Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions June 2017 May 5, 2017 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 writing contests, fellowships, and other 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 (e.g. January 2017 Calls for Submissions is posted in December; all opportunities will have January deadlines). If you would like a contest, grant, fellowship, residency, or workshop to be added to our next Submissions post, please contact us. Include a link to your submission guidelines and the information we include in all our listings: deadline, entry fee, and prize Fiction Contests Crook’s Corner Prize Eligibility: Debut novels set predominantly in the American South, published btwn Jan 1, 2016 & Jun 1, 2017 Prize: $5,000 Entry Fee: $35 Deadline: June 1, 2017 Salamander 2017 Fiction Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry Fee: $15 Deadline: June 1, 2017 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction for Writers of Color Award Eligibility: Emerging writers of color (unpublished preferred) Prize: $1,500 Deadline: June 15, 2017 Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction Eligibility: All U.S. writers Prize: $2,000 Entry Fee: $15 Deadline: June 15, 2017 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Eligibility: Writers who have published a novel or a book-length collection of fiction with a reputable book publisher, or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in magazines or journals of national distribution Prize: $15,000 + publication Deadline: June 30, 2017 Poetry Contests Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest Eligibility: All Poets Prize: $1,500 and publication Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: June 1, 2017 Bitter Oleander Press Library of Poetry Award Eligibility: All poets Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry Fee: $28 Deadline: June 15, 2017 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Book Prize Eligibility: All poets Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry Fee: $25 Deadline: June 30, 2017 Translation Contests Leif and Inger Sjöberg Award Eligibility: English translations of works written in a Nordic language Prize: $2,000 + publication Deadline: June 15, 2017 Nadia Christensen Prize Eligibility: English translations of works written in a Nordic language Prize: $2,500 + publication Deadline: June 15, 2017 Multi-Genre Contests Thomas A. Wilhelmus Editors’ Award Eligibility: Essayists or short story writers Prize: $2,000 Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: June 1, 2017 New Millennium Writings Awards in Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Nonfiction Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: June 18, 2017 Members, for more information on lit mag submissions, check out our how-to guides: Lit Mag Submissions 101 and Escape the Slush Pile Not a member? Subscribe to our mailing list to receive contests and other news directly in your inbox: