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— Writing Contests & Book Contests —

Deadline: January 15, 2019
We’ve always loved chapbooks for their brevity and intensity. At a few dozen pages, a great chapbook is the perfect reading experience for the 21st century—not too long, not too short. Every year, the Rattle Chapbook Prize awards $2,000, 500 copies, and distribution to Rattle's 7,000+ subscribers. The contest is open to writers worldwide; poems must be in English. $25 entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle. More information: www.rattle.com/chapbooks/guidelines/.

Deadline: January 15, 2019
$1,000 and book publication for the winners of the annual John Ciardi Prize for Poetry and the G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction. Submission fees: $25 by mail, $30 via Submittable. Guidelines available here. Founded in 1971, BkMk Press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City publishes poetry, short fiction, and creative essays. Prize-winning books have received reviews or features in: Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Foreword Reviews, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Slate, and won or placed in the Poets' Prize, Eric Hoffer, IPPY, Foreword, Chautauqua, Balcones Fiction, Devil's Kitchen.

Deadline: January 14, 2019
$2,000 honorarium and book publication: Submit book-length collection of poems to the Colorado Prize for Poetry by January 14, 2019. $25 reading fee (add $3 to submit online) includes subscription to Colorado Review. Final judge is Kazim Ali; friends and students (current or former) of the judge are not eligible to compete, nor are Colorado State University employees, students, or alumni. Complete guidelines at coloradoreview.colostate.edu/colorado-prize-for-poetry/ or Colorado Prize for Poetry, Center for Literary Publishing, 9105 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-9105.

Deadline: December 31, 2018
The Fifteenth Tartt First Fiction Contest is open to authors who’ve yet to publish a full story collection. (Previous novels or poetry collections do not disqualify an author.) The collection may include stories previously published in magazines; in fact, this is better. The collection must be written in English. Please send a hard copy and keep one for yourself. livingstonpress.uwa.edu

Deadline: February 28, 2019
Penelope Niven Prize in CNF (Judged by Melissa Febos), Reynolds Price Prize in Fiction (Judged by Jennine Crucet), & Rita Dove Prize in Poetry (Judged by Marilyn Nelson). Early bird submission fee of $10 for entries submitted prior to 1 December; Submission fee of $15 afterwards. First prize of $1000 in each genre; $150 honorable mention. Complete guidelines on our website: internationalliteraryawards.org/2019/competition.

Deadline: January 31, 2019
From January 1 to January 31, Crazyhorse will accept entries for our Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry. Submit fiction and nonfiction manuscripts of up to 25 pages or 1-3 poems via Submittable. Winners in each genre receive $2,000 & publication. The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse; all entries will be considered for publication. For more information and a list of our judges, visit crazyhorse.cofc.edu/prizes/.

Deadline: December 31, 2018
Awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. Reading Fee: $30. Award: $1,000 cash advance, publication and fifty copies. Enter: Submit online with Submittable or by mail from September 1–December 31, 2018. Press 53 publisher and editor in chief Kevin Morgan Watson will serve as the final judge. Winner and finalists announced by May 1, 2019; advance review copies sent to major reviewers and outlets; publication in October 2019. Complete details and a list of previous winners at www.Press53.com/award-for-short-fiction.

Deadline: December 15, 2018
$200 prize and Spring 2019 publication for best poem about a child or childhood. Submit up to 3 poems per entry with $5 fee, check payable to RCC MUSE. Include brief cover letter, with short bio and contact info including phone and email. Mail submission, check, and cover letter to Holden Vaughn Spangler Memorial Award, c/o RCC MUSE Literary Journal, 4800 Magnolia Ave, Riverside CA 92506. This award was established to honor the premature passing of Jason and Stephanie Spangler's 11 year-old son. Jason Spangler is a member of RCC's English and Media Studies Department. www.facebook.com/RCCMuseMagazine/

Deadline: December 3, 2018
2019 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition ~ $2,500 and publication for two volumes of poems selected from an open competition of manuscripts submitted online through Submittable. Both winners will be awarded a $1,000 prize and $1,500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Final judge: Allison Joseph. Deadline: Dec. 3, 2018. craborchardseriesinpoetry.submittable.com/submit

Deadline: Varies
StoryQuarterly will soon be accepting entries for our fiction and nonfiction contests, as well as general fiction submissions. General fiction submissions will be open 11/1/18 through 12/15/18. The Nonfiction Contest will run 11/9/18 through 1/12/19 and will be judged by Brian Blanchfield. The Fiction Contest will run 12/17/18 through 2/17/19 and will be judged by Nafissa Thompson-Spires. Each contest offers a $1000 prize for the winner, and the winner, first runner-up, and second runner-up will be published in StoryQuarterly 52. We do charge submission fees. For full details or to enter, please visit storyquarterly.camden.rutgers.edu.

Deadline: Rolling
The University of Arkansas Press seeks submissions for the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize, the $1,000 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize, and the $1,000 CantoMundo Poetry Prize. The 2018 winners were Travis Mossotti for Narcissus Americana (Miller Williams Poetry Prize), Peter Twal for Our Earliest Tattoos (Etel Adnan Poetry Prize), and Ángel García for Teeth Never Sleep (CantoMundo Poetry Prize). Visit our site for more information: www.uapress.com.

Deadline: December 10, 2018
The Beloit Fiction Journal invites submissions for the Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story. A prize of $2,000 will be awarded to the top unpublished story. $20 reading fee. Bonnie Nadzam will judge. Submission information can be found on our website: www.beloit.edu/bfj/.

Deadline: January 15, 2019
The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards on the Jewish experience were established by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg, and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, Anna Rosenberg, née Davidson in 1987. The contest is open to all writers exploring the Jewish experience (irrespective of author's ethnicity or religious affiliation). Fee: $3.00 per poem. $250 for first place. www.poeticamagazine.com

Deadline: January 31, 2019
The Chattahoochee Review awards two prizes of $1,000 each and publication to a story and essay in the annual Lamar York Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction. The prize honors the founder and former editor of The Chattahoochee Review. Entries of up to 6,000 words are accepted from November 1 to January 31. Kevin Wilson will judge in fiction and Adriana Páramo will judge in nonfiction. chattahoocheereview.gsu.edu/lamar-york-prizes/

Deadline: November 30, 2018
A prize of $1,000, publication by Burnside Review Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Ed Skoog will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes one title from the press's catalogue, by November 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines. www.burnsidereview.org

Deadline: December 1, 2018
The Phoenix’s annual Emerging Writers Contest seeks poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction from anyone currently enrolled in high school (all years) or anyone currently enrolled in community college. Sponsored by the Piedmont Institute of Communication, Music, and Art (PICMA), contest winners are published in the 60th issue, receive a cash prize, as well as an opportunity for a college scholarship. First prize winners receive the cash prize of $1,000, second prize is $500, and third prize is $250. No entry fee. Please view our submission guidelines: thephoenixpfeifferuniversity.submittable.com/submit.

Deadline: December 1, 2018
The 2nd annual Jane Underwood Poetry Prize, judged by Arisa White, is accepting submissions! Open to all poets, the prize is awarded for a single poem. For a fee of $15, submit one entry of up to three poems. The prizewinner will receive an award of $250, online publication of the winning poem, and an invitation to do a featured reading at The Writing Salon in San Francisco. Full guidelines can be found at www.writingsalons.com/awards-resources/jane-underwood-poetry-prize/.

Deadline: December 1, 2018
Named for the distinguished poet who taught for many years at Ohio University, this competition invites writers to submit unpublished collections of original poems. The competition is open to both those who have not published a book-length collection and those who have. In the prize’s two decades, winners have included Joshua Mehigan, Kwame Dawes, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Idris Anderson, and the most recent winner, Joseph J. Capista. The general editor is David Sanders. Hard copy and electronic submissions accepted. Complete guidelines here: ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize.

Deadline: November 15, 2018
Carve Magazine’s Prose & Poetry Contest, open October 1 - November 15, offers $3,000 in prizes. Seeking short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. One winner per genre awarded $1,000 and published in print, digital, and online. Entry fee $17. We are not accepting mailed submissions this year. Guidelines and guest judges listed at www.carvezine.com/prose-poetry-contest.

Deadline: December 1, 2018
december seeks submissions for our 2019 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Judge Kim Addonizio is the author of seven poetry collections, two novels, two story collections, and more. She is an NEA and Guggenheim Foundation fellow, has won two Pushcart Prizes, and was a National Book Award Finalist for her collection Tell Me. Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention); all finalists will be published in the 2019 Spring/Summer awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. Submit October 1 to December 1. For complete guidelines please visit our website: decembermag.org/2019-jeff-marks-memorial-poetry-prize/.

Deadline: November 30, 2018
The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is “Tools.” Why? We’re helpless without them. Gadgets, gizmos, implements, utensils, devices, contraptions, instruments, equipment. Power drills, corkscrews, Swiss Army knives, hammers, cherry pitters, paint brushes, curling irons, scissors, staplers, forceps, tweezers, chisels, pitch pipes, pens. And more. Submit your poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction to our Submittable Contest category. Three winners will be selected from among all entries. All submissions considered for publication. Prizes are $500, $200, and $100. Entry fee is $10. Final judge: Geoff Becker. For more information, visit our website: www.baltimorereview.org.

Deadline: December 30, 2018
For a full-length manuscript (40+ pages) of poetry by a debut poet. Open to poets who have not published a full-length collection of poetry. Submission fee: $25. Judge: Jericho Brown. Send to: New Issues Prize / New Issues / 1903 W. Michigan Ave. / Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5463, or submit online at: newissuespoetryprose.submittable.com. Recent winners include Chet'la Sebree, Nina Puro, Courtney Kampa, and Abdul Ali.

Deadline: November 15, 2018
The Tishman Review’s 2019 Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize is open to all writers. The contest opens October 1, 2018 and closes November 15, 2018. Winner will receive $500 and publication in the April 2019 issue. WE READ BLIND. All entries will be considered for publication and all entrants receive a one-year ebook subscription. Please visit our website for full guidelines and a link to our Submittable page: www.thetishmanreview.com. Our final judge this year is the poet T.J. Jarrett, author of Zion, the winner of the Crab Orchard Open Competition, and Ain’t No Grave.

Deadline: November 18, 2018
Ruminate Magazine announces the 2019 VanderMey Nonfiction Prize. The prize will be judged by award-winning author Jessica Wilbanks and is open to all forms of creative nonfiction—personal essay, short memoir, literary journalism, etc.; no geographical restrictions. $20 Entry fee also includes a complimentary digital copy of Ruminate. For more information and complete guidelines, please visit Ruminate Magazine at www.ruminatemagazine.com/submit/contests/nonfiction/.
*Ruminate is a nonprofit, contemplative magazine that celebrates slowing down, encountering honest art and storytelling, and living awake.

Deadline: December 1, 2018
2 categories: poetry & short fiction. Category prizes: $2000 CAD for winner + publication payment and $250 CAD for 2 honourable mentions + publication payment. Winning entries published in The Fiddlehead 279 (Spring 2019). No simultaneous submissions; no previously published works. Short fiction submission: 1 story (6,000 words max). Poetry submission: 3 poems max, 100 lines max per poem. Entry Fee for first submission: $30 in Canada; $36 elsewhere; additional submissions: $10. First entry fee includes one-year subscription to The Fiddlehead. Complete details at thefiddlehead.ca/contest.

Deadline: December 20, 2018
Minerva Rising Press seeks work that embodies and embraces the idea of daring: suppressed voices speaking out, speakers who take risks in the face of challenge, insistent and brave poetry with a message that has never been heard before. The 2018 Dare to Speak contest will be judged by Maggie Smith. The winner will receive a $250 prize and 10 copies. There is a $20 entry fee. For full contest guidelines, visit minervarising.com.