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stipend and month-long residency at the
Blue Mountain Center, a writers’ and artists’
colony in the Adirondacks. Contact: Rich-
ard J. Margolis Award of Blue Mountain
Center, c/o Margolis & Bloom, 667 Boylston
St., 5th floor, Boston, MA 02116.
[email protected]
award.margolis.com
P RIVER STYX INTERNATIONAL
POETRY CONTEST Send up to three
poems, no more than 14 pages total. Submit
online or via regular mail. Deadline: May
- Entry fee: $20 (includes a one-year sub-
scription to River Styx) or $15 without sub-
scription. Prize: $1,000. Contact: River Styx
International Poetry Contest, 3301 Wash-
ington Ave, Suite 2C, St. Louis, MO 63103.
[email protected]
riverstyx.org/submit/poetry-contest
F P ROBERT WATSON LITERARY
PRIZES Entries must be previously unpub-
lished and fiction entries should be no lon-
ger than 25 typed, double-spaced pages.
Poetry entries can include any number of
poems up to 10 pages. Submit online or by
regular mail. Deadline: Sept. 15. Entry fee:
$14. Prizes: $1,000 and publication in The
Greensboro Review. Contact: The Robert
Watson Literary Prizes, The Greensboro
Review, MFA Writing Program, 3302
MHRA Building, UNC Greensboro, Greens-
boro, NC 27402.
greensbororeview.org/contest
F SATURDAY EVENING POST GREAT
AMERICAN FICTION CONTEST In its
nearly two centuries of existence, the Satur-
day Evening Post has published short fiction
by a who’s who of American authors – ulti-
mately helping to define what it means to be
an American. Submit any genre of fiction
between 1,500 and 5,000 words. All stories
must be previously unpublished. Electronic
submissions only. Deadline: July 1. Entry
fee: $10. Prizes: Winning story will be pub-
lished in the January/February 2020 edition
of The Saturday Evening Post, and the author
will receive $1,000. Five runners up will
each receive $200 and will also have their
stories published online. Contact: Editorial,
The Saturday Evening Post, 3520 Guion Rd.,
Indianapolis, IN 46222. 317-634-1100.
[email protected]
saturdayeveningpost.com/fiction-contestP SLAPERING HOL PRESS CHAP-
BOOK COMPETITION Seeks poetry col-
lections by authors who have not previously
published a poetry book or chapbook. Sub-
mit 16 to 20 pages by mail or online. Dead-
line: June 15. Entry fee: $15. Prizes: $500,
publication, 10 copies of the chapbook, and
a reading at The Hudson Valley Writers’
Center, plus up to $500 in travel expenses.
Contact: The Editors, SHP Chapbook Com-
petition, The Hudson Valley Writers’ Center,
300 Riverside Dr., Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591.
[email protected] writerscenter.orgP STAN AND TOM WICK POETRY
PRIZE Offered annually to a poet who has
not previously published a full-length col-
lection of poems. Submission must consist
of 50 to 70 pages of poetry, with no more
than one poem per page. Winner will be
chosen by Richard Blanco. Submit by regu-
lar mail or through online submission.
Deadline: May 1. Entry fee: $30. Prizes:
$2,500 and publication by Kent State Uni-
versity Press. Contact: Stan and Tom Wick
Poetry Prize, Wick Poetry Center, Kent State
University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44240.
[email protected]
http://www.kent.edu/wick/stan-and-tom-wick-
poetry-prizeF N P TERRAIN.ORG ANNUAL CON-
TEST FOR FICTION, NONFICTION
AND POETRY Submit original fiction or
nonfiction of up to 5,000 words or submit
three to five poems or one long poem of at
least five pages. Submit online only. Dead-
line: Sept. 6. Entry fee: $15 per entry.
Prizes: $500 plus online publication in each
genre. Runners up receive online publica-
tion and $100. Contact: Terrain.org.
[email protected]
terrain.org/submit/contest-guidelinesF N P TIFERET WRITING CONTEST
Seeks writing that expresses a religious or
spiritual experience or promotes tolerance.Submit fiction or nonfiction up to 12 pages
or submit up to six poems. Online submis-
sions only. Deadline: May 15. Entry fee:
$20. Prizes: $500 and publication in Tiferet
for best entry in each genre. Contact: Tiferet
Journal. [email protected]
tiferetjournal.com/2020-writing-contestP TOM HOWARD/MARGARET REID
POETRY CONTEST Open for poems in
any style or theme. The Margaret Reid Prize
awards poems with rhyme or traditional
style. The Tom Howard Prize is given to the
best poem of any style. Submit through
online form. Deadline: Sept. 30. Entry fee:
$15 per poem. Prizes: $2,000 for the winner
of each category. Ten honorable mentions
will receive $200 each. Top 12 entries pub-
lished on the Winning Writers website.
Contact: Winning Writers. 351 Pleasant St.,
PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. 413-
320-1847. Adam Cohen, president.
[email protected]
winningwriters.comP VIOLET REED HAAS PRIZE FOR
POETRY Submit a manuscript between 50
and 75 pages. Previously published work is
eligible. Deadline: Dec. 31. Entry fee: $25.
Prizes: $1,000 and publication. Contact:
Snake Nation Press, 110 W. Force St., Valdo-
sta, GA 31601.
[email protected]
snakenationpress.orgF WEST VIRGINIA FICTION AWARD
AND COMPETITION Open to West Vir-
ginia residents and students attending school
in the state. Awards unpublished fiction of
up to 5,000 words that fosters an apprecia-
tion of Appalachian culture and values. The
submission may not have received any other
award, recognition, or special honor. Dead-
line: May 1. Entry fee: None. Prizes: $500
first prize and possible publication, $100
each for second and third place. Contact:
West Virginia Fiction Competition, Depart-
ment of English, Shepherd University, P.O.
Box 5000, Shepherdstown, WV 25443. 304-
876-5000. [email protected]
shepherd.edu/ahwir/west-virginia-fiction-
competition