These are calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: Tales of Winter Dreams; Monstrous Angels (religious horror); Joy that Sustains; Climate Crisis; Soldier Without a Name; and Contemporary Slavery and Forced Migration.
THEMED CALLS
Winter Lore Book 3: Aurora – Tales of Winter Dreams
This is a project of Speculation Publications; “a collection of fantasy, folklore, and magic. It can be dark or light, but try to keep it within the bounds of fantasy. Stories of how winter relates to rest and rejuvenation and refinement of dreams. Stories will be about astral projection and lucid dreaming, dream spells, dream rituals, the magic of dreams, and subconscious desires and manifestations. What dreams come in the longest nights? What is imagined in the long cold months?” They want stories of all faiths and spiritualities; folklore, myth and magic around dreaming and winter; and more. Please see their note about contributor copies.
Deadline: 13 May 2025
Length: 2,000-6,000 words
Pay: $20 for original fiction, $10 for poetry, $5 for reprints, $5 for short articles, poems and spells on winter rites, traditions and rituals
Details here.
Archive of the Odd
This is a speculative fiction magazine of found fiction. This is “a home for the strange, the uncanny, and the odd.” And, “Archive of the Odd is a biannual magazine of found fiction—stories told in the style of found footage, also known epistolary, neo-epistolary, found file, or found document fiction. Essentially, stories told in the form of other documents. All submissions must be found fiction.” Please see the website for details/examples of the work they’ve published before. Apart from short fiction they accept microfiction also, though this is harder for them to place. They’re reading short fiction submissions for issue 7, and submission is via a form on their website. Query for serializing, audio/video, and finished chapbooks/booklets.
Deadline: 15 May 2025 for short fiction
Length: 500-8,000
Pay: 1.5c/word
Details here.
(Archive of the Odd is also accepting long fiction, for which they pay royalties.)
Graveside Press: Monster Anthology
They want stories of “Monsters! Specifically…people who love monsters.
Like…a lot.
Give us your spicy monster stories, but keep in mind this is still horror; we aren’t looking for sweet urban fantasy tales. Your submission should still have a heavy horror factor.” Stories must contain some kind of monster, creature, or cryptid from folklore, mythology, or your imagination, and also contain some level of spice (all heat ranges accepted). Graveside Press is also looking for submissions for a Middle Grade & YA horror anthology; see their Duosuma page for details.
Deadline: 15 May 2025 (extended)
Length: 2,000-6,000 words
Pay: $0.02/word
Details here and here (scroll down).
(And, Manawaker Studios has a monthly 100 word project with a different prompt each month; for May, the theme is Troll. Send stories of 100 words. They pay $1, and the deadline is 31st May 2025. Details here.)
Conquest Publishing: Monstrous Angels – An Anthology of Religious Horror
This is a fiction anthology; they also accept microfiction and flash fiction. “Monstrous Angels is an anthology that will explore one of the most enduring questions of religious horror–why are angels so compelling as anti-heroes and/or villains? We’ve seen it time and time again: Angelfall, Constantine, Legion, Angelology, the list goes on. We love our dark angels.
We want stories of the morally gray. Of angels and humans trying their best and failing. We want to explore all corners of this topic so feel free to be broad. Angel-like beings from other cultures are welcomed and encouraged. Our definition of angel is loose. We want winged divine creatures trying to navigate moral quandaries, being consumed by righteous anger, and experiencing the consequences of being too close to humans.” They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 25 May 2025
Length: Up to 8,000 words
Pay: $20
Details here.
Cast of Wonders: Banned Books Week – Joy that Sustains
Cast of Wonders is a YA speculative fiction podcast and magazine; they’ll soon open for submissions. For their annual Banned Books Week call, the theme is Joy that Sustains. They have detailed guidelines, including, “It’s all too easy to doom-scroll these days. The world is facing a climate emergency amidst a global rise in fascism and prejudice. For Banned Books Week 2025, we want to see stories of irrepressible joy. Show us the sparks that cannot be extinguished, the many facets of humanity in all its splendour. We are looking for stories that showcase the hopefulness and power of diverse voices, stories of music in dark times, stories that are unapologetic and inspiring.” They prefer stories of up to 5,000 words, though can accept works up to 6,000 words. They also accept reprints. Their Moksha submission portal will open during the reading period. Cast of Wonders is part of the Escape Artists suite of magazines.
Reading period: 15-31 May 2025 (see schedule)
Length: See above
Pay: $0.08/word for originals, $20-100 for reprints
Details here (theme details) and here (general submission guidelines).
Killer Verse: Nostalgic Halloween
Killer Verse is a project of the Canada-based Delta Literary Arts Society (DALS). “Killer Verse is DLAS’s Halloween-themed show of dramatized narrations produced every October at the North Delta Centre for the Arts.” They want short stories or other works that can be read and performed live on stage, with a run time of no more than five minutes (2-3 pages), and which fit the theme of Nostalgic Halloween. “What gave you nightmares as a child? As you trick or treated through crisp falls leaves, what sent a chill up your spine? Did you tell ghost stories at a sleepover? Step into a time machine and travel back to the Halloween of your nightmarish memories. Classic characters like Dracula, The Mummy, witches or carnival clowns should rule your stories. Maybe your tale is based in the 40’s or 50‘s, or flows with vintage vibes from the 70‘s.” And, “We love plot twists, creepy details and shocking moments that excite an audience.”
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Length: Up to 1,800 words
Pay: CAD50 for stories, CAD50 for poems
Details here and here.
The Stinging Fly: Climate Crisis
This Ireland-based magazine is now open for fiction, including graphic fiction and novel excerpts, and poetry. For this Winter 2025-26 issue (to be published November), they will only read submissions on the climate crisis theme – see theme details here. Do not send nonfiction during this window. They also accept translations. They also have a submission FAQ page.
Deadline: 15th May 2025 for fiction and poetry (see guidelines)
Length: One fiction piece; up to three poems
Pay: Fiction: €45 per magazine page, with a minimum/maximum payment of €325/€1200; flash fiction (1 – 2 pages): €150; Poetry: €45 per magazine page, but with a minimum payment of €70 per poem; Featured poet: €425
Details here and here.
(And, ARC Poetry Magazine is accepting poetry submissions and essay pitches for The New Material Ecopoetics issue, deadline 15th March 2025, as well as for general submissions, deadline end July. Please note, writers from the US have to pay a submission fee, see guidelines. They pay $50/page.)
Griffith Review: Best Dressed
Griffith Review is an Australian literary magazine and they want fiction and nonfiction submissions for their Best Dressed theme. This will be their 90th issue. “No matter how much or how little you care about what you wear, your sartorial choices are inextricably stitched into your social, cultural and personal identities. Clothing not only dictates how we define ourselves and relate to others – throughout history, it’s also been a mode of expression, resistance, revolution and disruption. Put on your Sunday best for this edition of Griffith Review, which goes behind the seams to unpick the many paradoxes of fashion.” Do not send poetry (there will be a separate call-out for poetry in June). They mostly accept work from writers in Australia, and some work from overseas writers.
Deadline: 18 May 2025 (see guidelines)
Length: Up to 4,000 words for prose (for print)
Pay: AUD0.75/word
Details here and here.
Book Worms Horror Zine: Cryptid Horror
This US-based magazine accepts mailed submissions only; submissions must be received by the deadline. They are accepting submissions on the Cryptid Horror theme for their 8th issue. “Whether it’s beasts from local legend or psychological horrors born from the depths of your own personal wilderness, we want your weirdest, wildest, and most chilling creations.”
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Length: Up to 1,500 words for prose
Pay: $0.08/word for stories and essays, $25-50 for poetry
Details here.
Heartlines Spec
This is a Canadian magazine of speculative fiction and poetry, focused on long-term relationships; they will publish at least 50% work from Canadian writers for each issue. “We’re looking for short fiction and poetry focused on long-term relationships: platonic, romantic, or familial. We don’t want the blaze of new love or the obsession of a new friend. We want pieces that show that comfort that develops when people know each other for years.
Give us deep space, dusty frontiers, or dreamy fantasy. We want stories and poetry with strong, confident relationships amid all the sci-fi/fantasy. While we are primarily looking for stories with happy endings (yeah, yeah), we also want endings that are earned. If things get a little teary or gory, that’s ok.
We are especially interested in stories featuring queer platonic relationships, ace/aro love stories, and polycules.”
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Length: 1,000-3,500 words for fiction; up to 5 poems
Pay: CAD0.08/word for fiction; CAD60/poem
Details here (guidelines) and here (submission portal)
Bag of Bones Press: Patterns
“We’re looking for dark stories (2-4k words) on the theme of patterns. Please interpret this theme however you like. Write us a quiet mood piece or an action-packed powerful, character-driven story. Make it humorous or as dark as the night.” They want speculative, horror, dark fantasy or dark sci-fi stories. “Some ideas: the pattern could be in the narrative technique (fragmentation, mirror writing, foreshadowing, meta-fictional repetition), the thematic composition (think cycles of death and birth, family curses, sin and retribution) for example. Or how about incorporating chants, supernatural rituals, or echoes in your prose? A story with temporal patterns in it might float our boat (although be careful, we don’t want our inbox flooded with time loops and cyclical stories, unless done exceptionally well or with a novel twist). Seasonal patterns, recurring times, patterns in nature, patterns in objects which feature in your tale, geographical patterns, repetitive architecture, patterns in weather, behavioural ticks, recurring nightmares, obsessions…”
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Length: 2,000-4,000 words
Pay: $0.01/word
Details here and here.
Blue Planet Press: Far Futures Book Four – Titan
This is a speculative fiction anthology about Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn. “Far Futures Book Four will explore the colonial possibilities of Titan. What would settling on Titan entail?
How would humanity adjust to long-term effects of a gravitational pull even less than Earth’s own moon?
What would be the socio-economic impacts of such a colony?
What about the political dynamics? The military implications? The scientific potentials?
Submissions will involve space travel in some form to Titan, exploration and/or colonization of Titan, or long-term habitation of Titan. Military sci-fi is welcome.”
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Length: 6,000-10,000 words
Pay: ½ cent/word up to $50
Details here.
Bona Books: Wrath Month Anthology
This is a fiction anthology. “We’re seeking fantasy, science-fiction, and horror short stories that embrace punk and queer rage.
There’s a glass ceiling in SFF representation, and we want you to throw a brick through it. Bring us the coven that burned Salem and your roaring bear-serkers. We want gangs of acid-wash werewolves, furious bipyromancers, flesh-eating femmes, and vengeant celestial bois—a cast of the downtrodden who make ruins of their oppressors.
Wrath lies at the heart of queer liberation—it can be a spur to action and the only righteous response to a world that would prefer we didn’t exist. So crash mainframes, collapse empires, and break normativity. Pride month is over. It’s time for — Wrath Month”.
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Length: Up to 6,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here and here.
Exist Otherwise: Soldier Without a Name
This journal is interested in work about identity, gender, trauma & recovery, as well as intuition & dreams. They’re currently accepting work on the theme, Soldier Without a Name. They accept “any kind of written work: poetry, prose, essays, fiction, creative nonfiction, scripts, hybrid, experimental writing, whatever.”
Deadline: 31 May 2025 (see their editorial calendar here)
Length: Up to 1,000 words
Pay: $15
Details here (general guidelines), here (theme), here (editorial calendar), here (submission form).
Eternal Haunted Summer: Summer Solstice 2025 – Music
Their tagline is ‘Pagan songs & tales’, and they publish work on Gods and Goddesses and heroes of the world’s many Pagan/polytheist traditions – fiction (any genre), nonfiction, reviews, and poetry. For their upcoming issue, the theme is Music. “Jazz and blues. Rock and opera. Ballads and filk songs. Music has been an integral element of human creativity and culture since we first learned to carve holes into bones. Send us your best poems, short stories, and essays about music — in all its forms — from a Pagan/polytheist, witchy, and mythological point of view. Send us poems about the duel between Apollo and Marsyas, Bragi wooing Idun, and Pan stalking a poacher with madness-inducing pipe music. Send us short stories about a desperate musician making a crossroads deal with Dionysus, a composer praying to Hymen for inspiration, an archaeologist uncovering a temple and sacred instruments of Kothar-wa-Khasis. Send us essays about Väinämöinen as archetypal musician, Mozart’s opera Apollo et Hyacinthus, and the rise of the modern Pagan music scene.”
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Length: Up to 3,000 words for fiction, up to 3 poems
Pay: $5
Details here.
The Other Stories Podcast: Eldritch
This is a horror/sci-fi/thriller fiction podcast from Hawk & Cleaver. They accept themed fiction submissions of up to 2,000 words. Their upcoming theme is Eldritch (“Peel back the curtain of reality and reveal the ultimate indifference and the horror of the infinite beyond.”).
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Length: Up to 2,000 words
Pay: £15
Details here, here, and here.
IHRAM Press Publishes: Invisible Chains: Contemporary Slavery and Forced Migration
This is a call from the literary magazine of the International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM). They accept fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art. For the second quarter, their theme is Invisible Chains: Contemporary Slavery and Forced Migration. “A poignant reflection on contemporary slavery and forced migration, this issue delves into exploitative labor practices, human trafficking, and the loss of human rights. It examines the economic and personal challenges faced by migrants, including discrimination, culture shock, and the lingering mental health effects.
We are dedicated to publishing firsthand experiences of forced migration, factual retellings on contemporary slavery, reflections of the author’s personal experiences with the economic challenges or discrimination, and feelings of hope and perseverance. We encourage submissions from all over the world, regardless of gender or identity.”
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Length: Prose up to 2,500 words, unspecified for poetry
Pay: $50 for written work
Details here.
SUSPECT: Of the Sea
SUSPECT is the project of NYC-based Singapore Unbound, and they accept work from people of Asian heritage. They are now reading submissions for their special fiction (including flash) and poetry folio, and the theme is ‘Of the Sea’. “This August, SUSPECT will publish a special portfolio dedicated to indigenous perspectives on the region designated as maritime Southeast Asia. We invite the submission of fiction and poetry that explore the manifold effects of the sea on individuals and communities. We are particularly interested in indigenous voices but we welcome non-indigenous authors who have engaged in a significant and sustained manner with maritime Southeast Asian communities.”
Deadline: 15 June 2025
Length: Up to 6,000 words for fiction, 3-5 poems
Pay: $100
Details here.
(See all of their calls here.)
THEMED CONTESTS
(There are also some unthemed contests with approaching deadlines, including:
— The Cave Canem Prize for Black poets submitting their debut poetry manuscripts; Black authors of chapbooks and self-published books with a maximum print run of 500 copies are also eligible to apply; award $10,000, deadline: 8 May 2025, details here and here.
— RBC PEN Canada 2025 New Voices Award for new Canadian writers, ages 17 and over for unpublished writers, for short stories, creative nonfiction, journalism, and poetry, awards CAD3,000, deadline: 12 May 2025, details here.
— Academy of American Poets: James Laughlin Award for a second full-length poetry manuscript by a US poet, contracted by a publisher, awards $5,000 and residency, deadline 15 May 2025, details here and here.
— The Africa Institute: Global Africa Translation Fellowship
for applications from across the Global South for a grant to complete translations of works from the African continent and its diaspora, into English or Arabic; projects may be retranslations of old, classic texts, previously untranslated works, poetry, prose, or critical theory collections; grants $1,000-5,000; deadline: 15 May 2025; details here.
— RTÉ Short Story Competition, a fiction contest from RTÉ Radio 1, for those who live in Ireland, or have an Irish passport; awards €5,000, €4,000 and €3,000; the other shortlisted authors will each receive €300, deadline: 23 May 2025, details here, here, here, and here.
— The Bard Fiction Prize, an annual fiction prize for young US-based writers; for emerging writer who is an American citizen aged 39 years or younger at the time of application; award is $30,000 and residency for a published book, deadline: 1 June 2025, details here.
— BBC World Service: The International Audio Drama Competition for writers from outside the UK, in two categories: English as a First Language and English as a Second Language; awards £2,500, deadline 4 June 2025, details here, here, and here.
— Anne Brown Essay Prize, an essay prize for Scottish writers; awards £1,500, deadline: 6 June 2025, details here.)
Singapore Unbound: Singapore Poetry Contest
This is an international poetry contest. They are looking for poems that use the word “fable” in imaginative ways.
Value: $300, $200, $100
Deadline: 15 May 2025
Open for: All poets
Details here.
(See all their contests and submission calls, fee-free and fee-based, here.)
Creative Future Writers’ Award
This is an award for underrepresented writers in the UK, for fiction, creative non-fiction (prose up to 2,000 words) and poetry (up to 50 lines). Writers can submit one piece of writing. The theme for this year is ‘Wild’; they also say, “The theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement.” Apart from cash prizes, winners also get various non-cash prizes, like mentorship, agent meeting, and manuscript assessment.
Value: £75, £50, £25 (more about the prizes here.)
Deadline: 18 May 2025 (postal submissions must be received by 19th May.)
Open for: Underrepresented writers in the UK
Details here.
Defenestration.net Short Story Contest
This contest will soon open for entries. They want a short story which should include an incident of defenestration – the art or –ism of throwing people out of windows. This need not be literal. Their team defines such an incident as follows – “a sudden, immediate, even violent shift, change, or seismical event between the beginning and the end.” For this cycle, they also say, “Might be a good year to get political with it. And angry.” There will voting by the judges for this contest, with fan voting counting as an additional judge vote.
Value: $75, two runner-up prizes of $30 each
Deadline: 25 May 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here.
Livingston Press Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse
This is an annual prize run by Livingston Press, affiliated with the University of Alabama. It is for a novel-in-verse; the recommended length is 90-160 pages.
Value: $500, standard contract, 20 copies
Deadline: 30 May 2025
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
The Irene Adler Prize
The competition is now open to women worldwide, commencing or continuing to pursue a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D degree in journalism, creative writing, or literature at a recognized post-secondary institution in 2025-26. Applications include a 500-word essay on one of these five topics on the website:
— Who – in any field of endeavor – inspires you with their combination of talent and hard work?
— What is the biggest life lesson you have personally learned from the 2020’s so far?
— Write about an event from your life and show why it means a lot to you.
— What brings you happiness, peace, or a sense of focus and direction in our turbulent world?
— Write a fictional short story that is gripping, memorable, or surprising – or all three at once.
The prize is intended to be applied to educational expenses such as tuition fees – please see the rules.
Value: $1,000; up to two prizes of $250 each
Deadline: 30 May 2025
Open for: Women writers worldwide – see above
Details here (download 2025 submission guidelines and rules).
The Future Bookshelf: Mo Siewcharran Prize
“The initiative … aims to nurture talent from under-represented backgrounds writing in English. Run as part of Hachette UK’s The Future Bookshelf scheme, the prize was launched in 2019.” The prize is hosted by different divisions of the publisher each year. “For 2025, the prize will be hosted by Trapeze, an imprint of Orion Books, and we are looking for non-fiction writing under the theme Reclaiming History.” And, “We would like to see non-fiction proposals of no more than 10,000 words that explore history and the past in a compelling and unique way….The book must explore historical events; however, it may also include personal narrative, memoir, mythology, legend or polemic writing. The proposal must be aimed at adults.” Apart from the cash prizes, there are various non-cash prizes, including a meeting with literary agents. “The winner’s entry will also be taken forward to a Hodder & Stoughton’s acquisitions meeting and considered for full publication with a competitive advance against royalties. Hodder & Stoughton does not guarantee that the winner will be offered a publishing contract.”
Value: £2,500, £1,500
Deadline: 30 May 2025
Open for: BAME writers in the UK
Details here, here, and here.
The Black Orchid Novella Award
This is an international contest for novellas (15,000-20,000 words) that confirm to the tradition of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe series (see guidelines). They should focus on the deductive skills of the sleuth. They are not looking for derivatives of the Nero Wolfe series, or the milieu. Apart from a cash prize, winner also gets publication in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Submission is via a form.
Value: $1,000
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here (also download the flyer from here).
Humane Education Network: A Voice for Animals
This is an international essay contest for students in two categories: for 14-15-year-olds, and for 16-18-year-olds. “For 2025, there is a special topic category, “Protecting Marine Life from Human Impact”, which may be applied across all eligible age groups and submission types. This is option is in addition to the standard categories: Companion Animals, Farm Animals, Wildlife on Land, Wildlife in the Oceans.”Participants must currently be attending middle or high school, or be home-schooled, and less than 19 years of age (see guidelines). Entries can be essays, essays with photos, or videos. They have extensive guidelines. Also, “We reserve the right to adjust the number of prizes and the amounts of the prizes based on the entries received.”
Value: Total prize purse up to $5,900
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Open for: All 14 to 18 year old students
Details here.
Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest
This is an international fiction contest. While the story should appeal to the audience of this magazine, all themes will be considered. Their readers have interests in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theater, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. Ideally, stories should not exceed 3,000 words, but those up to 4,000 words will be considered.
Value: $150
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Open for: All writers
Details here.
Speculative Literature Foundation: Older Writers Grant
They offer grants for writers of speculative literature, spread out across the year; during May, they’ll be open for The Older Writers Grant for writers who are at least 50 years old at the time of grant application, and is intended to assist such writers who are just starting to work at a professional level. The writing application sample could be of fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction, of speculative literature. A writing sample (see guidelines) is part of the application. They are scheduled to open soon for submissions.
Value: $1,000
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Open for: Writers of speculative literature who are at least 50 years old
Details here and here.
The Heron’s Nest: Peggy Willis Lyles Haiku Awards
This poetry contest is run by The Heron’s Nest, a quarterly online journal of haiku. Submit up to 2 haiku for this contest.
Value: $200, $100, $50
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Open for: All poets
Details here.
PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History
These grants are for literary works of nonfiction that use oral history to illuminate an event, individual, place, or movement. They are to help maintain or complete ongoing projects. Oral history must be a significant portion of the work and its research. Writers have to send in writing samples and transcripts as part of the application.
Value: Two grants of $15,000 each
Deadline: 1 June 2025
Open for: Unspecified
Details here and here.
(PEN is also open for other grants now, the deadline for all is 1st June: — PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants for translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or drama into English; the award is $2,000-4,000, open for all writers, details here and here;
— PEN/Bare Life Review Grants recognize literary works by immigrant and refugee writers. Foreign-born writers based in the U.S., and writers living abroad who hold refugee/asylum seeker status, are eligible to apply, the project must be a work of a literary nature: fiction, creative non-fiction, or poetry, and translated works (in case of translated works, the grant will be conferred to the original author); grants are $5,000 each, details here and here;
— PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists for a published author of children’s or young-adult fiction to complete a book-length fiction work-in-progress; the writer’s previously published book(s) must be published by a U.S. trade publisher; the award is $5,000, details here and here.)
The Dream Foundry Emerging Writers Contest
This is a contest for emerging writers of speculative fiction (it is for writers who are relatively new to paid or incoming-earning publication of speculative short fiction in English; please check detailed eligibility rules on their website). Send a speculative fiction story of up to 10,000 words. They want short speculative fiction only (science fiction, fantasy, weird fiction, etc.); do not send stories that have no speculative element. Submission is via a form on their website.
Value: $1,500, $750, $400
Deadline: 2 June 2025
Open for: Emerging writers of speculative fiction
Details here.
(A couple of contests with later deadlines:
— The Norton Writer’s Prize: This is a non-fiction prize for undergraduates in the US, who are enrolled in an accredited 2- or 4-year college or university, enrolled during the 2024-25 year, and aged 18 and above. They will accept literacy narratives, literary and other textual analyses, reports, profiles, evaluations, arguments, memoirs, proposals, multimodal pieces, and other forms of original non-fiction pieces of 1,000-3,000 words. Entries require nomination by an instructor. There are three prizes of $1,000 each, and the deadline is 15 June 2025; details here (you can download rules).
— Richard J. Margolis Award: The award is for non-fiction writers of social justice journalism. It is for a promising new journalist or essayist whose work combines warmth, humour, wisdom and concern with social justice. Applications should include 2-3 non-fiction writing samples, up to 30 pages. At least one sample should be non-memoir material. The prize is $5,000 and residency at Blue Mountain Centre artists’ colony; $1,000 for runners-up. The deadline is 1 July 2025; details here and here.)
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