Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2020 September 9, 2020 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 ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 1, 2020 F(r)iction Short Story ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000Deadline: October 30, 2020 Quill Prose AwardEligibility: Queer writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $10Deadline: October 30, 2020 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $27Deadline: October 31, 2020 Poetry Contests Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry ScholarshipEligibility: All US-born poets (or with parent born in the US)Prize: $60,500Deadline: October 15, 2020 Benjamin Saltman Poetry AwardEligibility: All writersPrize: $3,000 + publication + 4-week residencyEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 31, 2020 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in PoetryEligibility: Female poets who have yet to publish a full-length book of poemsPrize: $1,000 + publication + residencyDeadline: October 31, 2020 APR/Honickman First Book PrizeEligibility: U.S. writers who have not published a book-length collection of poemsPrize: $3,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 31, 2020 Blue Lights Book PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $2,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: October 31, 2020 Multi-Genre Contests American Literary Review AwardsEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $15Deadline: October 1, 2020 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000Entry fee: $25Deadline: October 1, 2020 Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary ExcellenceEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $20Deadline: October 15, 2020
