Creative Capital Grants
Prize: $50,000, Advisory and Development Services
Application: Letter of Inquiry
Deadline: March 1
Reference: Creative Capital Grants
Contact: grants@creative-capital.org
Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers
Prize: $3,000
Application: Online Application Form, Adobe PDF file with Biographical Statement, Project Title and Description, 10-page Writing Sample
Deadline: January 15
Reference: Ellen Meloy
Contact: fund@ellenmeloy.com
Missouri Review: Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize
Prize: $5,000
Application: Writing Sample, Entry Fee
Reference: Missouri Review Contests
Persea Books
Prize: Publication (of book), $1,000, Residency
Application: Writing Sample, Application Fee
Deadline: March 1
Reference: Persea Books Prizes
Contact: info@perseabooks.com
Prizes for Emerging Writers
Narrative
Prize: $4,000, Publication
Deadline: June 15
Reference: http://www.narrativemagazine.com/great-stories/narrative-prize
University of Iowa Press
Prize: Publication
Deadline: April for Poetry, September 30 for Fiction
Reference: Short Fiction Award
Academy of American Poets First Book Award
Prize: $5,000, One-month residency, Publication
Application: Application form, Entry Fee, Manuscript
Reference: First Book Award
Deadline: September 1
The Yale Series of Younger Poets
Prize: Publication and Royalties
Deadline: November 15
Genre: Poetry
Reference: Younger Poets Rules
*Visit Poets & Writers for a longer list of prizes.