Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions August 2022 July 8, 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 Fiction Contests New Visions Award (Middle Grade & YA)Eligibility: Unpublished writers, who identify as POC or nativePrize: $2,000 + publicationDeadline: August 1, 2022 Ernest Gaines Award for Literary ExcellenceEligibility: Rising African-American authors w/novels or short story collections published between Oct 1, 2021 through Dec 31, 2022.Prize: $15,000Deadline: August 15, 2022 Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + possible publicationEntry Fee: $25Deadline: August 15, 2022 Nonfiction Contests Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,250 CADEntry fee: $35 CAD for Canadian entries, $45 CAD for everywhere else. Additional entries are $15 CAD per submission.Deadline: August 1, 2022 Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art WritingEligibility: All writersPrize: $3,000 + publicationDeadline: August 31, 2022 Poetry Contests Grayson Books Poetry PrizeEligibility: All poets writing in EnglishPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $26Deadline: August 15, 2022 Omnidawn Open (Poetry Book Contest)Eligibility: All poetsPrize: $3,000 + publicationEntry fee: $27Deadline: August 31, 2022 Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry PrizeEligibility: Poets residing in Upstate New York with work published between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2022Prize: $2,000Deadline: August 31, 2022 Multi-Genre Contests New Voices Award (Picture Books)Eligibility: Unpublished writers, who ID as POC or nativePrize: $2,000 + publicationDeadline: August 1, 2022 1/2 K PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: August 15, 2022 Writing Fellowships & Grants Leeway Foundation Art and Change GrantEligibility: Women, trans* and/or gender nonconforming artists living in the Greater Philadelphia areaPrize: up to $2,500Deadline: August 1, 2022 Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist FellowshipsEligibility: Delaware residentsPrize: $3,000 – $6,000Deadline: August 1, 2022
