Writing awards
Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize is Open/ How to Apply (Prize: £5,000)
Are you a poetry writer who wants an all-expense covered opportunity and a cash award? Then this opportunity will interest you. The organizers of the 2024 Alpine Fellowship Annual Symposium are currently accepting submissions. Three lucky writers will be awarded this international prize. The theme for this year’s submissions is : ‘Language’ Eligibility Guidelines for […]
International Essay Contest For Young People (Prizes: Over $1000 + Certificates)
The Gio Peace Foundation International Essay Contest for Young People has opened for submissions for writers 25 years and below. The International Essay Contest for Young People is an annual essay contest organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable […]
Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award is Open (Prize: £10,000)
The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) writers award is currently open for first-time prose writers. The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) was set up in memory of Devorah Rogers whose particular genius lay in identifying and supporting talented young people, to continue to seek out and support emerging talent in the publishing world specifically by means of […]
The Bristol Short Story Prize Is Open For Submissions (Prize: £3450 + Publication)
The 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize is currently open for short stories from writers worldwide. The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition based in Bristol, UK, which aims to publish great short stories and promote the stories and writers as much as possible. Discovering previously unpublished writers is central to their aims […]
Thin Air Magazine’s The Bird in Your Hands Prize 2022/ How To Apply (Prize: $500 + Publication)
The Bird in Your Hands Prize 2022 is in its third year and the organizers are thrilled to announce that their windows are open for submissions. It is sponsored by Thin Air Magazine. The contest centers around and celebrates BIPOC (Black indigenous and People of Color) voices. This contest wants to hear your story as […]
The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers 2023 / How To Submit (Awards: Mentorship + Publication)
The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets who are in high (or secondary) school. So if you would like your work to be considered for this prestigious award, send in your work. This prize might be the springboard you ‘ve been hoping will launch your career. You probably want to […]
Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction 2020/ How To Submit (250$ + Publication)
Lunch Ticket has announced that it would be honored to serve as the host for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction in 2020. The award was named after Author Diana Woods who, during her lifetime, exuded unwavering intellectual commitment and zeal, pursuing and receiving secondary degrees in law, social work, political science, and most recently, creative writing. […]
Apply for the 2020 Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship (£18,000)
The Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship is open for submissions until 18th September, 2020. The scholarship is awarded annually to writers, to allow them time to write the book they propose to write. The scholarship is awarded in the fiction category and in the nonfiction category. Previous winners of the Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship include Kola […]
Green Stories Competition 2020 (£700 + Mentorship) / How to Submit
Green Stories has recently announced the extension of the deadline for their “General Competition”. This category is for stories written for adult audiences. For this particular category, they are open to receiving full length novels for adults, that in some way discuss ideas on building a substantial society. The deadline for this competition is […]
Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize/ How to Apply (Prize: $12,000 + publication).
Graywolf Press, a press that believes in “champion(ing) outstanding writers at all stages of their careers to ensure that adventurous readers can find underrespresented and diverse voices in a crowded marketplace”, now calls for submissions for its Nonfiction Prize. The prize, which began in 2005, is awarded to the most promising and innovative project by […]