TONI BEAUCHAMP PRIZE IN CRITICAL ART WRITINGĭeadline: August 31. Award of $1,000 “given for an article that furthers the understanding of the history of working people.” Articles (published August 31, 2020-August 30, 2021) “must be focused on historical events OR focused on current issues (work, housing, organizing, health, education) and include historical context.” Note that “publications and subject matter should target the United States and Canada.” BERNHARDT LABOR JOURNALISM PRIZEĭeadline: August 30. New £1,500 award “for the best literary essay, published or unpublished, by a writer in or from Scotland.” Created “in memory of Anne Brown (1942-2021), former Wigtown Book Festival chair of trustees and a widely respected BBC radio producer.”ĭEBRA E. “The work should broadly deal with Australian culture in some way.” Judges: Kate Lilley, Pam Brown and Melinda Bufton.ĭeadline: August 27.
Offers $40,000 “for a collection of poems by an Australian woman poet” plus publication by Vagabond Press. Gaines, and serves to inspire and recognize rising African-American fiction writers of excellence at a national level.” Eligible authors must have a novel or collection of short stories published/slated to be published in 2021 (galleys are acceptable).ĭeadline: August 20 (11:59pm, AEST). Award confers $15,000, “honors Louisiana’s revered storyteller, Ernest J. GAINES AWARD FOR LITERARY EXCELLENCEĭeadline: August 15 (received). As well as publication, you will receive 20 copies of Together for Christmas and a cash prize of £75.”ĮRNEST J. Prizes: “The winners will be selected for inclusion in our pamphlet. Seeks new poems for “our forthcoming festive title Together for Christmas. )ĬANDLESTICK PRESS CHRISTMAS POEM COMPETITIONĭeadline: August 13 (midnight, presumably UK time). We want well-crafted poems up to 10 lines.” Prize: £25 for winner £5 for each of five runners-up. “Celebrates and rewards bold, succinct writing. Winning manuscripts are published by the University of Iowa Press “under the Press’s standard contract.” Writers “are still eligible if they are living abroad or are non-US citizens writing in English.”ĭeadline: August 8 (5pm BST). For “a collection of short stories in English of at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages.” Must send via postal mail. IOWA SHORT FICTION AND JOHN SIMMONS SHORT FICTION AWARDĮntries: August 1-September 30 (postmarked). NB: Open to “legal residents of the United States, DC, and Puerto Rico,” 17 or older. Works must include speculative or fantastical elements.” Cash prizes ($500/$250/$100), plus publication on Tor.com only the top winner’s story will be read by Burton on the podcast. We are looking for one special story to be featured in Season 10 of the podcast.” Theme is “Origins and Encounters” “we welcome works of the Indigenous fantastic, the other-worldly, and alternative histories. “The LeVar Burton Reads podcast is collaborating with FIYAH Literary Magazine and Tor.com for our first-ever writing contest! Do you write speculative fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, horror)? Do you love the podcast? Have you dreamed of getting your work in front of THE LeVar Burton ever since the days of Reading Rainbow? Well, here’s your shot. CURRENT CONTESTS, COMPETITIONS, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES OF INTERESTĮntries: August 1-31. Keep me posted! You just may find your own work celebrated here.Ĥ.
REMINDER: I love learning how the newsletter/blogs/my resources support your writing practice. Thank you for everything you do for all of us who write! Thank you for helping me fulfill that dream! Through my 18 years as a Judaic librarian-working with the JBC to organize numerous author events in my community-it has been a dream to one day be a JBC author.
I am thrilled that they chose my poem “There Is a Prayer” for publication (with a nice payment) on PB Daily, the digital arm of their literary journal Paper Brigade. Thank you for sharing the Jewish Book Council (JBC)’s call for submissions on your My Machberet blog. #creativenonfiction #storytelling #writingcommunity #trinitweets ”Īnd from for the tip in The Practicing Writer for the Generations themed HELD Magazine issue. Thank you for listing this opportunity in The Practicing Writer April 2021. From to for publishing my story ‘Lighting-Up: A Family Tradition.’ Will be reading an excerpt at the launch.