Writing Magazine April 2020

COMPETITION GUIDE 2020

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Hillary Gravendyk Prize
Poetry collections, 48-100 pages, by US
poets
Prizes: $1,000; $1,000 for best entry from
South California
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 30 April

Inkitt Short Story and Fanfi c
Contests
Monthly competitions for short stories,
5,000-10,000 words, and fanfi c, over 7,500
words
Prizes: $150, $50, $30
Free entry
Closing date: 30 April, last of each month

Iowa Poetry Prize
Poetry collections, 50-150 pages
Prizes: Publication by University of Iowa
Press under a standard contract
Entry fee: $20

John Byrne Quarterly Award
Quarterly prize for any creative work by
Scottish residents
Prizes: £500
Free entry
Closing dates: quarterly, 30 April, 31 July
and 31 Oct

Louise Bogan Award
Poetry collections, 48-70 pages, by US poets
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25

Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize
Poetry collections, 48-84 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication; 2x$250
Entry fee: $25

Momaya Press Short Story
Competition
Short stories up to 3,000 words on the
theme of ‘outsiders’
Prizes: £110, £55, £25
Entry fee: £11

Flash Fiction Day (NZ) Prize
Short stories, up to 300 words, by New
Zealand residents
Prizes: NZ$1,000, $400, $100; $200, $100
and $50 youths
Entry fee: $10

New Women’s Voices Award
Chapbook poetry collections, 16-35 pages,
by unpublished women
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $16
Closing date: 30 April, annual

Nimrod Literary Awards Fiction up to 7,500 words or 3-10 pages of poetry, by US residents Prizes: $2,000, $1,000 in both categories, plus publication Entry fee: $20 Closing date: 30 April, annual

Poetica Christi Press Annual Poetry Competition Poems on a theme TBA, max 50 lines, by Australian residents Prizes: Aus$300, $100 Entry fee: $7 Closing date: 30 April

Poetry International Prize Poems, submit up to 3 Prizes: $1,000 and publication Entry fee: $15, $3 each additional Closing date: 30 April

Preservation Foundation General non-fi ction contest Non-fi ction, 1,000-10,000 words Prizes: $200, $100 Free entry Closing date: 30 April

SA Writers College Short Story Competition Short stories, up to 2,000 words by unpublished South African writers Prizes: R10,000, R5,000, R2,500 Free entry Closing date: 30 April

SI Leeds Literary Prize Biennial prize for unpublished fi ction (novels or short story collections, no less than 30,000 words) by Black and Asian women in the UK Prizes: £3,000, £1,250, £750, plus training and consultations Entry fee: £10 Closing date: 30 April

Sow’s Ear Poetry Review Chapbook Contest Poetry collections, 22-26 pages Prizes: $1,000 and publication Entry fee: $40 international entries Closing date: 30 April

Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition Poems up to 50 lines Prizes: £600, £300, £150, £150 sonnet prize Entry fee: £4, £12 for four, £3 thereafter Closing date: 30 April

Writing Quarter Monthly; short stories, up to 3,000 words Prizes: Aus$30 Free entry Closing date: 30 April, last of each month

Tom Howard/John H Reid Fiction and Essay Contest Short stories, essays or other prose, up to 6,000 words. International entries welcome Prizes: $3,000 and ten $100 honourable mentions, in each category Entry fee: $20 Closing date: 30 April Tel: +1 413 320 1847 [email protected] http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory

Trio Award for fi rst and second Poetry Books Poetry collections, 48-70 pages, by US poets Prizes: $1,000 and publication Entry fee: $25 Closing date: 30 April

MAY

Carter V Cooper Short Fiction Competition Short fi ction, up to 10,000 words Prizes: Can$10,000, $5,000 Entry fee: $30 Closing date: 1 May

Crucible Poetry and Fiction Competition Short stories up to 8,000 words; up to 5 poems Prizes: $150, $100 Free entry Closing date: 1 May

Curt Johnson Prose Awards Fiction and non-fi ction, up to 8,000 words Prizes: $1,500, $500 and publication in each category Entry fee: $20 Closing date: 1 May

Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize Unpublished short stories between 2,000 and 5,000 words Prizes: Aus $5,000, $3,000, $2,000, £2,500 between 3 commended Entry fee: $25 Closing date: 1 May

Francis MacManus/RTE Radio 1 Short Story Competition Stories between 1,800 and 2,000 words from writers from Ireland Prizes: €3,000, €2,000, €1,000, 7x€250 Free entry Closing date: 1 May, TBC, early May

Gwendolyn MacEwen Poetry Competition A suite of poems, up to 24 pages Prizes: Can$1,500, $1,000, $500 best poem by a Canadian Entry fee: $25 Closing date: 1 May, TBC

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