Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions March 2022 February 4, 2022 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 Nelligan PrizeEligibility: Short story writersPrize: $2,500 + publicationEntry fee: $15; $17 onlineDeadline: March 14, 2022 (there is a 5-day grace period) Arts & Letters Fiction PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: March 31, 2022 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant WritingEligibility: First-generation American author with a nonfiction debutPrize: $10,000 and publication by Restless BooksDeadline: March 31, 2022 Nonfiction Contests Frances Frank Rollin FellowshipEligibility: Authors working on a biographical work about an African American figure or figuresPrize: $2,000 + a year’s membership in BIODeadline: March 1, 2022 Ida B. Wells FellowshipEligibility: Journalists of colorPrize: $25,000 + mentorship + additional funds for traveling, reporting, and the Investigative Reporters and Editors ConferenceDeadline: March 13, 2022 Susan Atefat Prize in Creative NonfictionEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: March 31, 2022 Poetry Contests Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice AwardEligibility: 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 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: March 7, 2022 Rumi Prize in PoetryEligibility: All poetsPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: March 31, 2022 Translation Contests Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary TranslationEligibility: Translators with works published between April 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022Prize: £3,000Deadline: March 31, 2022 Writing Fellowships & Residencies National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing FellowshipsEligibility: Poets with substantial publications from Jan 1, 2015-Mar 10, 2022 (see eligibility for details)Prize: $25,000Deadline: March 10, 2022 Hugo House Writer in ResidenceEligibility: Published writers of prose + poetryPrize: $6,000 stipend for 12 monthsDeadline: March 31, 2022