The Colorado Prize for Poetry

January 14, 2026 10:08 pm – 10:08 pm The Colorado Prize for Poetry is an international poetry book manuscript contest established in 1995. The contest is open to all themes and genres. Manuscripts must be at least 48 pages and no more than 100 pages. They may be...

RISCS Short Story Competition 2026

January 12, 2026 3:12 am – 3:12 am RISCS – the National Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security, based at the University of Bristol – has launched a short story competition to explore how different social, technological, economic, and environmental...

The Bridport Prize 2026

June 15, 2026 1:13 pm – 1:13 pm The Bridport Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the literary world. It is run by the Bridport Arts Centre in Bridport, England. The competition has five categories: Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction, Novel, and...

The Paz Prize for Poetry

June 15, 2026 9:04 am – 9:04 am The Miami Book Fair will award one $2,000 prize every for the publication of a previously unpublished book of poetry originally written in Spanish by an American resident. The prize will recognize book-length manuscripts of poetry...

Frogmore Poetry Prize

May 31, 2026 10:51 pm – 10:51 pm The Frogmore Poetry Prize (sponsored by the Frogmore Foundation) was founded in 1987 and has been awarded annually since then. Poems must be in English, unpublished and not currently submitted elsewhere or accepted for future...