Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2019 September 6, 2019 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 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $30 Deadline: October 1, 2019 Blue Lights Book Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $2,000 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: October 31, 2019 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $27 Deadline: October 31, 2019 Poetry Contests Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship Eligibility: All US-born poets (or with parent born in the US) Prize: $60,500 Deadline: October 15, 2019 Benjamin Saltman Poetry AwardEligibility: All writers Prize: $3,000 + publication + 4-week residency Entry fee: $25 Deadline: October 31, 2019 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, 2019 APR/Honickman First Book Prize Eligibility: U.S. writers who have not published a book-length collection of poems Prize: $3,000 + publication Entry fee: $25 Deadline: October 31, 2019 Multi-Genre Contests American Literary Review Awards Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $15 Deadline: October 1, 2019 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $5,000 Entry fee: $25 Deadline: October 1, 2019 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, 2019
