Contests

Writing contests provide steps up for a writer – especially a struggling writer. A portfolio that contains contest wins means more than many clips. Can’t afford the entry fees? Consider entering one contest a quarter or something more amiable to your pocketbook. A few are free. Contests provide prizes, prestige and usually publication with many offering book contracts. Denouncing contests from your writing repertoire is like discounting an entire genre or refusing to eat yellow vegetables. You’re giving up something valuable that may serve you and your career well.

NOTE: To have your group’s contest posted, email hope@chopeclark.com with the link to the contest. It must pay a minimum of a $200 first prize, not take all rights for entering, and charge an entry fee of five percent or less. 

THE HUDSON REVIEW SHORT FICTION CONTEST
https://hudsonreview.com/news-events/short-fiction-contest-opens-september-1-2025/
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 30, 2025. First Prize: $1,000 + publication. Second and Third Prizes: $500 + publication. LImit 10,000 words. There is no theme. We welcome both US and international submissions. Winning stories will be published in The Hudson Review. All submissions will be considered for publication and payment at our regular rates.

STORY UNLIKELY SHORT STORY CONTEST
https://www.storyunlikely.com/#contest
Deadline January 14, 2026 nonmembers and January 31, 2026 for members. There are no restrictions on genre: fantasy, sci fi, memoir, fiction/nonfiction, etc – we don’t care as long as it’s written and told with quality and care. The story itself cannot exceed 7,000 words (except for WRITER level Members, who get a bonus 3,000 words added!). There are no restrictions on age or location of participant, and no need to ask us for permission to participate in the contest. $3,000 first place, $1,000 second place, $750 third place, and $250 for our new REPRINT CATEGORY. We tend to pick up a few of the finalists for publication in our monthly magazine! – per our standard guideline pay, as well.

WOMEN’S PAMPHLET COMPETITION
https://mslexia.co.uk/competitions/pamphlet-poetry/womens-pamphlet-competition-2025/
£20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 8, 2025. 1st Prize: £500, plus publication by Bloodaxe Books. The competition is open to collections of 18-20 poems, of 20-24 pages, by poets who have never had a full-length collection published.

VIII INTERNATIONAL MICROFICTION CONTEST
https://www.fundacioncesaregidoserrano.com/en/
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline January 31, 2026. Participation is open to all writers from any country in the world who are over 18 years of age. Writers aged 16 may also participate, provided they submit a duly notarized authorization from their parents and/or legal guardians. Entries, on a free subject matter, must be written in any of the following languages: Spanish, English, Arabic, or Hebrew. A maximum of three texts per author will be accepted, regardless of the languages chosen. A grand prize of € 20,000 will be awarded to the best story, in any of the contest languages. Additionally, three runner-up prizes of € 2,000 each will be awarded to the best stories in each of the other languages admitted to the contest, provided they are not the grand prize winner. Attendance at the award ceremony is an essential condition. Stories may not exceed 100 words (counted in Spanish; differences in other languages’ syntax will not alter this limit).

THE EUGENE AND MARILYN GLICK INDIANA AUTHORS AWARDS
https://indianaauthorsawards.org/awards/
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline January 9, 2026. Winners of the Indiana Authors Awards receive $5,000 and are invited to participate in a statewide speakers program. Additionally, winning authors have the opportunity to designate a $500 award to an Indiana library of their choice. The Indiana Authors Awards honor books in the following categories every two years: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children’s, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Drama, Genre, Debut. Two additional awards recognize contributions to Indiana’s literary community.

SHEPTON SNOWDROPS COMPETITION
https://www.sheptonsnowdrops.org.uk/competitions/2026-poetry-competition/
£4 ENTRY FEE PER POEM. Deadline January 4, 2026. There are three age categories – under 12s, 12 to 17 and 18 plus, and prizes for 1st place for poetry in each age group. Prizes are: 18 & Over – £300, 12 to 17 – £100, and 11 & Under – £50. Your poem(s) must be no more than 30 lines long. Over 18s can submit up to five poems, under 18s one poem. You can write your poems in any format – haiku, sonnet, blank verse etc., but they must be relevant to the theme. THEME: IN THE GARDEN.

JF POWERS PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION
https://dappledthings.submittable.com/submit/24212/j-f-powers-prize-for-short-fiction
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 30, 2025. First place: $700. Second place: $300. Up to eight honorable mentions: publication in the journal and a one-year subscription. The word limit is 8,000 words. We’re looking for carefully crafted short stories with vivid characters who encounter grace in everyday settings—we want to see who, in the age we live in, might have one foot in this world and one in the next.

INSPOT INAUGURAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
https://inkspotpublishing.com/competition/2025-short-story-competition/
ENTRY FEE £10 for stories up to 2,500 words. £15 for stories up to 5,000 words. Deadline November 30, 2025. First Prize: £1000. Second Prize: £250. Third Prize: £100. The authors of the Top 12 stories will have an opportunity to feature on FictionJunkies.com, a website which publishes short stories of all genres online. The top three stories will be published on Inkspot Publishing’s website. Open to anyone.

SERVICESCAPE SHORT STORY AWARD
https://www.servicescape.com/short-story-award
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 30, 2025 EST. For this award, any genre or theme of short story is accepted. All applicants should submit their original unpublished work of short fiction or nonfiction, 5,000 words or fewer, to be considered. Along with receiving an award for $1,000 USD, the winner will have his or her short story featured within our blog, which reaches thousands of readers per month.

McGOVERN CENTER WRITING AWARDS IN FICTION
https://med.uth.edu/mcgovern/resources/mcgovern-center-writing-awards-in-fiction/
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 1, 2025. A nationwide open call for unpublished fiction that is medical or healthcare-related in theme or focus. There will be three distinct prizes awarded, as follows: McGovern Center Healthcare Provider Award in Fiction: open to any healthcare provider in the U.S., including residents and fellows. Applicants must be 18 years or older; McGovern Center Student Award in Fiction: open to any student, undergraduate or graduate in the U.S. Applicants must be 18 years or older; McGovern Center Community Award in Fiction: open to anyone in the U.S., 18 years or older. Work must be medical or healthcare related in theme or focus, 5000 words or less. Winners will receive $500 and an opportunity to publish in the Journal of Medical Humanities.

JOHN UPDIKE REVIEW EMERGING WRITERS PRIZE
https://updikereview.com/
NO DEADLINE. NO ENTRY FEE. A $1000 prize plus publication in The John Updike Review, awarded annually to writers 40 years of age or younger. Depending upon the quality of submissions, one or more winners will be announced annually. The review is looking for an essay by a young writer or critic that deepens our understanding of the work of John Updike. The writing may be scholarly or belletristic in nature. Academics, critics, graduate students, assistant professors, novelists, poets, and short story writers are encouraged to submit 10-30 page essays. There is no deadline; submissions are open and rolling. Send submissions via attachment to:  Prof. James Schiff, Editor, The John Updike Review, james.schiff@uc.edu.

UNCHARTER NOVEL EXCERPT PRIZE
https://uncharted.submittable.com/submit/
$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 14, 2025. We’re looking for the best 5,000 words or fewer from your novel in progress! We love to read opening chapters, climaxes, and anything in-between. Uncharted Magazine publishes genre novel excerpts from fiction writers of any background or experience. The three cowinners of this prize will each receive $1,000 and publication. All entries will be considered for publication. Please send novel excerpts (fiction) only—5,000 word count maximum.

PEN/ROBERT J DAU SHORT STORY PRIZE FOR EMERGING WRITERS
https://pen.org/literary-awards/pen-dau-short-story-prize/
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 25, 2025. The award recognizes 12 emerging writers each year for their debut short story published in a literary magazine, journal, or cultural website, and aims to support the launch of their careers as fiction writers. The 12 winning stories are selected by a committee of three judges who are well-respected experts in the art of the short story. The winning writers each receive a $2,000 cash prize and will be published by Catapult in their annual anthology, Best Debut Short Stories: The PEN America Dau Prize. Stories may not exceed 12,000 words in length. Stories must be submitted by editors of literary magazines, journals, or cultural websites and published in the English language. Publications may be based and/or distributed anywhere in the world, so long as the story submitted was originally written in and published in English. Authors may not submit their own work.

DARK POETS PRIZE
https://www.darkpoets.club/darkpoetsprize
£6 ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 30, 2025. This global poetry competition invites you to submit your most captivating poems that explore the beauty within darkness. The winner will receive the prestigious title of International Dark Poets Prize IV Winner and a cash prize of £1000. Every entry will also be considered for publication, with the chance of being awarded an honourable mention. Previously published works are welcomed. Maximum of 250 words per poem (not including title).

DO WHA(TS) WRITE PRIZE
https://www.dowhatswrite.com/rules
$5 CAD ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 31, 2025. The goal of Do Wha(TS) Write is to fundraise for Tourette Canada, a national charity that provides support for individuals with TS. Contest entries should be flash fiction or short stories, with an absolute word limit of 1000 words. There is no required prompt or topic. Poetry is not permitted. This contest is international – you do not have to reside in Canada to participate. The winner will receive a prize of $200 CAD and published.

WRITER’S DIGEST POETRY AWARDS
https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/poetry-awards
$20-$40 ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 3, 2025 (early-bird) and December 1, 2025. We’re looking for your best poems of 32 lines or fewer or un-published chapbooks 25 pages or fewer. Any form of poetry is eligible, including epic, free verse, odes, pantoums, sonnets, villanelles, and even haiku. Enter them today for your chance to win. First place is $1,000, an interview with the author in Writer’s Digest, the winning single poem published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s July/August 2025 issue and worldwide on WritersDigest.com. The winning chapbook will be distributed digitally to the WD community. Also a 20-minute consultation with Senior Editor, Robert Brewer, a one-year subscription (new or renewal) to Writer’s Digest magazine, 20% discount off of purchases made at Writer’s Digest University, and a special graphic recognizing their winning status. Other $250 and $100 prizes for subsequent finalists. Two categories Single Poem and Chapbook.

BOUJLEVARD SHORT FICTION CONTEST
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
$18 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 31, 2025. $1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press. We accept works up to 8,000 words.

MSLEXIA WOMEN’S SINGLE POEM COMPETITION
https://mslexia.co.uk/competitions/single-poem-poetry/womens-poetry-competition-2025/
£10 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 8, 2025. This competition is open to unpublished poems of any length, on any subject. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems. 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250. Unpublished Poet Prize is an additional award for the best unpublished poem by an unpublished poet: £250. The four winners, plus sixteen additional finalists will have their poems published in the March 2026 issue of Mslexia.

STORY UNLIKELY SHORT STORY CONTEST
https://www.storyunlikely.com/#contest
Deadline January 14, 2026 nonmembers and January 31, 2026 for members. There are no restrictions on genre: fantasy, sci fi, memoir, fiction/nonfiction, etc – we don’t care as long as it’s written and told with quality and care. The story itself cannot exceed 7,000 words (except for WRITER level Members, who get a bonus 3,000 words added!). There are no restrictions on age or location of participant, and no need to ask us for permission to participate in the contest. $3,000 first place, $1,000 second place, $750 third place, and $250 for our new REPRINT CATEGORY. We tend to pick up a few of the finalists for publication in our monthly magazine! – per our standard guideline pay, as well.

MICHAEL CURTIS SHORT STORY BOOK PRIZE
https://www.hubcity.org/cmc-short-story-prize
$25 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 31, 2025. Open to emerging writers in thirteen Southern states. Submitters must currently reside in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia or West Virginia, and must have no more than one previously published book. $5,000 and book publication for a debut book of short fiction. The manuscript must be between 140 and 220 pages (double spaced, 12 point, Times New Roman or similar typeface) and include no fewer than six stories. Works that have previously appeared in magazines or in anthologies may be included. No story should be over 15,000 words in length. There is no minimum story word count.

GREGORY O’DONOGHUE INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
https://munsterlit.ie/odonoghue-competition/
€7 ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 30, 2025. The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer. The poem can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. First Prize €2,000, featured reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival (with four-night hotel stay and full board), featured on the Southword Poetry Podcast, publication in Southword. Second Prize €500, publication in Southword. Third prize €250, publication in Southword. Ten Runners-Up €50 and publication in Southword.

CREPUSCULAR MAGAZINE
https://www.patreon.com/posts/submission-85137677
Crepuscular is interested in microfiction stories exploring places, characters, and questions buried in the gray areas between this and that, here and there, night and day, alive and dead, evil and good, feminine and masculine, up and down, real and unreal. While we lean toward speculative pieces, we have a love for those in-between-y pieces that blur genre. We accept horror (both spec and non), fantasy, science fiction, general/literary fiction, and everything in between. Maximum word length is 250 words. Pays ten cents/word.

WRITER’S DIGEST
https://www.writersdigest.com/resources/submission-guidelines
Writer’s Digest, the No. 1 magazine for writers, celebrates the writing life and what it means to be a writer in today’s publishing environment. We consider completed manuscripts on spec, as well as original pitches. A query should include a thorough outline that introduces your article proposal and highlights each of the points you intend to make. Your query should discuss how the article will benefit our readers, why the topic is timely and why you’re the appropriate writer to discuss the topic. For manuscripts, we pay 50 cents per word, on acceptance, for first world rights for one-time print use and perpetual electronic use. Should we want to reprint anything we’ve purchased from you in anything other than electronic format, we’ll pay you 25% of the original purchase price per use. Especially seeking March/April 2026 THEME: Achieve Perfect Pacing. Click here to submit your pitch for March/April 2026: https://forms.gle/aAe5GRpUKXAy79TW7

NEWSWEEK
https://www.newsweek.com/contact
Send pitches to Rheana Murray, Essays Editor at r.murray@newsweek.com. Looking for personal stories about parenting, health and relationships. See samples at https://www.newsweek.com/topic/parenting

NATURE CHRONICLES PRIZE
https://naturechroniclesprize.com/
£15 ENTRY FEE. Deadline January 31, 2026. We are a biennial, international, English-language literary award proud to have established itself as a generator of stimulating, contemporary essay-length non-fiction on nature. The winner will receive £10,000 and five runners up £1,000 each. All six winning entries will be published in our third anthology. The competition is open to any work of non-fiction prose between 2,000 and 8,000 words long on a topic the writer considers to be contemporary nature writing. It is for work originating in the English language.

THE SOUTH CAROLINA YOUNG FILMMAKERS PROJECT
https://www.indiegrants.org/young-filmmakers
Deadline February 9, 2026.Participating students must create a short film (two minutes max) telling a cinematic story in any genre, following all rules and this year’s Creative Challenge -.- use a MEGAPHONE as a prop. Top Ten scorers will screen at a special program where winners will be announced. First Prize receives $750, Second Prize $500, and Third Prize $250. Each entrant must be a high school (grades 9-12) living in South Carolina during the 2025-26 school year.

BOULEVARD SHORT FICTION CONTEST FOR EMERGING WRITERS
https://www.boulevardmagazine.org/short-fiction-contest
$18 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 31, 2025. Entry fee includes subscription. Limit 8000 words. $1,500 and publication in Boulevard awarded to the winning story by a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.

NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS
https://www.indiebookawards.com/ 
$80 ENTRY FEE. Deadline February 13, 2026. Winners in each of the 80+ categories are given $100 cash prizes, gold medals, complimentary stickers, social media coverage, possible representation by a leading literary agent, and recognition as one of the top independently published books of the year. Three Grand Prize Winners will be selected from all entries received and will be awarded cash prizes of $1500, $750 and $500 based on their order of win. All Winners and Finalists are invited to attend the Indie Book Awards gala ceremony. All indie authors and independent publishers of all levels welcome. Submissions are open internationally, to any books written in English released in 2024, 2025, 2026 or with a 2024, 2025, or 2026 copyright date.

LILITH FICTION CONTEST
https://lilith.org/contact/writing-for-lilith/
NO ENTRY FEE, Deadline December 31, 2025. Lilith magazine—independent, Jewish & frankly feminist—seeks quality short stories with heart, soul, and chutzpah, 3,000 words or under, for our Annual Fiction Contest. First prize: $300 and publication. We especially like fresh fiction with feminist and Jewish nuance.

BARDSY FALL FIRST CHAPTER ANTHOLOGY CONTEST
https://bardsy.com/contest 
$25 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 5, 2025. A $1,000 cash prize for the Grand Prize Winner, $50 cash prizes for the Finalists. Both the winner/finalists receive publication in Bardsy’s Fall Anthology. Each entry receives directed feedback using our Publishability Index tool and the opportunity to resubmit revisions for their chapter before judging. Entries must be original, in English, and between 1,500 – 2,500 words.

WOW! FALL 2025 FLASH FICTION CONTEST
https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php
$10 ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 30, 2025. Seeking flash fiction of any genre 250 – 750 words. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, great writing, and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants. Limit 300 entries. 1st Place: $400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. 2nd Place: $300, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. 3rd Place: $200, publication, interview and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. 7 Runners Up receive $25 Amazon Gift Cards, publication and interview. 10 Honorable mentions receive $20 Amazon Gift Card. Top 10 stories are published in the WOW! Women On Writing e-zine, and contestants are interviewed on WOW’s blog, The Muffin.

PRESS53 AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION
https://www.press53.com/award-for-short-fiction
$30 ENTRY FEE. Deadline December 31, 2025. The winner of this contest will receive publication by Press 53, a $1,000 cash advance and 53 copies of the book; if a runner-up is named, publication, $500 advance, and 25 copies. All prizes will be awarded upon publication.  This competition is open to any writer age 18 or older, regardless of his or her publication history, provided the manuscript is written in English and the author lives in the United States or one of its territories. Manuscripts should contain a collection of short stories, which can include flash and micro fiction. Manuscript should be around 100 to no more than 250 pages in length.

NEXT GENERATION SHORT STORY AWARDS
https://shortstoryawards.com/guidelines.php
$25 ENTRY FEE. Deadline February 26, 2026. Select the category or categories you wish to enter based on which category most applies to your story. You may enter as many categories as you like. Stories must be no longer than 5,000 words. No stories that are sexual, political or include hate speech, offensive or vulgar language will be accepted. The Next Generation Short Story Awards (NGSSA) via Headline Books (Publisher) will publish a selection of Winning stories in an Anthology of Winners that appeals to the general population including school age students. All Grand Prize Winners receive a gold medal and get their story published in our Anthology of Winners + receive a complimentary copy of the Anthology, as well as a cash prize: 1st Place $500 Cash prize, 2nd Place $300 Cash prize, 3rd Place $200 Cash prize. Winner of each of the 30+ categories $75 cash prize and gold medal + story published in Anthology of Winners + a complimentary copy of the anthology + a complimentary Winner sticker image.

GREGORY O’DONOGHUE INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
https://munsterlit.ie/odonoghue-competition/
ENTRY FEE €7 EUR per poem (or €30 EUR for a batch of five), $7 USD per poem (or $30 USD for a batch of five), or £6 GBP per poem (or £25 GBP for a batch of five). Deadline November 30, 2025. The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcasted poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer. The poem can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. 1st Prize €2,000; Featured reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival (with four-night hotel stay and full board); Featured on the Southword Poetry Podcast; Publication in Southword. 2nd Prize €500; Publication in Southword. 3rd prize €250; Publication in Southword. Ten Runners-Up €50; Publication in Southword. In a social justice initiative, the Munster Literature Centre is offering free entries of two poems each for thirty poets currently residing in a developing country (Africa, Central and South America, South East Asia, the Philippines, in the main) who do not have the financial means to pay the entrance fee.

THE PG WODEHOUSE SOCIETY (UK) ESSAY PRIZE
https://www.pgwodehousesociety.org.uk/essayprize
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 17, 2025. A prize of £750 will be awarded to the winner of the competition. Word count of 3,000 to 6,000 words, excluding footnotes and bibliography. Comparative essays are acceptable, but the focus of the essay must be on Wodehouse. Entrants from all walks of life are encouraged to provide new and interesting perspectives on Wodehouse’s works.

REEDSY WRITING PROMPT CONTEST
https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/
$5 ENTRY FEE. Deadline monthly. Reedsy challenges you to create a short story based on one of their prompts. The winner will be featured on Reedsy Prompts and receive $250 via PayPal. We’ll also consider your submission for a future print and digital issue of our lit mag, Prompted. Write a short story between 1,000 and 3,000 words, submit it from your Reedsy Prompts profile.

FURIOUS FICTION
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline first Friday of each month. A monthly short story challenge from the Australian Writers’ Centre. On the FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, we will unveil a new story challenge. You then have 55 hours and a maximum of 500 words to wow us with your storytelling skills. Prize is $500 AU.

JOHN UPDIKE REVIEW EMERGING WRITERS PRIZE
https://blogs.iwu.edu/johnupdikesociety/the-jur-emerging-writers-prize/
NO ENTRY FEE. Rolling deadline. A $1000 prize plus publication in The John Updike Review, awarded annually to writers 40 years of age or younger. The writing may be scholarly or bellestristic in nature. Academics, critics, graduate students, assistant professors, novelists, poets, and short story writers are encouraged to submit 10-30 page essays. Submissions are open and rolling.

TADPOLE PRESS 100-WORD WRITING CONTEST

https://www.tadpolepress.com/100-word-writing-contest
$15 ENTRY FEE. Hosted twice a year with deadlines every April 30 and November 30. Word Limit: 100 words or less per entry. All ages. All genders. All nationalities. You may enter pieces that are brand-new or have been previously published elsewhere. Any genre. No theme. 1st place $2,000 USD. 2nd place publishing and marketing package with Compassiviste Publishing ($6,000 USD value). 3rd place manuscript assessment package with Compassiviste Publishing ($1,500-$3,000 USD value). 4th place editing package with Tadpole Press ($1,450 USD value). 5th place writing coaching package with Tadpole Press ($600 USD value). 6th-10th place $100 USD.

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