Calls for Submissions March 2022
February 4, 2022
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
Nelligan Prize
Eligibility: Short story writers
Prize: $2,500 + publication
Entry fee: $15; $17 online
Deadline: March 14, 2022 (there is a 5-day grace period)
Arts & Letters Fiction Prize
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Eligibility: First-generation American author with a nonfiction debut
Prize: $10,000 and publication by Restless Books
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Nonfiction Contests
Frances Frank Rollin Fellowship
Eligibility: Authors working on a biographical work about an African American figure or figures
Prize: $2,000 + a year’s membership in BIO
Deadline: March 1, 2022
Ida B. Wells Fellowship
Eligibility: Journalists of color
Prize: $25,000 + mentorship + additional funds for traveling, reporting, and the Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference
Deadline: March 13, 2022
Susan Atefat Prize in Creative Nonfiction
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Poetry Contests
Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award
Eligibility: Poets who have previously published at least one full-length book of poems and are citizens or residents of the U.S.
Prize: $2,000 + publication
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: March 7, 2022
Rumi Prize in Poetry
Eligibility: All poets
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Translation Contests
Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
Eligibility: Translators with works published between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022
Prize: £3,000
Deadline: March 31, 2022
Writing Fellowships & Residencies
National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowships
Eligibility: Poets with substantial publications from Jan 1, 2015-Mar 10, 2022 (see eligibility for details)
Prize: $25,000
Deadline: March 10, 2022
Hugo House Writer in Residence
Eligibility: Published writers of prose + poetry
Prize: $6,000 stipend for 12 months
Deadline: March 31, 2022