Contests, Grants, and Residencies Calls for Submissions October 2017 September 7, 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 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 (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 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,500 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: October 1, 2017 Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: October 2, 2017 New Visions Award (Middle Grade/Young Adult) Eligibility: Writers of color who are residents of the United States and have not previously had a middle grade or young adult novel published Prize: $1,000 + publication Deadline: October 31, 2017 Indiana Review Fiction Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $20 Deadline: October 31, 2017 Nonfiction Contests River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Contest Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publcation Entry fee: $27 Deadline: October 15, 2017 Writing Pittsburgh Book Prize Eligibility: Writers with a meaningful Pittsburgh connection Prize: $10,000 + publication Deadline: October 23, 2017 Poetry Contests Amy Lowell Traveling Poetry Scholarship Eligibility: All US-born poets (or with parent born in the US) Prize: $58,000 Deadline: October 15, 2017 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award Eligibility: All writers Prize: $3,000 + publication + 4-week residency Entry fee: $25 Deadline: October 31, 2017 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 Deadline: October 31, 2017 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, 2017 Multi-Genre Contests American Literary Review Awards Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + publication Entry fee: $15 Deadline: October 1, 2017 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize Eligibility: All writers Prize: $5,000 Entry fee: $22 Deadline: October 2, 2017 Writing Fellowships & Residencies Spillways Artist & Writer Residency Eligibility: All writers Prize: $1,000 + 2-week residency in New Orleans Entry fee: $45 Deadline: October 4, 2017 Dora Maar Fellowship Eligibility: Midcareer professionals in the arts and humanities Prize: 1-3 month residency Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: October 15, 2017 A Public Space Fellowship Eligibility: Writers who have not yet been published Prize: $1,000 + 6-month editorial support (from APS editors to prepare a piece for publication in the magazine) Deadline: October 15, 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: Photo credit: Alisa Anton on Unsplash
