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These prizes, grants, and fellowships are for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, journalism, and playwriting. They range from $100 up to $75,000. They are, very roughly, divided by geography.\u00a0 – S. Kalekar<\/p>\n
The Heron\u2019s Nest: Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards PEN America: Three grants<\/strong><\/p>\n PEN America is currently accepting submissions for three grants\/ fellowships, below. (They\u2019re also open for the US Writers Aid Initiative<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n — PEN\/Heim Translation Fund Grants: <\/strong>This international grant is to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or drama that have not previously appeared in English in print or have appeared only in an outdated or otherwise flawed translation. Works should be translations-in-progress, as the grant aims to provide support for completion. The works must be translated into English. Projects may have up to two translators. There are various submission requirements, including a translation sample of 8-10 pages. — PEN\/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship:<\/strong> This is for an author of children’s or young-adult fiction. The fellowship is for helping writers whose work is of high literary caliber and is designed to assist a writer at a crucial moment in his or her career to complete a book-length fiction work-in-progress. Applicants must have already published one work for children or young adults that was warmly received by literary critics, but whose work has not yet attracted a broad readership. — PEN\/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History: <\/strong>These grants are for literary works of nonfiction that use oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement. They are to help maintain or complete ongoing projects.\u00a0Oral history must be a significant portion of the work and its research. Writers have to send in writing samples and transcripts as part of the application. The Forum Essay Prize Atlanta Review: Dan Veach Prize for Younger Poets The Novel Prize EcoTheo Collective: Lorca Latinx Poetry Prize Defenestration.net Short Story Contest Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest A&U — America\u2019s AIDS Magazine: Christopher Hewitt Awards The Norton Writer\u2019s Prize Goi Peace Foundation: International Essay Contest for Young People University of Pittsburgh Press: Drue Heinz Literature Prize Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Contest Preservation Foundation Contest: General non-fiction Society of Authors: <\/strong>Authors\u2019 Foundation Grants<\/strong> <\/p>\n A couple of contests with later deadlines are:<\/strong><\/p>\n — The H G Wells Short Story Competition: <\/strong>This is an international short story contest on the theme of \u2018Switch\u2019, of 1,500-5,000 words. There is no fee for those under 21 years; for the Junior Award, i.e. for those aged under 21, the prize is \u00a31,000; deadline 11 July 2021. Details here<\/a>. (Writers in the US, Canada, and Australia should also see the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, in the UK\/Ireland section below.) Poetry Foundation: Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Po<\/strong>etry Fellowships <\/strong> Bard Fiction Prize Fraser Institu<\/strong>te Student Essay Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n For this year\u2019s essay contest, the main theme is \u2018What in the world would Adam Smith say?<\/em>\u2019 (See their extensive guidelines for details). <\/em>The contest is for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students studying in Canada and Canadian students studying abroad. Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing <\/strong> <\/p>\n The Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting Faber Children\u2019s: Faber and Andlyn BAME (FAB) Prize Society of Authors: <\/strong>K. Blundell Trust Award<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>This poetry contest is run by The Heron\u2019s Nest, a quarterly online journal of haiku. Submit up to five haiku for this contest.
\nValue: $150, $75, $50
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: All poets
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nValue: $2,000-4,000
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nValue: $5,000
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: Published YA\/children\u2019s writers (by a US trade publisher)
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nValue: Two grants of $15,000 each
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is an essay contest; the theme is \u2018Challenging Literature.\u2019 They want \u201cessays that use academic research to pursue innovative questions. … The topic may be addressed from the perspective of any of the literatures (including literary linguistics, translation and comparative literature approaches) normally covered by the journal: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Please note that material of a predominantly social science or sociological nature falls outside our scope.
\nWe are seeking submissions that focus on literature that challenges us and\/or challenges how we read, write, research and teach literature in our discipline(s).\u201d They\u2019ve listed potential approaches to the subject.
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nValue: \u00a3500; possible runner-up prize of \u00a3200
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Dan Veach Prize for Younger Poets solicits poems from college-age students, aged 18-23, on any subject or style.\u00a0Poems with an international focus\u00a0are especially welcomed, but all poems must be written in English. \u00a0Students may submit up to two poems (40 lines or fewer for each poem). A letter of recommendation\u00a0from a teacher or other person well-acquainted with the student’s writing\u00a0must accompany the poem(s). The recommendation letter should affirm that these poems are the student’s original work.
\nValue: $100
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: College-age poets (18-23 years)
\nDetails here<\/a>.
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\nSapiens Plurum Short Fiction Contest: Inventing Beautiful Futures
\n<\/strong>Sapiens Plurum conducts an annual short fiction contest, opening on Earth Day of each year. The theme is \u2018Inventing Beautiful Futures\u2019: \u201cEven within the harmful elements of nature and society there is an innate potential that can be harnessed into something beneficial or even beautiful. Technology can be the tool or catalyst for that transformation. Tell us a story about how you see this story unfold.
\nYour story should be consonant with the Sapiens Plurum mission: to inspire us \u2014 the first species that can intentionally impact its own evolution \u2014 to aspire beyond what was humanly possible.\u201d Submissions should be 1,500-3,000 words.
\nValue: $1,000, $500, $300
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Novel Prize is an award for a novel of literary fiction (at least 30,000 words) managed by the three publishers working in collaboration, with Fitzcarraldo Editions<\/a> reading submissions from Africa and Europe, Giramondo<\/a> from Asia and Australasia, and New Directions<\/a> from the Americas.\u00a0 Apart from the cash prize, the novel will get simultaneous publication in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and in North America. The prize rewards novels which explore and expand the possibilities of the form, and are innovative and imaginative in style.
\nValue: $10,000
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a> (and see the publisher\/submission links for various regions above).<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is a prize for emerging Latinx poets, who have no more than one full-length collection of poetry in print. You can read more about the prize here<\/a>. Send chapbook manuscripts of 10-15 pages (see guidelines). \u201cAll unpublished, original collections of your poems written primarily in English are eligible (no translations unless your own).
\nIndividual poems may be previously published in any medium, but the manuscript as a whole must be unpublished as a collection.\u201d The winner will receive Spanish translation and bilingual publication of their manuscript, a cash prize from Letras Latinas, and 10 copies of the chapbook.
\nDeadline: 5 June 2022
\nValue: $500
\nOpen for: Emerging Latinx poets
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>They want a short story which should include an incident of defenestration \u2013 the art or \u2013ism of throwing people out of windows. This need not be literal. Their team defines such an incident as follows \u2013 \u201ca sudden, immediate, even violent shift, change, or seismical event between the beginning and the end.\u201d There will voting by four judges for this contest, with fan voting counting as an additional judge vote.
\nValue: $75, two runner-up prizes of $30 each
\nDeadline: 7 June 2022
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is for junior and senior division (11-14 and 15-18) students worldwide. The theme for this ocean awareness contest is \u2018The Funny Thing About Climate Change\u2019- it invites students to respond to climate crisis with humor\/satire\/positivity (see guidelines). The categories are: Visual Art; Poetry & Spoken Word; Creative Writing; Film; Performing Arts: Music & Dance; Interactive & Multimedia.
\nValue: Senior division – $1,500, $1,000, $500, $300, $250 in each category; Junior division – $1,000, $750, $250, $150, $100 for each category
\nDeadline: 13 June 2022
\nOpen for: Students ages 11-18
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is an award for fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, and drama. All submissions must be HIV\/AIDS-related. Writers may submit more than one work. Send up to 1,200 words for fiction and non-fiction, and 1,400-1,600 words for drama (drama can be an excerpt from a longer play).
\nValue: $75 in each category
\nDeadline: 15 June 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is a non-fiction prize for undergraduates who are enrolled in an accredited 2- or 4-year college or university, enrolled during the 2021-22 year, and aged 17 or above. They will accept literacy narratives, literary and other textual analyses, reports, profiles, evaluations, arguments, memoirs, proposals, multimodal pieces, and other forms of original nonfiction pieces of 1,000-3,000 words. Entries require nomination by an instructor.
\nValue: Three prizes of $1,000 each
\nDeadline: 15 June 2022
\nOpen for: Undergraduates
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is an international essay contest for people aged up to 25 years, in two categories \u2013 children and youth. The theme is, \u2018My Values\u2019. \u2018Our values determine how we think and act, and they shape the society we live in. What are the values that you hold dear? How can you best live your life in line with those values, and in doing so, what kind of society do you hope to create?\u2019 Entries can be in English, French, (up to 700 words), or Japanese (up to 1,600 characters).
\nValue: For each category, there is one first prize is JPY100,000 (about $840); three second prizes of JPY50,000 (about $420) each; five third prizes, and 25 honorable mentions
\nDeadline: 15 June 2022
\nOpen for: Children ages 14 and under; youth ages 15-25 years
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This international award is open to authors who have published a novel, a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. It is for an unpublished manuscript of short fiction, or two or more novellas, or a combination of one or more novellas and short stories. Manuscripts must be 150-300 pages.
\nValue: $15,000
\nDeadline: 30 June 2022
\nOpen for: Published writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This greeting card company runs a biannual poetry contest. \u201cPoems can be rhyming or non-rhyming, although we find that non-rhyming poetry reads better.\u201d Also, \u201cWe suggest that you write about real emotions and feelings and that you have some special person or occasion in mind as you write.\u201d Writers can enter the contest as often as they like.
\nValue: $350, $200, $100
\nDeadline: 30 June 2022
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.
\n(They\u2019ve also posted guidelines for their general greeting card poetry and prose submissions<\/a> \u2013 see deadlines for seasonal poetry; and also for prose book submissions<\/a> on certain topics.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is an international contest for unpublished writers (see guidelines). Their upcoming deadline is for the general non-fiction <\/strong>category: \u201cAny appropriate nonfiction topic is eligible. Stories must be true, not semi-fictional accounts. So-called “creative nonfiction” will not be considered.\u201d Entries should be 1,000-5,000 words. They want all entries, regardless of whether or not they win, to be on their website as long as the Foundation exists (see guidelines). Also see contests in other genres, which have deadlines later in the year.
\nValue: $200, $100
\nDeadline: 30 June 2022
\nOpen for: Unpublished writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>They have two grants for works in progress and the form is the same, for both. There are two rounds of funding annually, and deadlines are 1 February and 1 July. The Society of Authors also has other grants<\/a> it administers. They have the Authors\u2019 Foundation Grants, for which there is no nationality or age requirement, and the K. Blundell Trust Award, for British writers. The Authors\u2019 Foundation Grants <\/strong>are for authors of fiction, non-fiction or poetry who are contracted, or who are published and working on a project that is likely to have interest from a British publisher. They are for works in progress.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: 1 July 2022
\nOpen for: See above (also see guidelines and FAQ<\/a>, \u2018What is the difference between the K Blundell Trust and the Authors\u2019 Foundation?\u2019)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nRichard J. Margolis Award
\n<\/strong>The award is for non-fiction writers of social justice journalism. It is for a promising new journalist or essayist whose work combines warmth, humour, wisdom and concern with social justice. Applications should include 2-3 non-fiction writing samples, up to 30 pages. At least one sample should be non-memoir material.
\nValue: $10,000, residency at Blue Mountain Centre artists\u2019 colony
\nDeadline: 1 July 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n— Mason Jar Press: The 1729 Book Prize in Prose: <\/strong>This is an international contest for a prose manuscript. \u201cWe’re open to most prose genres, though we tend to lean toward semi-experimental works with a strong literary bent. Hybrid works are welcome.\u201d They want novels, novellas, story collections, memoirs, auto\/biographies, and essay collections. The prize is $1,000, and more; deadline 15 July 2022. Details here<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\nPRIZES FOR WRITERS IN US\/CANADA <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\nPEN America: US Writers Aid Initiative
\n<\/strong>This is intended to assist fiction and non-fiction authors, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, translators, and journalists. To be eligible, applicants must be based in the United States, be professional writers, and be able to demonstrate that this one-time grant will be meaningful in helping them to address an emergency situation. Various deadlines are listed for 2022, and the next one is 1st<\/sup> June. Other deadlines are in August, October, and December. Writers do not have to be PEN members to apply.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: 1 June 2022
\nOpen for: US writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>These fellowships are for young poets who are US residents or citizens; you can read about last year\u2019s winners here<\/a>. Writers have to submit 10 pages of poetry as part of the application.
\nDeadline: 2 June 2022
\nValue: Fellowships of $25,800 each
\nOpen for: US poets aged 21-31 years
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This residency and cash award is for a writer who is a US citizen aged 39 years or younger. Submissions should write a cover letter explaining the project they plan to work on while at Bard and submit a CV, along with copies of the published book they feel best represents their work \u2013 no manuscripts will be accepted. The winner receives an appointment as writer in residence at Bard College for one semester, without the expectation that he or she teach traditional courses. The recipient gives at least one public lecture and meets informally with students. The deadline for the 2023 prize is mid-June.
\nValue: $30,000, residency
\nDeadline: 15 June 2022
\nOpen for: Published US writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nValue: CAD1,500, CAD1,000, CAD500 each in high school, undergraduate, and graduate categories
\nDeadline: 15 June 2022
\nOpen for: Canadian students
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This award is for an outstanding mid-career editorial writer or columnist to help broaden his or her journalistic horizons and knowledge of the world. The annual award can be used to cover the cost of study, research and\/or travel in any field. The fellowship results in editorials and other writings, including books. One of the eligibility requirements is, the candidate must hold a position as a part-time or full-time editorial writer or columnist at a news publication located in the US. Applications also are welcome from freelance opinion writers who devote a majority of their time, or derive a majority of their income, from that pursuit. The application includes five samples of editorials or columns.
\n(There is also the Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award<\/a> of $10,000, for a person or persons who have fought to protect and preserve one or more of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment; the entrants need not be journalists.)
\nValue:\u00a0$75,000
\nDeadline: 20 June 2022
\nOpen for: Editorial writer\/columnist at a news publication in the US
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\nPRIZES FOR WRITERS IN UK\/IRELAND (+ AUSTRALIA)
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\n<\/strong>This is for anyone residing in the UK or Ireland or British Overseas Territory or with a British Forces Post Office address, and some playwrights from other countries. They want a play script of 1 hour or above. Their guidelines also say, \u201cAn International Award of \u00a38,000 \u2013 open to international playwrights invited to anonymously apply via our named international partners\u201d (see guidelines \u2013 the partners are certain theatres in the US, Canada, and Australia). Value: First prize \u00a316,000, Judges\u2019 Award of \u00a38,000, Original New Voice Award of \u00a38,000, an International Award of \u00a38,000
\nDeadline: 6 June 2022
\nOpen for: UK playwrights; some international playwrights (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This is for undiscovered BAME writers and illustrators.\u00a0Entrants must be of black, Asian or minority ethnic background and UK- or Ireland-based. For writers, they want a maximum of 5,000 words of text (no minimum word count). Entries must be text or artwork for children.
\nValue: \u00a31,500 each for a writer and an illustrator, and mentorship
\nDeadline: 17 June 2022
\nOpen for: UK BAME writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>They have two grants for works in progress and the form is the same, for both. There are two rounds of funding annually, and deadlines are 1 February and 1 July. The Society of Authors also has other grants<\/a> it administers. They have the Authors\u2019 Foundation Grants, for which there is no nationality or age requirement, and the K. Blundell Trust Award, for British writers. The K. Blundell Trust Award<\/strong> is a work-in-progress award for young British writers of fiction or non-fiction. The work must contribute to the greater understanding of existing social and economic organisation.
\nValue: Up to approximately \u00a36,000
\nDeadline: 1 July 2022
\nOpen for: British writers under 40 who have had at least one book published (See guidelines and FAQ<\/a>, \u2018What is the difference between the K Blundell Trust and the Authors\u2019 Foundation?\u2019)
\nDetails here<\/a> (scroll down).<\/p>\n
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