GRANTS & AWARDSDeadlines83 POETS & WRITERSOmnidawn Publishing
OPEN BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $3,000, publication by
Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author
copies is given annually for a poetry
collection. Rachel Zucker will judge.
Submit a manuscript of 40 to 120 pages
with a $27 entry fee by August 19. For
an additional $3, entrants will receive
a book of their choice from the Om-
nidawn catalogue. Visit the website for
complete guidelines.
Omnidawn Publishing, Open Book Prize,
1632 Elm Avenue, Richmond, CA 94805.
(510) 237-5472. Rusty Morrison and Ken
Keegan, Coeditors.
http://www.omnidawn.com
PEN America
EMERGING VOICES FELLOWSHIPS
Five seven-month fellowships, which in-
clude a stipend of $1,000 each, are given
annually to emerging poets, fiction
writers, and creative nonfiction writers
who lack access to financial and creative
support. Each fellow receives profes-
sional mentorship with an established
writer, attends courses at the UCLA
Extension Writers’ Program, and takes
part in genre-specific master classes,
three public readings, gatherings with
writers and publishing professionals,
and other programming throughout the
fellowship period. Travel and lodging
are not provided. Writers who do not
have significant publication credits,
are not enrolled in an undergraduate
or graduate writing program, and do
not hold an undergraduate or graduate
writing degree are eligible. Submit up to
10 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose,
a curriculum vitae, and two letters of
recommendation with a $10 entry fee by
August 1. Visit the website for complete
guidelines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
PEN America, Emerging Voices
Fellowships, 8444 Wilshire Boulevard,
Fourth Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
[email protected]
http://www.pen.org/emerging-voices-fellowship
Press 53
AWARD FOR POETRY
A prize of $1,000, publication by Press
53, and 50 author copies is given annu-
ally for a poetry collection. Tom Lom-
bardo will judge. Submit a manuscript
of 60 to 120 pages with a $30 entry fee
by July 31. Visit the website for complete
guidelines.
Press 53, Award for Poetry, 560 North
Trade Street, Suite 103, Winston-Salem,
NC 27101. (336) 770-5353. Kevin Morgan
Watson, Publisher. [email protected]
http://www.press53.com/award-for-poetryRadar Poetry
CONISTON PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in
Radar Poetry is given annually for a
group of poems by a woman. Using the
online submission system, submit three
to six poems with a $15 entry fee by
September 1. All entries are considered
for publication. Visit the website for
complete guidelines.
Radar Poetry, Coniston Prize, 19 Coniston
Court, Princeton, NJ 08540. Rachel Marie
Patterson and Dara-Lyn Shrager, Editors.
[email protected]
radarpoetry.comRed Hen Press
NOVELLA AWARD
A prize of $1,000 and publication by
Red Hen Press is given annually for a
novella. Doug Lawson will judge. Using
the online submission system, submit a
manuscript of 15,000 to 30,000 words
with a $25 entry fee by July 31. Visit the
website for complete guidelines.
QUILL PROSE AWARD
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red
Hen Press is given annually for a short
story collection, a novel, or an essay
collection by a queer writer. Uzodinma
Iweala will judge. Submit a manuscript
of at least 150 pages with a $10 entry
fee by August 31. Visit the website for
complete guidelines.
Red Hen Press, 1540 Lincoln Avenue,
Pasadena, CA 91103. (626) 356-4760.
[email protected]
http://www.redhen.orgRed Mountain Press
POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red
Mountain Press is given annually for a
poetry collection. Submit a manuscript
of 48 to 72 pages with a $30 entry fee by
September 15. All entries are considered
for publication. Visit the website for
complete guidelines.
Red Mountain Press, Poetry Prize, 835
South Osprey Avenue, #314, Sarasota,
FL 34236. Devon Ross, Publisher.
[email protected]
http://www.redmountainpress.usRed Wheelbarrow
POETRY PRIZE
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Red
Wheelbarrow will be given annually for
a poem. The winner will also receive
20 copies of a letterpress broadside of
the winning poem. Marilyn Chin will
judge. Submit up to three poems of no
more than one page each with a $15
entry fee by August 15. All entries will
be considered for publication. Visit the
website for complete guidelines.
Red Wheelbarrow, Poetry Prize, De Anza
Community College, 21250 Stevens
Creek Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014.
[email protected]
http://www.deanza.edu/english/creative-writing
/red-wheelbarrow.htmlSeneca Review Books
DEBORAH TALL LYRIC ESSAY BOOK PRIZE
A prize of $2,000 and publication by
Seneca Review Books will be given
biennially for a collection of lyric essays.
Jenny Boully will judge. Cross-genre,
hybrid, and verse forms, as well as image
and text works, are also eligible. Submit
a manuscript of 48 to 120 pages with
a $27 entry fee by August 1. Visit the
website for complete guidelines.
Seneca Review Books, Deborah Tall Lyric
Essay Book Prize, Hobart and William
Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney Street,
Geneva, NY 14446. (315) 781-3392.
http://www.hws.edu/senecareview/bookprizeSewanee Review
POETRY AND FICTION CONTEST
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publica-
tion in Sewanee Review will be given an-
nually for a group of poems and a short
story. Carl Phillips will judge in poetry
and Roxane Gay will judge in fiction.
Using the online submission system,
submit up to three poems or a story of
up to 10,000 words with a $30 entry fee,
which includes a subscription to Sewanee
Review, by July 31. Visit the website for
complete guidelines.
(SEE RECENT WINNERS.)
Sewanee Review, Poetry and Fiction
Contest, 735 University Avenue,
Sewanee, TN 37383. (931) 589-1185.
[email protected]
thesewaneereview.com/contest