To submit the names of writing contests and awards for the month that I may have missed, please email me at fictionwriting.guide@about.com. To check out contests for other months, go to the list of months.
And read about our criteria for judging whether it's a legitimate contest or a writing scam.
- Bellingham Review
Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction -- March 1
$1,000 and publication in Bellingham Review. 8,000 words maximum. Send entries to: Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction, Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. $18 entry fee includes subscription. - Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Award -- March 1
$1,000 Award for a book of fiction published during the previous year. The writer will be asked to participate in an awards ceremony and to give a reading at the University. Three copies of each book should be sent to: Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director, Creative Writing Program, Binghamton University-State University of New York, Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric, Library North Room 1149, Vestal Parkway East, P.O.Box 6000, Binghamton, NY13902-6000. - James Jones Literary Society
First Novel Fellowship -- March 1
The Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship will be awarded to an American author of a first novel-in-progress by the James Jones Literacy Society. Novellas and collections of closely linked short stories also considered. A two-page (maximum) outline of the entire novel and the first 50 pages of the novel-in-progress are to be submitted. James Jones First Novel Fellowship, c/o M.A./M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Wilkes University, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, 570-408-4534. $25 reading fee. - The Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop -- March 1
Young Writers is an intensive two-week workshop for writers aged 16-18, designed to help them develop their creative and critical abilities with language. Two sessions are offered in June and July. Submit application essay and a teacher's recommendation to Kenyon Review Young Writers, Finn House, 102 W. Wiggin Street, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022-9623. - River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize -- March 1
River Teeth's editors and editorial board will conduct a yearly national contest to identify the best book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction. The winner will receive $1,000. Mail entries to: RIVER TEETH, 401 College Ave., Ashland University, Ashland, OH 44805. $25 entry fee. - Writers @ Work Fellowship Competition -- March 1
Writers @ Work, a non-profit literary arts organization that hosts a conference each June, offers an annual Fellowship Competition for emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Winners are honored with cash prizes and publication in Quarterly West, and a consultation with prominent editor or agent. See website for submission information. - Short Story Radio Short Story Competition -- March 2
Founded in 2006, Short Story Radio broadcasts professional recordings of short stories by published and previously unpublished writers. The winning entrant to their short story competition will have his or her story professionally recorded by a British Equity member actor and broadcast on www.shortstoryradio.com, and receive a professionally designed website. Submit stories of 3000 words maximum; see website for full details. £8 entry fee. - New South Review Writing Contest -- March 4
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New South are given annually for a poem and short story. Send work of 7500 words or less to: New South/Writing Contest, Campus Box 1894, Georgia State University, MSC 8R0322 Unit 8, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083. $15 reading fee.
