Calls for Submissions May 2024
April 17, 2024
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
Crook’s Corner Prize
Eligibility: Debut novels set predominantly in the American South, published btwn January 1,
2023 and May 15, 2024
Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $35
Deadline: May 15, 2024
BOA Short Fiction Prize
Eligibility: Writers who are U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or have DACA status, TPS or LPS
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Eligibility: First-generation American author with a nonfiction debut
Prize: $10,000 and publication by Restless Books
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Poetry Contests
Stan & Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Eligibility: Poets who have not published a full-length volume of poetry
Prize: $2,500 + publication
Entry fee: $27
Deadline: May 1, 2024
Loraine Williams Poetry Prize
Eligibility: All poets
Prize: $1,500 + publication
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: May 15, 2024
Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize
Eligibility: Poets under 40 years of age
Prize: $1,000
Entry fee: $15
Deadline: May 15, 2024
James Laughlin Award
Eligibility: Poets with 2nd full-length book of poetry coming out in the following calendar year
Prize: $5,000 + 1 week, all expenses paid stay at the Betsy Hotel in Miami
Deadline: May 15, 2024
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Eligibility: Poets with a full-length book of poetry published in the previous calendar year
Prize: $25,000
Entry fee: $75
Deadline: May 15, 2024
Guy Owen Prize
Eligibility: All poets
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Multi-Genre Contests
Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest
Eligibility: Writers who have not published a book or a book coming out before April 2025
Prize: $2,000 + publication + review from Aevitas Creative Management
Entry fee: $30
Deadline: May 15, 2024
New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest
Eligibility: All writers (prose or poetry chapbooks are eligible)
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $25
Deadline: May 15, 2024