Some submission opportunities!

African Poetry Book Fund. Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. Poetry. No Fee. 12/1

Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival. Creative Writing Competition. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama. No Fee. 12/1

American Library Association. Schneider Family Book Awards. Children’s/YA Fiction, Children’s/YA Nonfiction. No fee. 12/1

American Library Association. W.Y Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. Fiction. No Fee. 12/1

Breakwater Review. Breakwater Fiction Contest. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/1

Briarpatch. Writing in the Margins. Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/1

december. Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/1

The Fiddlehead. Poetry Contest. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/1

Five Points. James Dickey Prize for Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/1

The Heartland Review. Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/1

The Langum Foundation. David J. Langum, Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction. Fiction. No Fee. 12/1

The Masters Review. Novel Excerpt Contest. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/1

Morehead State University. Thomas & Lille D. Chaffin Award. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. No Fee. 12/1

Reed. Mary Blair Award for Art. Art. Entry Fee. 12/1

Regal House Publishing. W.S. Porter Prize for Short Story Collections. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/1

Slipstream. Poetry Chapbook Competition. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/1

Smith College. Poetry Prize for High School Girls in New England. Poetry. No Fee. 12/1

University of Evansville. Richard Wilbur Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/1 [even-numbered years]

Waywiser Press. Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Poetry. 12/1

Mono. International Short Story Competition. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/1

Invisible City. Nonfiction Flash Contest. Nonfiction. No Fee. 12/5

Mslexia (UK). Poetry Competitions (Single Poem & Pamphlet). Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/6

Columbia Journalism School. J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, Mark Lynton History Prize. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 12/9

Columbia Journalism School. J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards. Nonfiction. No Fee. 12/9

Friends of American Writers Chicago. Literature Awards. Fiction, Nonfiction. No Fee. 12/10

Sarabande Books. Flo Gault Student Poetry Prize. Poetry. No Fee. 12/11

Daisy Pettles. Older Women’s Writing Residency & Grant Application. Entry Fee. Fiction, Nonfiction, Drama, Screenwriting, Comics. 12/12

Center for Kansas Studies. Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. No Fee. 12/15

Chautauqua Institution. Chautauqua Prize. Fiction, Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 12/15

Columbia Journal. Winter Contest. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation, Art. Entry Fee. 12/15

Gival Press. Poetry Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/15

Interim. Test Site Poetry Series. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/15

Longleaf Press. Book Contest in Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/15

Meridian. Editors’ Prize. Fiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/15

MUSE Literary Journal. Holden Vaughn Spangler Memorial Award for Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/15

Poetry International. C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/15

Story. Story Foundation Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/15

Sunspot Lit. Culmination Contest. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Art. Entry Fee. 12/15

Sweet. Flash Nonfiction Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 12/15 (extended)

Voyage. Best Chapters Contest. YA Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/15

Toasted Cheese. Dead of Winter. Fiction. No Fee. 12/21

StoryShare. Story of the Year Contest. Fiction, Nonfiction. No Fee. 12/27

Virginia Commonwealth University. Cabell First Novelist Award. Fiction. No Fee. 12/30

Burnside Review Press. Book Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Center for Book Arts. Poetry Chapbook Program. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31 (extended)

Chestnut Review. Poetry Chapbook Contest. Poetry. 12/31

Cleveland Foundation. Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. No Fee. 12/31

Do Wha(TS) Write. Creative Writing Contest. Flash Fiction, Short Stories. Entry Fee. 12/31

Dynamo Verlag. Book Contest. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cross-genre, translations. Entry Fee. 12/31

The Florida Review. Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award. Fiction, Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 12/31

Hub City Press. C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/31 [even-numbered years]

Kallisto Gaia Press. Acacia Fiction Prize; Saguaro Poetry Prize. Fiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

The Kenyon Review. The Short Nonfiction Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 12/31

The Lascaux Review. Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/31

LitMag. Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/31

Livingston Press. Tartts Fiction Award. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/31

The Lyric. College Poetry Contest. Poetry. No Fee. 12/31

The Moth. Ballymaloe International Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Ohio University Press/Swallow Press. Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Poetry Quarterly. Rebecca Lard Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Poetry Society of America. Robert H. Winner Memorial Award; George Bogin Memorial Award; Chapbook Fellowships; Four Quartets Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Press 53. Award for Short Fiction. Fiction. Entry Fee. 12/31

Rollick Magazine. Fiction Prize. Entry Fee. 12/31

The Society of Classical Poets. Poetry Competition. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Third Coast. Jaimy Gordon Fiction Prize/Poetry Prize. Fiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Tofu Ink. Art Prize. Entry Fee. 12/31

Tofu Ink. Poetry Chapbook Prize. Entry Fee. 12/31

Tupelo Press. Dorset Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31

Two Sylvias Press. Wilder Series Poetry Book Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 12/31