Writing Contests!

Deadline: 2/15/2015

Submit to: CDS Documentary Essay Prize in Writing

Entry Fee: $35

First Prize: $3,000 plus publication

Type: Documentary writing (literary nonfiction)

Deadline: 2/15/2015

Submit to: Doris Betts Fiction Prize

Entry Fee: $20

First Prize: $250 plus publication

Type: Fiction

Deadline: 2/15/2015 Submit to: Georgetown Review Poetry Manuscript Contest. Online Form Entry Fee: $30 First Prize: $1,200 plus publication Type: Poetry (48 to 80 pages MAX) URL: Georgetown Review Poetry Manuscript Contest

Deadline: 2/15/2015 Submit to: The Orison Poetry Prize, Orison Books, PO Box 8385, Asheville, NC 28814. Or send online. Online Form Entry Fee: $25 First Prize: $1,500 plus publication Type: Poetry (100 pages MAX) URL: The Orison Poetry Prize

Deadline: 2/16/2015 Submit to: bioStories Essay Contest. Email Address Entry Fee: $10 First Prize: $250 plus publication Type: Essays (3,000 words MAX) URL: bioStories Essay Contest

Deadline: 2/28/2015 Submit to: Creative Writer’s Notebook 2015 Short Story Contest. Email Address Entry Fee: $15 First Prize: $200 plus publication Type: Short stories (3,000 words MAX) URL: Creative Writer’s Notebook 2015 Short Story Contest

Deadline: 2/28/2015 Submit to: Creative Writer’s Notebook 2015 Short Story Contest. Email Address Entry Fee: $15 First Prize: $200 plus publication Type: Short stories (3,000 words MAX) URL: Creative Writer’s Notebook 2015 Short Story Contest

Deadline: 2/28/2015 Submit to: The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest. Online Form First Prize: Publication and scholarship to attend the 2015 Writers Workshop, June 13th-20nd, in Gambier, Ohio Type: Short stories (1,200 words MAX) URL: The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest

Deadline: 3/15/2015 Submit to: Annie Dillard Award For Creative Nonfiction. Online Form Entry Fee: $20 First Prize: $1,000 plus publication Type: Creative nonfiction (6,000 words MAX) URL: Annie Dillard Award For Creative Nonfiction

Deadline: 3/15/2015 Submit to: Tobias Wolff Award For Fiction. Online Form Entry Fee: $20 First Prize: $1,000 plus publication Type: Fiction (6,000 words MAX) URL: Tobias Wolff Award For Fiction

Deadline: 3/15/2015 Submit to: Willow Springs Fiction Prize. Online Form Entry Fee: $15 First Prize: $2,000 plus publication Type: Fiction URL: Willow Springs Fiction Prize

Deadline: 2/28/2015 Submit to: The Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award. Online Form Entry Fee: $25 First Prize: $500 plus publication Type: Poetry (60 poems MAX) and prose (800 words MAX per piece, 20,000 words MAX in total) URL: Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award

Deadline: 3/15/2015 Submit to: 49th Parallel Award For Poetry. Online Form Entry Fee: $20 First Prize: $1,000 plus publication Type: Poetry (3 poems MAX) URL: 49th Parallel Award For Poetry

Deadline: 2/28/2015 Submit to: The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest. Online Form First Prize: Publication and scholarship to attend the 2015 Writers Workshop, June 13th-20nd, in Gambier, Ohio Type: Short stories (1,200 words MAX) URL: The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest

Deadline: 2/28/2015 Submit to: The Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award. Online Form Entry Fee: $25 First Prize: $500 plus publication Type: Poetry (60 poems MAX) and prose (800 words MAX per piece, 20,000 words MAX in total) URL: Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award