{"id":7583,"date":"2019-12-25T17:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T01:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=7583"},"modified":"2020-01-09T07:41:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:41:39","slug":"29-contests-for-writers-in-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/29-contests-for-writers-in-january-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Contests for Writers in January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These contests pay from about $100 up to $25,000. None charge an entry fee. There is also a bonus contest at the end with no cash prize, for students. Deadlines are approaching quickly. <strong> &#8211; S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Douglas B. Rogers Conditions of a Free\nSociety Essay Competition<br>\n<\/strong>This competition is\nmeant to encourage undergraduate students in the US and Canada to join the\nCenter for Political and Economic Thought at Saint Vincent College in\ndiscussing themes of Western Civilization such as individual freedom, limited\nconstitutional government, free market economics, and the philosophical and\nmoral foundations of America and the West. This year students are asked to\nconsider a particular passage from Adam Smith\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Theory\nof Moral Sentiments&nbsp;<\/em>and comment on the intellectual origins of\nthe quotation and its enduring significance for cultivating the virtues necessary\nto sustain a free society (see guidelines).&nbsp;<br>\nValue: $2,000; $1,000; $500<br>\nDeadline: 10 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: Undergraduate students in the US and Canada <br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stvincent.edu\/academics\/academic-centers\/the-center-for-political-and-economic-thought\">here<\/a> (scroll down). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Verity\nBargate Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Soho Theatre\u2019s flagship new\nwriting award. The winning play will be produced in a full production on their\nstages. It is open to any playwright who has had\nfewer than three professional productions and who lives in the UK or Ireland.\nThe play must be no shorter than 60 minutes. <br>\nValue: \u00a37,500<br>\nDeadline: 10 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: UK writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/sohotheatre.com\/artists\/writers\/verity-bargate-award\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n<strong>Alternarratives<br>\n<\/strong>Nesta is an innovation foundation and they have launched a prize for\nUK-based writers, for innovation in short-form storytelling. They want writers\nto \u201cthink beyond the word document and\nuse all the tools we have at our disposal to tell stories in new and exciting\nways. In its pilot year, the prize will encourage storytellers to imagine how\nshort-form fiction could help re-engage young people at secondary school, aged\n11-16, with the act of reading for pleasure.\u201d Also, \u201cThis is a chance for\nwriters and creatives to consider the future of storytelling and make use of\nnew technologies or formats.<br>\nProposals should be submitted for work that can be experienced in a conclusive\nform within 10 minutes, consumable via a platform that is readily available,\nsuch as a smartphone, tablet or computer. Works do not have to be digital but\nwe are excluding linear written documents in Word or equivalent. We want to\nleave format\/platform as open as possible to encourage lateral thinking about\nstory development.\u201d<br>\nValue: \u00a315,000; \u00a31,000 R&amp;D budget for 10\nwriters<br>\nDeadline: 13 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: UK writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesta.org.uk\/project\/alternarratives\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Endowment for the Arts: Translation Project\nFellowship<br>\n<\/strong>These are for published\ntranslators. The fellowship is for the translation of works of&nbsp;<strong>prose,&nbsp;poetry,<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>or<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>drama<\/strong>&nbsp;from other languages into English. They\nencourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in\nEnglish translation. The proposed projects must be for creative translations of\nliterary material into English. <br>\n<strong>Value:<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>$12,500 or\n$25,000 <br>\n<strong>Deadline: 15 January 2020<\/strong><br>\nOpen for: Published translators who are citizens or permanent residents of the\nUS<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/grants-individuals\/translation-projects\">here<\/a>. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Walter Muir Whitehill Prize\nin Early American History<\/strong><br>\nThis prize\nis for an essay on early American history (see guidelines), not previously\npublished, with preference being given to New England subjects.&nbsp;Essays\nshould be 40-60 pages, and be mailed. <br>\nValue: $2,500<br>\nDeadline: 15 January 2020 (postmarked)<br>\nOpen for: Unspecified<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/newenglandquarterly.org\/whitehill-prize\/\">here<\/a>\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/newenglandquarterly.org\/prize-specifications\/\">here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\n<strong>First Fandom Experience: The Cosmos Prize<br>\n<\/strong><em>Their\nguidelines say, \u201cCosmos&nbsp;<\/em>was an ambitious serial novel\norchestrated by the staff of&nbsp;<em>Science Fiction Digest<\/em>&nbsp;(later&nbsp;<em>Fantasy Magazine<\/em>)\nbeginning in June, 1933. The story of&nbsp;<em>Cosmos&nbsp;<\/em>spanned 17 chapters written by 16\ndifferent authors. Raymond A. Palmer drafted the plot outline and coordinated\nthe work of the writers. The young fanzine editor was able to convince many of\nthe prominent professionals of the day to participate. &#8230; The results \u2014 not\nsurprisingly \u2014 are a bit of a hash. Still,&nbsp;<em>Cosmos&nbsp;<\/em>represents an iconic\nevent in the early history of science fiction fandom, and deserves remembering.\n<br>\nEven more\nthan remembering,&nbsp;<em>Cosmos&nbsp;<\/em>deserves a better ending than it got. &#8230;\nthe final chapter utterly failed to capitalize on the potential of the\ninstallments that preceded it. Penned by no-less an esteemed professional as\nEdmond Hamilton, the concluding&nbsp;<em>Chapter 17 \u2014 Armageddon in Space&nbsp;<\/em>\u2014 seemed to\nignore much of what came before. &#8230;.&nbsp;<strong>The Cosmos Prize<\/strong>&nbsp;is\nour attempt to right (or re-write) an historic tragedy.\u201d Read the rules\ncarefully. Successful submissions will fit with the overall narrative\nof&nbsp;<em>Cosmos<\/em>, bring the story to a compelling, meaningful, exciting\nand\/or evocative conclusion, capture the style and sensibility of science\nfiction of the 1930s, show originality, coherence and strong expressive force,\nand focus on replacing just the last chapter of&nbsp;<em>Cosmos<\/em>, Chapter 17.\nApart from cash prizes, the winners will also get merchandize. <br>\nValue: $300; $100; two prizes of $50<br>\nDeadline: 15 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: Unspecified<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/firstfandomexperience.wordpress.com\/writing-contest-500-in-prizes\/\">here<\/a>.<br>\n<br>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hektoen International Writing Contest:\nBlood<br>\n<\/strong>They want an essay of under 1,600 words on the subject of Blood. The\ncontest honors the achievements of the Red Cross, locally, nationally, and\nglobally. Their guidelines say, \u201cWe will consider essays on pioneers in\nhematology (such as Herrick, Minot, Murphy, Whipple, or Landsteiner), the\nhistory of venesection, barber surgeons, the use of leeches, and vampires; as\nwell as historical aspects of blood transfusion, artificial blood, blood\ngroups, blood preservation and blood banks, blood in surgery, blood diseases\n(such as pernicious anemia, sickle-cell disease, thalassemia, leukemias, and hemophilia),\nand the history and work of the Red Cross.\u201d&nbsp;Read the guidelines carefully\n&#8211; submission of an article implies consent to publish in&nbsp;<em>Hektoen\nInternational.<\/em> Entries must also include at least one image.<br>\nValue: $3,000; $800<br>\nDeadline: 15 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: All writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/hekint.org\/special-issue-submission-instructions\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Hillman Prize for\nJournalism<br>\n<\/strong>This is for journalists who pursue investigative\nreporting and deep storytelling in service of the common good.\nRecipients&nbsp;exemplify reportorial excellence, storytelling skill, and\nsocial justice impact.&nbsp;The categories are:<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Book (bound volumes\nand ebooks), Newspaper Journalism (story or series\/in print or online),<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Magazine Journalism\n(story or series\/in print or online),<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Broadcast Journalism\n(story\/series\/documentary at least 20 minutes in total package length that has\naired on television or radio),<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Web Journalism\n(story\/series that did not appear in print)<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; open to blogs, photojournalism,\nand other multimedia projects as well as text, and&nbsp;<strong>Opinion&nbsp;<\/strong>&amp;<strong>&nbsp;Analysis Journalism (any medium)<\/strong>&#8211;\nincludes all types of advocacy, opinion, commentary and analysis, normally\nshort-form and\/or frequent, regardless of medium; open to newspaper and\nmagazine columnists,&nbsp;TV&nbsp;and radio presenters,\npodcasters, blogs, and bloggers. There is a Canadian\nHillman Prize and a US Hillman Prize \u2013 the US prize is open to all journalists\nand subjects globally but the work must have been primarily accessible to a US\naudience in 2019.<br>\nValue: $5,000 each<br>\nDeadline: 15 January for Canadian, 30 January 2020 for US entries<br>\nOpen for: Journalists and bloggers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillmanfoundation.org\/hillman-prize-journalism\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andr\u00e9s<\/strong>&nbsp; <strong>Montoya Poetry Prize<br>\n<\/strong>This\nprize is for the publication of a full-length poetry manuscript by an emerging\nLatinx poet in the US. Applicants must neither have published, nor\ncommitted to publish a book-length collection of poems (48 pages of poems or\nmore) with a registered ISBN, either in the US or abroad. There is no\nrestriction on theme or style. Manuscripts must be between 48 and 100 pages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Value: $1,000<br>\nDeadline: 15 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: Emerging Latinx poets in the US<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/latinostudies.nd.edu\/institute-initiatives\/letras-latinas\/andres-montoya-poetry-prize\/\">here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Letras\nLatinas\/Red Hen Poetry Prize<br>\n<\/strong>This prize supports the publication of a second or third full-length\nbook of poems by a Latinx poet. The manuscript should be 48-100 pages. <br>\nValue: $1,000 <br>\nDeadline: 15 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: Latinx poets living in the US<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/redhen.org\/awards-2\/letras-latinasred-hen-poetry-prize\/\">here<\/a>.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The John F Kennedy\nProfile in Courage Essay Contest<br>\n<\/strong>This is for US high school\nstudents in grades 9 through 12 . Essays must\ndescribe an act of political courage by a US elected official who served during\nor after 1917, the year John F Kennedy was born. The official may have\naddressed an issue at the local, state, or national level.&nbsp;Essays should be 700-1,000 words and must quote at\nleast five sources. <br>\nValue: $10,000, $3,000, $1,000 each for five finalists, $100 each for eight\nsemi-finalists<br>\nDeadline: 17 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: US high school students (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/learn\/education\/profile-in-courage-essay-contest\/eligibility-and-requirements\">here<\/a>)<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/learn\/education\/profile-in-courage-essay-contest\/getting-started\">here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> This contest is for registered undergraduate full-time Juniors or Seniors at accredited four-year colleges or universities in the US in the Fall 2019 Semester. Students are invited to write an essay about an ethical issue they have encountered, and analyze what it has taught them about ethics, and themselves. See guidelines for potential topics and issues.<br> Value: $5,000, $2,500, $1,500, two prizes of $500 each<br> Deadline: 21 January 2020<br> Open for: Students in the US <br> Details <a href=\"https:\/\/eliewieselfoundation.org\/prize-ethics\/contest\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Puchi Award<br><\/strong> This is an award for a book manuscript. Their guidelines say, <strong>\u201c<\/strong>The competition is open to books in any genre or form: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, novels, comics, picture books, essays, cookbooks, geography books, combinations of the above or any other type imaginable. We\u2019re looking for one-of-a-kind book, or even a whole new kind of book.\u201d Works may be written in any language, although a provisional translation into English of at least two pages must also be submitted.&nbsp;Writers can send as many works as they wish, as well as collaborative works (see <a href=\"http:\/\/puchiaward.com\/en\/faq-2\/\">FAQ<\/a>). <br> Value: \u20ac8,000 advance<br> Deadline: 23 January 2020<br> Open for: All writers<br> Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacasaencendida.es\/en\/competitions\/puchi-award\/puchi-award-2020-10781\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Keats-Shelley Prize and the Young Romantics Prize<br> <\/strong>This is a contest on Romantic themes. For the Keats-Shelley Essay Prize, adult writers should respond creatively to the work of the Romantics; essays of up to 3,000 words may be on any aspect of the lives of the Romantics and their circles. There is also a poetry prize, which has an entry fee. For the Young Romantics Prize, poets aged 16-18 should submit poetry on the theme of Songbirds. For the Young Romantics essayist prize their guidelines say, \u201c\u2018The world should listen now as I was listening then.\u2019<br> PB Shelley (sort of)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can the poetry\nof PB Shelley and\/or John Keats help us in our current climate crisis? <br>\nYour answer can take whatever form you choose: a literary critical essay, a\npolitical comment piece, a polemic for your personal blog. But the article\nshould be no shorter than 750 words and no longer than 1000.\u201d<br>\nValue: Total prize purse of \u00a35,000 <br>\nDeadline: 31 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: All poets and writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/keats-shelley.org\/prizes\/keats_shelley_prize_2020\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/keats-shelley.org\/prizes\/enter\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award<\/strong><br>\nThis is a new prize to support British BAME writers. Submit either a short\nstory, or the opening of a novel, of 5,000-10,000 words. Stories should be in\nthe science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. Apart from a cash prize, the\nwinner also gets mentoring and critique. <br>\nValue: \u00a34,000, \u00a32,000; \u00a3500 for five runners-up<br>\nDeadline: 31 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: British BAME writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.hachette.co.uk\/gollancz-bame-sff-award\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BBC\nInternational Radio Playwriting Competition<br>\n<\/strong>This is\nfor playwrights living outside the UK. There are two prizes, for those with\nEnglish as their first language and those with English as their second\nlanguage. Plays must be about 53 minutes long (9,000-10,000 words), and have 6\ncentral characters. Entrants can enter individually or as part of a group. <br>\nValue: Two prizes of \u00a32,500 each\nand a trip to London <br>\nDeadline: 31 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: All writers living outside the UK (see guidelines) <br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/articles\/5J6bfwwQ4G0044HZ5Skt33w\/the-international-radio-playwriting-competition-2020\">here<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Arundel Festival Theatre Trail <\/strong><strong>Writing Competition<br>\n<\/strong>This is an international playwriting contest. Plays should be between 30\nand 40 minutes long, with practicable casting, props and effects and a maximum\nof five performers. Writers living in the UK have to submit a hard copy,\noverseas writers can send their plays by email. <br>\nValue: \u00a3250 for winning script; \u00a3200 for other\nsuccessful playwrights <br>\nDeadline: 31 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: All writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dripaction.com\/writers-competition\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Imagine Little Tokyo\nShort Story Contest<br>\n<\/strong>This is a short story contest\nrun by the Little Tokyo Historical Society in Los Angeles. Stories must use\nLittle Tokyo as a cultural setting, capturing the \u201cspirit and sense\u201d of the\nhistorical neighbourhood, and can be set in the past, present, or future.\nStories can be in Japanese (5,000 <em>ji<\/em> or fewer) or English (up to 2,500\nwords). There are three categories: Youth (under 18s), Japanese, and English. <br>\nValue: $500 in each category<br>\nDeadline: 31 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: Unspecified<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturalnews.com\/?page_id=32010\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jerry Jazz Musician\nShort Fiction Contest<br>\n<\/strong>This is the magazine\u2019s 53<sup>rd<\/sup> short story\ncontest. Readers of this magazine are interested in music, social history,\nliterature, politics, art, film and theater, particularly that of the\ncounter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. While the writing should\nappeal to a reader with these interests, stories can be on any theme. Stories\nshould be up to 3,000 words, but up to 4,000 words will be considered.&nbsp; <br>\nValue: $100<br>\nDeadline: 31 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: All writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/jerryjazzmusician.com\/2013\/02\/short-fiction-contest-details\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Caine Prize for African Writing<br>\n<\/strong>This is for a published short story\nby an African writer (see guidelines), of 3,000-10,000 words. Submissions have\nto be made by publishers only. Works published in translation are also\neligible. Works received after the deadline will be put forward to the next\nyear\u2019s prize. <br>\nValue: \u00a310,000, and \u00a3500 and travel expenses for up to five short-listed\ncandidates<br>\nDeadline: 31 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: African writers <br>\nDetails <a href=\"http:\/\/caineprize.com\/how-to-enter\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bonus:\nNick Kristof Win-a-Trip Contest <br>\n<\/strong>There is no cash prize for this contest, but this is a\ngreat opportunity for students. Undergraduate and graduate university students\nin the US are invited to apply for&nbsp;<em>The New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;2020 Win-a-Trip contest with\ntwo-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof. The winner will\njoin him on a reporting trip to a country or region facing development\nchallenges. Their guidelines say, \u201c<em>In no more than 700 words, explain why we should pick you for\nWin-a-Trip. Tell us about yourself and what you would bring to the reporting\nand to readers.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You\nmay also suggest where we should go and what you would like to write about for\nthe NYT, and\/or discuss your aspirations and what you would like to be doing in\n10 years.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Value: Reporting trip to a developing country\/region<br> Deadline: 7 January 2020<br> Open for: US students<br> Details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgdev.org\/kristof-trip\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/06\/opinion\/win-a-trip-in-2020.html\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Neukom Institute Literary Arts Awards<br> <\/strong>There are three awards; two for published\/contracted books, and one for playwrights. Playwrights have to write to a prompt: What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world? Plays that have received full production are not eligible. The book awards are for <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dartmouth.edu\/neukominstitutelitawards\/ni-lit-award-for-speculative-fiction\/\">speculative fiction<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dartmouth.edu\/neukominstitutelitawards\/ni-lit-award-for-debut-speculative-fiction\/\">debut speculative fiction<\/a>. Books published this year, up to 31 December 2019 are eligible. <br> Value: $5,000 each<br> Deadline: 31 December 2019<br> Open for: All playwrights, and writers with published speculative fiction works <br> Details <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dartmouth.edu\/neukominstitutelitawards\/ni-lit-award-for-playwriting\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tratts Fiction Award <br>\n<\/strong>This is for a short story manuscript by an\nAmerican writer. Writers must not have had a short story collection published\npreviously though individual stories may have been published in magazines\nor anthologies. The manuscript length is 160-275 pages. There is no entry fee\nthis year. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Value: $1,000<br>\nDeadline: 31 December 2019<br>\nOpen for: US writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonpress.uwa.edu\/htm%20(web%20pages)\/tartt_first_fiction_award.htm\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shepton Mallet Snowdrop\nFestival: 2020 Poetry Competition<br>\n<\/strong>This poetry contest does not\ncharge an entry fee for entrants aged up to 11 years and 12-17 years. There is\nan entry fee for older poets. The theme of the contest is Snowdrops or the work\nof James Allen (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheptonsnowdropfestival.org.uk\/competition-rules2.html\">rules<\/a> for details). <br>\nValue: <strong>\u00a370 for poets aged 12-17; \u00a350\nfor poets up to 11 years<\/strong><br>\nDeadline: 31 December 2019<br>\nOpen for: Unspecified <br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheptonsnowdropfestival.org.uk\/poetry-competition2.html\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stories of the Nature of Cities Prize for\nFlash Fiction: City in a Wild Garden<br>\n<\/strong>They want short stories of up to\n750 words, set in the present or future (near or far) and inspired by the\nphrase \u2018City in a wild garden\u2019. Writers do not have to literally use this\nphrase in their stories and may interpret liberally any of the words in the\nphrase: city, wild, and garden. Their guidelines say, \u201cPlot elements must\ninclude cities, nature, and people. It has to be fiction (that is, a story, not\nan essay)\u2014any genre, from science fiction to magical realism\u2014and can be about\nanything: climate change; food security; utopias; wild nature; a love story; \u2026\nanything. &#8230; we are very interested in imagining cities in which nature and\npeople co-exist, cities in which the relationships between the human-made and\nthe natural are imagined differently.\u201d<br>\nValue: $2,000; two\nprizes of $1,000 each; three prizes of $500 each<br>\nDeadline: 1 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: All writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.storiesofthenatureofcities.org\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fourteen Hills: Stacey\nDoris Memorial Poetry Award<br>\n<\/strong>This is a poetry contest \u2013 send one poem of 3 to\n10 pages. Their guidelines say, \u201cStacy Doris&nbsp;was a poet, translator, and\nan Associate Professor in San Francisco State University&#8217;s Department of\nCreative Writing, where she taught for ten years. &#8230; Doris created new worlds with\nher unexpected poetics. Following upon her spirit of creative invention,\nengaging wit and ingenious playfulness, discovery in construction, and radical\nappropriations based on classical forms, pastiche, etc., and love, the Stacy\nDoris Memorial Poetry Award is given to a poet with a truly inventive spirit.\u201d\nWorks that do not win will be considered for publication in Fourteen Hills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Value: $500<br>\nDeadline: 1 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: Unspecified <br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/www.14hills.net\/stacy-doris-mpa\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Northern New England Review\nRaven Prize in Creative Nonfiction <br>\n<\/strong>This creative non-fiction prize is for writers\nliving in the US \u2013 preference will be given to writers with a connection to\nnorthern New England (Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont). They want a true\nstory, imaginatively told, in up to 3,000 words. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Value: $500<br>\nDeadline: 1 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: US writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nnereview.com\/the-raven-prize\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Martha Heasley Cox\nCenter for Steinbeck Studies: Steinbeck Fellowships <br>\n<\/strong>These\nare fellowships to help\nwriters complete a book project. Up to six Steinbeck Fellows are selected each\nyear from disciplines including fiction, creative non-fiction, biography,\ndrama, and Steinbeck studies. <br>\nValue: $15,000,\nresidency at San Jos\u00e9 State\nUniversity<br>\nDeadline: 2 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: Unspecified<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/steinbeck.submittable.com\/submit\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minotaur Books: The\nTony Hillerman Prize for Best First Mystery Set in the Southwest <br>\n<\/strong>This\nis for US and Canadian writers, for a first novel (manuscript) of mystery \u2013 in\nwhich a serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the story, and the emphasis\nis on the solution rather than the details of the crime \u2013 of approximately\n60,000 words. The story\u2019s primary setting must be one or more\nof the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico,\nOklahoma, Texas and\/or Utah. Each manuscript will be assessed based on the\nfollowing criteria, weighted as indicated: publishable quality\nof manuscript (60%); creativity (20%); and originality (20%). In the event of a\ntie, the tie will be broken based on the higher score in the \u201cpublishable\nquality of manuscript\u201d category.&nbsp;Minotaur is an imprint of St Martin\u2019s Press, which\nis part of Macmillan.<br>\nValue: $10,000 advance\nagainst royalties<br>\nDeadline: 2 January 2020<br>\nOpen for: US and Canadian writers<br>\nDetails <a href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/minotaurbooks\/tonyhillermanprize\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St.\nMartin\u2019s Minotaur\/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition<\/strong><strong>&nbsp; <br>\n<\/strong>This\nis an international contest for crime novel manuscripts, for writers who have never been the author of any published novel in\nany genre. The writing should be no less than 220 pages, or approximately\n60,000 words. Minotaur is an imprint of St Martin\u2019s Press, which\nis part of Macmillan. &nbsp;<br>\nValue: $10,000 advance\nagainst royalties<br>\nDeadline: 3 January 2020 <br>\nOpen for: Unpublished writers (see guidelines)<br>\nDetails <a href=\"http:\/\/mysterywriters.org\/about-mwa\/st-martins\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong>&nbsp;S. Kalekar is the\npseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She is the author of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2NYQBYK\">182 Short Fiction Publishers.<\/a>&nbsp;She can be reached&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:skalekar888@gmail.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These contests pay from about $100 up to $25,000. None charge an entry fee. There is also a bonus contest at the end with no cash prize, for students. Deadlines are approaching quickly. &#8211; S. Kalekar Douglas B. 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