Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions May 2024 April 17, 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 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 Crook’s Corner PrizeEligibility: Debut novels set predominantly in the American South, published btwn January 1,2023 and May 15, 2024Prize: $5,000Entry Fee: $35Deadline: May 15, 2024 BOA Short Fiction PrizeEligibility: Writers who are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or have DACA status, TPS or LPSPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: May 31, 2024 Flannery O’Connor Award for Short FictionEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: May 31, 2024 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant WritingEligibility: First-generation American author with a nonfiction debutPrize: $10,000 and publication by Restless BooksDeadline: May 31, 2024 Poetry Contests Stan & Tom Wick Poetry PrizeEligibility: Poets who have not published a full-length volume of poetryPrize: $2,500 + publicationEntry fee: $27Deadline: May 1, 2024 Loraine Williams Poetry PrizeEligibility: All poetsPrize: $1,500 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: May 15, 2024 Stanley Kunitz Memorial PrizeEligibility: Poets under 40 years of agePrize: $1,000Entry fee: $15Deadline: May 15, 2024 James Laughlin AwardEligibility: Poets with 2nd full-length book of poetry coming out in the following calendar yearPrize: $5,000 + 1 week, all expenses paid stay at the Betsy Hotel in MiamiDeadline: May 15, 2024 Lenore Marshall Poetry PrizeEligibility: Poets with a full-length book of poetry published in the previous calendar yearPrize: $25,000Entry fee: $75Deadline: May 15, 2024 Guy Owen PrizeEligibility: All poetsPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: May 31, 2024 Multi-Genre Contests Ploughshares Emerging Writers ContestEligibility: Writers who have not published a book or a book coming out before April 2025Prize: $2,000 + publication + review from Aevitas Creative ManagementEntry fee: $30Deadline: May 15, 2024 New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook ContestEligibility: All writers (prose or poetry chapbooks are eligible)Prize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: May 15, 2024
