Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies

GOOD HART ARTIST RESIDENCY
https://goodhartartistresidency.org/apply-now/
Deadline: January 8, 2024. We offer flexibility in scheduling the length of a residency stay. New for 2024, we are adding Lakeshore Writer Friends. This residency welcomes two writer friends to the same property. Dates for Lakeshore Writer Friends: June 13-27, 2024. Residency includes a 10-21 day residency stay in a private, 1,150 sq. ft. home (selected residents are provided a window of time within which they have the flexibility to schedule a stay between 10-21 days in length); residencies between May – October have use of a detached, private studio space and basic art supplies. All food provided, including a fully-stocked and well-equipped kitchen, homemade baked goods, and locally sourced ingredients, and a $500 stipend. Solitary time in a scenic environment, to work, reflect, and recharge, as well as the opportunity for community engagement. For parent artists, we are offering a childcare grant of $1,000 to one selected resident to help with the cost of dependent childcare at their home base while they attend a residency in Good Hart.

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QUAY WORDS WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE
https://literatureworks.org.uk/quay-words-are-seeking-a-writer-in-residence-for-march-2024/
Deadline: December 3, 2023. We are seeking to appoint a writer, storyteller, spoken word artist or other wordsmith to be in residence for the calendar month of March 2024 for the equivalent of at least one day per week during that time. The selected writer will be engaged by Literature Works on a contractor/freelance basis as writer-in-residence for the term. The theme for Quay Words Spring 2024 is ‘Heritage’ – and for this season we’re particularly interested in uncovering the hidden voices of the Quayside’s heritage. The theme is open to interpretation, and we’re keen to explore the different ways that words can be used to tell the stories of place. How can we use creative writing as a tool to welcome communities in and make people’s voices heard – both the voices of the past and the present day? We offer an inclusive fee for the Residency of £1,000 to include the delivery of the public-facing events.  We will encourage our writer to find time to develop their own work at the Custom House and we invite them to spend as much time on site as they wish.  We will provide a private writing space in the building for the duration of the residency. Location Literature Works, Courtenay House, Pynes Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5AZ

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TENNESSEE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP
https://tnartscommission.org/grants/individual/
Deadline: January 22, 2024. Literary Arts (three categories): Fiction, Children’s Literature/Young Adult Literature, Poetry. Amount $5,000. Fellowships provide those individuals who by education, experience, or natural talent engage in a particular art form or discipline, and live and work in Tennessee. To qualify, an artist must be financially compensated for his or her work, and this compensation must be a significant source of support for their livelihood.

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MARSHSONG RESIDENCY – LOWCOUNTRY SC
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Conroy-Center-Writer-s-Residency–Feb-28—March-6-.html
Deadline: December 2, 2023. Coinciding with the annual March Forth collaboration with historic Penn Center, the nonprofit Pat Conroy Literary Center will offer our eighth Conroy Center Writer’s Residency this coming spring, available to writers of all prose genres. Located on a salt marsh, the residency at MarshSong Cottage provides an inspirational, creative space in the heart of Pat Conroy’s beloved lowcountry. The residency location is a guest cottage on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, approximately 15 minutes from downtown Beaufort and 15 minutes from the beach at Hunting Island State Park. The residency dates will be February 28 to March 6, 2024, overlapping with March Forth, which the selected writer will be invited to attend.

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest

Welcome to the 32nd annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest. Submit published or unpublished work. $10,000 in prizes

Please submit during
October 15, 2023-May 1, 2024

Prizes:

• STORY: First Prize, $3,500
• ESSAY: First Prize, $3,500
• The top two winners will also receive two-year gift certificates from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value)
• 10 Honorable Mentions will receive $300 each (any category)
• Top 12 entries published online
• Enter via Submittable

For this contest, a story is any short work of fiction, and an essay is any short work of nonfiction. Final judge: Mina Manchester, assisted by Sarah Halper. Please submit as many entries as you like. All themes accepted. Entries may be published or unpublished. Length limit: 6,000 words maximum. No restriction on age of author. All countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, or Belarus (due to US government restrictions). Fee: $22 per entry. Read the winning entries from the 31st contest.

First time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist, then click the button below to submit. The results of our 32nd contest will be announced on October 15, 2024.

How to enter, visit: https://winningwriters.com/our-contests/tom-howard-john-h-reid-fiction-essay-contest

The Letter Review Prize

Deadline: December 31, 2023

The Letter Review Prize is now open in five categories: Short Fiction (up to 5000 words), Nonfiction (up to 5000 words), Poetry (up to 70 lines), Unpublished Books (including fiction, nonfiction, and poetry), and Reprints (previously published works which are not avail. online). The total yearly Prize pool is $30,000 USD. Entry fee: $20 USD (Poetry $15). Winners are published online and in our printed Winners Anthology. 10-20 per category are shortlisted. All entries are considered for publication, and submission to prestigious anthologies such as The Pushcart Prize. Judges’ feedback is available for all entries. See our Previous Winners Page here, and our Comments / Testimonials Page here.

How to enter, visit: https://letterreview.com/information/

Last call for entries! Narratively’s 2023 Memoir Prize – Deadline: November 30, 2023

Narratively is currently accepting submissions for their annual 2023 Memoir Prize. They are looking for revealing and emotional first-person nonfiction narratives from unique and overlooked points of view. The Grand Prize Winner will receive $3,000, and the two Finalists will receive $1,000 each. The guest judge is New York Times bestselling memoirist Stephanie Land. For more information and to submit a story, use their pitch form. There is a $20 entry fee — which is waived for subscribers! — and the deadline to submit is November 30, 2023.

Narratively is U.S. based but will accept submissions from anywhere. Your piece should be in the 2,000 to 7,000-word range. Work from the winners will be published on Narratively.com and included in a special Memoir Prize Digital Collection, in addition to the top three writers being awarded cash prizes. They expect to announce their final decision on or around February 5, 2024.

For details on how to enter, visit: https://www.narratively.com/p/narratively-is-excited-to-announce

The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville, NC – Contests

ANNUAL MEMOIRS COMPETITION      
Deadline: Postmarked or emailed by Dec. 30, 2023

Guidelines:
Submit a memoir of 5,000 words or less.  Pages should be paper-clipped, with your name, address, email, phone, and title of work on the first page. Double-space, and use 12-point font.
The entry fee is $30/$25 Members per memoir. Multiple entries are accepted.   Emailed submissions may be sent in Word Doc to writersw@gmail.com, with “Memoirs Contest” in the subject. Entry fee is payable at our Registration Page. Please make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to:
Memoirs Contest, 807 W. Lynn St., #220, Austin TX 78703.
The entry fee is also payable at Paypal or our Venmo account: @writers-workshop.

Visit the website: https://www.twwoa.org/contests.html

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 ANNUAL POETRY COMPETITION      
Deadline: Postmarked or emailed by March 30, 2024

Guidelines:
Submit up to 3 poems of two pages or less, emailed or regular post.  Pages should be paper-clipped, with your name, address, email, phone, and title of work on the first page. Double-space, and use 12-point font.
The entry fee is $25 for every three poems. Multiple entries are accepted.  Please make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to:
Memoirs Contest, 187 W. Lynn St, #220, Austin TX 78703.
The entry fee is also payable at our Registration Page.
Emailed submissions may be sent in Word Doc to writersw@gmail.com, with “Poetry Contest” in the subject.
The entry fee is also payable  at our Venmo account: @writers-workshop

Visit the website: https://www.twwoa.org/contests.html

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HARD TIMES WRITING CONTEST

Deadline: Postmarked or emailed by June 30, 2024

Guidelines:
       Write about a difficult experience in your life, how you overcame this obstacle, and how you were changed by it. Winning stories will be chosen for originality and creative writing style.
Stories should not exceed 5,000 words (double-spaced, 12-point font).
Your name, address, email, phone, and title of work should appear on the first page. Enclose the reading fee of $25/$20 Workshop members per entry. Multiple entries are accepted. Please make check or money order payable to Writers’ Workshop, and send to: Hard Times Contest, 187 W. Lynn St., #220, Austin TX 78703. Emailed submissions in MS Word Documents may be sent to writersw@gmail.com, with “Hard Times Contest” in the subject. Entry fee is payable online via Paypal, or to our Venmo address: @www.twwoa.org

Visit the website: https://www.twwoa.org/contests.html
 
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 How to submit an entry:  

Online:

• Email a Microsoft Word document of your entry to writersw@gmail.com with “Name of contest” in the subject line.
• Pay entry fee online at your Venmo account: @writers-workshop, or your Paypal account. Include your name, title of work, address, email, and name of contest.  The judges’ comments will be emailed to you.

​By mail:

• Enclose your submission, and a SASE (self-sealing self-addressed stamped envelope) for judges’ critique. 
• Make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to:  [Name of contest], The Writers’ Workshop, 807 W. Lynn St., #220, Austin TX 78703.   
• You can also pay the entry fee online at your Paypal or our Venmo account: @writers-workshop.

Visit the website: https://www.twwoa.org/contests.html

Askew’s Word on the Lake Writing Contest

Contest Opens: Jan 2, 2024

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Whether you’re an established or emerging writer, the Askew’s Word on the Lake Writing Contest has a place for you. Part of the Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival in Salmon Arm, BC, the contest is open to submissions in short fiction (up to 2,000 words), nonfiction (up to 2,000 words), and poetry (up to three one-page poems).

Entry fee: $15 Canadian, which goes directly to supporting the Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival

Prizes: First Place: $200. Second Place: $125. Honourable Mention: $100. Additionally, all winners will be published in the annual Askew’s Word on the Lake Anthology, and will receive copies of the anthology in print and ebook.

How to enter, visit: https://wordonthelakewritersfestival.com/saw/writing-contest/

Dream Quest One Winter 2023 – 2024 competition is now accepting poems and short story entries!

Postmark deadline: March 31, 2024.

Open to anyone who loves expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings in the beautiful literary art of poetry and/or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject, form, or style. And/or (2) Write a short story, 5 pages maximum length, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction, nonfiction, or creative nonfiction. Multiple and simultaneous entries are accepted Prizes: Poetry First Prize: $250; Second: $125; Third: $50. Writing First Prize is $500; Second: $250; Third: $100. Entry fees: $5 per poem, $10 per story. Postmark deadline: March 31, 2024. Visit https://www.dreamquestone.com/ for details on how to enter!

Announcing: the 19th annual: Great Poetry E-Book Free-For-All!

“The mission of the Poetry Super Highway
is to expose as many people to as many other
people’s poetry as possible.”

What?

A project in which your poetry e-books will be freely available to all interested humans on Earth for a 24 hour period.

Throughout November 2023 we will collect e-books from poets and writers interested in participating.

Then on December 1st, for a 24 hour period, links to all of the e-books will go live. For 24 hours anyone can download, for free, as many of these e-books as they like…a poetry e-book free-for-all.

How?

To participate, read the guidelines below and then click on our Online Submission form. That’s it. It’s simple. By doing so, your e-book will be included.

The E-Book has to be written by you.

E-books should be in PDF Format for universal compatibility with anyone’s computer.

If you have an e-book in Microsoft Word or another format, please convert it to PDF. One way to do this (if you don’t know how) is to visit the website https://www.freepdfconvert.com/. From there you will be allowed to select the file on your computer which will uploaded and e-mailed back to you in PDF format.

When creating your e-book file, please keep it smaller than 2 megabytes.

Once you’ve created your e-book (not before), click on our Online Submission Form to join in!

Please do not fill out the form and then e-mail us your e-book later. Please fill out the form and use it to upload your e-book to us.

We are not accepting e-books or submissions by e-mail. The only way to join in is by clicking on the Online Submission Form below.

On December 1 at Midnight (the evening of November 30), people will be free to download any or all of the titles and your poetry will be freely, electronically, travelling all over the world. This web page will go offline 24 hours later at Midnight on December 2nd.

We will also list your e-book and description on this web page along with the link to your website for all to see.

To submit your book, please go to our
ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM

Frequently Asked Questions:

Why are you doing this?
To expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible.

Why isn’t this a one-one exchange like the Great Poetry Exchange?
The immediate accessibility of the internet, and zero costs for producing e-books makes this a much more attractive opportunity for an immediate larger audience for your books. We don’t want to limit your potential readers to other producers of e-books, nor to one other person.

Why does the e-book have to be written by me?
Unlike the Great Poetry Exchange, were one can participate by pledging to send a book by someone else or an anthology they’ve edited, since e-books are not purchased physical entities, and because they will be available in unlimited quantities during the 24 hour period on December 1st, only you have the rights to your poetry. You can’t authorize the free distribution of someone else’s poetry, the rights of which you don’t own, to the world.

This sounds cool but I don’t have an e-book.
That’s not really a question, but anyway, why not make one? Do some basic design and layout of your poems in your favorite word processing program. Make a title page. Design a nice cover. Use any pictures you want. Turn it into an PDF. You’ve got an e-book. There’s no time like the present. Maybe you’ll take it to print later?

I participated last year and I want to submit the same book, can you just use the file and info you have already?
This creates more work for us and is a little more difficult to manage. It would really help out if you could click on the Online Submission Form so we can have everything in the same place, we’d appreciate it.

I’m concerned about my book being free for everyone on the planet.
Also not a question but we understand. Maybe this isn’t for you. Maybe you sell e-books on your website and don’t want to give unlimited copies of one away over a 24 hour period. It’s cool.

Are these really frequently asked questions?
Actually no, all these were written before we received any questions, imagining what some of the questions might be.

For more info: Visit Poetry Super Highway and click on “Great E-Book Free-For All” for updated details and for the list of participating authors/e-books.

Gemini Magazine – The Fourteenth Poetry Open

Postmark deadline: January 2, 2023

FIRST PRIZE: $1,000

Second Prize: $100
Four Honorable Mentions: $25

All Six Finalists Will Be Published Online in our March/April 2024 Issue
Entry Fee: $9 (up to 3 poems)
Deadline: January 2, 2024

We are accepting all poems:

• Any Subject, Style, or Length
• Entries Must Be Unpublished
• Poems on Personal Blogs OK
• All Entries Are Read Blind

For more info on how to enter, visit: https://gemini-magazine.com/poetry-open-contest-2024/

https://gemini-magazine.com/poetry-open-contest-2024/

2024 International Rubery Book Award is now OPEN for self-published and independently published books

Deadline: 31st March 2024

PRIZES:
Book of the Year £2000
Plus 4 category winners each winning £200

All winners receive a review and a glass plaque.

• We accept books and ebooks.
• We accept entry fees in different currencies. To select your currency you will need to go to the payment page. However, to give some idea of the cost in the UK it is £45 GBP or $70 USD. Please check here for other currencies.
• There is no publication date restriction.
• We accept fiction (all genres), young adults, children’s, biographies, non-fiction, self-help, cookery, poetry, photography, etc. There are no limits on the type.
• We have a panel of carefully selected expert readers. When we receive your book we pair up the category of your book with our reader’s specialist interest.  
• Our readers observe strict criteria when reading each book. They are given Book Score Sheets to complete for every book received. In general terms, the most important aspects for you to keep in mind are: whether a book is well written (including structure and style), and whether a book is well presented (cover, pictures (if relevant), and layout).

• We aim to announce in July of each year.
• The award money will be paid in sterling via a cheque or PayPal.* 
• Email confirmation will be sent. This is not automated but sent once we have received everything we need to register your book. 
• Please see our FAQ for any other queries you may have.
• Judges:
• Paul McDonald and Kerry Hadley-Pryce

Visit the website for details on how to enter: https://www.ruberybookaward.com/

2023 Winter Anthology Contest: Compelling First Chapters

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Grand Prize: $1000 and anthology publication. 

Finalist Prize: All finalists will receive $50 and an anthology publication.

Prompt: Enter the first chapter of your in-progress novel or memoir. Your goal is to create a sample that compels readers to click buy.

That means we’re looking for first chapters that capture our attention and leave us eager to keep reading. Successful first chapters will build a foundation for the story to come, establishing key story elements like character, world, and conflict.

Submissions are open now! All qualified entrants will receive professional feedback from our editing team before judging, so the earlier you submit, the more time you have to revise.

Prerequisites: An original, unpublished first chapter. 2,500-3,000 words. Entrants must be 18+. Please do not send short stories or your entire manuscript. English only.

Entry Fee: $20 

How to enter, visit: https://bardsy.com/contest

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