CONTESTS
We know that you love contests. We know that you hate contests. Isn't that the problem? You love to win, but submitting and waiting are such a drag. But you must submit. If you don't submit someone else will and you know your work is better than theirs. (Although we NEVER would think that! It is just those voices in our head...)
Just to give you a push, we ask you to let us know about contests that you have found out about and think they would be great to share. Personally, we are looking for the one that the prize is $1,000,000 and book contracts for life. (Some of our staff are delusional)
Please let us know of any contests. You can send the information to [email protected]
Just to give you a push, we ask you to let us know about contests that you have found out about and think they would be great to share. Personally, we are looking for the one that the prize is $1,000,000 and book contracts for life. (Some of our staff are delusional)
Please let us know of any contests. You can send the information to [email protected]
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
You can win $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press with this prize, awarded for a collection of short fiction.
You may submit an unpublished manuscript of short stories, two or more novellas or a combination of novellas and short stories. Your total word count should be between 150 and 300 typed pages.
Deadline: Annual submission window is May 1 through June 30
http://www.upress.pitt.edu/renderHtmlPage.aspx?srcHtml=htmlSourceFiles/drueheinz.htm
You may submit an unpublished manuscript of short stories, two or more novellas or a combination of novellas and short stories. Your total word count should be between 150 and 300 typed pages.
Deadline: Annual submission window is May 1 through June 30
http://www.upress.pitt.edu/renderHtmlPage.aspx?srcHtml=htmlSourceFiles/drueheinz.htm
Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize
Presented by the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival, this annual prize awards $500 cash for “the best Brooklyn-focused non-fiction essay which is set in Brooklyn and is about Brooklyn and/or Brooklyn people/characters.” (So it’s Brooklyn-centric, if you haven’t picked up on that yet.)
Submissions should be 4 to 10 pages (up to 2,500 words), and five authors will be chosen to read and discuss their submissions at the annual December event.
http://www.filmbrooklyn.org/
Submissions should be 4 to 10 pages (up to 2,500 words), and five authors will be chosen to read and discuss their submissions at the annual December event.
http://www.filmbrooklyn.org/
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Honoring the best work of fiction published by an American author in a single calendar year, this award has been given to the likes of John Updike, Philip Roth and Ann Patchett.
The winner receives $15,000 and an invitation to read at the award ceremony in Washington, DC. Four finalists also each receive a $5,000 award.
Deadline: Annually on October 31 for books published that calendar year
http://www.penfaulkner.org/award-for-fiction/submission-guidelines/
The winner receives $15,000 and an invitation to read at the award ceremony in Washington, DC. Four finalists also each receive a $5,000 award.
Deadline: Annually on October 31 for books published that calendar year
http://www.penfaulkner.org/award-for-fiction/submission-guidelines/
W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction
If you’re a war buff, this competition is for you. It awards $5,000 to the best piece of fiction set during a period when the U.S. was at war (war may either be the main plot of the piece or simply provide the setting). Submissions may be adult or YA novels.
Deadline: Annually on December 1
http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/wy-boyd-literary-award-excellence-military-fiction
Deadline: Annually on December 1
http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/wy-boyd-literary-award-excellence-military-fiction
Nelson Algren Short Story Award
Presented by the Chicago Tribune, this award presents $3,500 to one grand prize winner, $1,000 to four finalists and $500 to five runners-up for a short fiction story of less than 8,000 words.
You may submit up to two short stories, but note that your name must not appear anywhere on your submission as the process is anonymous.
Deadline: Annually
https://algren.submittable.com/submit
You may submit up to two short stories, but note that your name must not appear anywhere on your submission as the process is anonymous.
Deadline: Annually
https://algren.submittable.com/submit
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
Open to African American poets, previously published or not, this award provides a $500 prize and publication by Boardside Lotus Press for the best book-length collection of poems (approximately 60 to 90 pages).
Deadline: Annually on March 1
http://www.lotuspress.org/poetryaward.htm
Deadline: Annually on March 1
http://www.lotuspress.org/poetryaward.htm
Binghamton University Book Awards
Sponsored by the Binghamton Center for Writers — State University of New York, this competition offers a $1,000 prize for work published in the previous year in two separate categories. The John Gardner Fiction Book Award goes to the best novel or collection of fiction, while the Milt Kessler Poetry Book award goes to the best book of poems.
Deadline: Annually on March 1
http://www.binghamton.edu/english/creative-writing/binghamton-center-for-writers/binghamton-book-awards/index.html
Deadline: Annually on March 1
http://www.binghamton.edu/english/creative-writing/binghamton-center-for-writers/binghamton-book-awards/index.html
Awarded to “the most promising and innovative literary nonfiction project by a writer not yet established in the genre,” this prize provides a $12,000 advance and publication by Graywolf Press.
If you live in the U.S. and have published at least one book (in any genre), you’re eligible to submit a current manuscript in progress for consideration. The judges look for winners who push the boundaries of traditional literary nonfiction.
Deadline: Annually in May
https://www.graywolfpress.org/graywolf-press-nonfiction-prize
If you live in the U.S. and have published at least one book (in any genre), you’re eligible to submit a current manuscript in progress for consideration. The judges look for winners who push the boundaries of traditional literary nonfiction.
Deadline: Annually in May
https://www.graywolfpress.org/graywolf-press-nonfiction-prize
