Book Awards, Writing Contests

Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award
The Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award is a literary program designed for young readers and based in Atlantic Canada. Thousands of children in
Deadline: 2023-10-13

Jake Adam York Prize
The Jake Adam York Prize is a collaboration between Copper Nickel & Milkweed Editions. It is open to all poets in the US who have published no mor
Deadline: 2023-10-15

New Letters Editor’s Choice Award
We’re looking for work that experiments, that crosses the traditional boundaries of genre and form.

Enter your hybrid work - your lyric
Deadline: 2023-10-16

Elizabeth Venart Prize
The Elizabeth Venart Prize recognizes the unique barriers to literary creation faced by women and other marginalized genders—in particular the lack
Deadline: 2023-10-20

New Zealand Book Awards
The New Zealand Book Awards celebrate excellence, identifying the very best books for adult readers written by New Zealanders. From 2016, in a partner
Deadline: 2023-10-25

Cybils Awards
The Cybils (Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers Literary) Awards were started by a small group of bloggers in 2006 as a grassroots project. Our miss
Deadline: 2023-10-26

Instruction & Insight Book Awards
CIBA is looking for the best Non-narrative/Non-Fiction books including guidebooks, instructional books, inspirational books and more. There is a $75.0
Deadline: 2023-10-30

Lionel Gelber Prize
The Lionel Gelber Prize was founded in 1989 by Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber. The prize is a literary award for the world's best non-fiction book in
Deadline: 2023-10-31

CBC Short Story Prize
This annual contest is open to original, unpublished stories between 1200 and 1500 words, written by Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Cana
Deadline: 2023-10-31