Writers' Markets

36 active markets matched in category Writing Contests .

• Blue Light Book Award Competition Writing Contest · The Blue Light Book Award Competition is an annual contest for full-length books of poetry, open to submissions from ...
• Blue Light Poetry Prize and Chapbook Contest Writing Contest · Poetry, Fiction, Flash Fiction
• De Novo 1st or 2nd Book of Poetry Prize Writing Contest · Poetry
• Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest Writing Contest · All genres
• Grain Magazine Short Grain Writing Contest The Short Grain Writing Contest, hosted by Grain Magazine, is an annual competition for poetry and fiction. As of Aug...
• Hollis Summers Poetry Prize Writing Contest · Poetry
• Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize Writing Contest · Creative Nonfiction
• Jeffrey E. Smith Editors Prize in Fiction, Essay and Poetry Writing Contest · Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
• Kinereth Gensler Awards Writing Contest · Poetry
• Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Writing Contest · All genres
• Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest The Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook Contest is an annual competition accepting submissions for 2026, with a deadli...
• Passager Poetry Contest for Writers Over 50 Writing Contest · Poetry
• Pearl Short Story Prize Writing Contest · Fiction
• Perugia Press Prize Writing Contest · Poetry
• Philip Levine Prize in Poetry Writing Contest · Poetry
• Prescott College National Writing Contest Writing Contest · Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry
• Ruth Stone Poetry Prize Writing Contest · Poetry
• Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize Writing Contest · Poetry
• Sixfold Spring Short Story and Poetry Awards Sixfold is a writer-voted journal of poetry and short stories that has paused manuscript submissions as of August 202...
• Solstice's Fourth Annual Literary Contest Writing Contest · Solstice's Fourth Annual Literary Contest Fiction Prize: $1,000 Nonfiction Prize: $500 Poetry Prize: $500
• Spokane Prize for Short Fiction Writing Contest · General Fiction
• Spoon River Poetry Review Editor's Prize Contest Writing Contest · Poetry
• Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest Writing Contest · Poetry
• Tenth Annual Marsh Hawk Press Poetry The Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize is an annual contest accepting poetry manuscript submissions from December 1 to Apr...
• The Danahy Fiction Prize Writing Contest · Fiction
• The Harpur Palate Prize for Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest · Creative Nonfiction
• The John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction Writing Contest · Fiction
• The Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize Writing Contest · The Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize is an annual prize sponsoring publication of a poetry collection by an American w...
• The Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award Writing Contest · Poetry
• The Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry Writing Contest · Poetry
• The Mississippi Review Prize Writing Contest · Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
• The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry Writing Contest · Poetry
• The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry Writing Contest · Poetry
• Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest Writing Contest · Any style, theme, or genre
• White Pine Press Poetry Prize Writing Contest · Poetry
• Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest Writing Contest · All genres of literary fiction