All Contests, Grants, and Residencies
Contests, Grants, and Residencies

Calls for Submissions February 2022

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

Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Prize
Eligibility: LGBTQ writers w/at least 3 novels or 2 novels + substantial additional literary work
Prize: $5,000
Deadline: February 15, 2022 [application opens January 14, 2022]

Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction
Eligibility: Black LGBTQ fiction writers with at least one book
Prize: $3,000
Deadline: February 15, 2022 [application opens January 14, 2022]

AWP Prize for the Novel
Eligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence
Prize: $2,500 + publication by the New Issues Press
Entry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)
Deadline: February 28, 2022

Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction
Eligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence
Prize: $5,500 + publication by University of Massachusetts Press
Entry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)
Deadline: February 28, 2022

Nonfiction Contests

Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
Eligibility: Early-career nonfiction writers
Prize: $12,500
Deadline: February 16, 2022

Sue Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Eligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence
Prize: $2,500 + publication by the University of Georgia Press.
Entry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)
Deadline: February 28, 2022

Poetry Contests

Michael Waters Poetry Prize
Eligibility: All poets, except affiliates
Prize: $3,000 and publication by Southern Indiana Review Press
Entry Fee: $25
Deadline: February 1, 2022

Omnidawn First/Second Book Poetry Contest
Eligibility: Writers who have never published a full-length book of poetry or have only published one full-length book of poetry
Prize: $3,000
Entry Fee: $27
Deadline: February 14, 2022

Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
Eligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence
Prize: $5,500 + publication by University of Pittsburgh Press
Entry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)
Deadline: February 28, 2022

Translation Contests

Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize
Eligibility: Translators with an English translation of Italian poetry published in the U.S.
Prize: $10,000
Deadline: February 15, 2022

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
Eligibility: Translators with a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in 2020
Prize: $1,000
Deadline: February 15, 2022

Ambroggio Prize
Eligibility: Translators with a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Deadline: February 15, 2022

Multi-Genre Contests

J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50
Eligibility: unpublished LGBTQ writers over the age of 50
Prize: $5,000
Deadline: February 15, 2022 [application opens January 14, 2022]

Judith A. Markowitz Award
Eligibility: LGBTQ writers w/1-2 books of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry
Prize: $1,500
Deadline: February 15, 2022 [application opens January 14, 2022]

Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer Nonfiction
Eligibility: lesbian/queer or trans/gender non-conforming writers w/at least one book
Prize: $2,500
Deadline: February 15, 2022 [application opens January 14, 2022]

Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers
Eligibility: Canadian citizens & permanent residents with no more than 1 book published
Prize: $2,500
Entry fee: $29
Deadline: February 18, 2022

Writing Fellowships & Residencies

Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing
Eligibility: Writers working on a first or second book of fiction or creative nonfiction
Prize: 4-month residency at Bucknell’s “Poets’ Cottage” and a stipend of $5,000.
Deadline: February 1, 2022

Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing
Eligibility: Writers working on their first books of fiction or nonfiction
Prize: $42,745 + travel + health insurance
Deadline: February 15, 2022

Sustainable Arts Foundation Award
Eligibility: Writers with at least one child under the age of 18.
Prize: $5,000
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: February 25, 2022 (application available on February 1, 2022)