writermag.com • The Writer | 45each category. Contact: Maria Mazziotti
Gillan, Executive Director, The Poetry
Center, Passaic County Community
College, One College Blvd., Paterson,
NJ 07505. pccc.edu/poetry
F PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD
FOR DEBUT FICTION
Awarded to a first novel or collection
of short stories published in that calen-
dar year. Self-published books or
e-books are not eligible. Deadline:
Dec. 1. Entry fee: $85. Prizes: $25,000,
a fellowship at the Ucross Foundation
in Wyoming and a residency at the
University of Idaho’s MFA Program in
Creative Writing. Contact: PEN/
Hemingway Award, PEN America, 588
Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY
- [email protected]
pen.org/literary-award/pen-hemingway-
award-25000
N RICHARD J. MARGOLIS
AWARD OF BLUE MOUNTAIN
CENTER
Awards a new nonfiction journalist or
essayist whose work “combines warmth,
humor, wisdom, and concern with
social justice.” Submit at least two arti-
cles, published or unpublished, maxi-
mum 30 pages. Deadline: Check
website. Entry fee: None. Prizes: $5,000
stipend and month-long residency at
the Blue Mountain Center, a writers and
artists colony in the Adirondacks. Con-
tact: Richard J. Margolis Award of Blue
Mountain Center, c/o Margolis &
Bloom, 100 William St., Suite 220,
Wellesley, MA 02481.
[email protected]
award.margolis.com
F N P PHILIP ROTH RESIDENCE
IN CREATIVE WRITING
Open to fiction and nonfiction writers
working on a first or second book. No
longer offered to poets. Deadline: Feb.
- Entry fee: None. Prizes: Free lodging
at Bucknell University’s “Poets’ Cottage”
for up to four months and a stipend of
$5,000. Contact: Stadler Center for
Poetry, Bucknell Hall, Bucknell Univer-
sity, Lewisburg, PA 17837. 570-577-- [email protected]
bucknell.edu/stadlercenter
F N O STEINBECK FELLOWSHIP
IN CREATIVE WRITING
Offers emerging writers of any age and
background a fellowship to finish a
significant writing project. Open to
writers of literary scholarship, fiction,
drama, education, science, and the
media. Residency in the San José area
during the academic year (Sept. 1 to
May 20) is expected. Deadline: Jan. 2.
Application fee: None. Prizes: $15,000
stipend. Contact: Steinbeck Fellows
Program, Martha Heasley Cox Center
for Steinbeck Studies, San José State
University, Room 590, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., Library, San José, CA- 408-808-2067.
[email protected]
sjsu.edu/steinbeck/fellows
F N P O SUSTAINABLE ARTS
FOUNDATION WRITING AWARD
Awarded to individual writers with
families. Applicant must have at least
one child under the age of 18. Prefer-
ence given to residents of the San Fran-
cisco Bay Area. Awarded biannually to
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and play
writers. Deadline: Feb. 28. Application
fee: $20. Prizes: Awards of $5,000 to 20
artists and writers in each round. Half
go to artists and writers of color. Con-
tact: Sustainable Arts Foundation, 1032
Irving St. #609, San Francisco, CA- Email from website.
sustainableartsfoundation.org/awards
P WALT WHITMAN AWARD
Given to a poet who has not published a
book-length collection of poems. Sub-
mit 48-100 pages of poems. Online sub-
missions only. Deadline: See website.
Entry fee: $35. Prizes: $5,000, publica-
tion by Graywolf Press and an all-
expenses-paid six-week residency at the
Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian
region of Italy. Contact: Academy ofAmerican Poets, 75 Maiden Ln., Suite
901, New York, NY 10038. 212-274-- [email protected]
poets.org/academy-american-poets/
prizes/walt-whitman-award
F N WILLIAM SAROYAN
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
FOR WRITING
Two prizes awarded biennially for
newly published fiction and nonfiction
books. Encourages original, innovative
work from new or emerging writers.
Book must have been published during
2018-2019. Self-published and elec-
tronic books are also eligible. Submit by
regular mail. Deadline: Jan. 31. Entry
fee: $50 Prizes: $5,000 Contact:
Administrator of The Saroyan Prize
Committee, Stanford University Librar-
ies, 557 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA- Sonia Lee. 650-736-9538.
[email protected]
library.stanford.edu/saroyan
» YOUNG WRITERS
Writing contests are a great way to keep
writing and hone your craft. And the earlier
a writer starts, the better. Here is a
roundup of writing contests for young peo-
ple. Share it with your favorite child writer.F = Fiction N = Nonfiction P = Poetry
D = Drama S = ScreenplayF N P ADROIT PRIZES FOR
POETRY AND PROSE
Submit up to six poems (10 single-
spaced pages or fewer) and/or up to
three works of prose with a maximum
combined word count of 3,500 words.
Excerpts of longer works are permitted.
Students may submit in both prose and
poetry if desired. Ages: High school
and undergraduate students. Deadline:
Check website. Entry fee: $12, which
can be waived under certain terms.
Prizes: $200 in each category plus pub-
lication, but all submitted works will be
considered for publication in the Adroit