English ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Levis Reading Prize
The Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University aims to encourage poets early in their careers by sponsoring an annual award for the best first or second book of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
The PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship of $5,000 is offered annually to an author of children's or young-adult fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
Award of $1,000 to a writer under thirty years of age who has not had a book published. Up to six pieces may be submitted. The recipient must have been born in Ohio or lived in Ohio ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 11-December-2008
Cabell First Novelist Award
The First Novelist Award honors the best debut novel published during a calendar year. The author receives a $5000 prize, travel expenses to Richmond, and 5-star accommodations ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Texas Institute of Letters
The Texas Institute of Letters has issued its call for entries in twelve categories for the best works published in the year 2008. This year’s awards will carry a monetary value of $21,450 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-09-2009.
PRIZES: $21,450.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
South Carolina Fiction Project
This annual writing competition, sponsored by The Post and Courier and the South Carolina Arts Commission, calls for previously unpublished short stories of 2,500 words or less ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Robert Bingham Fellowship for Writers
The winner receives a cash award of $35,000, a stipend intended to permit a significant degree of leisure in which to pursue a second work of literary fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-16-2009.
PRIZES: $35,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $50.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry
The Osterweil Award recognizes the high literary character of the published work to date of a new and emerging American poet of any age and the promise of further literary achievement ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-16-2009.
PRIZES: $5,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Added: 04-December-2008
Doris Betts Fiction Prize
The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first-place winner with a prize of $250. Winners and finalists will be considered for publication in the North Carolina Literary Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 02-01-2009.
PRIZES: $250.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 23-November-2008
The Editors' Prize Contest
The Editors' Prize Contest is now accepting entries, with $1,000 awarded in each genre. Poets can upload four poems per entry. Fiction writers may submit one story of 10,000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-07-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $16.00.
Added: 23-November-2008
Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers
The Hurston/Richard Wright Award for College Writers has been established by novelist Marita Golden to honor excellence in fiction writing by students of African descent enrolled full time as an undergraduate or graduate student in any college or university in the United States ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
Added: 22-November-2008
Cultural Center of Cape Cod National & Regional Poetry Competitions
A National Prize of $1000.00 will be awarded for a single, unpublished poem that has not won first prize in any national competition. A Regional Prize of $250.00 will be awarded ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2008.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
Added: 06-November-2008
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Each year’s prizewinner receives a $1,500 honorarium and publication of his or her book by the Center for Literary Publishing ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-12-2009.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 01-November-2008
The John Ciardi Prize for Poetry
Prize: $1,000 and publication for the best book-length collections of poetry in English by a living author ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 23-October-2008
The G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction
Prize: $1,000 and publication for the best book-length of short fiction in English by a living author ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
Added: 23-October-2008
The Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction
This annual award is given to the manuscript collection of short fiction. The winning author will receive publication under a standard book contract that includes a cash prize of $1,500 as an advance against royalties ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-31-2009.
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Added: 02-October-2008
The 2008 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize
Del Sol Press invites contest submissions from both emerging and established poets, published or unpublished. Winner receives a $1,200 honorarium ... (more)
DEADLINE: 01-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,200.00.
ENTRY FEE: $24.00.
Added: 04-September-2008