Book Awards, Writing Contests

The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award seeks to discover and honor the best books of the previous year (novels, novellas, collections and antholog
Deadline: 2023-06-15

HeartWood Poetry Prize
Submit one poem (of any form) or flash prose piece (fiction or nonfiction) per entry; regardless of genre, the entry must be 200 words or less. There
Deadline: 2023-06-15

Windham-Campbell Prizes
The Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes call attention to literary achievement and provide writers the opportunity to focus on their wo
Deadline: 2023-06-15

NAIWE 1st Annual Book Awards 2023
Winning a respected book award helps an author reach new audiences and boost sales. It also delivers a satisfying cap for all the hard work that goes
Deadline: 2023-06-15

Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
This prize for literary excellence offers a $60,000 first prize to the novel or short-story collection the judges determine is the year’s best book
Deadline: 2023-06-28

New England Book Awards
Titles submitted for the New England Book Awards must be either about New England, set in New England, or written by an author residing in New England
Deadline: 2023-06-28

Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
The prize is awarded for literary excellence in the category of nonfiction, which includes, among other forms, personal or journalistic essays, histor
Deadline: 2023-06-28

Cider Press Review Editors’ Prize
Submit 48-80 pages of original poetry in English not previously published in book form (individual poems may have been previously published in journal
Deadline: 2023-06-30

Chatelaine Awards
Chanticleer Book Reviews is looking for the best books featuring romantic themes and adventures of the heart,historical love affairs, perhaps a little
Deadline: 2023-06-30