Creative Writers Opportunities

The Contest Deadline for Poetry & Very Short Fiction is TOMORROW! LAST CHANCE POETS & VERY SHORT FICTION WRITERS! Deadline TOMORROW! The TWFest Poetry & Very Short Fiction Contest ends November 15 (by 11:59 pm CST), so submit TODAY! Here are the fabulous prizes waiting to be claimed: POETRY CONTEST Grand Prize - $1,000 - VIP All-Access Festival Pass ($600 value) for the 2022 Festival - Public Reading at the 2022 Festival Finalists receive a free Festival panel pass ($100 value) to the 2022 Festival SUBMIT VERY SHORT FICTION CONTEST Grand Prize - $500 - VIP All-Access Festival Pass

Now Accepting Submissions Deadline February 28, 2022 Mary Blinn Poetry Prize 2022 Judge, Billy Lombardo After Hours launched the inaugural Mary Blinn Annual Poetry Prize in 2019.  Commemorating the outstanding work of Mary Blinn as a poet, visual artist and musician, the prize is awarded annually for outstanding works of poetry by writers who, like Mary Blinn, are deeply dedicated and passionate about their art and the crafting of fine poetry. One $200 Winner and three $50 Finalists will be selected in an anonymous review by After Hours editors with the final winning decisions made entirely at the discretion of our 2022 judge Billy Lombardo.  Winning entries are published annually in the Summer Issue of After Hours .

Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize

OPEN for work by Black authors until Dec, 17, 2021. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   Submissions for the 2022 Legacy Awards are OPEN Submit Book-Length Work by Black Writers by December 17, 2021 November 9, 2021 – The Zora Neale Hurston / Richard Wright Foundation invites agents and publishers to submit book-length work by Black writers to the 2022 Legacy Awards . The Submittable form must be completed and books post-marked by December 17, 2021. Our award categories are