Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions February 2025 January 14, 2025 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 The Masters Review Short Story Award for New WritersEligibility: Emerging writers onlyPrize: $3,000 + publication + agency reviewEntry Fee: $20Deadline: February 2, 2025 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, 2025 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, 2025 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, 2025 Matthew Power Literary Reporting AwardEligibility: Early-career nonfiction writersPrize: $12,500Deadline: February 19, 2025 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, 2025 Poetry Contests Michael Waters Poetry PrizeEligibility: All poets, except affiliatesPrize: $5,000 and publication by Southern Indiana Review PressEntry Fee: $35Deadline: February 3, 2025 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: $30Deadline: February 16, 2025 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, 2025 Translation Contests Harold Morton Landon Translation AwardEligibility: Translators with a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in 2024Prize: $1,000Deadline: February 15, 2025 Raiziss/de Palchi Book PrizeEligibility: Translators with an English translation of Italian poetry published in the U.S.Prize: $10,000Deadline: February 15, 2025 Multi-Genre Contests 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 17, 2025 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, 2025 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 1, 2025 MacDowell ColonyEligibility: All writersPrize: Up to six-week residencyEntry fee: $30Deadline: February 10, 2025 Guggenheim Poet-in-ResidenceEligibility: 21yo+ poet with one or more collections of published poetry, currently authorized to work in the U.S. for any employerPrize: residency at the Guggenheim Museum + $20,000 honorariumDeadline: February 19, 2025
