{"id":9792,"date":"2022-01-28T08:50:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=9792"},"modified":"2022-01-28T08:50:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:50:58","slug":"38-contests-grants-fellowships-for-writers-open-this-february-2022-up-to-71000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/38-contests-grants-fellowships-for-writers-open-this-february-2022-up-to-71000\/","title":{"rendered":"38 Contests, Grants, & Fellowships for Writers Open This February 2022 (Up to $71,000)"},"content":{"rendered":"

These are contests and grants\/ fellowships for writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays, and for journalists. Prizes are up to $71,000, and none charge a submission fee. They are, very broadly, divided by geography.\u00a0 – S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRIZES FOR INTERNATIONAL SUBMISSIONS<\/p>\n

Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award
\n<\/strong>They want a short story, of up to 8,000 words, that shows the near future (no more than about 50-60 years out) of manned space exploration. They want to see Moon bases, Mars colonies, orbital habitats, space elevators, asteroid mining, artificial intelligence, nano-technology, realistic spacecraft, heroics, sacrifice, adventure. They do not want stories that show technology or space travel as evil or bad, galactic empires, paranormal elements, UFO abductions, zombie stories, thinly veiled copies of previous winners, non-standalone novel excerpts, or screenplays.
\nValue: 8c\/word, and various non-cash awards
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.
\n(They also have a fantasy short story contest, the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award<\/strong><\/a>, with a later deadline.)<\/p>\n

New America National Fellows Program
\n<\/strong>This international program brings on thinkers\u2014journalists, scholars, filmmakers, and public policy analysts\u2014whose work enhances the public conversation about the most pressing issues of our day. Fellows advance ideas through research, reporting, analysis, and storytelling. The organizers look for projects that are original and ambitious, with viable plans for their implementation. Their goal is to find bold, impactful thinkers and to fund them for a year; long enough to make progress on a book, develop a series of articles, produce a documentary, or work on another project that is accessible.\u00a0Fellows have to attend two cohort gatherings throughout the fellowship year. There are no residency or nationality requirements, though fellows need to be involved in the New America community.
\nValue: Generally $15,000-30,000
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022 (letters of reference are due 4 February)
\nOpen for: All journalists, scholars, filmmakers and public policy analysts
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Roadrunner Review Prizes
\n<\/strong>These are for writers who are students at a college or university when they submit. The prizes are for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry (send up to 1,000 words for prose, or up to 3 poems). For poetry, they will stop taking submissions when a cap is reached.
\nValue: $100 each for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: Students at college or university
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

St Gallen Symposium Global Essay Competition
\n<\/strong>The symposium aims \u201cto connect all generations around relevant cross-generational issues to find best possible ideas and solutions\u201d, according to their website. They are running an essay contest for students enrolled at a regular university, who are matriculated in a graduate or postgraduate programme, born in 1992 or later. The essay theme is \u2018Collaborative Advantage: What should be written into a new intergenerational contract?\u2019 See guidelines for details on the theme, and send an essay of up to 2,100 words.
\nValue: CHF20,000, split between three winners
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: Graduate\/postgraduate students (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Narrative \u2018Tell Me a Story\u2019 High School Contest
\n<\/strong>They want poetry on the \u2018Blind Spots\u2019 theme by students in grades 9-12 all over the world \u2013 see guidelines for suggestions on what the theme can entail. Poems must be 10 to 50 lines long, and submitted by the student\u2019s English teacher.
\nValue: $500, $200, $100; $50 for four finalists
\nDeadline: 4 February 2022
\nOpen for: High school students
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Golden Haiku Poetry Contest
\n<\/strong>Poets around the world can submit up to two haiku, on the theme \u2018Reboot and Rebloom\u2019. It is open to poets of all ages, and there is also a regional\/DC winner prize ($200).
\nValue: $500, $200, $100 for adults; $150 for high school winner; $75 for elementary\/middle school winner
\nDeadline: 6 February 2022
\nOpen for: All poets
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Olive B. O\u2019Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing
\n<\/strong>For this cycle, there is one fellowship each, open to writers of poetry and fiction, completing their first book. It provides a stipend and office space. Each fellow teaches a creative writing workshop at Colgate University each semester and gives a public reading of his or her work. Those who have completed MFA, MA or PhD in creative writing and working on their first book are encouraged to apply.
\nValue: $42,745, travel expenses, health and life insurance; residency at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York
\nDeadline: 15 February 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

University of Pittsburgh: The 2022 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize
\n<\/strong>This is for a poetry manuscript, of 48-168 pages. The prize will be awarded to a first or second book by a writer of African descent and is open to the full range of writers embodying African and African diasporic experience. The book can be of any genre that is, or intersects with, poetry, including poetry, hybrid work, speculative prose, and\/or translation.
\n<\/strong>Value: $3,000
\nDeadline: 15 February 2022
\nOpen for: Writers of African descent
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NYU Journalism: Two awards
\n<\/strong>They are open for two awards currently.
\n— <\/strong>Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> This is for promising early-career non-fiction writers to research and write an article that tells the truth about a human condition.
\nDeadline: 16 February 2022 for proposals
\n<\/strong>Value: Up to $12,500
\nOpen for: All journalists, early career non-fiction writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.
\n— <\/strong>Reporting Award<\/strong><\/a>:<\/strong> They are open for their Reporting Award as well, which also pays $12,500 and is \u201cfor a significant work of journalism, in any medium, on an under-reported subject in the public interest.\u201d
\nDeadline: 23 February 2022 for applications; 6 December 2022 to deliver the final work
\nValue: Up to $12,500
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
\n<\/strong>This is a short fiction contest run by the Little Tokyo Historical Society in Los Angeles. Stories must take place in Little Tokyo, and can be set in the past, present, or future. Stories can be in Japanese (5,000 ji<\/em> or fewer) or English (up to 2,500 words). There are three categories: Youth (under 18s), Japanese, and English.
\nValue: $500 in each category
\nDeadline: 28 February 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center: Writer in Residence<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>The residency includes lodging at a loft apartment in Piggott, Arkansas. The writer-in-residence will also have the opportunity to work in the studio where Ernest Hemingway worked on\u00a0\u2018A Farewell to Arms\u2019<\/em>.\u00a0The writer is expected to serve as mentor for a week-long retreat for writers at the educational center. Candidates with an MA or MFA in a relevant field are preferred.
\nValue: $1,000, residency
\nDeadline: 28 February 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting
\n<\/strong>Playwrights have to write to a prompt: What does it mean to be a human in a computerized world? Apart from a cash award, the winner also gets a workshop, and a public reading.
\nValue: $5,000
\nReading period: 1 February-28 February 2022
\nOpen for: All playwrights
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lunch Ticket: Diana Woods Award in Creative Nonfiction
\n<\/strong>This award is for a creative non-fiction piece of up to 5,000 words on any subject. The contest is open in February and August.
\nValue: $250
\nReading period: February 2022
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lunch Ticket: The Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Translators and authors of multilingual texts are encouraged to submit their work for The Gabo Prize. Writers should indicate whether the translation falls under poetry or prose, and include the original work along with your translation. Original, bilingual work qualifies for the Gabo Prize.<\/em> The contest is open in February and August. <\/em>
\nValue: $200
\nReading period: February 2022
\nOpen for: All translators
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize
\n<\/strong>This is for a previously unpublished, full-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. \u201cGraywolf awards the Nonfiction Prize to a previously unpublished, full-length work of outstanding literary nonfiction by a writer who is not yet established in the genre.
\nThe Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize seeks to acknowledge\u2014and honor\u2014the great traditions of literary nonfiction. Whether grounded in observation, autobiography, or research, much of the most beautiful, daring, and original writing over the past few decades can be categorized as nonfiction.\u201d The submission portal for this prize will open in February.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nReading period: 1-28 February 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hippocrates Young Poets Prize for Poetry and Medicine
\n<\/strong>This is an annual international award for an unpublished poem on a medical subject. Poems must be no more than 50 lines in length and not have previously been published in any form. They must be written in English. They also have prizes for adults and medical professionals, which have an entry fee, and an earlier deadline.
\nValue: \u00a3500
\nDeadline: 1 March 2022
\nOpen for: All poets ages 14-18
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deep Wild: Student Essay Contest
\n<\/strong>This is a contest for students currently enrolled in graduate studies. Send an essay of up to 3,000 words that is backcountry infused and inspired.
\nValue: Unspecified cash prize for up to three authors, publication
\nDeadline: 1 March 2022
\nOpen for: Students enrolled in graduate studies
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A couple of contests with later deadlines are:
\n— <\/strong>The Fountain Essay Contest<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>They want an essay of ideally 1,500-2,500 words on the theme, of (post-pandemic) \u2018Revival\u2019 \u2013 see guidelines for details. Prizes are <\/strong>$1,000, $500, $300, and two prizes of $150 each; the deadline is 1 April 2022.
\n— The Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>These three-month fellowships are to afford writers uninterrupted time to focus on their work at an apartment in Carson McCuller\u2019s childhood home in Columbus, Georgia. A spouse or companion is welcome. The application includes a writing sample of up to 20 pages. The grant is $5,000, and the deadline is 1 April 2022.
\n— <\/strong>the Baen Fantasy Adventure Award<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 They want stories in all fantasy genres and pay $0.08\/word for work up to 8,000 words; will read submissions from 1 February to 30 April 2022. (They also have a science fiction contest, with a 1st<\/sup> February deadline \u2013 see the section above.)
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\nFOR WRITERS IN US AND CANADA <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fund for Investigative Journalism Grants
\n<\/strong>Their regular grants are for articles by US journalists that break new ground and expose wrongdoing \u2013 such as corruption, malfeasance, or abuse of power \u2013 in the public and private sectors. FIJ encourages proposals written for ethnic media as well as those submitted by journalists of color.\u00a0\u201cThe Fund provides grants for print and online articles, television and radio stories, documentaries, podcasts, and books.\u201d Also, \u201cforeign-based story proposals must come from US-based reporters or have a strong US angle involving American citizens, government, or business; all stories must be published in English, in a media outlet in the United States.\u201d
\nValue: Up to $10,000
\nDeadline: 31 January 2022
\nOpen for: US journalists and writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roth Residence in Creative Writing
\n<\/strong>This residency is offered by Bucknell University, and provides writing time of up to four months. It is open for writers of fiction or creative non-fiction working on a first or second book. There are two residencies, in fall and spring semesters. Some record of publication is desirable.
\nValue: $5,000 and residency
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: US writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

National High School Poetry Contest at Gannon University
\n<\/strong>This is a poetry contest for US high school students, grades 9-12.
\n\u201cPoems may be in rhyme, free verse, Haiku or other accepted poetry forms and of any length, up to a maximum of 40 lines.\u201d
\nValue: A monetary award, and publication
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: US high school students in grades 9 through 12
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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. Writers do not have to be PEN members. The U.S. Writers Aid Initiative is not intended to subsidize writing-related expenses, such as equipment, printing, shipping, travel, or publicity services.\u00a0 They have a few deadlines through the year, and the upcoming one is 1st<\/sup> February. Other deadlines are in April, June, August, October, and December.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: US-based writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
\n<\/strong>This is for Canadian writers under age 35 who have published work in literary magazines, but not in book form. For this cycle, writers should submit 5-10 pages of either unpublished short fiction or unpublished poetry.
\nValue: CAD10,000; CAD2,500 for finalists
\nDeadline: 14 February 2022
\nOpen for: Canadian writers
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Milkweed Editions: The Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry
\n<\/strong>This contest, previously called the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry, is a manuscript contest for poets in the upper Midwest \u2013 Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or Michigan. Poets should send a poetry manuscript, of 48 or more pages.
\nValue: $10,000
\nDeadline: 15 February 2022
\nOpen for: Upper Midwest poets in the US
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Academy of American Poets: Ambroggio Prize
\n<\/strong>They want a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation. Poets may translate their own work or collaborate with a translator who may or may not be a poet; the poet and translator must share the prize. The original manuscript in Spanish must be between 48 and 100 pages. Established in 2017, the Ambroggio Prize is the only annual award of its kind in the United States that honors American poets whose first language is Spanish.
\nValue: $1,000, publication
\nDeadline: 15 February 2022
\nOpen for: US poets (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

West Chester University: Five contests
\n<\/strong>They run seven contests, five of which are free to enter.
\n— Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award: <\/strong>This contest is for undergraduate poets enrolled in a US college or university for poems composed in the traditional modes of meter, rhyme and received forms. Prizes are $1,500, and $500.
\n— Sonnet Award:<\/strong> This is a new contest for undergraduate poets in the US. Submissions may be a combination of poems submitted to the Iris N. Spencer Award, Sonnet Award, Villanelle Award, the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award, or the Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award. Limit of three poems per contest. The prize is $1,000.
\n— The Villanelle Award: <\/strong>This new contest is for undergraduate poets enrolled in a US college or university, for villanelles. Submissions may be a combination of poems submitted to the Iris N. Spencer Award, Sonnet Award, Villanelle Award, the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award, or the Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award. Limit of three poems per contest. The prize is $1,000.
\n— Myong Cha Son Haiku Award: <\/strong>This contest is for undergraduate poets enrolled in a US college or university for unpublished, original haiku. The prizes are $1,500, and $500.
\n— Rhina P. Espaillat Award: <\/strong>This contest is for undergraduate poets enrolled in a US college or university for original poems written in Spanish, and translations of English poems to Spanish. The prize is $500.
\nDeadline: 21 February 2022 for all West Chester University contests
\nOpen for: Undergraduate poets in the US
\nDetails here<\/a> (scroll down) for all the West Chester University poetry awards; click on each contest name for details.<\/p>\n

Black Caucus of American Library Association Awards
\n<\/strong>This is for the best self-published ebooks by African American authors born in the US. The prizes are for fiction and poetry genres.
\nValue: $1,000 in each category
\nDeadline: 28 February 2022
\nOpen for: African American authors born in the US
\nDetails\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Waterman Fund Essay Contest
\n<\/strong>The contest is for emerging US and Canadian writers. Essays should be 2,000 to 3,000 words. Their guidelines say, \u201cWe have no specific prompt for the 2022 essay contest. Just keep in mind when you pick up your pens or turn on your computers that Laura and Guy Waterman spent a lifetime exploring, living, and writing within the boundaries of culture and nature, and through our annual contest, the Waterman Fund seeks new voices on the role and place of wilderness in today\u2019s world. Please send us your essays on what the wild and wilderness means to you.\u201d They welcome personal, scientific, adventure, or memoir essays.
\nValue: $1,500; $500
\nDeadline: 1 March 2022
\nOpen for: US and Canadian writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scripps Fellowships for Environmental Journalism
\n<\/strong>Five fellowships are awarded each year at the University of Boulder, Colorado. This is for journalists interested in deepening and broadening their knowledge of environmental issues. Applicants must have a minimum of five years full-time professional journalism experience and have completed an undergraduate degree. Applicants may include reporters, editors, producers, photojournalists, documentarians, and feature writers. Both salaried staff and full-time freelancers are welcome to apply. Prior experience in covering the environment is not required. They welcome applications from international applicants; however, the applicants must be authorized to work in the US to be eligible for this position.
\nValue: $71,000
\nDeadline: 1 March 2022
\nOpen for: All journalists (see above)
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

National Endowment for the Arts\u2019<\/strong> Creative Writing Fellowships<\/strong>
\nThis is for US-based writers, and they are accepting applications for poetry this year. While the deadline is 10th<\/sup> March, they recommend submitting applications early. Several fellowships are awarded.
\nValue: Up to $25,000
\nDeadline: 10 March 2022
\nOpen for: US writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Creative Capital Awards
\n<\/strong>Submissions for these awards will open in March. They are for US-based artists, and they\u2019ll will be accepting applications for different disciplines each year. The cycle for 2023 includes literature (fiction, poetry, non-fiction, genre-defying literary work, and socially engaged and\/or sustainable text-based practices). The theme is \u2018Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact\u2019. <\/strong>The awards are \u201cdesigned to assist artists who are working at the vanguard of their fields, or who have ideas to propel their artistic practices forward\u201d. They accept proposals from collaborators, as well. They have extensive guidelines. For this cycle they\u2019ll also accept applications for performing arts (including sound and multimedia performance, and more), and technology (including digital art, gaming, interdisciplinary arts, and more). They will award 50 fellowships per cycle.
\n<\/strong>Value: $50,000 each, and an additional set of services
\nApplication period: 1 March-1 April 2022
\nOpen\u00a0 for: US writers (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nFOR WRITERS IN UK AND IRELAND
\n<\/strong>
\nSociety of Authors\u2019 grants for works in progress: Two awards
\n<\/strong>They have two grants for works in progress and the form is the same, for both.
\n— Authors\u2019 Foundation Grants: <\/strong>This is 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. There are two rounds of funding annually; the next deadline is in July.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

— K. Blundell Trust Award – <\/strong>This 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 \u00a36,000
\nDeadline: 1 February 2022
\nOpen for: British writers under 40 who have had at least one book published (see guidelines)
\nDetails here<\/a> (scroll down).<\/p>\n

Christopher Tower Poetry Competition
\n<\/strong>This is the UK\u2019s most valuable prize for poets aged 16-18 years. Submit a poem of up to 48 lines on the theme of \u2018Dream\u2019.
\nValue: \u00a33,000 for the top winner
\nDeadline: 2 March 2022
\nOpen for: Young poets studying in the UK
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bio:<\/strong>\u00a0S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She is the author of\u00a0182 Short Fiction Publishers<\/a>.\u00a0She can be reached\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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