Are you a poetry writer who wants an all-expense covered opportunity and a cash award? Then this opportunity will interest you.

The organizers of the 2024 Alpine Fellowship Annual Symposium are currently accepting submissions. Three lucky writers will be awarded this international prize.

The theme for this year’s submissions is : ‘Language’

Eligibility Guidelines for Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize

• Open to all nationalities.

• In addition, everyone who enters must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.

• All entries must be written in English.

• Furthermore, entrants can only enter one of the prizes.

Submission Guidelines for Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize

• Limited to one entry per person.

• You may submit one poem or a collection of poems as long as ALL the poems in the collection speak to the theme.

• Importantly, entrants must note that there is a maximum of 500 words per entry.

• Travel expenses can be used for travel costs only and are not exchangeable for cash.

• More so, travel expenses can be used for transport only, and can not be used towards accommodation outside of the dates of our symposium.

• Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.

• Also, due to the volume of applications the judges decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.

• All entries must be sent via the Alpine Fellowship Submittable.

Prizes

The winner of the Poetry Prize will receive a cash prize. Also, the runners up will receive travel expense support that must be used to attend the 2023 symposium which will be held from 10th-13th August 2024 in Fjällnäs, Sweden

First place: £3,000 cash grant

Second place: £1,000 travel expense

Third place: £1,000 travel expense

Deadline

Submissions close on the 1st of March 2024 at 23:59 (UK time)

Good luck.

The post Alpine Fellowship Poetry Prize is Open/ How to Apply (Prize: £5,000) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

The  Gio Peace Foundation International  Essay Contest for Young People has opened for submissions for writers 25 years and below.

The International Essay Contest for Young People is an annual essay contest organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world.  This program is an activity within the framework of UNESCO’s Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs. Every year, a theme is given for writers to engage with. 

This year’s theme is: “Youth Creating a Peaceful Future”

Your writing must meet the theme and show outstanding prowess with your creative non-fiction ideas. Therefore, you should know how to write a proper essay. 

Submission Guidelines for International Essay Contest for Young People

• All submissions must be made on the online form.
• There are no geographical restrictions. Writers from all over the world are welcome to apply.
• Entrants must be within the ages specified in the age categories:

1. a) Children (ages up to 14)
2. b) Youth (ages 15 – 25)

• Essays must not exceed the word limit of 700 words.
• Only essays written in the following languages will be considered: English, French, or 1600 characters or less in Japanese. 
•  Essays must be typed, with your name and essay title included at the top of the first page.
• There are no particular rules regarding formatting (font style, size, line space, etc.). However, essays must be submitted in either MS Word (DOC/DOCX) or PDF format. Your name and essay title are not included in the word count limit.

• Only 100% unique and unpublished essays will be considered.

Prizes

Awards for winners are slated to be approximately over $1000 in total. See below for the details:

Deadline

Entries must be received by June 15, 2023 (23:59 your local time).

Goodluck.

The post International Essay Contest For Young People (Prizes: Over $1000 + Certificates) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) writers award is currently open for first-time prose writers. 

 The Deborah Rogers Foundation (DRF) was set up in memory of Devorah Rogers whose particular genius lay in identifying and supporting talented young people, to continue to seek out and support emerging talent in the publishing world specifically by means of two biennial awards;

• The Writers Award which gives £10,000 to an unpublished writer to enable them to complete a first book, and 
• The David Miller Bursary.

Submissions Guidelines for Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award

• Submissions should take the form of 15,000 – 20,000 words of a work in progress, fiction or non-fiction, which is not under option or contract
• Applicants may not be under contract to any publisher for any work or title in any language
• Applications are only open to writers who have not previously published or self-published a full-length book of prose (with the exception of a collection of poetry)
• Entrants must write in the English language and reside within the British Commonwealth or Eire
• Submissions should be accompanied by a brief synopsis and a short biographical note.
• Applicants who submitted work for previous Writers Awards may re-apply but the work submitted must be new
• The winner receives a cheque for £10,000 and each runner-up receives £1,000
• If your submission is on the longlist you will be notified by email.
• The shortlist will be announced in October 2023.

Prize

An award of £10,000 will be presented to a first-time prose writer whose submission demonstrates literary talent and who would benefit from financial support to complete their work.

Deadline

Submissions are open until 31st March 2023.

Visit the DRF Writers Award Website to submit. 

The post Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award is Open (Prize: £10,000) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

The 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize is currently open for short stories from writers worldwide. 

The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition based in Bristol, UK, which aims to publish great short stories and promote the stories and writers as much as possible.  Discovering previously unpublished writers is central to their aims and they are absolutely committed to celebrating the short story form and making it accessible and available to as wide an audience as they can.

The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition founded by the editors of the quarterly cultural magazine Bristol Review of Books in 2007.

Their Aims include:

• To publish a brilliant short story anthology every year full of fresh and original stories, and to get it stocked in as many bookshops as possible. This includes high street chains, independent shops and online booksellers.
• To inspire and encourage writers.
• To discover and promote previously unpublished writers.
• To provide an opportunity for writers to get published.
• To share our enthusiasm for short stories in as many ways and with as many people as possible.
• To establish Bristol as a short story centre.
• To raise the profile and support Bristol Review of Books magazine. (BROB magazine is not being published at the moment but they hope to be part of its return to publication at some stage in the future.)

Submission Guidelines for the 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize

1. Entrants must specifically be over 16 years old on the closing date, April 26th 2023.
2. The 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to all published and unpublished writers. 
3.  All entries must be in English.
4. There are no specific formatting requirements: font type, font size, line spacing etc.
5. Entries will be read and judged anonymously. Entrants’ names and contact details should only appear on the entry form and not anywhere on their stories/manuscripts.
6. The maximum length of submissions is 4,000 words (does not include title), there is no minimum length. 
7. There is an entry fee of £9 for each story submitted to the 2023 Bristol Short Story Prize. However, there are 250 free online entries available to those for whom the entry fee is a barrier.
8. Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been previously published, in print or online (including self-published, ebook, magazines, journals, websites, blogs, social network sites), or broadcast or won a prize in another writing competition on or before October 14th 2023.
9. Entries will be read by their readers. They will select a longlist of 40 stories for the judging panel, who then will select 20 for the shortlist. Therefore, ensure your story is properly written and edited.
10. Entrants will not be contacted individually about the competition results unless they are selected for the shortlist. 
11. Submission can be made via post to: Bristol Short Story Prize, Unit 5.16, Paintworks, Bath Road Bristol BS4 3EH, and also on their website. 
12. Visit https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/rules to read more about their rules and submission process.

Prizes

Prizes for 2023 are: 1st prize-£1000, 2nd prize -£500, 3rd prize -£250. Each of the 17 remaining shortlisted writers will receive £100. An additional prize of £100, The Sansom Award, in recognition of the contribution to Bristol publishing of John and Angela Sansom, will be presented to the highest-placed story by a Bristol writer. Also, 20 stories that are shortlisted will be published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 16, in both print and ebook formats.

Deadline

The competition deadline is midnight (BST), 26 April 2023.

The post The Bristol Short Story Prize Is Open For Submissions (Prize: £3450 + Publication) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

The Bird in Your Hands Prize 2022 is in its third year and the organizers are thrilled to announce that their windows are open for submissions. It is sponsored by Thin Air Magazine.

The contest centers around and celebrates BIPOC (Black indigenous and People of Color) voices. This contest wants to hear your story as a BIPOC writer. The organizers want to hear your voice as a writer; they appreciate stories told from the point of view of BIPOC.

Eligibility For The Bird In Your Hands Prize 2022. 

• This is a no-fee contest
• This contest is open to new, upcoming, and established BIPOC writers alike.

Submission Guidelines 

• Only poetry, fiction, and nonfiction will be accepted. 
• Word count: a maximum of 500 words.
• Simultaneous submissions are allowed
• No expectations for the theme, content or tone of submissions. You might want to read this resource about narrative arcs and editing poetry and writing memoirs.
• All submitted works must be previously unpublished.
• Formatting Specifications:
• Please use Times New Roman, 12pt., double-spaced, 1-inch margins for all submissions except poetry, which should remain single-spaced.
• Please include page numbers and a word count at the top of your manuscript.
• Please do not put your name in your manuscript.
• If unique formatting is critical to the submission, you may upload it as is (but please note that we may have to collaborate to translate your formatting onto the physical restraints of our pages).
• Submission is only accepted in submittable 

Who Are the Judges

The judge for this year’s contest is Samir Talib. Samir Talib got his BA in English in 2002 and his MA in 2005 in the field of English Literature/Renaissance Drama. In 2010, he joined the University of Exeter/UK for a PhD in the field of Renaissance studies. He has been teaching courses in Drama, Poetry and Literary criticism at the University of Basrah since 2005. He is interested in the field of the philosophy of literature, as well as contemporary literary and cultural theory, especially in the field of cultural studies and popular culture.

Prizes For Winners Of the Bird in Your Hands Prize 2022.

• The winner of the contest will be awarded $500, published in Thin Air Magazine, and interviewed for Thin Air Online.
• The winner will also be invited to read the winning entry, at the Northern Arizona Book Festival held in April 2023.
• First and second runners up will also be awarded an honorarium.
• The deadline for submission is 11:59pm (MST) on Sunday, November 20.

The post Thin Air Magazine’s The Bird in Your Hands Prize 2022/ How To Apply (Prize: $500 + Publication) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets who are in high (or secondary) school. So if you would like your work to be considered for this prestigious award, send in your work.  This prize might be the springboard you ‘ve been hoping will launch your career.

You probably want to know more about this Kenyon Review-sponsored writing prize, so here it goes.

The contest is named in honor of Patricia Grodd in recognition of her generous support of the Kenyon Review and its programs, as well as her passionate commitment to education and deep love for poetry.

The award-winning writer, Ruth Awad will be the final judge of the 2023 contest. 

Submission begins on November 1, 2022 and closes on December 1, 2022.

Eligibility Guidelines for The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers 2023.

• It is open to only high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world.
• The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop. And we all know that every young writer needs a writing workshop.
• The winning poem and the poems of the two runners-up will be published in the Kenyon Review, one of the country’s most widely read literary magazines. 
• No entry fee is required.

Submission Guidelines For The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers 2023.

• Entries must not have been published on a any platform prior to submission.
• One poem per entrant.
• Only Poetry is allowed. No genres of prose fiction please.
• Simultaneous submissions are unacceptable. Do not submit your poem for another contest or entry to another magazine or contest while this competition is on going.
• You must be a high school sophomore or junior or secondary school student to enter.
• Ensure that you submit a thoroughly edited poem.
• Make sure your file is in ONE of the following formats:
• .PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
• .DOC or .DOCX (Microsoft Word)
• .RTF (Rich Text Format)
• .TXT (Microsoft Wordpad and Notepad, Apple TextEdit)
• Want to get tips from remarkable poets? You might learn a lot from the 10 brilliant poets who generously contributed their ideas in this resource.
• Submit your poem via the Kenyon Review-managed Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers submittable page. 

Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2022.

Good luck to you as you try to earn money and prestige from writing poetry.

Click Here to find other contests.

The post The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers 2023 / How To Submit (Awards: Mentorship + Publication) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

Lunch Ticket has announced that it would be honored to serve as the host for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction in 2020.

The award was named after Author Diana Woods who, during her lifetime, exuded unwavering intellectual commitment and zeal, pursuing and receiving secondary degrees in law, social work, political science, and most recently, creative writing.

She received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles in 2011 at the age of 70.

Diana was born on May 31, 1941 in Long Beach, California and passed on November 2, 2012 at the age of 71 from a perennial battle with ovarian cancer. She is survived by her son Brian, his wife Emily, their son Benjamin, as well as her daughter Rani and Rani’s fiancée Sonia.

When asked how she wanted to be remembered, Diana wrote, “I had so many goals and too little time.” Her passion for exploration of place, self, and identity remains ageless. Diana wrote and published regularly throughout the last decade of her life.

About the Award

The Creative nonfiction award was established in Diana’s memory by her family, friends, and the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA community. Diana Woods Memorial Award serves as a special opportunity for authors worldwide to be published in the literary journal Lunch Ticket. Established in the spring of 2012, Lunch Ticket is produced by the Antioch University Los Angeles MFA program, an innovative creative writing graduate program devoted to the education of literary artists, community engagement, and the pursuit of social justice.

Twice each year an author of a work of creative nonfiction will be selected for the Diana Woods Memorial Award award by a special guest judge. One author will be chosen for the Summer/Fall issue of Lunch Ticket and one in the Winter/Spring issue. The winning submissions will be published in Lunch Ticket and the recipient will receive $250.

HOW TO SUBMIT FOR THE DIANE WOODS MEMORIAL CREATIVE NON FICTION AWARD.

• Creative nonfiction authors are invited to submit an essay of up to 5,000 words on the subject of their choice to be considered for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in creative nonfiction. This can be a biography, memoir or autobiography.
• Chosen entries will receive $250 and their work will be featured in the next issue of Lunch Ticket.
• Each award recipient must submit a 100-word biography, current photo, and send a brief note of thanks to the Woods family.
• To submit, please click on the button called “Submit to Lunch Ticket” above, and choose the category called “Diana Woods Memorial Award.”
• The reading period for the award is the month of February for the issue that publishes in June, and the month of August for the issue that publishes in December.
• Please note that any work that has been previously published will not be accepted.
• All submissions for the award will be considered for publication in Lunch Ticket.

THE COMPANY POLICY

The Memorial Award is dedicated to upholding the Council of Literary Magazines & Presses code of ethics, defined as such:

CLMP’s community of independent literary publishers believes that ethical contests serve our shared goal: to connect writers and readers by publishing exceptional writing. They believe that intent to act ethically, clarity of guidelines, and transparency of process form the foundation of an ethical contest. To that end, they agree to:

1) conduct the contests as ethically as possible and to address any unethical behavior on the part of their readers, judges, or editors;

2) to provide clear and specific contest guidelines—defining conflict of interest for all parties involved; and

3) to make the mechanics of their selection process available to the public. This Code recognizes that different contest models produce different results, but that each model can be run ethically. The organizers have adopted this Code to reinforce their integrity and dedication as a publishing community and to ensure that the contests contribute to a vibrant literary heritage.

Additionally: friends, family, and associates of the judges are not eligible for consideration for the award.

Good Luck!

The post Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction 2020/ How To Submit (250$ + Publication) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

The Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship is open for submissions until 18th September, 2020. The scholarship is awarded annually to writers, to allow them time to write the book they propose to write. The scholarship is awarded in the fiction category and in the nonfiction category. 

Previous winners of the Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship include Kola Tunbosun, Eloghosa Osunde, F.T. Kola, and Elnathan John.

Eligibility:

• The 2020 Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship is open to any writer writing in the English language, who was born in Africa, or whose parents were born in Africa.
• There is no submission fee.

How to Submit:

• Submit a writing sample of between 2000 – 5000 words and must be culled from a piece of prose that has been published and offered for sale. The sample must be written in English.
• Submit a description of between 400 – 1000 words on the work you intend to write. 
• The proposal should be for a completely new book.
• Submit an author’s bio of between 200 – 300 words.
• Include a scan of an official document showing that you or your parents were born in Africa.
• NOTE that if you are shortlisted, you will be asked to send a sample chapter of between 3000 – 4000 words of the proposed work.
• The deadline for submissions is 18th September 2020.
• Submit here.

Scholarship:

• The selected fiction writer will receive £18,000, which will be paid over the course of twelve months.
• The selected nonfiction writer grant is at the discretion of the Foundation. 

You can also check out this opportunity, and this. 

Goodluck.

The post Apply for the 2020 Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship (£18,000) appeared first on Creative Writing News.

Green Stories has recently announced the extension of the deadline for their “General Competition”. This category is for stories written for adult audiences.

For this particular category, they are open to receiving full length novels for adults, that in some way discuss ideas on building a substantial society. The deadline for this competition is now 2nd July, 2020.

They shall consider all genres under Fiction – Literary Fiction, Rom-Com, Sci-fi, Mystery, Crime, etc. but they emphasize that the story must include something that would engage the idea of a substantial society. This seems to be a requisite theme for novels to be considered. 

The guidelines to submit are: 

1. The length of your novel should be 50,000 – 100,000 words. However, you are to submit only the first 10,000 words, or the first three chapters. 

2. With the first chapters/10,000 words of your novel, include a one page synopsis. 

3. Do not send in your first drafts. Make sure to edit your work properly before sending in. 

Prizes:

Green Stories has promised that there would be prizes to be won. 

The winner would receive £500, the first runner up would receive £100 and the third would receive £50. 

An additional £50 would be given to a student who submits an outstanding entry. 

Eligibility:

The contest is open to all, as long as your entry has not been published elsewhere. All submissions must be in English and must have the theme requested by Greenstories. 

Helping you achieve success: 

The company is in agreement with a literary agent, who would mentor the winner, in a one on one meeting, or a virtual meeting. 

Click HERE to SUBMIT your entry .

Remember, the deadline is on the 2nd of July, 2020. Do not miss this. 

Good luck!

The post Green Stories Competition 2020 (£700 + Mentorship) / How to Submit appeared first on Creative Writing News.

Graywolf Press, a press that believes in “champion(ing) outstanding writers at all stages of their careers to ensure that adventurous readers can find underrespresented and diverse voices in a crowded marketplace”, now calls for submissions for its Nonfiction Prize. The prize, which began in 2005, is awarded to the most promising and innovative project by a writer who is not yet established in the genre. This year, the prize will be awarded to a manuscript in progress; the prize comes with a $12,000 advance and publication. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2020.

Who is Eligible:

• Any writer who is not established in the genre of nonfiction who resides in United States.
• There is no entry fee.

How to Submit:

• On the first page of your manuscript, include a cover letter containing a short biographical statement and a brief description of the project. Note that, while previous publication is not a requirement, you should include any previous publications in the biographical statement if you have them.
• Include an overview of the project: a description of the part of the project that is complete and the parts that still need working on; it should be between 2—10 pages long.
• And, submit a minimum of 25,000 words (100 pages) from the manuscript.
• Submit here.
• The deadline is January 31, 2020.

Prizes:

• A $12,000 advance.
• Publication.

Good luck.

The post Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize/ How to Apply (Prize: $12,000 + publication). appeared first on Creative Writing News.