Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2022 September 8, 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 Fiction Contests Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 3, 2022 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $27Deadline: October 31, 2022 Poetry Contests Academy of American Poets First Book AwardEligibility: U.S. poets who have not previously published a bookPrize: $5,000 + publicationEntry fee: $35Deadline: October 1, 2022 APR/Honickman First Book PrizeEligibility: U.S. writers who have not published a book-length collection of poemsPrize: $3,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 1, 2022 Alice James AwardEligibility: Emerging & established poetsPrize: $5,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 16, 2022 Benjamin Saltman Poetry AwardEligibility: All writersPrize: $3,000 + publication + 4-week residencyEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 31, 2022 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, 2022 Multi-Genre Contests Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000Entry fee: $25Deadline: October 1, 2022 American Literary Review AwardsEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $15Deadline: October 1, 2022 Writing Fellowships & Residencies Adina Talve-Goodman FellowshipEligibility: Early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an MFA programPrize: $2,000, manuscript review, free tuition for all One Story online classes, free admission One Story’s week-long summer writers’ conferenceDeadline: October 12, 2022 Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry ScholarshipEligibility: All US-born poets (or with parent born in the US)Prize: $60,500Deadline: October 15, 2022 Dora Maar FellowshipEligibility: Midcareer professionals in the arts and humanitiesPrize: residency at Dora Maar HouseEntry Fee: $20Deadline: October 15, 2022
