Contests and Awards

The Black River Chapbook Competition is a semi-annual prize from Black Lawrence Press for a chapbook of poems or prose (including fiction, creative non-fiction, lyric essay, and prose hybrid manuscripts).…

The Writer magazine has a new contest. Their 100-word contest launched on August 25. Submit any genre, fiction OR nonfiction, to this brand-new contest for a chance to win $1,000…

The 33rd annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™ program is unique in that entrants receive direct feedback on their submissions. Publishers of print books with a copyright date of 2020 may…

Writers are invited to submit to the Fractured Lit Micro Fiction Prize until September 27, 2020. Guest judge Sian Griffiths will choose three prize winners and 5 Honorable Mention stories…

The Independent Book Publishers Association announces the rules for the Benjamin Franklin Award. Publishers of print and audiobooks with a copyright date of 2020 may enter the current competition.

Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The St. Lawrence Book Award for an unpublished first collection of poems or short stories. The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to…

Eligibility: Writers who have published a novel or a book-length collection of fiction with a reputable book publisher, or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in magazines or…

North Street Book Prize 6th year. Your self-published book can win up to $5,000 plus expert marketing services. Please submit before June 30, 2020. Entry fee: $65 Submit one or…

Early Deadline: June 1, 2020 https://bookpipeline.com/shop/unpublished-contest The 2020 Book Pipeline: Unpublished competition is exclusively for unpublished manuscripts across six categories of fiction and nonfiction: Young Adult, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Mystery…

Can you write short? Really short? The Writers Police Academy and Murder Con have opened submissions for The Golden Donut Short Story Contest. Word count is a strict 200 and…