North Street Book Prize
Genre: Self-published books in Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Memoir, Poetry, Children’s Picture Book, or Graphic Novel and Memoir
Entry Fee: $70 SD per book
Deadline: July 1, 2024
Prize: Grand prize of $8,000 USD, a marketing analysis and one-hour phone consultation with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a $300 USD credit at BookBaby, and three free ads in the Winning Writers newsletter ($525 USD value); top winner prize in each category of $1,000 USD, a marketing analysis and one-hour phone consultation with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a $300 USD credit at BookBaby, and one free ad in the Winning Writers newsletter $150 USD value); one honorable mention prize in each category of $250 USD
Description: Length limit of 200,000 words. You may submit a collection of short stories or essays as a single entry. No restrictions on age or country. No restriction on year of publication. All contestants receive a free PDF download of How To Get Great Book Reviews Frugally & Ethically by Carolyn Howard-Johnson and free guides from BookBaby.
Details: https://winningwriters.com/our-contests/north-street-book-prize
Riddle Fence 2024 Fiction, Poetry, & Visual Art Contests
Genre: Fiction, Poetry, Visual Art
Entry Fee: $25 CAD for Canadian entries, $35 CAD for US entries, and $55 CAD for entries from elsewhere in the world (includes a one-year subscription to Riddle Fence)
Deadline: July 1, 2024
Prize: $3,000 CAD in prizes and publication in Riddle Fence #46
Description: Entries must be original and unpublished elsewhere. No simultaneous submissions and no previously published (or accepted for publication) submissions. One short-fiction submission is one story with no word limit. One poetry submission is up to 3 poems with no more than 100 lines per poem. One visual art submission is one piece of artwork. An entry consists of one submission in one genre.
Details: https://riddlefence.com/submit/submit-contests/
The PRISM International 2024 Creative Nonfiction Contest
Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Entry Fee: $35 CAD for Canadian entries, $40 CAD for US entries and $45 cad for international entries (includes a one-year subscription or extension to Prism Magazine), plus $5 CAD for each additional entry
Deadline: July 2, 2024
Prize: Grand prize of $1,500 CAD; runner-up prize of $600 CAD; second runner-up prize of $400 CAD
Description: 4,000 maximum word count per piece. Entries must be unpublished in print or online.
Details: https://prisminternational.submittable.com/submit
The 29th Annual Austin Film Festival Fiction Podcast Competition
Genre: Podcast script
Entry Fee: Regular deadline fee is $30 USD and late deadline fee is $40 USD
Deadline: July 6, 2024 (final deadline)
Prize: Second Rounders, Semifinalists, and Finalists get larger discounts and have the opportunity to attend exclusive panels, intimate roundtable discussions, script reading workshops, and are afforded special access to industry professionals; all entrants receive free “Reader Comments” Austin Film Festival registration discounts regardless of placement
Description: For over twenty-nine years, Austin Film Festival has been catapulting writers into life-changing careers. With one of the most noteworthy competitions among Hollywood tastemakers, AFF consistently yanks newcomers from the isolation of their desks and ushers them into the bustling world of film and television. Whether your dream is to sign a contract, land an agent, learn from an industry icon, or take home the coveted Bronze Typewriter Award, it’s simple: you can’t win if you don’t enter. This competition is looking for ongoing, original, serialized stories. Writers can submit up to three episodes 3-30 pages in length of their series with the overall content of the story not going longer than 90 pages. Writers should also include a series outline, detailing the events of the remaining episodes in the series.
Details: https://austinfilmfestival.com/submit/podcast-competition/submit-podcast/
Carla Crown Jewel of Books 2024
Genre: Books published in 2023
Entry Fee: $35 USD per entry
Deadline: July 10, 2024
Prize: First prize of $100 USD, trophy, and publicity on the Mid-America Romance Authors Website and social media sites
Description: Open to any traditional/self-published author with an original copyright date of 2023. A maximum of 50 entries will be accepted. Both e-books and hardcopy romance books are accepted.
Details: https://www.marakc.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Carla-Contest-Rules.pdf
Authors on Eighth Writing Contest
Genre: Poetry
Entry Fee: None
Deadline: July 15, 2024
Prize: First prize of Klondike gold nugget; select submissions will be published in the Klondike Sun and/or online
Description: Calling all writers and enthusiasts of the North. Submissions are judged by a panel including local and visiting writers. Submit a piece of poetry or short story under 1,600 words on the chosen theme of FIRST LOVE. There is a Under 16 category – aspiring young writers are encouraged to submit! Winners will be announced at the Discovery Days Weekend held August 16 to 20.
Details: https://dawsoncity.ca/?s=discovery+days+weekend
Anthology Short Story Competition
Genre: Short Story
Entry Fee: Early Bird rate of €15 per entry and regular rate of €18 per entry
Deadline: Early Bird deadline of March 31, 2024; final deadline of July 31, 2024
Prize: First prize of €1,000 and publication in a future issue of Anthology: second prize of €250; third prize of €150
Description: Established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication. Open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. There is no restriction on theme or style. Stories submitted must not exceed the maximum of 1,500 words.
Details: https://anthology-magazine.com/awards/short-story-competition/
Creative Writing Ink New Writers Poetry Competition 2024
Genre: Short Story
Entry Fee: £10 per entry
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Prize: First prize of £1000, a free creative writing course of the winners choice, and online publication; runner-up prizes of £200 each
Description: Word count of 3,000 words maximum. Open theme/subject/genre.
Details: https://creativewritingink.co.uk/competitions/
Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award
Genre: Poetry
Entry Fee: None
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Prize: Winners receive a range of prizes, including membership in The Poetry Society, a stack of poetry goodies, and attendance at a one-week intensive residential Arvon course to develop creative writing skills alongside fellow poets.
Description: Open to everyone aged between 11-17 on July 31, 2024. Poems can be of any length and on any theme but must be the original work of the author and must be in English. The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award has been an opportunity for any young poet aged 11-17 to accelerate their writing career since it was founded in 1998. With entries from over 6,000 young people last year across from the UK and worldwide, it is the largest competition of its kind and its importance is widely attested.
Details: https://foyleyoungpoets.org/about/
Hidden River Arts Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection Award
Genre: Short Story Collection
Entry Fee: $20 USD
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Prize: $1,000 USD and publication by Hidden River Press
Description: Hidden River Arts offers an award of $1,000 and publication by Hidden River Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing, for an original collection of short stories. Previous publication of individual stories is acceptable, as long as you include the list of the published stories, the journals and magazines where they appeared, and authorize that the rights have reverted to you, as author.
Details: https://hiddenriverarts.wordpress.com/awards-deadlines-and-guidelines/hawk-mountain-short-story-collection-award/
New Writers Poetry Competition 2024
Genre: Poetry
Entry Fee: £10 for one entry, £18 for two entries, and £25 for three entries
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Prizes: First prize of £1,000; second prize of £300; third prize of £200
Description: The New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 is open to entries from poets from around the world. Poems may be written in English and may be on any theme or subject but must be unpublished and a maximum of 40 lines per poem. £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (a leading creative writing charity for young people).
Details: https://newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition/
Ontario Poetry Society’s Ultra Short Poetry Competition 2024
Genre: Poetry
Entry Fee: $10 CAD for up to 5 poems and $2 CAD for each additional submission
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Prize: First prize of $100 CAD; second prize of $75 CAD; third prize of $50 CAD; fourth prize of $25 CAD; 40 Judge’s Choice Awards; all winning poems will be published in a chapbook anthology
Description: Open to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada only. Poems are to be no longer than 8 lines and no more than 8 words on a line. Spaces between the stanzas count as lines.
Details: https://www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca/contest_Ultra_Short_2024.html
Polar Expressions Publishing 2024 National Poetry Contest and 2024 National Short Story Contest
Genre: Poetry and Short Story
Entry Fee: None
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Prize: Over $3,500 CAD will be awarded in cash and other prizes
Description: Annual contests held each summer by Polar Expressions Publishing and open to Canadian residents and citizens of all ages. There is one division for 16 and over, and a separate division for 15 and under. Poems must be 48 lines or less. Short stories must be 750 words or less.
Details: http://polarexpressions.ca/SummerContests.html
Quill & Quire Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Genre: Fiction
Entry Fee: None
Deadline: Books published between January 1 and July 31, 2024, must be submitted by July 15; books published between August 1 and December 31, 2024, must be submitted by October 16
Prize: First prize of $150,000 USD; four finalists will each receive $12,500 USD
Description: The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is designed to acknowledge, celebrate, and promote the best works of fiction written by women and non-binary writers annually in Canada and the United States. The Prize is open to novels, short story collections, and graphic novels written by women and non-binary writers for an adult audience. Books must be first edition English-language books written by a Canadian or American citizen or permanent resident of either country.
Details: https://carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/submissions
Séan Ó’Faoláin International Short Story Competition 2024
Genre: Short Story
Entry Fee: €19 per story
Deadline: July 31, 2024
Prize: First prize of €2,000 and a one-week residency at Anam Cara Retreat; second prize of €500; four runners-up will receive €250; all winners receive publication in Southword
Description: Open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer. The story can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Translated work is not in the scope of this competition.
Details: https://munsterlit.ie/ofaolain-competition/
Green Stories Short Story Competition
Genre: Short Story
Entry Fee: None
Deadline: 2024 contest details to be announced
Prize: First prize of £500
Description: Organised by the University of Southampton, Green Stories is a free writing competition project with a range of categories for novelists and short story writers. Entries should conform with positive visions of more sustainable futures and/or the inclusion of green solutions but needn’t have an explicitly green theme. Short stories must be between 1,000 and 3,000 words.
Details: https://www.greenstories.org.uk/upcoming-competitions/short-story-clean-vs-green/
Sky Arts Royal Society of Literature (RSL) Writers Awards
Genre: Emerging Writers of Colour
Entry Fee: None
Deadline: This award is on hiatus as RSL seeks a new funder
Prize: Five awards of ten free mentoring sessions over the course of 12 months and two sessions with Awards Ambassador Bernardine Evaristo
Description: Launched in 2021 in partnership with Sky Arts, the Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards celebrate and nurture British writers of colour at the beginnings of their careers. Five winners will receive ten mentoring sessions over the course of 12 months with an RSL Fellow writing in their form, as well as two sessions with Awards Ambassador Bernardine Evaristo. Mentors for the second year of the Awards are Inua Ellams, Jay Bernard, Nadifa Mohamed, Vinay Patel and Nikesh Shukla.
Details: https://rsliterature.org/sky-arts-rsl-writers-awards/