January writing contests

National Magazine‘s 47th Annual Awards

Deadline: Early bird dealing January 12, 2024; regular deadline of January 19, 2024

Entry fee: Variable for different categories

Awards:

• Variable for different categories

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RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers

Deadline: January 14, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• Two grand prizes of $10,000 CAD each; and

• Two finalist prizes of $2,500 CAD each.

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The Masters Review Winter Short Story Award for New Writers

Deadline: January 28, 2024

Entry fee: $20 USD

Awards:

• First prize of $3,000 USD;

• Second prize of $300 USD; and

• Third prize of $200 USD.

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Askew’s Word on the Lake Writing Contest

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: $15 USD

Awards:

• First prize of $200 CAD;

• Second prize of $125 CAD; and

• Honourable mention @100 CAD.

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BookLife Prize Nonfiction Contest

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: $119 USD

Awards:

• First prize of $5,000 USD.

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Boulevard Magazine Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: $16 USD

Awards:

• First prize of $1,000 USD.

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Brucedale Press 25th Annual Acrostic Story Contest

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: $5 USD

Awards:

• First prize of 25% of the entry fees;

• Second prize of 15% of the entry fees;

• Third prize of 10% of the entry fees; and

• All winners will be published in The Leaf.

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Danuta Gleed Literary Award

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None; made by publishers only.

Awards:

• First prize of $10,000 CAD; and

• Second prize of $1,000 CAD.

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New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2024

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: £10 per entry

Awards:

• First prize of £1,000;

• Second prize of £300; and

• Third prize of £200.

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River of Words Competition 2024

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• Multiple for different categories

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The Darling Axe Clash of the Query Letters

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: $5

Awards:

• First prize of $700;

• Second prize of $200; and

• Third prize of $100.

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Montreal International Poetry Prize

Deadline: Opens mid-January, closes May 15, 2024

Entry fee: $20 USD

Awards:

• $20,000

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FURIOUS FICTION

Deadline: January 7, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $500 AUD

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QUANTUM SHORTS COMPETITION

Deadline: January 8, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $1,500

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DR. PAUL KALANITHI WRITING AWARD

Deadline: January 10, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $300

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THE BECHTEL PRIZE

Deadline: January 12, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $1,000 and publication

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JOHN F. KENNEDY PROFILE IN COURAGE ESSAY CONTEST

Deadline: January 12, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• First prize of $10,000;

• Second prize of $1,000; and

• Up to five finalists of $500 USD.

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FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION TRANSLATION PRIZES

Deadline: January 12, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $10,000

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ENCORE AWARD

Deadline: January 12, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• £10,000

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RBC BRONWEN WALLACE AWARD FOR EMERGING WRITERS

Deadline: January 14, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• Up to $10,000 CAD

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APPARITION LIT

Deadline: January 14, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $30

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THE LEVIS READING PRIZE

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $5,000

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STEPHEN A DIBIASE POETRY PRIZE

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $600

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WALTER MUIR WHITEHILL PRIZE IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $2,500

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JANET HEIDINGER KAFKA PRIZE

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $15,000

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STACY DORIS MEMORIAL POETRY AWARD

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $500 and publication

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53-WORD STORY CONTEST

Deadline: January 15, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• Publication and free book

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MOVING WORDS POETRY COMPETITION FOR ADULTS

Deadline: January 17, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $250

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THE FANTASTIC OTHER

Deadline: January 21, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• First prize of $35 USD;

• Second prize of $25 USD; and

• Third prize of $15 USD.

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TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION AWARENESS SCHOLARSHIP

Deadline: January 30, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $1,000 scholarship

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SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST: MONTHLY COMPETITION

Deadline: January 30, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• Various

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THE HILLMAN PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM

Deadline: January 30, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $5,000

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STORY UNLIKELY SHORT STORY CONTEST

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $750

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RATTLE EKPHRASTIC CHALLENGE

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $100

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SHAUGHNESSY COHEN AWARD FOR POLITICAL WRITING

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• First prize $25,000; and

• Finalists $2,500

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A.C. BOSE GRANT FOR SOUTH ASIAN SPECULATIVE LITERATURE

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: Open to South Asian or South Asian diaspora writers

Awards:

• $1,000

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THE DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• First prize of $10,000; and

• Two finalists of $500.

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THE PATTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION CHICAGO BOOK AWARD

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $25,000

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JERRY JAZZ MUSICIAN FICTION CONTEST

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $150

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LAUREATE PRIZE

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None for BIPOC writers

Awards:

• $500

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IRIDESCENCE AWARD

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• Up to $500

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HIGHLIGHTS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• 25 full tuition scholarships; and

• 20 partial tuition scholarships.

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THE DRABBLE HARVEST CONTEST

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $5

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SUBSTACK

Deadline: January 31, 2024

Entry fee: None

Awards:

• $100

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