Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions February 2023 January 10, 2023 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Photo by Cathryn Lavery Each month we curate a list of contests, fellowships, and other writing opportunities with approaching deadlines. Opportunities will be posted in the month prior to their deadlines, so that you have ample time to submit your work or applications. Fiction Contests Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist PrizeEligibility: LGBTQ writers w/at least 3 novels or 2 novels + substantial additional literary workPrize: $5,000Deadline: February 17, 2023 [application opens January 16, 2023] Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ FictionEligibility: Black LGBTQ fiction writers with at least one bookPrize: $3,000Deadline: February 17, 2023 [application opens January 16, 2023] AWP Prize for the NovelEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $2,500 + publication by the New Issues PressEntry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2023 Grace Paley Prize for Short FictionEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $5,500 + publication by Red Hen PressEntry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2023 Nonfiction Contests Sue Silverman Prize for Creative NonfictionEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $2,500 + publication by the University of Georgia Press.Entry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2023 Poetry Contests Michael Waters Poetry PrizeEligibility: All poets, except affiliatesPrize: $5,000 and publication by Southern Indiana Review PressEntry Fee: $30Deadline: February 1, 2023 Omnidawn First/Second Book Poetry ContestEligibility: Writers who have never published a full-length book of poetry or have only published one full-length book of poetryPrize: $3,000Entry Fee: $27Deadline: February 13, 2023 Donald Hall Prize for PoetryEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $5,500 + publication by University of Pittsburgh PressEntry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2023 Translation Contests Harold Morton Landon Translation AwardEligibility: Translators with a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in 2022Prize: $1,000Deadline: February 15, 2023 Ambroggio PrizeEligibility: Translators with a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translationPrize: $1,000 + publicationDeadline: February 15, 2023 Multi-Genre Contests J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50Eligibility: unpublished LGBTQ writers over the age of 50Prize: $5,000Deadline: February 17, 2023 [application opens January 16, 2023] Judith A. Markowitz AwardEligibility: LGBTQ writers w/1-2 books of fiction, nonfiction, or poetryPrize: $1,500Deadline: February 17, 2023 [application opens January 16, 2023] Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer NonfictionEligibility: lesbian/queer or trans/gender non-conforming writers w/at least one bookPrize: $2,500Deadline: February 17, 2023 [application opens January 16, 2023] Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition for Emerging WritersEligibility: Canadian citizens & permanent residents with no more than 1 book publishedPrize: $2,500Entry fee: $29Deadline: February 17, 2023 Writing Fellowships & Residencies Philip Roth Residence in Creative WritingEligibility: Writers working on a first or second book of fiction or creative nonfictionPrize: 4-month residency at Bucknell’s “Poets’ Cottage” and a stipend of $5,000.Deadline: February 1, 2023 Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown FellowshipEligibility: Academics, independent scholars and writers working on projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830Prize: $20,000Deadline: February 1, 2023 MacDowell ColonyEligibility: All writersPrize: 4-month residencyEntry fee: $30Deadline: February 10, 2023 Sustainable Arts Foundation AwardEligibility: Writers with at least one child under the age of 18.Prize: $5,000Entry fee: $20 (free if submitted by February 3)Deadline: February 24, 2023 [application available on January 27]
