Book Awards, Writing Contests

North Shore Writers Association Annual Writing Contest
$100, $75, and $50 prizes awarded to Fiction, non-fiction, and poetry entries. One $100 prize for Writing for Children and YA category. Two $75 youth
Deadline: 2026-03-15

Independent Publisher Book Awards
Conducted annually, the Independent Publisher Book Awards honor the year’s best independently published titles from around the world. The awards are
Deadline: 2026-03-26

Letter Review Prize for Unpublished Boks
Three Winners are announced who have a brief extract published, receive a letter of recommendation from our Judges for publishers, and share in the $1
Deadline: 2026-03-28

Letter Review Prize for Poetry
Three Winners are announced who are published and share in the $800 USD total prize pool. Twenty writers are Longlisted.
All entries considered
Deadline: 2026-03-28

Letter Review Prize for Nonfiction
Three Winners are announced who are published and share in the $1000 USD total prize pool. Twenty writers are Longlisted. All entries considered for p
Deadline: 2026-03-28

Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction
Three Winners are announced who are published and share in the $1000 USD total prize pool. Twenty writers are longlisted. All entries are considered f
Deadline: 2026-03-28

Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest
In the spirit of Edna’s contributions to the genre, we are interested in essays of any length, on any topic, in which the writer’s personal engage
Deadline: 2026-03-28

National Indie Excellence Awards
The National Indie Excellence Awards is open to all English language books available for sale, including small presses, mid-size independent publisher
Deadline: 2026-03-31

Caterpillar Poetry Prize
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize is an annual prize for an unpublished poem written by an adult for children aged 7–11. Open to anyone over 16. The poem
Deadline: 2026-03-31