Contests and Awards

Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The Big Moose Prize for an unpublished novel. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner of this contest…

NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 17, 2022. St. Martin’s Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition is open to any writer, regardless of nationality, age 18 or older, who…

$9-$15 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 16, 2022. No theme to adhere to for the Eunice Williams Nonfiction Prize, simply nonfiction written by you, about you. All essays must be true…

Better Books for a Better World $2,500 Grand Award Now in their 24th year, Nautilus Book Awards continues to honor transformative books from across the entire spectrum of the publishing…

Better Books for a Better World $2,500 Grand Award Now in its 24th year, Nautilus Book Awards continues to recognize and honor transformative books from across the entire spectrum of…

Deadline: December 31, 2022 The Florida Review is now accepting submissions for its 2022-2023 Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award. All entries considered for excerpt publication in the journal. Winner receives…

Deadline: December 31, 2022. The Tartt First Fiction Award from Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama is given annually to a collection of short stories written in English…

Deadline: October 10. Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published E-book Awards is now accepting entries. This is the only Writer’s Digest competition exclusively for self-published e-books.

They want honest, unsentimental stories, of 6 and 749 words, about teachers and schools. The story’s protagonist or narrator must be a K-12 teacher. Sentimentality is discouraged and education jargon…

This award is for a creative nonfiction piece of up to 5,000 words on any subject. The contest is open in February and August. Value: $250 Reading period: 1-31 August…