Click below to see the contest deadlines in nonfiction and translation due next Sunday, December 31.
Academy of American Poets
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
A prize of $1,000 is given annually to a U.S. citizen for a translation of a book of poetry from any language into English published in the United States during the current year. The translation may be a book-length poem, a collection of poems, or a verse drama. Collaborations by two translators are eligible, but anthologies of work by more than two translators are not. Publishers may submit three copies of books published in 2006 by December 31. There is no entry fee.
Ellen Meloy Fund
Desert Writers Award
A prize of $1,000 will be given annually to provide support to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to spend creative time in a desert environment. Submit up to 10 pages of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction, a project description, and a biography by December 31. There is no entry fee.
Rosebud
X. J. Kennedy Award
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Rosebud is given biennially for a work of creative nonfiction. Rosebud editor Roderick Clark and Cambridge Book Review editor Robert Wake will judge. Submit a work of creative nonfiction of up to 4,000 words with a $10 entry fee by December 31.
Links and blurbs via the Poets&Writers, inc. contest calendar.