Contests and Prizes for Short Story Writers
The Writing Contests, Grants & Awards database includes details about the creative writing contests—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, and more—that we’ve published in Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it. Ours is the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is an annual prize awarded by the University of Georgia Press named in honor of the American short story writer and novelist Flannery O'Connor.
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Sports Fiction & Essay Contest - This contest, now in its second year, seeks today's best short fiction and essays on sports-related themes (no poetry this year). We will award $3,000 in prizes.
The Debut-litzer Award - Late Night Library, the all-hours home of debut books, announces The Debut-litzer Award for creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. The winners will be selected by judges in each genre: Paul Collins (nonfiction), Leslie Jamison (fiction), and Traci Brimhall (poetry). In addition to a $1,000 cash prize, each winner will be featured on Late Night Conversation and each book will be featured on Late Night Debut.
The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2014 issue of BLR. Honorable mention winners will receive $250 and publication in the Spring 2014 issue of BLR.
The American Fiction Prize - The Best Unpublished Short Stories by American Writers