List of Writing Contests

Mike Turner, director of The Nashville Writers Meetup Group sent me the following information about writing contests. I’ve never participated in any of these, so I can’t vouch for them. Anyway, I’m posting it here in case any of these interest you. Let us know if you win and we’ll post your award announcement here on our blog.

Good luck to all who enter! 

Yvonne Perry

CONTESTS (Fiction)

*WABASH PRIZE FOR FICTION Deadline: March 8 Reading fee: $10.  Short Fiction. Length: 10,000 words max. Prize: $1000, publication. Sponsor: The Sycamore Review, Department of English, 500 Oval Drive, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Details at http://sycamorereview.com/contest

*CNW WRITING COMPETITION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $5/ $10, members/ non-members for entries of 3,000 words or less. $10/ $20, members/ non-members. Prize: $100/75/50. Fiction. Sponsor Writers-Editors Network, P.O. Box A, North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590-0167. Details at http://www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests/Contest_Guidelines/contest_guidelines.htm

*TOBIAS WOLFF AWARD FOR FICTION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $18 for first story, $10 each additional prose piece. 8,000 word max. Prize: $1000. Short fiction, creative nonfiction. Sponsor: Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. Details: http://www.wwu.edu/bhreview/contests.shtml

*WESTMORELAND ARTS & HERITAGE FESTIVAL SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $10 for one story. 4,000 words max.  Prize: $125/100/75. Short fiction. Application needed. Sponsor: Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Short Story Contest,  252 Twin Lakes Road, Latrobe, PA 15650. Details:
http://www.artsandheritage.com/poetry-short-stories.htm

*PRAIRIE SCHOONER PRIZE BOOK SERIES: SHORT FICTION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $25 per entry. Collection of Short Fiction. Prize: $3000. Manuscript at least 150 pages long. Sponsor: University of Nebraska Press, 201 Andrews Hall, PO Box 880334, Lincoln, NE 68588-0334. http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/prizes/index.html#Anchor-GUIDELINES-5055

*THE PINCH LITERARY AWARD IN FICTION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $20 for first, $10 for each additional. 5000 words or less. Prize: $1500. Sponsor: Fiction Contest, The Pinch, Department of English, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-6176. Details: http://www.thepinchjournal.com/

*SO TO SPEAK ANNUAL FICTION CONTEST Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $15.  Short Fiction. Length: 4,500 words max. Prize: $500, publication. Sponsor: So To Speak, George Mason University, MSN 2C5, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA  22030. Details:
http://www.gmu.edu/org/sts/contests.htm

*ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE IN FICTION Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $15 (includes subscription). Short Fiction. Length: 25 pages maximum. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Sponsor: Arts & Letters Prizes, Campus Box 89, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA  http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.php

*GLASS WOMAN PRIZE Deadline: March 21 Reading fee: FREE. Short Fiction. Length: 5000 words  maximum. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Beate Sigriddaughter, 333 East 16th Avenue, #517, Denver, Colorado 80203. http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm

*GEMINI MAGAZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline: March 31 Reading fee: $4. Short Fiction. Length: no restrictions. Prize: $1000/$100. Sponsor: Gemini Magazine, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, Massachusetts 02558.  http://www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html

*GLIMMER TRAIN PRESS FICTION OPEN. Deadline: March 31 Reading fee: $20. Short story. Length: 20,000 word maximum. Online submission preferred. Prize: $2000 and publication, $1000, $600. http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html

*TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID SHORT STORY CONTEST Deadline: March 31. Reading fee: $15. Prizes: 1200/800/400.  Short Story/essay/prose. Length: up to 5000 words. Prize: $3,000. Sponsor:  Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Short Story Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Details: http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory

*BEVEL SUMMERS PRIZE FOR SHORT STORY Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: free. Prize: $250. Short stories up to 1,000 words. Sponsor: Bevel Summers/Shenandoah, Mattingly House, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450-0303. Details: http://www.wlu.edu/x32988.xml

*DIAGRAM CHAPBOOK CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $16. Prize: $1000. Length: 18-44 pages. Prose, Poetry, or a combination. Sponsor: New Michigan Press, 648 Crescent NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. Details: http://thediagram.com/contest.html

*PATERSON FICTION PRIZE Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: None. Novel or short story collection published in 2010. Prize: $1000. Sponsor:  Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College, One College Boulevard, Paterson, New Jersey 07505-1179. Details: http://www.pccc.edu/home/cultural-affairs/poetry-center/prizes
 
*THURBER PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $65. Prizes: $5000.  Published prose book. Sponsor Thurber House 77 Jefferson Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215 http://www.thurberhouse.org/program/adlt_prize.html
 
*TIFERET WRITING CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $20. Short Ficiton. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, 211 Dryden Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924-1108.  Details: http://www.tiferetjournal.com

*CONTESTS (Poetry)*

*49TH PARALLEL POETRY AWARD Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $18 for first set of 3 poems, $10 each additional entry. Prize: $1000. Sponsor: Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. Details: http://www.wwu.edu/bhreview/contests.shtml

*CAMPBELL CORNER POETRY PRIZE Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $3000. 20 pages of poetry. Sponsor: The Language Exchange, Campbell Corner Poetry Prize, Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708-5999.
http://pages.slc.edu/~eraymond/ccorner/pcontest/submit.html
 
*CNW WRITING COMPETITION Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $3 per poem (CNW members), $5 (non-members). Prize: $100/75/50. Ind. Poems. Sponsor: Writers-Editors Network, P.O. Box A, North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590-0167. http://www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests/Contest_Guidelines/contest_guidelines.htm
 
*ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $15. Prize: $1,000. Ind. Poems. Sponsor: Georgia College and State University, Campus Box 89, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Details: http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.php
 
*WESTMORELAND ARTS & HERITAGE FESTIVAL POETRY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $10 for 2 poems. Prize: $125/100/75.Poetry. Application needed. Sponsor: Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival, Short Story Contest,  252 Twin Lakes Road, Latrobe, PA 15650. Details: http://www.artsandheritage.com/poetry-short-stories.htm
 
*PRAIRIE SCHOONER PRIZE BOOK SERIES: POETRY Deadline: March 16. Reading fee: $25 per entry. Collection of Poetry. Prize: $3000. Manuscript at least 50 pages long. Sponsor: University of Nebraska Press, 201 Andrews Hall, PO Box 880334, Lincoln, NE 68588-0334. http://prairieschooner.unl.edu/prizes/index.html#Anchor-GUIDELINES-5055

*ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE PRIZE FOR POETRY Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $10 for 1-3 poems, $15 for 3-6, $2.50 each addt’l. Ind. Poems. Prize: $1000. Sponsor: Tor House Foundation P.O. Box 223240 Carmel, California 93922. Details: http://www.torhouse.org/prize.htm

*NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE POETRY SOCIETIES AWARDS Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: Multiple contests, multiple fees, (too numerous to list here -see website). Prize: $25-1500 depending on contest. Ind. Poems. Sponsor: National Federation of State Poetry Societies http://www.nfsps.com/poetry_contests1.htm
 
*THE PINCH WRITING AWARDS IN POETRY Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $20. Individual Poems. 1-3 poems. Prize: $1,000. Sponsor: The Pinch, Department of English, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152. Details: http://www.thepinchjournal.com
 
*SLOPE EDITIONS: ANNUAL BOOK PRIZE Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $20 per entry. Prize: $1000. Manuscript (40-90 pages). Sponsor: Slope Editions, Medaille College, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY 14214. http://www.slopeeditions.org/index.cfm?p=p.24&title=Book+Prize
 
*THE SOUTH CAROLINA REVIEW POETRY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $20 for 1-4 poems. Prize: $500/100/50 and publication. Sponsor: The South Carolina Review, 611 Strode Tower, Box 340522, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0522. http://www.clemson.edu/caah/cedp/cudp/scr/poetry_contest.pdf

*DEANE RITCH LOMAX POETRY PRIZE Deadline: March 15. Reading fee: $5 per poem (CWC members), $10 (non-members). 50 lines max. To become a member, attach $30 check (payable to Charlotte Writers Club) to entry. Prize: $100/50/25. Ind. poems. Sponsor: Charlotte
Writers Club, Poetry Prize, 616 Mt. Vernon Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28203.  http://www.charlottewritersclub.org/Deane%20Ritch%20Lomas%20Poetry%20Prize.htm
 
*ANTIVENOM POETRY AWARD Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $1000. Manuscript. Sponsor: Elixir Press, P.O. Box 27029, Denver, CO 80227. Details: http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html
 
*THE FOLEY POETRY CONTEST Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: FREE. Prize: $1000 and publication. Individual poems. 30 lines max. Sponsor: America, 106 West 56th Street, New York, New York 10019-3803. Details: http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10540
 
*FOUR WAY BOOKS LEVIS POETRY PRIZE Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: $28. Prize: $1000. Manuscript. Online submission preferred. Sponsor: Four Way Books, P.O. Box 535, Village Station, New York, New York 10014, United States. Details: http://www.fourwaybooks.com/contest.php
 
*WRITECORNER PRESS ANNUAL POETRY AWARD Deadline:  March 31. Reading fee: $5, $3 each additional. Prize: $500/$100. Individual poems. Sponsor: Writecorner Press, P.O. Box 140310, Gainesville, FL 32614. http://www.writecorner.com/poetry_guidelines.asp
 
*AGHA SHAHID ALI PRIZE IN POETRY Deadline: March 31. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $1000 . Book length 48-64 pgs. Sponsor: The University of Utah Press, c/o The Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry, J. Willard Marriott Library, Suite 5400, University of Utah, 295 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860  http://dld.bz/QYV3
 
*DIAGRAM CHAPBOOK CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $16. Prize: $1000. Length: 18-44 pages. Prose, Poetry, or a combination. Sponsor: New Michigan Press, 648 Crescent NE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503. http://thediagram.com/contest.html
 
*ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY AWARDS Deadline:  April 1. Reading fee: $18, includes subscription. Prize:$1000/200/100. Up to 5 individual poems. Sponsor: Passaic County Community College, The Poetry Center, One College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505-1179. http://www.pccc.edu/home/cultural-affairs/poetry-center/prizes

*SATURNALIA BOOKS POETRY PRIZE Deadline:  April 1. Reading fee: $25. Prize: $1500. Manuscript. Sponsor: Saturnalia Books, 105 Woodside Road, Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003.  http://saturnaliabooks.com/?q=node/12

*WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: FREE. Prizes:  $1500/800/400/75. Humor—Indiv. Poems, one only. Sponsor: Winning Writers, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Submit online at: http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle

*TIFERET WRITING CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $20. Individual Poems. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, 211 Dryden Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924-1108.  Details: http://www.tiferetjournal.com/
 
*INDIANA REVIEW POETRY PRIZE Deadline:  April 16. Reading fee: $15 for 3 poems, includes subscription. Prize: $1000 plus publication. Sponsor: Indiana Review, Ballantine Hall 465, 1020 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103.
http://indianareview.org/general/prizes/poetprizeguidelines10.html
 
*ANNIE DILLARD AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICITON Deadline: March 15. *Reading fee: $18 for first essay, $10 each additional entry. Prize: $1000. Creative nonfiction. 8,000 words max. Sponsor: Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. http://www.wwu.edu/bhreview/contests.shtml
 
*CNW WRITING COMPETITION Deadline: March 15. *Reading fee: $5/ $10, members/ non-members for entries of 3,000 words or less. Prize: $100/75/50. Non- Fiction. Sponsor Writers-Editors Network, P.O. Box A, North Stratford, New Hampshire 03590-0167. http://www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests/Contest_Guidelines/contest_guidelines.htm

*ARTS & LETTERS PRIZE IN CREATIVE NONFICTION Deadline: March 15 Reading fee: $15 (includes subscription). Essay. Length: 25 pages maximum. Prize: $1,000 and publication. Sponsor: Arts & Letters Prizes, Campus Box 89, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA  Details: http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.php
 
*WATERMAN FUND ALPINE ESSAY CONTEST Deadline: March 15. *Reading fee: FREE. Prize: $1500 and publication, $500. Essay. Sponsor: The Waterman Fund, Box 1064, East Corinth, VT 05040-1064.
http://www.watermanfund.org/categories/essay_contest/2010_contest.php

*GLASS WOMAN PRIZE Deadline:** March 21* Reading fee: FREE. Nonfiction. Length: 5000 words  maximum. Prize: $600. Sponsor: Beate Sigriddaughter, 333 East 16th Avenue, #517, Denver, Colorado 80203. http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm

*TIFERET WRITING CONTEST Deadline: April 1. Reading fee: $20. Nonfiction. Prize: $500. Sponsor: Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature, 211 Dryden Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924-1108. http://www.tiferetjournal.com