Published on Poets & Writers (http://www.pw.org)
March 9
DIAGRAM [1]
Innovative Fiction Contest
March 14
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation [2]
Poetry Prize
March 15
Cave Canem Foundation [3]
Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize
The Pinch [4]
Literary Awards
Tusculum Review [5]
Fiction Contest
American Association of University Women [6]
Thorpe Menn Award
March 16
Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture [7]
Arts & Letters Prizes
Bellday Books [8]
Bellday Poetry Prize
Lynchburg College [9]
Thornton Writer Residency
University of Nebraska Press [10]
Prairie Schooner Book Prizes
March 19
Sycamore Review [11]
Wabash Prize for Fiction
March 27
DIAGRAM [12]
Chapbook Contest
March 31
American Literary Translators Association [13]
National Translation Award
Carve Magazine [14]
Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
DIAGRAM [15]
Chapbook Contest
Elixir Press [16]
Antivenom Poetry Award
Four Way Books [17]
Levis Poetry Prize
FutureCycle Press [18]
Book Prize
Glimmer Train Press [19]
Fiction Open
Gulf Coast [20]
Writing Contests
Indiana Review [21]
Poetry Prize
Lotus Press [22]
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
Narrative Magazine [23]
Story Contest
San Francisco Foundation/Intersection
for the Arts [24]
Literary Awards
Saturnalia Books [25]
Poetry Prize
Shenandoah [26]
Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers
April 1
Sherwood Anderson Foundation [27]
Fiction Award
Lyon College [28]
Visiting Fellowship in Creative Writing
Passaic County Community College [29]
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award
Paterson Fiction Prize
Thurber House [30]
Thurber Prize for American Humor
Washington Center for the Book [31]
Washington State Book Awards
April 10
Nevada Arts Council [32]
Artist Fellowships
New Hampshire State Council
on the Arts [33]
Individual Artist Fellowships
April 15
Poetry International [34]
Poetry International Prize
Spoon River Poetry Review [35]
Editors’ Prize
Tupelo Press [36]
First Book Award
University of Utah Press [37]
Agha Shahid Ali Prize
April 30
Ashland Poetry Press [38]
Richard Snyder Publication Prize
Camber Press [39]
Fiction Chapbook Award
Crab Orchard Review [40]
Literary Prizes
Glimmer Train Press [41]
Family Matters
The Ledge [42]
Poetry Award Margie [43]
Marjorie J. Wilson Award
Marsh Hawk Press [44]
Poetry Prize
Nimrod International Journal [45]
Nimrod Literary Awards
University of Pittsburgh Press [46]
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
Writecorner Press [47]
E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award
Writers’ League of Texas [48]
Book Awards
May 1
Anhinga Press [49]
Prize for Poetry
Fugue [50]
Prose and Poetry Contest
Italian Americana [51]
John Ciardi Lifetime Achievement Award
The Journal [52]
Short Story Contest
Leapfrog Press [53]
Fiction Award
Novello Festival Press [54]
Novello Literary Award
Southwest Review [55]
David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction
Sow’s Ear Poetry Review [56]
Chapbook Award
Wick Poetry Center [57]
Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
May 8
Atlanta Review [58]
International Poetry Competition
May 10
Hunger Mountain [59]
Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
May 15
Academy of American Poets [60]
James Laughlin Award
Eastern Washington University Press [61]
Poetry and Fiction Prizes
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition [62]
Hudson Valley Writers’ Center [63]
Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Contest
STATE GRANTS
Missouri
American Association of University Women [64]
Thorpe Menn Award
New Hampshire
New Hampshire State Council
on the Arts [65]
Individual Artist Fellowships
Nevada
Nevada Arts Council [66]
Artist Fellowships
Washington
Washington Center for the Book [67]
Washington State Book Awards
Slope Editions Book Prize
The winning poet will have his/her book of poems published in 2009 or 2010 by Slope Editions. He or she will receive free copies of the book, and $1,000 … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-15-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
Washington Prize
The Word Works will award a living American or Canadian poet $1,500 and book publication for a volume of original poetry in English … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
The Annual Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award
The Annual Tupelo Press Snowbound Chapbook Award is now open for submissions. This year’s judge is Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Winner receives $1,000, 50 free copies, and publication … (more)
DEADLINE: 02-28-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $20.00.
2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
The Indie Book Awards is the only book awards program of its kind offering more monetary prizes, more awards, recognition and exposure … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-15-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $75.00.
The Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction
First place winners will be published in the Bellingham Review. 1st Prize: $1,000. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication. Maximum length: Prose up to 8,000 words … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $18.00.
The Sawtooth Poetry Prize honors a book of original poetry in English by a single author; translations are not eligible for this award. The winning poet receives a $1,500 honorarium … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009
PRIZES: $1,500.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
First place winners will be published in the Bellingham Review. 1st Prize: $1,000. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $18.00.
The 49th Parallel Award for Poetry
First place winners will be published in the Bellingham Review. 1st Prize: $1,000. Second and third place winners and finalists may be considered for publication … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $18.00.
Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009.
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $0.00.
Campbell Corner Annual Poetry Contest
The Campbell Corner Poetry Contest offers a prize of $3,000. Winners are invited to give a public reading at the College. The poems will be published in the Poetry Contest Section of the Sarah Lawrence Language Exchange … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-15-2009
PRIZES: $3,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
The 2009 First Book Competition
In each category, $1,000 and publication in the CSU Poetry Series is offered for the best full-length volume of original poetry in English … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-02-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
The Nelligan Prize For Short Fiction
The Nelligan Prize is offered annually. The winner receives a $1,000 honorarium and the story is published in the Fall/Winter issue of Colorado Review … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-13-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $10.00.
The 17th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship
James Jones First Novel Fellowship will be awarded to an American author of a first novel-in-progress. Novellas and collections of closely linked short stories may also be considered for the competition … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-01-2009
PRIZES: $10,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $25.00.
2009 New South Fiction & Poetry Contest
First-place winners will receive $1,000. Second-place winners will receive $250. All winners will have their work published in our Summer 2009 issue … (more)
DEADLINE: 03-04-2009
PRIZES: $1,000.00.
ENTRY FEE: $15.00.
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1 Comment
January 16, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Great List! Thanks for the info!