These are themed submission calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some call themes are: tales of winter shadows; schism; environmental justice; Morgana le Fay; long-term relationships; visitation; Leviathan (industrial horror); each and other; hidden villains – criminals; and werewolves.
THEMED SUBMISSIONS
Speculation Publications: Evergreen – Tale of Winter Shadows
This is a fiction and poetry anthology. “As cold and silence envelopes the earth, and all things lie dormant, we all move inward and lean toward hibernation, shadow work and self-reflection. From all over the world, within the darker days live many celebrations of good triumphing over evil, light’s victory over darkness and of seeds planted deep, waiting to slowly reach for the sun and burst into life. What we want: Your unique, fictional stories of the dark and stillness and what light brings out of the shadows. Stories of transformation. Stories of cold forests, elves and magickal places. Stories of witch magick, the occult and ghosts. We want modern retellings of Yaldā, Soyal, Roman Saturnalia or the Dongzhi Festival. Stories of the winter solstice, Bodhi Day, Diwali, Hanukkah, Omisoka, and Kwanzaa. Look into your ancestral roots and tell us about the long dark nights and short, but bright, days of light your ancestors endured, and tell us how they made it through.” They also say, “We Are Buried in Christmas Horror and Need More Stories from other Winter Solstice Based Holidays and more Fantasy and Mysticism.” They also may close earlier than the deadline if they have enough stories.
Deadline: 6 September 2024, or until filled
Length: 2,000-7,000 words for stories, up to 4 pages for poetry
Pay: $20 for fiction, $10 for poems, $5 for reprints
Details here.
Apparition Lit: Harbinger
This is a quarterly speculative fiction and poetry magazine. They’re reading submissions on the Harbinger theme – the window for general submissions is now closed; as part of their equity initiative, they have a one-week extra reading period only for writers who self-identify as BIPOC in their cover letters (see guidelines). Sadly, this will be the last issue of Apparition Lit – see the announcement for magazine closure here.
Deadline: 7 September 2024 for BIPOC writers only (see guidelines)
Length: 1,000-5,000 words for fiction, up to 5 poems
Pay: $0.05/word for stories, $50/poem
Details here.
(Apparition Lit also has a themed flash fiction challenge, open on the first fortnight of every month – see guidelines.)
Eye to the Telescope: Outlaws
This is a speculative poetry magazine. For the Outlaws theme, they say, “Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, Belle Star, Wyatt Earp, Bonnie and Clyde … Robin Hood, Aladdin, Zorro, Jean Valjean, the Joker, Villanelle … Malcolm Reynolds, Zoe Washburne, Peter Quill, Gamora, Han Solo, Sam and Dean Winchester … outlaws have a perennial hold on our imaginations, equal parts romanticized and demonized, revered and reviled, admired and loathed, depending on whose side you’re on. Outlaws are anti-heroes. They destabilize existing systems of power, erasing the illusion of control in societies. They bring with them and leave in their wake disorder, chaos, violence, destruction, loss, and death. But on the other hand, they also point to possibilities—of throwing off the shackles of propriety and authority; of living life on their own terms and according to their own ethical codes, standards, and values; of the possibilities that exist beyond established socio-political and cultural structures. I’m looking for your take on outlaws, defined broadly—give me your space cat renegades, your dryad anti-government environmental activists, your fed up monsters ready to throw down against the powers that be, your alien mercenaries, your dynamic lover-robbers, your charming assassins, your child-thieves: make them loud, make them stealthy, make them in-your-face, make them subtle, make them violent, make them pacifist, make them winners or losers, lovable or loatheable—whatever you do, just make sure it’s in verse form, memorable, vivid, and speculative.” They accept translations, as well. Deadline: 15 September 2024
Length: Up to 3 poems
Pay: $0.04/word (up to $25)
Details here.
The Ex-Puritan: Schism
This Canadian magazine publishes creative non-fiction – send works of up to 5,000 words, reviews of Canadian literature, interviews, fiction, experimental/hybrid work, and poetry from writers around the world. They are reading work for a special issue, Schism. There are detailed guidelines for the theme, including, “We invite submissions of creative work to The Ex-Puritan which delves into, and has a dialogue with the many facets around the theme of “schism.” The term “schism” has its roots in ancient Greek, coming from the word “skhisma,” meaning “cleft” or “division.” In a world marked by both division and conflict, we are interested in works that also touch on rare moments of unity and even reconciliation. We seek to explore the myriad interpretations and manifestations of schism in our lives and surroundings. Be it positive or negative, overt or subtle, societal or personal – we want to read work that offers a poignant lens through which we can examine the complexities of existence.”
The deadline for this themed call is 19 September 2024; submissions have to be emailed for this call, see here. Usually, they read year-round, with cut-off dates for issues, and accept a limited number of fee-free submissions each month (see general guidelines and Submittable).
Deadline: 19 September 2024 for the themed call
Length: 1,000-10,000 words for fiction, up to 5,000 words for nonfiction, up to 4 poems
Pay: CAD150 for fiction; CAD35 per poem (or page, capped at CAD120); CAD200 per essay; CAD100 per interview or review; CAD50+ per experimental or hybrid work, at an increasing scale depending on the nature of the piece.
Details here (Schism call details) and here (general guidelines)
Book XI: Reality and its other(s)
Their guidelines say, “We will consider only previously unpublished and philosophically informed creative work (though our understanding of “philosophically informed” is capacious).” They will read submissions until 15 September, or until their submission cap is reached, whichever is earlier. They are reading submissions on the ‘Reality and its other(s)’ theme.
Deadline: 15 September 2024, or until filled
Length: 1,000-5,000 words for prose (can read shorter or longer), up to 5 poems
Pay: $200 for prose, $50 for poetry
Details here and here.
Reckoning
They publish creative work on environmental justice. They accept fiction (mostly, but not exclusively, speculative – see here), creative non-fiction, poetry, translations, reviews, review pitches, and art. They’re reading submissions for Issue 9.
Deadline: 22 September 2024
Length: Up to 20,000 words for fiction and creative non-fiction, up to 10 pages for poetry
Pay: $0.15/word for prose, S75/page for poetry, $75 for fiction reviews, and about $37 for non-fiction reviews
Details here, here, here.
Flame Tree Publishing: Morgana le Fay; Achilles
Flame Tree is open for two anthologies in their Myths, Gods, and Immortals series; Morgana le Fay, and Achilles. They also accept reprints for both anthologies, which will be published in hardcover. About this series, they say, “Each book brings back to life a classic mythological or folkloric figure, with completely new stories alongside the original tales. New and emerging writers from open submissions, reveal hidden themes, casting fresh perspectives on well-known stories, alongside specially commissioned text on the origins and the cultural background of the mythology.” And, “Stories submitted for consideration need to explore new angles to the character: have (them) follow alternative paths, present different viewpoints, imagine new futures, or perhaps pursue story lines that are hinted at in the original tales.”
— Morgana le Fay: “Morgana le Fay is a mysterious figure of Arthurian legend, found in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Le Morte d’Arthur and a number of other accounts. She is often seen in the context of the men in those myths – a half-sister of King Arthur, a jilted lover of Lancelot, a foil of Merlin – and yet is an extremely powerful character herself. She has deep roots in Celtic mythology and offers a fascinating canvas to be explored. Well known for her magical abilities, including shape-shifting, her complex character oscillates between benevolent healer and malevolent sorceress. Her relationship with Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is marked by both familial loyalty and deep-seated enmity, making her one of the most enigmatic and multifaceted figures in the Arthurian mythos.”
— Achilles: “Achilles, the great warrior of the Trojan War, was considered the epitome of heroism in Greek mythology. His bravery in combat is famously depicted in Homer’s Iliad, but every hero has their flaws. Authors from classical times all the way through to late Antiquity and the modern era have interpreted his character in a multitude of ways, and this latest book will look at the man behind the myth. There is much to explore, from his exploits in the war and interactions with Agamemnon, Patroclus, Hector and more, back to his early days as an infant dipped into the River Styx, exposing one vulnerable heel.”
Deadline for both anthologies: 22 September 2024
Length: 3,000-4,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word for originals
Details here (Morgana le Fay) and here (Achilles).
Heartlines Spec
This Canadian magazine of speculative fiction and poetry wants work on long-term relationships; their goal us to 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: 30 September 2024
Length: 500-3,500 words for fiction; up to 5 poems (see the updated word count on X here.)
Pay: CAD0.08/word for fiction; CAD60/poem
Details here (guidelines) and here (submission portal)
Kenyon Review
They accept prose (fiction and nonfiction, including excerpts), and poetry. “Our Submissions portal will open from September 1 until September 30, 2024. In 2025, our magazine will feature folios on the following themes:
Translation.
Architecture.
Lyric Essay.
Cinema.
Visitation. … With VISITATION we are looking for writing which captures an impermanent experience of presence. A visitation might be a knock at the door, a funereal ritual, a brush with the otherworldly, a legal mandate, an act of wrath, a moment of union. Guest edited by Kenyon Review Fellow, Jennifer Galvão, this folio seeks to think about doors, borders, power, incarceration, and other institutions which divide or limit our time.
We invite work that broadly interprets these themes . When you submit, you will have the option to identify your work for general submission or the themes.”
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: Fiction up to 7,500 words, essays up to 5,000 words, up to 6 poems
Pay: $0.08 per published word of prose (minimum $80, maximum $450) and $0.16 per published word of poetry (minimum $40, maximum $200)
Details here.
Sentinel Creatives: Leviathan – An Anthology of Industrial Horror
This is a fiction anthology. They have detailed guidelines, including, “We’re looking for original weird tales set in the Victorian period that explore the human (and inhuman) experience through the lens of horror. … There is a tendency to view the Victorian Age as beginning and ending with the reign of British monarch Queen Victoria (1837-1901), but this is so strict as to be crude. Rather, the period will be what is referred to as The Long Nineteenth Century (1789-1914), which begins with the French Revolution and ends just short of World War I. This expanded timeframe serves to foreground the transformations that took place within British society and brings those changes into stark relief.
This period usually takes England as its geographical norm, and often a particular city: London. But for the purposes of this anthology, the region will also include Scotland, Ireland, Wales, as well as India and the furthest reaches of the British Empire. … Show us primitive science, at once enlightened and profane, the obscure craft of learned mutilators who frighten all, even the dead.”
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: 3,000 – 6,000 words
Pay: $125 – $200
Details here.
Written Backward: You, Human, Vol. 2
You, Human is a dark sci-fi and all blended sub-genres (horror, fantasy, etc.) anthology by Written Backward publishing. “What does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to be real? What does it mean to exist? What does it mean to be human? Once again, Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics will be re-evaluated and revised to help define humanity, this time by novelettes (7,500 – 15,000 words max).
Three Laws of Humanity:
1. A human being may not injure another human being or, through inaction, allow another human being to come to harm.
2. A human being must obey the orders given it by other human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law.
3. A human being must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second laws.”
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: 7,500 – 15,000 words
Pay: $0.10/word, capped at $500
Details here.
DreamForge Anvil: Each and Other
DreamForge is a speculative fiction magazine. They want works on the theme “Each and Other. Reverse the trend that seeks to separate us with memes of Them and Other, Stranger and Outsider… We are, all of us, bound across time and space by our shared humanity.” They have detailed guidelines on the theme, see here. And, “While we’re really excited to see story submissions following our theme; please don’t self-edit your submission. If you have a great SF or Fantasy piece, especially one with a positive, humanistic vibe, send it along.”
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: Up to 7,000 words
Pay: $0.08/word
Details here, here, and here.
The Deadlands
This is a speculative fiction magazine. For fiction, their guidelines say, “The Deadlands exists in liminal spaces between life, death, and elsewhere. We are looking for fiction that concerns itself with death—but also everything death may involve.” They have detailed guidelines, please read them carefully. They accept fiction, fiction reprints, poetry, art, and nonfiction. They are open in September for fiction only; other genres are closed.
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction
Pay: $0.10/word for fiction
Details here.
Inkd Publishing: Hidden Villains – Criminals
This is a speculative fiction anthology “with a bass beat of a hidden villain and a tale involving the criminal. You could be chasing them down, victimized by them, or be the criminal; however you want to include them. … There is no restriction as to how you incorporate the theme into your story as long as the genre falls within Speculative Fiction, including Sci-Fi or Fantasy. We encourage you to weave the theme into an engaging story with well-developed characters and deep emotion. Suspense and thrillers are encouraged over horror for this anthology, but a great horror story will rise to the top.” Please see the note on their submission form about overseas author copies.
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: 2,000 to 7,000 words
Pay: $0.01-0.02/word + royalty share
Details here (scroll down) and here.
(They’re also open for another mystery and speculative fiction anthology, Detectives, Sleuths, and Nosy Neighbors: Dying for an Answer, the deadline for which is end-November; pay is royalty share, or $20; see here and here.)
French Press Publishing: Strange New Moons
For fiction this anthology, they want “your werewolf stories. Desperately. Werewolves all day and all night. Werewolves forever and ever, a million years, nothing but werewolves, super fuzzy bang.
With one small caveat: Make ‘em different.
Yeah. It’s not that werewolfism is inherently a bad theme, it’s that it’s been done to death. That’s the little torn cuticle driving most editors to decline anything having to do with our favorite loathsome lycanthropes. So, give us something wild, strange, and new!”
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: 2,000-5,000 words
Pay: “$0.03 tasty, tasty dollar bills per word”
Details here.
Riverfolk Publishing: Technology-based horror
They want technology-based horror fiction.
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Length: 6,000-10,000 words
Pay: $100
Details here.
The Last Line
This journal, affiliated with The First Line Journal, wants stories that end with this line: ‘I didn’t want to admit it, but Lee was usually right.’
Deadline: 1 October 2024
Length: 300-5,000 words
Pay: $20-40 (please see the note for international submitters)
Details here.
Consequence Magazine
They publish work “that addresses the human experiences, realities, and consequences of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art.” They accept fiction (including flash and excerpts), nonfiction (interviews, essays, and narrative non-fiction), poetry, translations, and art. All works will be considered for online and print.
Deadline: 15 October 2024
Length: Up to 5,000 words for fiction, up to 4,000 words for non-fiction, up to 5 poems
Pay: $30-50 for print prose, $50 for online prose, and $20/poem for print poetry, $50 for online poetry
Details here.
Farenheit Books: Two anthologies
Farenheit Books is part of Omicron World Entertainment. They’re open for fiction and poetry for two themed anthologies in their Spekulative Stories anthology series; Train Tales, and Aliens Among Us. A train or space alien should be such an integral part of the work, that the story or poem would collapse if the element were taken away. They accept all genres (please see guidelines). They also accept reprints.
Deadline: 30 November 2024, or until filled
Length: Up to 7,500 words for fiction; up to 50 lines for poetry
Pay: $0.10/word for fiction, $2/line for poetry
Details here.
New York Times: Modern Love
Modern Love is a non-fiction column. They want “honest personal essays about contemporary relationships. We seek true stories on finding love, losing love and trying to keep love alive. We welcome essays that explore subjects such as adoption, polyamory, technology, race and friendship — anything that could reasonably fit under the heading “Modern Love.” Ideally, essays should spring from some central dilemma you have faced. It is helpful, but not essential, for the situation to reflect what is happening in the world now.” Also, “Love may be universal, but individual experiences can differ immensely and be informed by factors including race, socio-economic status, gender, disability status, nationality, sexuality, age, religion and culture.” Send essays of 1,500-1,700 words. Modern Love has two submission periods, March through June, and September through December. Writers are paid. Send submissions to modernlove (at) nytimes.com. They especially welcome work from historically underrepresented writers, and from those outside the US. Details here.
(Also see their Tiny Love Stories column; these are also personal essays similar in theme to Modern Love, but much shorter, of 100 words.)
THEMED CONTESTS
(Some non-themed contests and fellowships are open this month too, including:
— the Yale Drama Series: David Charles Horn Prize, an international contest for emerging playwrights for an full-length play; the award is $10,000, deadline 8 September 2024, details here and here.
— Princeton Arts Fellowship, a two-year fellowship for various disciplines, including writing; a teaching duty is attached; the award is $92,000 per year, deadline: 10 September 2024, details here.
— Princeton’s Hodder Fellowship, including for writers and translators who have “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts”; most writers have had their first book published, award $92,000+, deadline: 10 September 2024, details here.
— Harvard University: Radcliffe Institute Fellowships, including for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, journalism, and playwriting, award $78,000, deadline 12 September 2024, open for published writers and journalists, details here, here, here, and here.
— The Camargo Core Program, a residency at Cassis, France for artists including writers, playwrights and translators; they welcome spouses/partners and dependent minor children, pays €350 per week, basic coach class travel booked in advance, deadline: 1 October 2024, details here and here.
— Fulbright Scholarships offer over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world. The awards for the 2025-26 cycle can be found here, deadline 16 September 2024; details here.
— Guggenheim Fellowships for US and Canadian citizens in disciplines, including literature; see their FAQ; deadline: 17 September 2024 – details here, here, here, and here.
— Changes Book Prize, a cash award and publication for a poet’s first or second poetry manuscript of 48-96 pages – open to US residents who have not published or committed to publishing more than one book-length collection of poetry with a registered ISBN, award $10,000, deadline 1 October 2024, details here.)
Academy of American Poets: Ambroggio Prize
This is an opportunity for US poets. They want a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation. Poets may translate their own work or collaborate with a translator who may or may not be a poet; the poet and translator must share the prize. The original manuscript in Spanish must be between 48 and 100 pages. Their website also says, established in 2017, the Ambroggio Prize is the only annual award of its kind in the United States that honors American poets whose first language is Spanish. Apart from a cash prize, the manuscript also gets publication.
Value: $1,000 and publication
Deadline: 15 September 2024
Open for: US poets
Details here and here.
(The Academy of American Poets has other awards as well, both fee-free and fee-based – see all of their prizes here, and see their Submittable for all open calls, including for the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize, deadline 1 November 2024.)
Story Street Writers: Hundred Word Horror fiction contest
This is their first annual Hundred Word Horrorfiction contest. The contest opens for entries on September 15 and runs through September 30. The submission form will be active during the submission period.
Value: $100; $25 for runners-up
Submission period: 15-30 September 2024
Open for: All writers
Details here.
New York Public Library: Cullman Centre Fellowship
This is for writers whose project draws on the collection housed in The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Visual artists can also apply (see guidelines).
Value: $85,000 and residency
Deadline: 27 September 2024
Open for: All writers
Details here and here.
Speculative Literature Foundation: Working Class Writers Grant
This is an international grant is to help writers of speculative literature, and will open to applications on 1st September. This grant is awarded annually to assist working class, blue-collar, poor, and homeless writers, and writers from these backgrounds, who have been historically underrepresented in speculative fiction due to financial barriers. One of the submission requirements is a writing sample of poetry, drama, fiction, or creative non-fiction (see guidelines); the submitted work must be speculative. Unlike their other grants, writers may receive this grant anonymously or pseudonymously. They also have other grant submission periods coming up.
Value: $1,000
Deadline: 30th September 2024
Open for: All writers from working class background
Details here (Working Class Writers Grant) and here (schedule for all grants).
The Writers College – Short Story Competition for Emerging Writers
This is an international fiction contest, open to writers ages 16 and over; send stories of up to 2,000 words. Regarding eligibility they say, “We aim to support beginner writers only. We accept stories from writers who have never been published, or who have been published fewer than four times in any genre.” (See guidelines). The contest theme is, ‘It didn’t have to be this way’. Also, “We accept stories in any genre (literary/horror/sci-fi/fantasy/spec fic). However, literary fiction tends to fare best with our judges.”
Value: NZ$1,000, NZ$500, and NZ$250
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Open for: Beginner/emerging writers (see guidelines)
Details here.
Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest
They want a short story on any theme. Stories should ideally be up to 3,000 words, though those up to 4,000 words are considered. Readers of the magazine are interested in music, social history, literature, politics, art, film and theater, particularly that of the counter-culture of mid-twentieth century America. Their newsletter subscribers include publishers, artists, musicians, and fellow writers. Their guidelines say, “While your writing should appeal to a reader with these interests and in these creative professions, all story themes are considered.”
Value: $150
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Open for: All writers
Details here.
International Human Rights Arts Festival: Rhonda Gail Williford Award for Poetry
Their guidelines say, “Please submit one poem that incorporates themes of justice, dignity, and resistance”.
Value: $150, $100, $50
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Details here.
International Human Rights Arts Festival: Art of Unity Creative Award
They accept essays and short stories (under 2,500 words for prose) and poetry on the theme, “Never again: Remembering to heal and overcome. The most important hallmark of Holocaust remembrance and education is the phrase ‘never again.’ Unfortunately, tribal divisions, ethnic cleansing and genocides continue in the 21st Century. We are looking for submissions in any creative media (which can be exhibited online), and which highlight aspects of human unity, and positive cross-pollination between groups, ethnicities, religions and/or nations.”
Value: $150, $100, $50
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Details here.
(Click on ‘Artist Opportunities’ on this page to see all their calls, including for Youth, for African spoken word, and a poetry contest for Gen Z Kenyans.)
Last Stanza Poetry Journal: Oops!
They award one prize to an outstanding poem, from general submissions to their journal. The theme for this issue is, Oops! “A single $100 award will be given for an outstanding poem. There is never a reading fee. An interview with the prize winner will be published in the same issue (optional).”
Poems can be any style, but preferably non-rhyming, of up to 64 lines.
Value: $100
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Open for: All poets
Details here.
Willie Morris Awards for Southern Writing
These awards are for works that evoke the American South. For fiction and non-fiction, the awards are for published/soon-to-be-published books; for poetry, send a poem of up to 60 lines on the theme. “Books must be published during the submission year and cannot be self-published. Advanced reader copies or proofs for books that will be published in October, November or December of 2024 are eligible.” And, “Winners also receive an expenses-paid trip to Oxford, Miss., where we celebrate the winning writers as part of the Oxford Conference for the Book.”
Value: $12,000 for prose; $3,000 for poetry
Deadline: 30 September 2024
Open for: Unspecified
Details here.
Horror Writers Association Scholarships
These scholarships offer various amounts for assisting authors in professional development as horror writers. There are various amounts and requirements. The Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly scholarship, worth $2,500, is for writers who identify as women, and the Horror Writers Association scholarship, worth $2,500, is for all writers (no membership necessary). They also have Diversity Grants, worth $500 each, which “will be open to underrepresented, diverse people who have an interest in the horror writing genre, including, but not limited to writers, editors, reviewers, and library workers. … the Diversity Grants have adopted the broadest definition of the word diversity to include, but not limited to, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabled, and neurodiverse.” There is also the Dark Poetry Scholarship, the Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Nonfiction Writing, the Dennis Etchison Young Writers Scholarship, and Young Adults Write Now endowment program for libraries. The funds can be used for various things like course fees, resources like textbooks and guides, subscriptions for appropriate periodicals, and registration fees for relevant literary festivals. Barring the Scholarship from Hell (for StokerCon), all the grants opened for application on 1 August 2024.
Value: Various
Deadline: 1 October 2024
Open for: All writers
Details here.
(The HWA is also open for the Bram Stoker Award for published works in various categories, including anthology, collection, first novel, graphic novel, long fiction and nonfiction, novel, poetry collection, screenplay, and more. The deadline is 31 December 2024 – see guidelines).
Getty Scholar Grants
These are for researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences, for established scholars and writers who have achieved distinction in their fields. Recipients can pursue their own projects free from academic obligations and make use of Getty collections. There are three-, six-, and nine-month residencies. The annual theme for this cycle is Repair. Also see the African American Art History Initiative Fellowship on the program page. Also see their FAQ.
Value: $21,500-65,000, residency
Deadline: 1 October 2024
Open for: Established scholars and writers
Details here and here.
A couple of contests with later deadlines are:
— One Story: Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship: This is for an early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an advanced degree program – see guidelines. “We are seeking writers whose work speaks to issues and experiences related to inhabiting bodies of difference. This means writing that centers, celebrates, or reclaims being marginalized through the lens of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, religion, illness, disability, trauma, migration, displacement, dispossession, or imprisonment.” Apart from the $2,000 stipend and tuition to attend One Story’s week-long summer writers’ conference, it offers free tuition for all One Story online classes and programming; a full manuscript review & consultation with One Story Executive Editor Hannah Tinti (story collection or novel in progress up to 150 pages/35,000 words). A fiction writing sample of 3,000-5,000 words is part of the submission requirement. The deadline is 9 October 2024. Details here. And, One Story will open to fiction submissions in the Fall; see here.
— The Commonwealth Short Story Prize: This is a contest for writers from the Commonwealth, see the list of eligible countries here – send a piece of unpublished short fiction, in any genre, of 2,000-5,000 words. They take entries in several languages apart from English, as well as translated stories. The top prize is £5,000, regional prizes are £2,500. The submission period opens on 1 September, and the deadline is 1 November 2024. Details here.)
Bio: S. Kalekar is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this magazine. She can be reached here.
