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entrants receive a copy of Mid-American
Review. Prizes: $1,000 and publication in
Mid-American Review. Contact: Mid-Ameri-
can Review, Department of English, Bowling
Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
- [email protected]
casit.bgsu.edu/midamericanreview
F SHORT FICTION CONTEST FOR
EMERGING WRITERS Open to writers
who have not yet published a book of fiction,
poetry, or creative nonfiction with a nation-
ally distributed press. Submit fiction story up
to 8,000 words through online submission
manager or regular mail. Deadline: Dec. 31.
Entry fee: $16 and includes a one-year sub-
scription to Boulevard. Prizes: $1,500 and
publication in Boulevard. Contact: Boulevard
Emerging Writers Contest, PMB 325, 6614
Clayton Rd., Richmond Heights, MO 63117.
[email protected]
boulevardmagazine.org
P SONIA SANCHEZ-LANGSTON
HUGHES POETRY CONTEST Seeks
poems at the intersection of poetry and social
justice. Submit up to three previously unpub-
lished poems, no more than six pages total,
through online submission manager. Judged
by Franny Choi. Submit online only. Deadline:
Nov. 1. Entry fee: $20. Prizes: First place $500;
second and third place, $250 each. Winning
poems will be published on Split This Rock’s
website and in The Quarry: A Social Justice
Poetry Database. Winners will receive free fes-
tival registration, and the first place winner
will be invited to read the winning poem at the
Split This Rock Poetry Festival. Contact: Split
This Rock, 202-787-5210. splitthisrock.org
F O P TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW
ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL FIC-
TION CONTEST Fiction, short fiction,
poetry, and one-act play contests. Online sub-
missions preferred. Deadline: See website.
Entry fee: $10-$25 depending on contest.
Prizes: Grand prize is $500-$1,500, depend-
ing on contest. Contact: Tennessee Williams/
New Orleans Literary Festival, 938 Lafayette
St., Suite 514, New Orleans, LA 70113. 504-
581-1144. [email protected]
tennesseewilliams.net/contests
O TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW
ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL ONE-
ACT PLAY CONTEST Submit a one-act play
that runs no more than one hour in length (one
act). Plays must not have been previously pro-
duced, published, performed, or patronized in
any way. Online submissions preferred. Dead-
line: Oct. 1. Entry fee: $25. Prizes: Grand prize
is $1,500, professional staged reading at the
next festival, VIP all-access festival pass for two
years, and publication in Bayou. The top nine
finalists will receive a panel pass to the festival.
Contact: One-Act Play Contest, Tennessee
Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival, 938
Lafayette St., Suite 514, New Orleans, LA 70113.
504-581-1144. [email protected]
contests.tennesseewilliams.netF P THIRD COAST POETRY AND FIC-
TION CONTEST Send up to three poems in
one file or a short story of up to 9,000 words.
Submit previously unpublished work through
online submission manager. Deadline: See
website for deadline. Entry fee: $18 (includes
subscription to Third Coast). Prizes: $1,000
in each genre and publication. Contact:
Third Coast Contests, Western Michigan
University, English Department, Kalamazoo,
MI 49008. [email protected]
thirdcoastmagazine.comF THOMAS WOLFE FICTION PRIZE Open
to all writers. Submit two copies of an unpub-
lished fiction manuscript up to 3,000 words.
Deadline: Jan. 30. Entry fee: $25; $15 for
North Carolina Writers’ Network members.
Prizes: $1,000 and possible publication in The
Thomas Wolfe Review. Contact: Thomas
Wolfe Fiction Prize, Great Smokies Writing
Program, Attn: Nancy Williams, UNC Ashe-
ville, 1 University Heights - CPO 1915, NC- [email protected] ncwriters.org
F VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST
AWARD Recognizes a rising talent who has
published a first novel in in the U.S. Self-pub-
lished novels and books available in e-formats
only are not eligible. Submit five copies by
regular mail only. Deadline: Books published
in 2019: Dec. 31, 2019. Prizes: $5,000 and
travel to Virginia Commonwealth University
for a reading and reception. Contact: VCUCabell First Novelist Award, Department of
English, 900 Park Ave., Hibbs Hall, Room
306, P.O. Box 842005, Richmond, VA 23284.
[email protected] firstnovelist.vcu.eduP WALT WHITMAN AWARD Given to a
poet who has not published a book-length
collection of poems. Submit 48-100 pages of
poems. Online submissions only. Deadline:
Nov. 1. Entry fee: $35. Prizes: $5,000, publi-
cation by Graywolf Press and an all-expenses-
paid six-week residency at the Civitella
Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy.
Contact: Academy of American Poets, 75
Maiden Ln., Suite 901, New York, NY 10038.
[email protected]
poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizesP WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY
CONTEST Submit published or unpublished
humor poem with a maximum of 250 lines
through online submission manager. Judged
by Jendi Reiter and Lauren Singer. Deadline:
April 1. Entry fee: None. Prizes: $1,000 for
first prize, $250 for second prize and 10 hon-
orable mention awards of $100 each. Con-
tact: Winning Writers, 351 Pleasant St., PMB
222, Northampton, MA 01060. 866-946-9748.
Adam Cohen, president.
[email protected] winningwriters.comF N P C WRITERS-EDITORS NETWORK
AWARD FOR POETRY Submit three to five
pages of poetry. Enter by postal mail or email.
Deadline: April 30. Entry fee: $10 for mem-
bers and $15 for nonmembers. Prizes: $200
and a one-year membership to the network
for first place. Contact: WrEN Award for
Poetry, CNW Publishing, P.O. Box A, North
Stratford, NH 03590. 603-922-8338.
[email protected] writers-editors.comP YALE SERIES OF YOUNGER POETS
Open to poets who have not published a book
of poetry. Submit a poetry manuscript, 48-64
pages. Electronic submissions preferred.
Deadline: Nov. 15. Entry fee: $25. Prizes:
Publication with royalties. Contact: Yale
Series of Younger Poets, P.O. Box 209040,
New Haven, CT 06520. [email protected]
youngerpoets.yupnet.org/submission-
instructions