Book Awards, Writing Contests

The Black Orchid Novella Award
The Black Orchid Novella Award offers a $1,000 prize to the best original, unpublished novella that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe serie
Deadline: 2025-05-31

CANSCAIP Writing For Children Competition
A goal of the Writing for Children Competition is to discover, encourage, and promote new writers of children's literature across Canada. The Wri
Deadline: 2025-05-31

Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
More than fifty short-story collections have appeared in the Flannery O'Connor Award series, which was established to encourage gifted emerging w
Deadline: 2025-05-31

Bridport Prize
The mission of the Bridport Prize is to encourage emerging writers and promote literary excellence through its competition structure.

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Deadline: 2025-05-31

Isle of Wight Book Awards
The object of the Awards is to encourage the writing, reading and publishing of books about the Isle of Wight; to draw attention to the beauty and glo
Deadline: 2025-05-31

bpNichol Chapbook Award
The bpNichol Chapbook Award recognizes excellence in Canadian poetry published in chapbook form. The prize is awarded to a poetry chapbook judged to b
Deadline: 2025-05-31

Elgin Awards
The Elgin Awards are presented annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) and are named after its founder, Suzette Haden El
Deadline: 2025-05-31

John Dos Passos Prize for Literature
The John Dos Passos Prize for Literature is given annually by Longwood University to an underappreciated writer whose work offers incisive, original c
Deadline: 2025-06-01

NAIWE 1st Annual Book Awards
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: 2025-06-15