Book Awards, Writing Contests

Lush Triumphant Literary Awards
Open to short fiction (3,000 words max), poetry (5 related poems, up to 15 pages), and creative non-fiction (max 4,000 words). Winning entries will re
Deadline: 2026-05-15

Tethered by Letters F(r)iction Literary Competition
TBL is pleased to announce our Spring Literary Competition. There are three submission categories: 1) short stories of any genre ranging from 1,000 to
Deadline: 2026-05-15

Black River Chapbook Competition
Twice each year Black Lawrence Press will run the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or short fiction between 16-36
Deadline: 2026-05-31

LGBTQA Caucus Book Award
The LGBTQA Caucus awards a Book Prize for the best book published in the preceding two years. The prize recognizes books advancing research on the the
Deadline: 2026-06-01

GIRS Book Award
Annually, the ALIAS and ISA hold an award competition to recognize excellence in scholarship of teaching and learning as related to international affa
Deadline: 2026-06-30

Cheshire Novel Prize
The Cheshire Novel Prize is open to un-agented authors and a deadline for long-list announcements set for July 1, 2025.
The prize is open to un
Deadline: 2026-07-01

Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize
The Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Prize is awarded to the best work submitted to the magazine’s annual contest for a genre that embraces, but
Deadline: 2026-08-01

PEN Translation Prize
The $3,000 PEN Translation Prize invites submissions of book-length translations from any language into English published during the current calendar
Deadline: 2026-08-01

Aspen Words Literary Prize
The Aspen Words Literary Prize is a $35,000 annual award for an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrat
Deadline: 2026-08-03