Writing Competitions & Literary Journals
Program |
Category |
Deadline |
Eligibility |
Award |
Fiction / Poetry / Art |
February 10 |
Confirm w/ website |
$100 |
|
Prose / Poetry / Essay / Film |
February 3 |
High School |
$400 1st place $200 2nd place All-expense paid LA trip |
|
Poetry / Prose |
April 30 |
High School |
$200 + publication in Adroit Journal |
|
Creative Writing |
Deadlines here |
7 - 12 13+ |
Regional (Gold Key) + National Publication See website |
|
Poetry |
July 31 |
11 - 17 |
Top 100 Award ceremony + publication |
|
Poetry / Fiction / Nonfiction |
September 3 - November 1 |
10 - 12 |
1st place $500 2nd place $250 3rd place $125 |
|
Poetry |
24/7 (1 entry per poet quarterly) |
9 - 12 |
1st place $500 scholarship Multiple awards |
|
Poetry |
January 1 - September 1 |
13 - 18 |
$100 + publication |
|
Poetry |
October 31 |
Women 9 - 12 |
1st place $350 + publication |
|
Creative Writing (all disciplines) |
June 1 - October 8 |
Age 15 - 18 Grade 10 - 12 |
Cash prizes, national recognition |
|
Poetry |
November 1 - 30 |
Rising 11 - 12 |
Full scholarship for Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop |
|
Poetry |
Fall (confirm w/ website) |
11th only |
1st place $500 2nd place $250 3rd place $100 |
|
Playwriting |
January 1 - March 31 |
11th only |
1st place $500 2nd place $250 3rd place $100 |
|
Essay |
January 3 |
12 - 18 |
NYC / DC conference invitation |
|
Flash fiction Essay contest |
FALL: Sept - Nov 30 WINTER: Dec - Feb 29 SPRING: March - May 31 SUMMER: June - August 31 |
High school women (confirm w/ website) |
1st place $400 2nd place $300 3rd place $200 |
|
Poetry / Fiction / Creative Nonfiction |
Confirm w/ website |
9 - 12 |
Cash prizes |
|
Playwriting |
March 15 |
19 or younger |
Performance @ LA City College |
|
Playwriting |
May 1 |
19 or younger |
Confirm w/ website |
|
Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy |
January 1 - April 15 |
Confirm w/ website |
1st place $200 + publication multiple awards given |
|
Poetry / Fiction / Creative nonfiction |
May 31 |
9 - 12 |
1st place $200 |
|
Prose / Poetry / Playwriting |
February 1 |
Rising 9 - 12 |
$15,000 scholarship (multiple) |
|
Literature 60- to 75-page portfolio of work containing 3/4 of the genres: Fiction/ Nonfiction / Poetry / Drama or Screenplay Literacy Narrative |
February 12 |
19 or younger |
$50,000 scholarships (multiple) |
|
Fiction / Journalism / Creative Nonfiction |
June 15 |
11 - 14 Junior Division 15 - 18 Senior Division |
Multiple prizes |
|
Literature |
confirm w/ website |
K - 12 |
Multiple (cash prizes, all-expense paid trips, publicity) |
|
Poetry |
December 1 |
Category IV: 9 - 12 |
Multiple (see website) |
|
Essay / Nonfiction |
April 6 |
9 - 12 |
$2500 + all-expenses paid trip to DC |
|
Essay |
February 20 |
9 - 12 |
Publication on NASA website |
|
Essay |
December 1 |
10 - 12 |
1 week all-expenses paid Washington DC seminar |
|
Essay |
February 1 |
9 - 12 |
1st place $500 2nd place $250 3rd place $100 |
|
Essay |
December 27 |
9 - 12 |
1st place $1000 2nd place $750 3rd place $500 |
|
Essay |
February 21 |
9 - 12 |
1st place $1000 2nd place $500 3rd place $300 |
|
Essay (2x contests) |
April 30 |
8 - 10 11 - 12 |
Multiple (up to $10,000) |
|
Value |
January 17 |
9 - 12 |
1st place $10,000 2nd place $3,000 5 Finalists: $1,000 8 Semi-finalists: $100 |
|
Essay |
Confirm / website |
9 - 12 |
1st place $5000 + travel 2nd place $2500 3rd place $1000 |
|
Essay |
April 30 |
9 - 12 |
1st place $500 2nd place $250 3rd place $150 |
|
Essay |
Confirm State Deadline w/ website |
9 - 12 |
$1000 scholarship + publication |
|
Essay |
March 9 |
9 - 12 (enrolled / taken psychology class) |
$250 |
|
Essay (multiple topics) |
January 20 |
13 - 18 |
Full scholarship |
|
Essay |
June 15 |
Youth 15 - 25 |
1st place $900 + all-expenses paid trip to Japan 2nd place $450 3rd place gifts |
|
Veterans of Foreign Wars Voice of Democracy |
Audio Essay |
October 31 |
9 - 12 |
1st place $30,000 scholarship |
Essay |
April 15 |
14 - 19 |
1st place $7500 Runners Up $1500 Honorable Mention $500 |
Teen Lit Journals & Magazines
Additional Resources
- http://www.newpages.com/writers-resources/young-authors-guide
- http://www.poetryoutloud.org/competition
- Behind the Scenes of Teenage Writing Competitions -- The Atlantic, June 30 2015