Calls for Submissions April 2023
March 13, 2023
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 Prize
Eligibility: All fiction writers except those already published by Orison Books
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Deadline: April 1, 2023
Nonfiction Contests
Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
Eligibility: Creative nonfiction writers under contract with a traditional publisher in the UK, US, or Canada
Prize: $40,000
Deadline: April 25, 2023
Poetry Contests
Orison Poetry Prize
Eligibility: All poets except those already published by Orison Books
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Deadline: April 1, 2023
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
Eligibility: Poets, ages of 21-31
Prize: $27,000
Deadline: April 14, 2023 (must register for online portal by April 10)
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
Eligibility: Poets who have not had a full-length book of poetry published previously
Prize: $5,000 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: April 30, 2023
Translation Contests
Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
Eligibility: Translators with book-length translations Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, or Vietnamese into English poetry or source texts from Zen Buddhism in previous calendar year
Prize: $6,000
Deadline: April 17, 2023
Italian Prose in Translation Award (IPTA)
Eligibility: Translators with books of fiction or literary non-fiction translated from Italian into English in previous calendar year
Prize: $5,000
Deadline: April 17, 2023
ALTA Travel Fellowship
Eligibility: Emerging translators
Prize: $1,000 to assist in travel to the annual ALTA conference
Deadline: April 17, 2023
Multi-Genre Contests
New Michigan/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest
Eligibility: All writers (prose or poetry chapbooks are eligible)
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $24
Deadline: April 28, 2023
Writing Fellowships & Residencies
American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
Eligibility: Writers working on a book project, fiction or non-fiction, that contributes to cross-cultural discourse.
Prize: $5,000 + opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month while participating in the life of the American Library
Entry Fee: €30
Deadline: April 1, 2023
Marguerite and Lamar Fellowship for Writers
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $5,000 + residency in Carson McCullers’s childhood home
Deadline: April 1, 2023
Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents
Eligibility: Parents of at least one child under 10 years of age
Prize: $2,000
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: April 17, 2023