- Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowships -- June 15
VSC is a community of serious artists and writers at all levels of professional development who come from across the U.S. and around the world for 2 to 12 week residencies. VSC offers private studios, housing, 3 meals daily, and access to Visiting Artists and Writers. Full Fellowships, awarded on the basis of merit, enable artists and writers to come to VSC for four weeks at no fee. Apply to: Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship Competition, P.O. Box 613, Johnson, VT 05656. writing@vermontstudiocenter.org. $25 application fee.
This is a project-based grants of up to $2,500 for women and trans artists in the Delaware Valley region (Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties) who create art for social change. The grant supports projects that have an impact on the artist and a larger group, audience, or community. Mail application to: Leeway Foundation The Philadelphia Building, 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
$1,000 for best poem, $1,000 for best fiction (including short-short fiction), $1,000 for best nonfiction, plus publication. Enter online, or offline, by submitting to: "NMW," Room M2, PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN 37901. $17 reading fee.
Individual Artist Fellowships in the amount of $13,000 are awarded annually to reward artistic excellence, advance the careers of Maine artists, and promote public awareness regarding the eminence of the creative sector in Maine. Apply online.
The Bridport Prize is an annual international creative writing competition for poetry and short stories. Prizes of £5000, £1000, and £500 for short stories of up to 5,000 words. Apply online or by post to The Bridport Prize, PO Box 6910, Bridport, Dorset DT6 9BQ, UK. Entry fee £6.
- Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Individual Artist Grants for Women -- June 30
Grants of $500 to $1,500 are awarded twice a year to feminist writers of the U.S. or Canada. Submit three copies of a manuscript of up to 25 pages, a project description, and a resumé. Send an SASE for the required application and complete guidelines to: Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Individual Artist Grants for Women, P.O. Box 630125, Bronx, NY 10463. Susan Pliner, Executive Director. $10 entry fee. - Glimmer Train Open Fiction Contest -- June 30
Prizes of $2,000, $1,000, and $600 for original, unpublished stories. All themes, all lengths are welcome. Submit online. $20.00 entry fee. - Red Hen Press Literary Awards -- June 30
Established in 2001, in celebration of the new century and a new tradition of literature, this award is for an short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Open to all writers and themes. Award is $1000 and publication of the winning story by Red Hen Press. Send to: Red Hen Press, Attn: Short Fiction Award, P.O. Box 3537, Granada Hills, CA 91394. $15 entry fee. - University of Pittsburgh Press
Drue Heinz Literature Prize -- June 30
For more than twenty five years the Drue Heinz Literature Prize has recognized and supported writers of short fiction and made their work available to readers around the world. The contest, which includes a $15,000 prize and publication, is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. Send submissions to: Drue Heinz Literature Prize, University of Pittsburgh Press, Eureka Building, Fifth Floor, 3400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
