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Open for Entries: The National Indie Excellence® Awards
Deadline: March 31, 2024
The 18th annual National Indie Excellence® Awards (NIEA) are open to all English language printed books available for sale, including small presses, mid-sized independent publishers, university presses, and self-published authors. NIEA is proud to be a champion of self-publishing and independent presses. Monetary awards, sponsorships, and entry rules are described in detail on our website.
Last Call! Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)
Deadline: April 1
Submit one humor poem to Winning Writers' 2024 contest to win $2,000 and online publication. Accepts published and unpublished work. Co-sponsored by Duotrope. Recommended by Reedsy. Judged by Jendi Reiter and Lauren Singer. Winners announced on August 15. Visit our website and view our flyer for more information.
Announcing the Book Wheatley at 250 from Pangyrus Press
Just published! Pangyrus Press announces Wheatley at 250, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Phillis Wheatley Peters’s historic and transformative Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral with exciting re-inscriptions by some of today’s most compelling poets: U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, Evie Shockley, Kiki Petrosino, Mahogany L. Browne, and more. View our flyer and learn more at our website.
Flying South 2024 Contest is Open - $2,100 in Prizes
Deadline: May 31, 2024
From March 1 to May 31, Flying South 2024 will be accepting entries for this year’s contest. There will be three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. In each of the three categories the awards will be $400 for First Place, $200 for Second Place, and $100 for Third Place. Finalists will be awarded publication in Flying South. View our flyer and visit our website to learn more.
Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse
Deadline: May 25, 2024
Livingston Press is accepting submissions of unpublished manuscripts for its annual Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse. There is no entry fee. Winner receives $500, publication, twenty copies, and a standard royalty contract. View our flyer and visit our website for guidelines.
First Pages Prize - Judge Edwidge Danticat
Deadline: April 10, 2024 (April 24 extended)
First Pages Prize invites you to enter your first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction. Prizes in both fiction & creative nonfiction. 2024 Judge is Edwidge Dandicat! Open to un-agented writers worldwide, the prize supports emerging writers with cash awards, developmental mentoring, & agent consultation. View our flyer and visit our website for full information.
The Colorado Authors League
The Colorado Authors League (CAL) supports and promotes its community of published writers while connecting with and adding value to the reading world. Formed in 1931, authors become members to: keep up with changes in the craft of writing, publishing, and marketing, gain greater visibility for their writing, join a group of like-minded people who love writing. View our flyer to see new releases by members.
Martin Espada is the Featured Poet for 2024 SOMOS Poetry Month on 4/12-4/13/24.
Deadline: April 11, 2024
Award-winning poet Martin Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist, and translator. His new book of poems from Norton is "Floaters," winner of the 2021 National Book Award. His other books of poems include "Vivas to Those Who Have Failed," The Trouble Ball" and "The Republic of Poetry" which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, as well as others. Espada is a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. View flyer to learn more.
Poets Time to Submit Your Manuscript to The Washington Prize
Deadline: March 15, 2024
Win $1,500 and publication by The Word Works. The contest is open to unpublished English language volumes of original poetry by a living Canadian or American writer at any stage of their career. Winner announced August 1 by series editor Andrea Carter Brown. View flyer to learn more and submit.
december seeks submissions for the 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards in fiction and creative nonfiction.
Prizes each genre: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be listed in the 2024 Fall/Winter awards issue. $20 entry fee includes copy of awards issue. All submissions considered for publication. Submit one story or essay up to 8,000 words March 1 to May 1. For complete guidelines and judge information view our flyer and visit our website.
Tremont Writers Conference in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Deadline: April 30, 2024
Applications are open for the Tremont Writers Workshop, a five-day experience for a select group inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Join renowned author workshop leaders Maurice Manning (poetry), Monic Ductan (fiction), David Brill (nonfiction), and guest faculty Frank X Walker for a writers conference like no other. View flyer for more information. Apply at our website.
Writing Contests for the Best Poem and Short Story
Gival Press is now accepting entries for the Best stand-alone Short Story (prize: $1,000.00) and for the Best Poem about LGBTQ+ life (prize: $500.00). Details about reading fee, etc.: at our Submittable portal. Winners will be published in the online journal, ArLiJo, which will have an Open Reading Period from March 25 to April 25, 2024. View flyer for more information.
2024 Catamaran Poetry Prize for West Coast Poets
Now in its 7th year, the Catamaran Poetry Prize is open to previously unpublished poetry manuscripts across a range of styles, themes, and forms. The prize is only open to West Coast poets living in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Hawaii. See our website and flyer for full details.
Two Spots Left for Writers Retreat in the California Redwoods
Join Author & Writing Coach Lynne Golodner October 20-24, 2024 in Humboldt County, California, hiking and writing in the forest surrounded by the world’s tallest trees. An intimate community of writers will write, experience generative craft lessons and immerse in nature. Early Bird Registration extended until April 1st for NewPages subscribers! Apply via email. More information at the website.
Contest and Submission Opportunity from Black Fox Literary Magazine!
Submit your fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction to Black Fox Literary Magazine’s Fairy Tale Remix Writing Prize! Deadline: March 31, 2024! We are also accepting free submissions for our summer 2024 print issue. Free subs close on May 31, 2024! View flyer and visit website to learn more.