Please mention that you were referred by www.marcelalandres.com when you submit your work to these organizations. Thank you, and let me know what happens!
$2000 SHORT STORY PRIZE
Deadline: March 14
The Nelligan Prize offers $2000 and publication in the Colorado Review for a short story. All entries are considered for publication. For more information, visit http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/nelligan-prize/
$1000 POEM PRIZE
Deadline: March 15
The Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation offers $1,000 for a previously unpublished poem. For more information, visit http://www.torhouse.org
$20,000 NONFICTION FELLOWSHIP
Deadline: March 15
Washington College offers the Hodson-Brown Fellowship, which includes a stipend of $20,000, to a writer of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) working on a book relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. For more information, visit http://www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/fellows.php
$10,000 FICTION/NONFICTION PRIZE
Deadline: March 31
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize offers two prizes of $10,000 each for a work of fiction and a work of nonfiction, including creative nonfiction, that fosters peace, social justice, and global understanding. For more information, visit http://daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/
HUMOR POEM CONTEST
Deadline: April 1
The Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest offers $1000 and publication on the Winning Writers web site for a humor poem. For more information, visit http://winningwriters.com/
$15,000 EMERGING WRITER AWARD
Deadline: April 1
The Sherwood Anderson Foundation offers $15,000 to an emerging fiction writer who has published up to two books of fiction or a number of stories in literary journals. For more information, visit http://sherwoodandersonfoundation.org/
TEEN WRITING RESIDENCY
Deadline: April 3
The Atlantic Center for the Arts’ your word Teen Writing Residency is for teens ages 14-18 and offers a wonderful opportunity to study with top notch master writers while exploring creativity in a nurturing environment. For more information, visit http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/
MAYBORN NATIONAL HISTORY WRITING CONTEST
Deadline: May 31
Ten high school and community college students and their teachers/mentors win a free trip to the 2013 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, including hotel and meals, to hang out with Pulitzer Prize winners and learn more from the master of the craft, Ron Powers. For more information, visit http://journalism.unt.edu/maybornconference/student-biography-contest.
