Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2021 September 10, 2021 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email 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 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 1, 2021 F(r)iction Short Story ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000Deadline: October 29, 2021 Quill Prose AwardEligibility: Queer writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $10Deadline: October 30, 2021 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $27Deadline: October 31, 2021 Poetry Contests Alice James AwardEligibility: Emerging & established poetsPrize: $2,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 15, 2021 Benjamin Saltman Poetry AwardEligibility: All writersPrize: $3,000 + publication + 4-week residencyEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 31, 2021 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in PoetryEligibility: Female poets who have yet to publish a full-length book of poemsPrize: $1,000 + publication + residencyDeadline: October 31, 2021 APR/Honickman First Book PrizeEligibility: U.S. writers who have not published a book-length collection of poemsPrize: $3,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 31, 2021 Blue Lights Book PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $2,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: October 31, 2021 Multi-Genre Contests Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000Entry fee: $25Deadline: October 1, 2021 Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary ExcellenceEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: October 15, 2021 Writing Fellowships & Residencies Adina Talve-Goodman FellowshipEligibility: Early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an MFA programPrize: $2,000, manuscript review, free tuition for all One Story online classes & programmingDeadline: October 11, 2021
