Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions August 2019 July 3, 2019 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 Ernest Gaines Award for Literary Excellence Eligibility: Rising African-American authors w/novels or short story collections published in 2019 Prize: $15,000 Deadline: August 15, 2019 New Visions Award (Middle Grade & YA) Eligibility: Unpublished writers, who identify as POC or native Prize: $2,000 + publication Deadline: August 31, 2019 Nonfiction Contests Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 CAD Entry fee: $35 CAD for Canadian entries, $40 USD for U.S. entries, and $45 USD elsewhere. Additional entries are $15 CAD per submission. Deadline: August 1, 2019 Iowa Prize in Literary Nonfiction Eligibility: All writers Prize: publication by University of Iowa Press Entry fee: $10 Deadline: August 15, 2019 Poetry Contests Grayson Books Poetry Prize Eligibility: All poets writing in English Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $25 Deadline: August 15, 2019 Omnidawn Open (Poetry Book Contest) Eligibility: All poets Prize: $3,000 Entry fee: $27 Deadline: August 19, 2019 Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize Eligibility: Poets residing in Upstate New York Prize: $2,000 Deadline: August 31, 2019 Multi-Genre Contests 1/2 K Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: August 15, 2019 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: August 15, 2019 New Voices Award (Picture Books) Eligibility: Unpublished writers, who ID as POC or native Prize: $2,000 + publication Deadline: August 31, 2019 Writing Fellowships & Grants Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships Eligibility: Delaware residents Prize: $3,000 – $6,000 Deadline: August 1, 2019 PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship Eligibility: Unpublished writers (see website for more details) Prize: $1,000 + mentorship + classes Deadline: August 1, 2019 Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant Eligibility: Women and trans* artists living in the Delaware Valley area Prize: up to $2,500 Deadline: August 1, 2019 Writing Residencies Yaddo Eligibility: All writers not enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs Prize: 2 – 8 week residency Entry fee: $30 Deadline: August 1, 2019
