Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions April 2022 March 4, 2022 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 Orison Fiction PrizeEligibility: All fiction writers except those already published by Orison BooksPrize: $1,500Entry Fee: $25Deadline: April 1, 2022 Nonfiction Contests PEN America Free Expression Essay CompetitionEligibility: high school and college studentsPrize: $4,000 for college essayists; $3,000 for high school essayistsDeadline: April 15, 2022 Whiting Creative Nonfiction GrantEligibility: Creative nonfiction writers under contract with a traditional publisher in the UK, US, or CanadaPrize: $40,000Deadline: April 25, 2022 Poetry Contests Orison Poetry PrizeEligibility: All poets except those already published by Orison BooksPrize: $1,500Entry Fee: $25Deadline: April 1, 2022 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry PrizeEligibility: Poets who have not had a full-length book of poetry published previouslyPrize: $5,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: April 30, 2022 Translation Contests Lucien Stryk Asian Translation PrizeEligibility: Translators with book-length translations Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, or Vietnamese into English poetry or source texts from Zen Buddhism in 2021Prize: $6,000Deadline: April 18, 2022 Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA)Eligibility: Translators with books of fiction or literary non-fiction translated from Italian into English in 2021Prize: $5,000Deadline: April 18, 2022 ALTA Travel FellowshipEligibility: Emerging translatorsPrize: $500-$1,000 to assist in travel to the annual ALTA conferenceDeadline: April 18, 2022 Multi-Genre Contests New Michigan/DIAGRAM Chapbook ContestEligibility: All writers (prose or poetry chapbooks are eligible)Prize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $24Deadline: April 29, 2022 Writing Fellowships & Residencies American Library in Paris Visiting FellowshipEligibility: Writers working on a book project, fiction or non-fiction, that contributes to cross-cultural discourse.Prize: $5,000 + opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month while participating in the life of the American LibraryEntry Fee: €30Deadline: April 1, 2022 Marguerite and Lamar Fellowship for WritersEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000 + residency in Carson McCullers’s childhood homeDeadline: April 1, 2022 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New ParentsEligibility: Parents of at least one child under 10 years of agePrize: $1,000Entry fee: $20Deadline: April 17, 2022
