Each month the Authors Guild newsletters highlights contests, fellowships, and other writing opportunities. Here are some to consider—deadlines are fast approaching, so if an opportunity looks good, why not jump on board?

FICTION CONTESTS

Arts & Letters Fiction Prize
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: March 31, 2023

Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Eligibility: First-generation American author with a nonfiction debut
Prize: $10,000 and publication by Restless Books
Deadline: March 31, 2023

Orison Fiction Prize
Eligibility: All fiction writers except those already published by Orison Books
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Deadline: April 1, 2023

NONFICTION CONTESTS

Susan Atefat Prize in Creative Nonfiction
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: March 31, 2023

POETRY CONTESTS

Rumi Prize in Poetry
Eligibility: All poets
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
Deadline: March 31, 2023

Orison Poetry Prize
Eligibility: All poets except those already published by Orison Books
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $25
Deadline: April 1, 2023

WRITING FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES

American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship
Eligibility: Writers working on a book project, fiction or non-fiction, that contributes to cross-cultural discourse.
Prize: $5,000 + opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month while participating in the life of the American Library
Entry Fee: €30
Deadline: April 1, 2023

Marguerite and Lamar Fellowship for Writers
Eligibility: All writers
Prize: $5,000 + residency in Carson McCullers’s childhood home
Deadline: April 1, 2023

It’s energizing, isn’t it, to know that there are these exciting opportunities out there to share our work as we all write on!

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