Contests and Awards

New Michigan/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest Eligibility: All writers (prose or poetry chapbooks are eligible) Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: April 30, 2021

TRANSLATION CONTEST Eligibility: Translators with book-length translations of Asian* poetry or source texts from Zen Buddhism in 2020 (*translations from Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean into…

Eligibility: Poets who have not had a full-length book of poetry published previously Prize: $5,000 + publication Entry fee: $25 Deadline: April 30, 2021 LEARN MORE

Eligibility: Creative nonfiction writers under contract with a publisher & at least two years into their contract Prize: $40,000 Deadline: April 26, 2021 LEARN MORE

Judged by Kirstin Valdez Quade Open March 1 to May 2 CRAFT Short Fiction Prize submissions are open to all fiction writers

ENTER NOW! Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published Book Awards is currently accepting submissions. This is the only Writer’s Digest competition exclusively for self-published books. DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2021

The theme: “An Element of Mystery” (broadly interpreted) Charlaine Harris is the final judge. They seek never-published short stories of 2,000 words or fewer for a chance to win: First…

$1,000 grand prize, publication in the magazine, 2,000 words or less, deadline March 10, 2021. $25 entry fee. Also listed on The Writer site: The Wild Hunt Short Story Competition…

Four dozen excellent free poetry and prose contests with deadlines between January 15 andFebruary 28. Below are just two examples: Open at Winning Writers, co-sponsored by Duotrope Wergle Flomp Humor…

A new writing contest called Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors. Submissions close April 12 on the submittable portal. From Fix, Grist’s creative agency and network of climate leaders.…