Creative Writers Opportunities

SUBJECT LINE: $500 Prize for 2024 Poetry by the Sea Book Award The 2024 Poetry by the Sea Book Award  for outstanding poetry collection of 2023 is now open for submissions. There is a $500 prize , and this year's Final Judge is Jane Satterfield. Submissions close on March 1, 2024. Link: https://poetrybytheseaconference.org/poetry-by-the-sea-book-awards/ Details: 1. Authors or publishers may nominate books. Book must have been published in 2023. Note: Books may contain individual translated poems but books in translation are not eligible. Only full-lengths books are eligible (not chapbooks). 2. Books must be submitted by pdf, using the Submittable  link. Please attach a pdf of the book and one of the cover to the Submittable form. [Note: Contest submissions are now fully digital which is a CHANGE from previous years.] 3. The entry fee of $50 is payable through Submittable [You do not need a Paypal account to enter]. Entries that are not accompanie...

GUTSY GREAT NOVELIST CHAPTER ONE PRIZE https://gutsygreatnovelist.com/chapter-one-prize/ $20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline March 1, 2024. The Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize is awarded for an outstanding first chapter of an unpublished novel. First prize is $1,000; 2nd is $500; and 3rd is $250. The prize is open to anyone over 18 writing a novel in English in any genre for adult or YA readers. Winners will be announced March 29, 2024.

Dear Writer, Slippery Elm 's 2024 print issue is open for submissions, and we're looking for your work!  Prizes of $1000 will be awarded for poetry and prose, and all entries will be considered for publication. Michael Czyzniejewski will judge in Prose, and Paula J. Lambert  will judge in Poetry. Submit up to three poems or 5,000 words of prose via Submittable  by February 1.  General (non-contest) entries are always free, but it's only $15 to enter the contest, and all entrants receive a copy of our 2024 issue.  Visit our website  for past issues and online-exclusive content, and see our Submittable  page for complete submission guidelines.  Check us out in Facebook  and follow us on Twitter @SlipperyElmLJ  for author bios and other updates. And if you'd rather not receive these occasional e-mails, just reply and let us know.  An "unsubscribe" in the subject or message body works. Thanks, and we hope...

Subject:  [Open for Applications] 2024 Mountain Words Writer-in-Residence   I am excited to announce that the Mountain Words Writer-in-Residence program , is open for applications, with residency dates running May 1 - June 1, 2024 . It's pretty incredible: one-month holiday accommodation in Crested Butte, Colorado , and a $1,000 stipend. Open to all genres including poetry, non-fiction/long-form, fiction, and playwrighting/screenwriting.  Residency alums include Kaveh Akbar , Chelsey Johnson , Chris La Tray , Lee Anderson , Adam Valen Levinson , Bernardo Wade , Megha Nayar , Stephanie Maltarich , Claire Boyles , Harrison Candelaria Fletcher , Jenny Qi , Alessandra Bautze , Molly Murfee . The application deadline is February 9, 2024. Residency dates, May 1 - June 1, 2024. Please find more info below. We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity with any writers...

2024 BOOK CONTEST GUIDELINES THE DYNAMO VERLAG BOOK CONTEST invites book-length manuscript submissions in poetry, prose, or any textual combination or reinterpretation of the aforementioned genres. The winning manuscript will be published by Dynamo Verlag in 2025 and its author will receive a $500 advance against book royalties (paid upon and at time of publication), as well as our professional in-house editorial, design, and publicity services (an estimated $3,000 value). Submissions are $18 and include a copy of the winning book OR a title from our back catalog.  Submissions will be accepted until June 30, 2024, or upon receiving 300 submissions, whichever happens first. We may extend the deadline as needed. TO ENTER THE 2024 BOOK CONTEST 1) After reviewing the contest rules and guidelines, GO  HERE , COMPLETE PAYMENT, AND CONFIRM YOUR CATALOG OR WINNING TITLE SELECTION. Please ensure your shipping address is current. 2) Email your full manusc...

, We at Another Chicago Magazine are pleased to announce our second annual nonfiction contest.  The winner will receive up to three weeks at Shannaghe in Belfast, Maine.  The contest is open to all nonfiction writers, and we accept submissions from Dec. 1 through Feb. 19.  More information is here: https://anotherchicagomagazine.net/acm-residency/  and on the attached flyer.  Please spread the word far and wide. Last year Paula Carter won the residency with this essay .  Thank you! -- Another Chicago Magazine www.anotherchicagomagazine.net

COLLEGE POETRY CONTEST The Lyric College Poetry Contest is open to undergraduates enrolled full time in an American or Canadian college or university First Prize  ~ $500 Second Prize  ~ $200 Third Prize  ~ $100 Honorable Mention  ~ Year's subscription and bragging rights SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES Poems must be original and unpublished, 39 lines or less, written in English in traditional forms, preferably with regular scansion and rhyme. We welcome up to three poems per student. Winners are announced and published in the Winter issue of The Lyric. Entries may be sent by mail to Tanya Cimonetti: The Lyric College Contest c/o Tanya Cimonetti 1393 Spear Street South Burlington, VT 05403 Inquiries and information available at tanyacim2@aol.com We will once again be considering collegiate contest entries by email.  Please add a short cover letter stating the traditional form that is entered, along with ...