Poets & Writers – September 2019

Submission Calendar

GRANTS & AWARDS

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Washington Writers Publishing House,

Poetry and Fiction Prizes, c/o Kathleen

Wheaton, 7127 Fairfax Road, Bethesda,

MD 20814. [email protected]

http://www.washingtonwriters.org

Winning Writers

TOM HOWARD/MARGARET REID POETRY

CONTESTS

Two prizes of $2,000 each and publica-

tion on the Winning Writers website

are given annually for a poem in any

style and a poem that either rhymes

or is written in a traditional style. Jim

DuBois and Soma Mei Sheng Frazier

will judge. Submit any number of poems

of up to 250 lines each with a $12 entry

fee per poem by September 30. Visit the

website for complete guidelines.

Winning Writers, Tom Howard/Margaret

Reid Poetry Contests, 351 Pleasant Street,

PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060.

http://www.winningwriters.com/our-contests

/tom-howard-margaret-reid-poetry-contest

Yale University Press

YALE SERIES OF YOUNGER POETS

An award of publication by Yale Univer-

sity Press is given annually for a poetry

collection by a poet who has not pub-

lished a full-length book of poetry. Carl

Phillips will judge. Submit a manuscript

of 48 to 64 pages with a $25 entry fee

between October 1 and November 15.

Visit the website for complete guide-

lines. (SEE RECENT WINNERS.)

Yale University Press, Yale Series of

Younger Poets, P.O. Box 209040, New

Haven, CT 06520. [email protected]

http://www.youngerpoets.org

Zoetrope: All-Story

SHORT FICTION COMPETITION

A prize of $1,000 and publication on

the Zoetrope: All-Story website is given

annually for a short story. The winner

and finalists are considered for repre-

sentation by several literary agencies,

including Aragi Inc., William Mor-

ris Endeavor, and the Wylie Agency.

Tommy Orange will judge. Using only

the online submission system, submit

a story of up to 5,000 words with a $30

entry fee by October 1. Visit the website

for complete guidelines.

Zoetrope: All-Story, Short Fiction

Competition, 916 Kearny Street, San

Francisco, CA 94133.

[email protected]

http://www.all-story.com/contests/stories-2019

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GHOST STORY

Supernatural Fiction Award

HACKNEY LITERARY AWARDS

Novel Contest

HIDDEN RIVER ARTS

Sandy Run Novella Award

JOHN POLLARD FOUNDATION

International Poetry Prize

LASCAUX REVIEW

Prize in Creative Nonfiction

LITERAL LATTÉ

Essay Award

MAD CREEK BOOKS

Journal/Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize

NEW CRITERION

Poetry Prize

RED HEN PRESS

Fiction Award

SOUTHWEST REVIEW

Morton Marr Poetry Prize

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS PRESS

Miller Williams Arkansas Poetry Prize

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS

Iowa Short Fiction Award

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS

Juniper Prizes

WINNING WRITERS

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry

Contests

October 1

AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW

Literary Awards

CARLOW UNIVERSITY

Patricia Dobler Poetry Award

LITMAG

Anton Chekhov Award

for Flash Fiction

MISSOURI REVIEW

Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize

PULITZER PRIZES

Prizes in Letters

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE

UNIVERSITY PRESS

Mighty River Short Story Prize

SOUTHERN INDIANA REVIEW

Mary C. Mohr Awards

September 12

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Radcliffe Institute Fellowships

September 15

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS

Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes

September 16

JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM

MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Writing Fellowships

September 20

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN

UNIVERSITY

Poetry and Fiction Prizes

September 21

TRAVELERS’ TALES

Solas Award

September 23

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN BERLIN

Berlin Prize Fellowships

September 27

NEW GUARD

Poetry and Fiction Contest

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

Cullman Center Fellowships

September 30

BOULEVARD

Nonfiction Contest

for Emerging Writers

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY IN

FRESNO

Philip Levine Prize for Poetry

CAVE CANEM FOUNDATION

Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady

Chapbook Prize

DZANC BOOKS

Prize for Fiction

Short Story Competition

Novella Prize

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