Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition 2023
Last date
5 June 2023
Who may enter?
The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over.
Non-Fiction Competitions
Discover and participate in world’s best non-fiction online writing competitions. It includes international contests both free and with entry fee with tons of prizes.
Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest 2023
Last date
15 May 2023
Who may enter?
The contest is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who have yet to publish or self-publish a book.
The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing 2023
Last date
31 March 2023
Who may enter?
Participants must be first-generation residents of their country. “First-generation” can refer either to people born in another country who relocated, or to residents of a country whose parents were born elsewhere.Read More »The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing 2023
Pinch Literary Awards and Page Prize 2023
Last date
31 March 2023
Who may enter?
The competition is open to everyone except students and faculty at the University of Memphis, United States.
Perkoff Prize 2023 Fiction Poetry NonFiction
Last date
15 March 2023
Who may enter?
The competition is open to everyone except students and faculty at the University of Missouri, United States.
AWP Award Series 2023
Last date
28 February 2023
Who may enter?
The AWP Award Series is open to all authors writing original works in English for adult readers.