NewPages Guide to Writing Contests
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Frontier Poetry: Debut Chapbook Prize
Deadline: September 1, 2024
At Frontier Poetry, our mission is to create a space for new and emerging poets to have their voice heard. One way we are aiming to uphold this mission is through our Debut Chapbook Contest. This contest is an opportunity for emerging poets to submit their unpublished chapbook or manuscript of up to thirty pages of poetry. The contest is open from July 1, 2024, until September 1, 2024, and the winners will be announced sometime in late fall or early winter and published fall of 2025. Submit your work today: bit.ly/FRNPChapbook24.
The Masters Review: Summer Short Story Award for New Writers
Deadline: August 25, 2024
Since 2016, our Summer Short Story Award for New Writers has paired emerging writers with the industry’s top literary agents. We welcome submissions of previously unpublished fiction or creative nonfiction up to 6,000 words. This year’s winners will be chosen by the acclaimed Colin Barrett, author of the collections Young Skins and Homesickness, as well as the new novel Wild Houses. Our contest runs from July 1 to August 25, 2024, and is open to any writer who has not published a novel or memoir with a major press. Submit today: bit.ly/NPSSSA24.
The Coniston Prize from Radar Poetry
Deadline: August 1, 2024 at 11:59pm ET
Radar Poetry is now open to submissions for the 11th annual Coniston Prize, judged by January Gill O’Neil! The Coniston Prize recognizes an exceptional group of poems by a woman writing in English. Any poet who identifies as a woman is eligible. The winner will receive $1,000, and up to 10 finalists will also be awarded $175. The winner and all finalists’ poems will also be published in the prize issue. Submit 3-5 poems with no identifying information. Entry fee $20. www.radarpoetry.com/contest
Unleash Your Tale of Yesteryear: Win Cash & Get Published!
Deadline: August 15, 2024
Calling all writers with a passion for the past! History Through Fiction’s annual short story contest is back. Submit your unpublished historical fiction masterpiece between June 15 and August 15, 2024, for a chance to win up to $250 and get published in our anthology. With a 5,000-word limit and settings that predate the year 2000, your story will be judged on theme, historical relevance, characters, narration, and impact. Multiple entries welcome; a $15 fee applies. Winners announced by November 15. Don’t miss this opportunity to make history with your story! www.historythroughfiction.com/short-story-contest
Missouri Review’s Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize is Now Open!
Deadline: October 1, 2024
The Missouri Review invites entries for the 34th annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize. Winners receive $5000 in cash, publication in the Spring 2025 issue of TMR, and promotion across our social media channels. Entry fee: $25. Each entrant receives a 1-year digital subscription and the latest anthology from Missouri Review Books, Life Support: Stories of Health & Medicine. Deadline: October 1. Learn more about the contest guidelines and FAQs here: missourireview.com/contests/jeffrey-e-smith-editors-prize/.
The 2024 Best Spiritual Literature Awards
Deadline: August 1, 2024
The 2024 Best Spiritual Literature Awards offer $500 and publication for a story, an essay, and a poem. Judged by Sarah Ghazal Ali (poetry), Susanne Paola Antonetta (nonfiction), and Amit Majmudar (fiction). Deadline: Aug. 1. www.orisonbooks.com/submissions
Call for Submission for the PWPL 3-Day International Chapbook Contest
Registration Deadline: August 23, 2024, at 5PM EST
Registration is now open until Friday, August 23, 2024, for the Peter White Public Library (PWPL) 3-Day International Chapbook Contest with the theme “Room for Love.” No entry fee is required. The contest is open to the first 100 poets to register. The final judge is award-winning poet, Diane Glancy. The contest start date is Friday, August 30, 2024, at 6 PM EST until Monday, September 2, 2024, at 6 PM EST. The final submission will be on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 6 PM EST. Full guidelines at pwpl.info/news-events/special-events/.
2025 Press 53 Award for Poetry
Deadline: July 31, 2024
$1,000 advance, publication by Press 53 as a Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection, and 53 copies awarded to an outstanding, unpublished poetry manuscript of approximately 50-120 pages. If a Runner-Up is also selected: $500 advance, publication by Press 53 as a Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection, and 25 copies. Poet must be 18 or older, living in the US or one of its territories. Press 53 Poetry Series Editor Tom Lombardo will judge. Prizes awarded upon publication. Enter April 1 to July 31 via Submittable or by mail. Winner and finalists announced by November 1. Reading fee: $30. Complete information at www.press53.com/award-for-poetry/.
Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize 2024: $1,000 and Letterpress Broadside
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize 2024: $1,000 for first place and a letterpress broadside, $500 for second, $250 for third. Top five published in Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine. Judge is Kim Addonizio. Submit up to 3 original unpublished poems. $15 entry fee. Deadline: July 31. For complete guidelines, see redwheelbarrow.submittable.com.
Black Warrior Review Annual Contest Open for Submissions
Deadline: August 1, 2024
Biannual print journal Black Warrior Review invites you to submit your weirdest & wildest short stories, flash (fiction or nonfiction), essays, or poems to our annual contest. Winners in each genre receive a cash prize and publication in print & on our website. All entries are considered for publication and must be unpublished. Judges: Chigozie Obioma (fiction), Rajiv Mohabir (nonfiction), Donika Kelly (poetry), and Intan Paramaditha (flash). Entry fee: $20 for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; $10 for flash. Multiple entries are welcome, and all entrants receive a one-year subscription to the journal. For complete guidelines, visit bwr.submittable.com/submit.