Enter your poems in the 21st annual prize today! All poems submitted for the prize will be considered for publication in Smartish Pace. Therefore, it is possible to have your poems selected for an issue of Smartish Pace even if they do not win the Beullah Rose Poetry Prize. 

 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize

As we move from autumn into winter, we might find ourselves slowing down and becoming more contemplative. These cooler months are the perfect time to reflect more, and to write more. 

 CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest

First prize is $1000 for one poem, second prize is $250 and third prize is $100. Winners, finalists and semi-finalists will be published in the winter/spring issue of Naugatuck River Review.

 Naugatuck River Review's Annual Narrative Poetry Contest

The finest triad of poems will be awarded the $1,000 Phyllis-Smart Young Prize in poetry and publication the spring issue of The Madison Review! 



 Phyllis Smart-Young Prize in Poetry

Each month we invite you to post a story on Twitter using #GWstorieseverywhere for a chance to win a free class. 

#Gwstorieseverywhere

Enter Midway Journal’s -1000 Below: Flash Prose and Poetry Contest for a chance to win the $500 grand prize!

1000 Below: Flash Prose And Poetry Contest

This annual contest challenges you to write an original poem in 48 hours — with only one catch. The final poem must include ten words that we provide.

2-Day Poem Contest

The winner will receive $500 dollars and 10 copies of the issue in which the story appears. The winner will also have the opportunity to be interviewed about their work; the interview will be published alongside the story.

The 2024 Adrift Short Story Contest

The winner's book will be published in a perfect-bound edition. 
3 Mile Harbor Press' distributor is Small Press Distributor.

3 Mile Harbor Press Annual Poetry Book Contest

Stop-watches at the ready – it’s time for another 3-minute writing competition! Our judges will be looking for that spark of originality as well as the technical ability to construct a well-made play, story or song. 

3-Minute Writing Competition

Winning poets and honorable mentions will receive a print copy of the contest issue. Non-prize poems will be considered for inclusion in the same or later issue of 3rd Wednesday as a regular submission unless the poet chooses not to have them considered.

3rd Wednesday’s Annual Poetry Contest

42 Miles Press Poetry Award

From the stories received in those 15 days, the best stories will be selected to be published that same month. Only enough stories will be selected to publish two stories per weekday.

50-Word Story of the Month

This is some chill filler text for a killer contest hosted by some awesome people. We will update it when we audit this contest later in the year (or if this is your contest, claim it and write something better here).

53-Word Story Contest

A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize

The Young Writers Award is open to all South Australian students.
It is free of a topic.

Aate Young Writers Award

The Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) and Westerly Magazine are offering a prize for Life Writing. We celebrate Life Writing as a rumination upon memory and experience and encourage creative and hybrid approaches.

AAWP Novella Prize

$500 prize for the best short story (flash fiction), plus publication in Able Muse (the print journal).

Able Muse Write Fiction Prize

$500 prize for the best poem, plus publication in Able Muse (the print journal).

Able Muse Write Poetry Prize

Academy of American Poets First Book Award

Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship

Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry

We are excited to announce our fifth annual Adrift Chapbook Contest. We are consistently in awe of the fabulous manuscripts submitted to this contest, and we are looking forward to receiving your amazing poems!

Adrift Chapbook Contest

A celebration of innovative new writing from across the world. Each year, the competition invites submissions of short fiction that highlight the craft and skill of the short form.

Aesthetica Fiction Award

A celebration of innovative new writing from across the world. Each year, the competition invites submissions of poetry that redefine the parameters of form, concept and technique.

Aesthetica Poetry Award

Honoring the memory of a celebrated poet and a beloved teacher, the Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry is awarded annually.

Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize

Airlie Prize

Akron Poetry Prize

An annual award for a short story, financed by a bequest made by Miss Nellie Tom-Gallon in memory of her brother and generously supported by ALCS and Hawthornden Literary Retreat.

ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award

NCLR considers creative nonfiction submissions only through the Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize Competition, named for NCLR‘s Founding Editor.

NCLR publishes only “North Carolina writers.” Our definition of a North Carolina writer is anyone who currently lives in North Carolina, has lived in North Carolina, or uses North Carolina as subject matter.

Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize

Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award

Alice James Award

Honoring Allen Ginsberg’s contribution to American literature and his Paterson upbringing, this annual poetry competition awards the first prize of $2000, the second prize of $1000, and the third prize of $500 for a single poem.

Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards

Two $1000 awards and publication by Saturnalia Books
Selected by the Saturnalia Books Editorial Team

Alma Book Awards

Ambroggio Prize

American Literary Review CNF Award

American Literary Review Fiction Award

American Literary Review Poetry Award

American Short(er) Fiction Prize

Anhinga Prize for Poetry

Founded in 2020 in partnership with Red Hen Press and the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance, the Ann Petry Award seeks to publish prose literature by Black authors.

The Ann Petry Award is for a work of previously unpublished prose (including self-published works), either a novel or a collection of short stories or novellas, with a minimum of 150 pages, by a Black writer.


Ann Petry Award

Elixir Press is sponsoring a poetry contest open to all poets writing in English.  The winning manuscript will be published by Elixir Press, and all entries will be considered for publication. the price is $2000 +25 copies of the book.

Annual Elixir Press Poetry Award

The winning entries will receive a $1,000 cash prize and will be published in our Winter issue. First runner-up will be published in our Spring issue of the following year.

Annual Lush Triumphant Literary Award in Nonfiction

Annual Lush Triumphant Literary Award in Poetry

This contest is open to all writers (who are not current students at HVWC) who have not yet published a collection of poems in book or chapbook form. 

Annual Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition

Annual Writing Competition

Established to inspire creativity, great writing and to provide a platform for publication. The Anthology Flash Fiction Competition is open to original and previously unpublished flash fiction pieces on any theme or genre in the English language by writers of any nation

Anthology Flash Fiction Competition 2024

Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition

The Anthology Nature Writing Competition is created to celebrate the beauty of the natural world, inspire literary excellence and encourage Anthology’s readers to explore the great outdoors.

Anthology Nature Writing Competition 2024

Everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours? Authors are invited to share a unique life experience. Whether your memoir recounts a transformative journey, a poignant moment, or a life-altering event, we welcome your story.