Deadlines for Dec. 1
It’s almost the beginning of the new month, so here’s the regular glut of contest deadlines coming up on the 1st:
Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
Prize: $3000 and publication
Eligibility: Poets who have not have published more than one previous collection of poems.
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W. Y Boyd Literary Award
Prize: $5000 and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement
Eligibility: Published novel set in a period in which the US was at war.
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Doris Bakwin Award
Prize: $2000 and publication
Eligibility: For short stories, a novel or memoirs written by a woman
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Center for Book Arts Poetry Chapbook Competition
Prize: $1000 and publication
Eligibility: Open
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Willis Barnstone Translation Prize
Prize: $1000
Eligibility: For translated poetry
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Beatrice Hawley Award
Prize: $2000 and publication
Eligibility: For US residents
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Anna David Rosenberg Award
Prize: At least $750
Eligibility: For a group of poems on the Jewish experience.
Guidelines (pdf)
Lambda Literary Foundation Debut Literary Awards
Prize: $1000
Eligibility: For published debut books of fiction by gay or lesbian authors.
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Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
Prize: $1000
Eligibility: Open
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Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
Prize: $500 and an all-expenses-paid trip to NYC to meet with writers, editors, publishers, and agents.
Eligibility: Poets and authors from Washington D.C. who have published no more than one full-length book in the genre in which they are applying.
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SFAI Poetry Translator Residency
Prize: Residencies of up to 4 weeks and a stipend
Eligibility: Poets over 25
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Slipstream Press Poetry Chapbook Competition
Prize: $1000, publication and 50 copies of the published chapbook
Eligibility: Open
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