This list shows writing events with opportunities to win prizes and get published and deadlines in April, 2025. For a list of all current (upcoming) events, please refer to our main calendar page

Note: We do not host any of the events listed here. If you have any questions about a particular event, please reach out to the event organizer. Always do your own research before submitting your work, especially if participating in the event requires paying an entry fee.
Current Month

March 2025

sat01marAll Daytue01aprSinister Sanctuaries Short Story ContestThe Elegant Literature Award for New WritersCategoryFeatured event,Short StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree (for Elegant Literature members) Max word count2000 Top Prize$3,000, 10 cents per word, publication, and free enrollment in the New Novelist Accelerator program

sat15mar7:12 pmsat7:12 pmPerkoff Prize 2025CategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee $15 Max word countDepends on category. Check with organizer. Top Prize$1,000

mon17mar11:57 pmmon11:57 pmThe Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 2025CategoryShort StoryUKEntry Fee£10 Max word count5,000 Top Prize£1,000

fri28mar10:44 pmfri10:44 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!Repeating EventVirtual EventThe Future Scholar Foundation Short Story CompetitionShort story competition for elementary and middle school studentsCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count350 Top Prize$25 Amazon Gift Card

fri28mar11:48 pmfri11:48 pm​Red Shed Poetry Competition 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£3.50 Max word count40 lines Top Prize£100

fri28mar11:56 pmfri11:56 pmThe Plough Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£5 Max word count40 lines Top Prize£1,000

sun30mar10:47 pmsun10:47 pmRhina Espaillat Poetry AwardCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee$7 Max word count50 lines Top Prize$2,000 and publication

mon31mar12:00 ammon12:00 amBath Short Story Award 2025CategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£9 Max word count2,200 Top Prize£1,000

mon31mar12:00 ammon11:59 pmThe E. H. P. Barnard Spring Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryUKEntry Fee£2 Max word count400 Top Prize£150 and a poem video, professionally performed and produced

mon31mar12:04 ammon12:04 amThe London Magazine Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£10 Max word count40 lines Top Prize£500

mon31mar1:00 ammon11:59 pmFirst Writing Competition Judged by AICategoryFull Manuscript,Unpublished BooksInternationalEntry Fee$30 Max word count80,000 Top PrizePublication

mon31mar9:46 ammon11:59 pmThe Dark Poets Prize - Edition IIICategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£5 Max word count250 Top Prize£500

mon31mar1:44 pmmon11:59 pmThe Letter Review Prize for PoetryCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee$15 Max word count70 lines Top Prize$333

mon31mar1:47 pmmon1:47 pmThe Letter Review Prize for Short FictionCategoryFiction,Short Fiction,Short StoryInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count5000 Top Prize$333

mon31mar1:51 pmmon11:59 pmThe Letter Review Prize for NonfictionCategoryEssay,Memoir,Non-fictionInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count5000 Top Prize$333

mon31mar1:54 pmmon11:59 pmThe Letter Review Prize for BooksCategoryChapbook,Essay,Fiction,Full Manuscript,Memoir,Non-fiction,Novel,Novella,Poetry,Prose,Short Fiction,Short Story,Unpublished BooksInternationalEntry Fee$25 Max word count5000 Top Prize$333

mon31mar2:51 pmmon2:51 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2025CategoryFull ManuscriptUK & IrelandEntry FeeFree Max word count20,000 Top Prize£10,000

mon31mar3:28 pmmon3:28 pmThe Clay Reynolds Novella PrizeCategoryNovellaInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count50,000 Top Prize$1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book

mon31mar3:33 pmmon3:33 pmLouise Bogan Award for Excellence in PoetryCategoryPoetryUSAEntry Fee$25 Max word count120 pages of poetry Top Prize$1000, twenty copies of published book, and assistance in marketing the book

mon31mar8:51 pmmon8:51 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!The Tom Grass Writing PrizeCategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count3000 Top Prize£1,000

mon31mar8:24 pmmon8:24 pmInception 2025 ContestCategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee$5 Max word count250 (prose); 25 lines (poetry) Top Prize$100 and publication

mon31mar10:32 pmmon10:32 pmThe Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee€15 Max word countNo limit Top Prize€1,000, publication, and a week at Circle of Misse in France

mon31mar11:19 pmmon11:19 pmLittle Kanawha Reading Series Chapbook ContestCategoryPoetry,ProseUSAEntry Fee$10 Max word count25 pages Top Prize$200, publication, author copies of book, invitation to be a featured reader at the Little Kanawha Reading Series

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