Submit to the C.D. Wright Emerging Poet’s Prize! The grand prize includes $1,000 and publication (as well as an Editor’s Choice Prize of $250 and publication). This year, the contest is being judged by none other than Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown. The Arkansas International is a literary magazine sponsored by The University of Arkansas Graduate Program in Creative Writing and Translation. Check out their website: https://www.arkint.org/cd-wright-prize for more information.
Submissions are now open for the DISQUIET Literary Prize! This contest is for writing in any genre, by a writer who has not published more than one book. The winners in each genre (nonfiction, fiction, poetry) will be published. The grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship including tuition, lodging, and a $1,000 travel stipend to Lisbon in 2021. There will be an alternative cash prize if coronavirus restrictions affect the Lisbon program. Deadline: January 15th, 2021 Reading fee: $15 Read the full contest guidelines or enter at Submittable.
If you’ve been writing over break or curious about publications — check out the Poetry Society of Vermont. Enter to win their Carol Lee Vail Prize for Emerging Poets here. The top 5 published poems will receive cash prizes ranging from $50-$750. Submit three unpublished poems with $15 entry fee by January 15, 2021
For Immediate Release Contact: David Duhr Fiction Editor, Texas Observer Duhr@TexasObserver.org 617.899.1706 Larry McMurtry to Judge Texas Observer Short Story Prize (Austin, TX) – The Texas Observer has always loved a good story, but the ones they’ve published over the last half-century—mostly hard-hitting investigative pieces—have been depressingly true. The venerable publication is looking to change that by launching its first annual short story contest, to be judged by Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove, Terms of Endearment, The Last Picture Show). The winner will receive $1,000 and publication in the Observer’s 2011 Summer Books Issue. No genre,… Read Article →