Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2018 September 6, 2018 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 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,500 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: October 1, 2018 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $30 Deadline: October 1, 2018 Blue Lights Book Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $2,000 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: October 31, 2018 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $27 Deadline: October 31, 2018 Poetry Contests Philip Levine Prize in Poetry Eligibility: Any poet writing in English Prize: $2,000 + publication Entry fee: $25 Deadline: October 1, 2018 Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship Eligibility: All US-born poets (or with parent born in the US) Prize: $59,000 Deadline: October 15, 2018 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award Eligibility: All writers Prize: $3,000 + publication + 4-week residency Entry fee: $25 Deadline: October 31, 2018 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry Eligibility: Female poets who have yet to publish a full-length book of poems Prize: $1,000 + publication + residency Deadline: October 31, 2018 Multi-Genre Contests American Literary Review Awards Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $15 Deadline: October 1, 2018 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $5,000 Entry fee: $25 Deadline: October 1, 2018 Writing Fellowships & Residencies Dora Maar Fellowship Eligibility: Midcareer professionals in the arts and humanities Prize: 1-3 month residency Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: October 15, 2018 Jane Hoppen Residency Eligibility: Writers of any genre who identify as LGBTQ+ Prize: 6 month residency at Paragraph NY Deadline: October 15, 2018 Photo by Alex Geerts on Unsplash
