Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions April 2021 March 9, 2021 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 Orison Fiction PrizeEligibility: All fiction writers except those already published by Orison BooksPrize: $1,500Entry Fee: $25Deadline: April 1, 2021 Nonfiction Contests Whiting Creative Nonfiction GrantEligibility: Creative nonfiction writers under contract with a publisher & at least two years into their contractPrize: $40,000Deadline: April 26, 2021 Poetry Contests Orison Poetry PrizeEligibility: All poets except those already published by Orison BooksPrize: $1,500Entry Fee: $25Deadline: April 1, 2021 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry PrizeEligibility: Poets who have not had a full-length book of poetry published previouslyPrize: $5,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: April 30, 2021 Translation Contests Lucien Stryk Asian Translation PrizeEligibility: Translators with book-length translations of Asian* poetry or source texts from Zen Buddhism in in 2020 (*translations from Hindi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean into English)Prize: $5,000Deadline: April 19, 2021 Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA)Eligibility: Translators with books of fiction or literary non-fiction translated from Italian into English in 2018Prize: $5,000Deadline: April 19, 2021 ALTA Travel FellowshipEligibility: Emerging translatorsPrize: $1,000Deadline: April 19, 2021 Multi-Genre Contests New South Writing ContestEligibility: Writers who have not published a book of prose or poetryPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $18Deadline: April 1, 2021 New Michigan/DIAGRAM Chapbook ContestEligibility: All writers (prose or poetry chapbooks are eligible)Prize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: April 30, 2021 Writing Fellowships & Residencies American Library in Paris Visiting FellowshipEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000 + opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month while participating in the life of the American LibraryEntry Fee: €30Deadline: April 1, 2021 Marguerite and Lamar Fellowship for WritersEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000 + residency in Carson McCullers’s childhood homeDeadline: April 1, 2021 MacDowell ColonyEligibility: All writersPrize: 4-month residencyEntry fee: $30Deadline: April 15, 2021 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New ParentsEligibility: Parents of at least one child under 10 years of agePrize: $1,000Entry fee: $15Deadline: April 17, 2021
