Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2024 September 12, 2024 Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email 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 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction CompetitionEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 1, 2024 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $27Deadline: October 31, 2024 Poetry Contests APR/Honickman First Book PrizeEligibility: U.S. writers who have not published a book-length collection of poemsPrize: $3,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 1, 2024 Alice James AwardEligibility: Emerging & established poetsPrize: $2,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 11, 2024 Benjamin Saltman Poetry AwardEligibility: All writersPrize: $3,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 31, 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in PoetryEligibility: Female poets who have yet to publish a full-length book of poemsPrize: $1,000 + publication + residencyDeadline: October 31, 2024 Multi-Genre Contests Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000Entry fee: $25Deadline: October 1, 2024 American Literary Review AwardsEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $15Deadline: October 1, 2024 Writing Fellowships & Residencies Adina Talve-Goodman FellowshipEligibility: Early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an MFA programPrize: $2,000, manuscript review, free tuition for all One Story online classes, free admission One Story’s week-long summer writers’ conferenceDeadline: October 9, 2024 Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry ScholarshipEligibility: All US-born poets (or with parent born in the US)Prize: $74,000Deadline: October 15, 2024 Dora Maar FellowshipEligibility: Midcareer professionals in the arts and humanitiesPrize: residency at Dora Maar HouseEntry Fee: $25Deadline: October 15, 2024
