Discover the finest writing contests of 2019 for fiction and non-fiction authors of short stories, poetry, essays and more. Updated weekly, these contests are vetted by Reedsy to weed out the scammers and time-wasters. Manage a contest? Submit it here
Respond to one of Reedsy's weekly writing prompt newsletters with a short story for the chance to win $50 and get featured on the Reedsy Medium Blog!
π Deadline January 01, 2020 β π° Entry Fee: FREE
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$50
Publication on Reedsy Blog
Do you have the next great novel? Submit it to Inkitt's Novel Competition for the chance to win their prize including: a $300 cash prize, promotion on a special Novel Contest Winner's List, a contest Winner Badge for your Inkitt cover picture, as well as eligibility for a future publishing deal. Each month a winner is selected for the cash prize Β so submit your story by the end of this month!
π Deadline March 31, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: FREE
Genres: Fiction,
$300
The Scriptation Showcase is the screenwriting competition that circulates winnersβ scripts to the widest range of Hollywood directors, showrunners, and producers. 15 scripts will be featured for a full year in Scriptation, the script app used on thousands of film and TV productions.
π Deadline April 30, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $29
Genres: Script Writing,
$1,000
1 Year Scriptation Showcase
In celebration of our tenth year, we have increased first prize from $1,000 to $5,000. Second place: $250. Three honorable mentions: $50 each. Entry fee: $10. We are open to any subject, genre or length. All five finalists will be published online in the June 2019 issue. Both new and experienced writers have won our contests. All entries are read blind. Deadline: April 1.
π Deadline April 01, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$5,000
The David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction is named for the late David Nathan Meyerson (1967β1998), a therapist and talented writer who died before he was able to show to the greater world the full fruits of his literary potential, the prize consists of $1,000 and publication in Southwest Review.
π Deadline May 01, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $25
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$1,000
The Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence includes $1,000, publication, and twenty books. The Louise Bogan Award for Artistic Merit and Excellence is open to ALL poets, regardless of publication history.
π Deadline April 30, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $25
Genres: Poetry,
$1,000
The Trio Award for First or Second Book includes $1,000, publication, and twenty books. The Trio Award for First or Second Book is only open to poets with less than two books published.
π Deadline April 30, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $25
Genres: Fiction, Novel,
$1,000
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a poem. The winner also receives $500 in travel expenses to attend the Telluride Literary Arts Festival in Colorado in May.
π Deadline May 01, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $9
Genres: Poetry,
$1,000
Attendance at Telluride Literary Arts Festival
Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on any subject in any style up to a maximum of 10 pages per entry. (We enjoy long poems!)
π Deadline April 30, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $15
Genres: Poetry,
$1,500
Twice each year TGS awards $1,000 and both online and print publication to the winner of our short story competition.
π Deadline April 30, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $20
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$1,000
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to authors who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals.
University of Pittsburgh Press
π Deadline June 30, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $25
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$15,000
Publication in University of Pittsburgh Press
Established in 1981, the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is administered by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Named in honor of Agnes Lynch Starrett, the Pressβs first director, the prize is awarded for a first full-length book of poems.
University of Pittsburgh Press
π Deadline April 30, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $25
Genres: Poetry,
$5,000
Publication in University of Pittsburgh Press
We are seeking submissions for pieces that breathe freshness to the form. We are interested in previously unpublished prose ranging from 1,000 - 5,000 words, each with a $10 entry fee. All finalists will be considered for publication.
π Deadline May 15, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$1,000
Publication in Break Water Review
The winning poem and author will be announced by August 15, and the poem will appear in the Spring issue of the following year. All submitted poems will be considered for publication in The Georgia Review; any selected will be paid our regular poetry honorarium of $4 per line.
π Deadline May 15, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $15
Genres: Poetry,
$1,500
Publication in The Georgia Review
Established in 1975, this $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous calendar year. The prize includes an all-expenses-paid ten-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York, and distribution of the winning book to hundreds of Academy of American Poets members.
π Deadline May 15, 2019 β π° Entry Fee: $75
Genres: Poetry,
$25,000
Residency at Glen Hollow
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