Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions February 2024 January 18, 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 Fiction Contests Jim Duggins, PhD Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist PrizeEligibility: LGBTQ writers w/at least 3 novels or 2 novels + substantial additional literary workPrize: $5,000Deadline: February 16, 2024 Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ FictionEligibility: Black LGBTQ fiction writers with at least one bookPrize: $3,000Deadline: February 16, 2024 James Alan McPherson Prize for the NovelEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $2,500 + publication by the University of Nebraska PressEntry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2024 Grace Paley Prize for Short FictionEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $5,500 + publication by Mad Creek Books, an imprint of the Ohio State University PressEntry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2024 Nonfiction Contests Frances Frank Rollin FellowshipEligibility: Authors working on a biographical work about an African American figure or figuresPrize: $5,000 + a year’s membership in BIODeadline: February 1, 2024 Matthew Power Literary Reporting AwardEligibility: Early-career nonfiction writersPrize: $12,500Deadline: February 22, 2024 Sue Silverman Prize for Creative NonfictionEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $2,500 + publication by the University of Georgia Press.Entry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2024 Poetry Contests Michael Waters Poetry PrizeEligibility: All poets, except affiliatesPrize: $5,000 and publication by Southern Indiana Review PressEntry Fee: $35Deadline: February 1, 2024 Omnidawn First/Second Book Poetry ContestEligibility: Writers who have never published a full-length book of poetry or have only published one full-length book of poetryPrize: $3,000, publication, and 20 copiesEntry Fee: $35Deadline: February 16, 2024 Donald Hall Prize for PoetryEligibility: All authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residencePrize: $5,500 + publication by University of Pittsburgh PressEntry Fee: $30 (nonmembers); $20 (members)Deadline: February 28, 2024 Translation Contests Harold Morton Landon Translation AwardEligibility: Translators with a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in 2023Prize: $1,000Deadline: February 15, 2024 Ambroggio PrizeEligibility: Translators with a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translationPrize: $1,000 + publicationDeadline: February 15, 2024 Multi-Genre Contests J. Michael Samuel Prize for Emerging Writers Over 50Eligibility: unpublished LGBTQ writers over the age of 50Prize: $5,000Deadline: February 16, 2024 Judith A. Markowitz AwardEligibility: LGBTQ writers w/1-2 books of fiction, nonfiction, or poetryPrize: $1,500Deadline: February 16, 2024 Jeanne Córdova Prize for Lesbian/Queer NonfictionEligibility: lesbian/queer or trans/gender non-conforming writers w/at least one bookPrize: $2,500Deadline: February 16, 2024 Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition for Emerging WritersEligibility: Canadian citizens & permanent residents with no more than 1 book publishedPrize: $2,500Entry fee: $29Deadline: February 19, 2024 Writing Fellowships & Residencies Philip Roth Residence in Creative WritingEligibility: Writers working on a first or second book of fiction or creative nonfictionPrize: 4-month residency at Bucknell’s “Poets’ Cottage” and a stipend of $5,000.Deadline: February 1, 2024 MacDowell ColonyEligibility: All writersPrize: Up to six-week residencyEntry fee: $30Deadline: February 10, 2024 Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown FellowshipEligibility: Academics, independent scholars and writers working on projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830Prize: $20,000Deadline: February 15, 2024
