Calls for Submissions September 2022
August 4, 2022
Fiction Contests
Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $5,000 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $2,500 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Juniper Prize for Fiction
Eligibility: All writers in English
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Red Hen Press Fiction Award
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Nonfiction Contests
Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Eligibility: All writers in English
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Poetry Contests
Brittingham Prize in Poetry
Eligibility: All poets
Prize: $1,500 + publication
Entry fee: $28
Deadline: September 15, 2022
Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry
Eligibility: All poets
Prize: $1,500 + publication
Entry fee: $28
Deadline: September 15, 2022
Juniper Prize for Poetry
Eligibility: All writers in English
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Philip Levine Prize in Poetry
Eligibility: Any poet writing in English
Prize: $2,000 + publication
Entry fee: $22 by mail; $25 online
Deadline: September 30, 2022
Translation Contests
Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award
Eligibility: English translations of works written in a Nordic language
Prize: $2,000 + publication
Deadline: September 1, 2022
Nadia Christensen Prize
Eligibility: English translations of works written in a Nordic language
Prize: $2,500 + publication
Deadline: September 1, 2022
Multi-Genre Contests
Barthelme Prize for Short Prose
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: September 2, 2022
Writing Fellowships & Residencies
MacDowell Colony
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: 4-month residency
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: September 10, 2022
Anne Spencer Fellowship
Eligibility: African American writers
Prize: 1-month residency at VCCA
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: September 15, 2022
Cullman Center Fellowship
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: up to $75,000 + access to the research collections at the NYPL Stephen A. Schwartzman Building
Deadline: September 30, 2022