Calls for Submissions July 2025

Fiction Contests

The Story Prize
Eligibility: Writers with short story collections published in the first half of the year
Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $75
Deadline: July 1, 2025 (November 15, 2025 for collections published in the second half of the year)

Poetry Contests

Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000
Entry fee: $15
Deadline: July 1, 2025

Kingsley Tufts Award
Eligibility: Mid-career poets with a book published between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
Prize: $100,000
Deadline: July 1, 2025

Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Eligibility: Poets with a first book published between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.Prize: $10,000
Deadline: July 1, 2025

Multi-Genre Contests

Bellevue Literary Review Prizes
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: July 1, 2025

New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest
Eligibility: All writers (prose or poetry chapbooks are eligible)
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Robert and Adele Schiff Awards
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: July 15, 2025

Los Angeles Review Literary Awards
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry Fee: $20
Deadline: July 31, 2025

Writing Fellowships & Residencies

Richard J. Margolis Award
Eligibility: Nonfiction writers of social justice journalism
Prize: residency at Blue Mountain Lake
Deadline: July 1, 2025