Calls for Submissions July 2023

Each month we curate a list of contests, fellowships, and other writing opportunities with approaching deadlines. Opportunities will be posted in the month prior to their deadlines, so that you have ample time to submit your work or applications.

Fiction Contests

The Story Prize
Eligibility: Writers with short story collections published in the first half of the year
Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $75
Deadline: July 15, 2023 (November 15, 2023 for collections published in the second half of the year)

Poetry Contests

Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000
Entry fee: $15
Deadline: July 1, 2023

Kingsley Tufts Award
Eligibility: Mid-career poets with a book published between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
Prize: $100,000
Deadline: July 1, 2023

Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Eligibility: Poets with a first book published between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.Prize: $10,000
Deadline: July 1, 2023

Multi-Genre Contests

Bellevue Literary Review Prizes
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: July 1, 2023

Robert and Adele Schiff Awards
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: July 15, 2023

Writing Fellowships & Residencies

Richard J. Margolis Award
Eligibility: Nonfiction writers of social justice journalism
Prize: residency at Blue Mountain Lake
Deadline: July 1, 2023