Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2023 September 13, 2023 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 2, 2023 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book ContestEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $27Deadline: October 31, 2023 Poetry Contests 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, 2023 Alice James AwardEligibility: Emerging & established poetsPrize: $2,000 + publicationEntry fee: $30Deadline: October 16, 2023 Benjamin Saltman Poetry AwardEligibility: All writersPrize: $3,000 + publicationEntry fee: $25Deadline: October 31, 2023 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, 2023 Multi-Genre Contests Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ PrizeEligibility: All writersPrize: $5,000Entry fee: $25Deadline: October 1, 2023 American Literary Review AwardsEligibility: All writersPrize: $1,000 + publicationEntry fee: $15Deadline: October 1, 2023 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 to One Story’s week-long summer writers’ conferenceDeadline: October 11, 2023 Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry ScholarshipEligibility: All US-born poets (or with parent born in the US)Prize: $60,500Deadline: October 15, 2023 Dora Maar FellowshipEligibility: Midcareer professionals in the arts and humanitiesPrize: residency at Dora Maar HouseEntry Fee: $25Deadline: October 16, 2023
