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Creative Nonfiction Prize
Indiana Review
Genres: Essay, Fiction, and Non-fiction
Send us one creative nonfiction piece, up to 5000 words, for a chance at $1000 + publication. This year's contest will be judged by Lars Horn.
Top Prize:
$1,000
💰 Entry fee: $20
📅 Deadline: March 31, 2024 (Expired)
Annual Student Essay Contest
Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
Genres: Essay and Non-fiction
For this year’s Essay Contest, we are asking students to think about why the story of the Oklahoma City bombing is important today.
Top Prize:
$1,000
📅 Deadline: March 04, 2024 (Expired)
Stories of Inspiration
Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc
Genres: Essay and Non-fiction
Nonfiction stories of inspiration wanted (between 500 to 2,000 words). Submissions should highlight the struggle and resilience of the human spirit, especially related to cultures of BIPOC or marginalized communities. Stories must be original, unpublished works in English. One successful entry will be awarded each month from April 2024 and will be included within Kinsman Quarterly’s online journal and digital magazine. Successful authors receive $200 USD and publication in our digital magazine. No entry fee required.
Top Prize:
$200
Additional prizes:
Publication in Kinsman Quarterly's online magazine
📅 Deadline: December 31, 2024
Rigel 2024: $500 for Prose, Poetry, Art, or Graphic Novel
Sunspot Literary Journal
Genres: Essay, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Novel, Novella, Poetry, Script Writing, and Short Story
Literary or genre works accepted. Winner receives $500 plus publication, while runners-up and finalists are offered publication. No restrictions on theme or category. Closes: February 29. Entry fee: $12.50. Enter as many times as you like through Submittable or Duotrope
Top Prize:
$500 + publication
Additional prizes:
Runners-up and finalists are offered publication
💰 Entry fee: $12
📅 Deadline: February 29, 2024 (Expired)
African Diaspora Awards 2024
Kinsman Avenue Publishing, Inc
Genres: Essay, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Short Story
Up to $1000 in cash prizes for the African Diaspora Award 2024. African-themed prose and poetry wanted. Top finalists are published in Kinsman Quarterly’s magazine and the anthology, “Black Butterfly: Voices of the African Diaspora.”
Top Prize:
$1,000
Additional prizes:
Publication in anthology, "Black Butterfly: Voices of the African Diaspora" and print and digital magazine
💰 Entry fee: $25
📅 Deadline: June 30, 2024
Red Hen Press Women's Prose Prize
Red Hen Press
Genres: Fiction, Non-fiction, Short Story, Essay, Memoir, and Novel
Established in 2018, the Women’s Prose Prize is for previously unpublished, original work of prose. Novels, short story collections, memoirs, essay collections, and all other forms of prose writing are eligible for consideration. The awarded manuscript is selected through a biennial competition, held in even-numbered years, that is open to all writers who identify as women.
Top Prize:
$1,000
Additional prizes:
Publication by Red Hen Press
💰 Entry fee: $25
📅 Deadline: February 28, 2024 (Expired)
Vocal Challenges
Creatd
Genres: Essay, Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, and Short Story
Enter themed storytelling contests to put your creativity to the test and be in with a chance of winning cash prizes and more. To submit, you'll need to sign up for a monthly fee of $9.99, or $4.99/month for 3 months.
Top Prize:
$1,000 — $5,000
💰 Entry fee: $15
📅 Deadline: March 07, 2024 (Expired)
swamp pink Prizes
crazyhorse
Genres: Essay, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Short Story
From January 1st to January 31st, submit short stories and essays of up to 25 pages or a set of 1-3 poems. Winners in each genre will receive $2,000 and publication.
Top Prize:
$2,000
Additional prizes:
Publication
💰 Entry fee: $20
📅 Deadline: January 31, 2024 (Expired)
Genres: Essay and Non-fiction
The Young Sports Journalist Competition, 2024, seeks well-argued articles from aspiring journalists aged 14-21. Winning entries will be published online and printed in the Summer Issue of Pitch. Critiqued by our panel of accomplished judges, winners will also receive a £50 cash prize and offered work experience here at PITCH HQ. The competition runs from 7 February 2024 to 5 April 2024. And winners will be announced in May.
Top Prize:
£50
Additional prizes:
Publication in magazine and online
📅 Deadline: April 05, 2024 (Expired)
Berggruen Prize Essay Competition
Berggruen Institute
Genres: Essay
The Berggruen Prize Essay Competition, in the amount of $25,000 USD for the English and Chinese language category respectively, is given annually to stimulate new thinking and innovative concepts while embracing cross-cultural perspectives across fields, disciplines, and geographies. Inspired by the pivotal role essays have played in shaping thought and inquiry, we are inviting essays that follow in the tradition of renowned thinkers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Michel de Montaigne, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Top Prize:
$25,000
Additional prizes:
Publication in Noema Magazine
📅 Deadline: June 30, 2024
WOW! Women On Writing Quarterly Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest
WOW! Women On Writing
Genres: Non-fiction and Essay
Seeking creative nonfiction essays on any topic (1000 words or less) and in any style--from personal essay and memoir to lyric essay and hybrid, and more! The mission of this contest is to reward bravery in real-life storytelling and create an understanding of our world through thoughtful, engaging narratives. Electronic submissions via e-mail only; reprints/previously published okay; simultaneous submissions okay; multiple submissions are okay as long as they are submitted in their own individual e-mail. Open internationally.
Top Prize:
$500
Additional prizes:
2nd: $300 | 3rd: $200 | 7 runner-ups: $25 Amazon Gift Cards
💰 Entry fee: $12
📅 Deadline: April 30, 2024
Anthology Travel Writing Competition 2024
Anthology Magazine
Genres: Essay, Non-fiction, and Travel
The Anthology Travel Writing Competition is open to original and previously unpublished travel articles in the English language by writers of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. We are looking for an engaging article that will capture the reader’s attention, conveying a strong sense of the destination and the local culture. Max 1000 words.
Top Prize:
€500
💰 Entry fee: $16
📅 Deadline: November 30, 2024
Indignor Play House Annual Short Story Competition
Indignor House Publishing
Genres: Fiction, Flash Fiction, Short Story, Crime, Essay, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Novella, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller, and Young Adult
Indignor House Publishing is proud to announce that our annual writing competition (INDIGNOR PLAYHOUSE Short Story Annual Competition) is officially open with expected publication in the fall of 2024. Up to 25 submissions will be accepted for inclusion in the annual anthology.
Top Prize:
$500
Additional prizes:
2nd: $250 | 3rd: $150
💰 Entry fee: $20
📅 Deadline: March 01, 2024 (Expired)
The Letter Review Prize for Books
The Letter Review
Genres: Crime, Essay, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Humor, Memoir, Mystery, Non-fiction, Novella, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Science Writing, Short Story, Thriller, and Young Adult
The Letter Review Prize for Books is open to writers from anywhere in the world. Seeking most unpublished (we accept some self/indie published) novels, novellas, story collections, nonfiction, poetry etc. 20 entries are longlisted.
Top Prize:
$1000 USD shared by 3 winners
💰 Entry fee: $25
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2023 (Expired)
Tusculum Review Nonfiction Chapbook Prize
The Tusculum Review
Genres: Essay and Non-fiction
A prize of $1,000, publication of the essay in The Tusculum Review’s 20th Anniversary Issue (2024), and creation of a limited edition stand-alone chapbook with original art is awarded. Editors of The Tusculum Review and contest judge Mary Cappello will determine the winner of the 2024 prize.
Top Prize:
$1,000
Additional prizes:
Publication
💰 Entry fee: $20
📅 Deadline: June 15, 2024
