Calls for Submissions July 2023
June 12, 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
The Story Prize
Eligibility: Writers with short story collections published in the first half of the year
Prize: $20,000
Entry Fee: $75
Deadline: July 15, 2023 (November 15, 2023 for collections published in the second half of the year)
Poetry Contests
Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000
Entry fee: $15
Deadline: July 1, 2023
Kingsley Tufts Award
Eligibility: Mid-career poets with a book published between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
Prize: $100,000
Deadline: July 1, 2023
Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Eligibility: Poets with a first book published between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.Prize: $10,000
Deadline: July 1, 2023
Multi-Genre Contests
Bellevue Literary Review Prizes
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: July 1, 2023
Robert and Adele Schiff Awards
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: July 15, 2023
Writing Fellowships & Residencies
Richard J. Margolis Award
Eligibility: Nonfiction writers of social justice journalism
Prize: residency at Blue Mountain Lake
Deadline: July 1, 2023