INDIAN LANGUAGE LITERATURE FEATURE
Asymptote Journal
INFO: Asymptote is seeking submissions for its first Special Feature on Indian language literature. They seek previously unpublished English translations of Indian language work by contemporary writers who are disenfranchised and underrepresented by the hegemonies within Indian society.
The goal for this Special Feature is to honor the social and political agency of Indian language literature, and create a space for the ideas and literary talent of those writers that have been historically marginalized by India’s patriarchal, caste-based narrative. They are looking for works translated into English from any Indian language, on any topic, by any writer who resists or is excluded from this narrative due to caste, gender, sexuality, religion, or geography.
They welcome up to 15 pages of single-spaced poetry and double-spaced prose (fiction and nonfiction), and up to 20 pages of drama (one-act or excerpted). Although it is impossible for one special feature to fully represent the astonishing breadth of Indian languages, cultures, politics, and landscapes, they hope in this small way to celebrate the diversity and dissent within Indian writing.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2016
Academy of American Poets
INFO: The Walt Whitman Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by an acclaimed poet, is published by Graywolf Press, a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy, and distribution of the winning book to thousands of Academy of American Poets members.
The award was established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet’s first book. It is made possible by financial support from the members of the Academy of American Poets.
The 2017 judge for the Walt Whitman Award is U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
DEADLINE: November 1, 2016
poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/walt-whitman-award
THE JAMES BALDWIN LITERATURE PRIZE
The New Engagement
INFO: The New Engagement is pleased to announce its first literary contest, The James Baldwin Literature Prize.
They seek original, unpublished short stories or self-contained novel excerpts, not exceeding 5,000 words, OR original, unpublished poems or poetry collections, not exceeding three poems. Though they acknowledge that fiction and poetry are different literary animals, they will be evaluated in the same competition.
In addition to entry into the contest, ALL submissions will also be considered for general entry into the monthly on-line journal and annual print journal.
PRIZE: $1,000
SUBMISSION FEE: $5
DEADLINE: Extended to November 1, 2016
thenewengagement.com/submit-your-work
NYFA ARTISTS’ FELLOWSHIP
New York Foundation for the Arts
INFO: NYFA is committed to supporting artists from diverse cultural backgrounds at all stages of their professional careers.
Fellowship Categories:
- Crafts/Sculpture
- Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts
- Nonfiction Literature
- Poetry
- Digital/Electronic Arts
AWARD: NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowships, awarded in fifteen different disciplines over a three-year period, are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. These fellowships are not project grants but are intended to fund an artist’s vision or voice, regardless of the level of his or her artistic development.
IMPORTANT DATE: Applications open the first week of November
nyfa.org/Content/Show/Artists'%20Fellowships
30 BELOW CONTEST
Narrative Magazine
INFO: Narrative invites all writers and poets between eighteen and thirty years old to send their best work. Works of prose and of poetry, including short stories, all poetic forms, novel excerpts, essays, memoirs, and excerpts from book-length nonfiction. Prose submissions must not exceed 15,000 words. Each poetry submission may contain up to five poems. The poems should all be contained in a single file.
AWARDS:
- First Prize: $21,500
- Second Prize: $750
- Third Prize: $300
- Up to ten finalists will receive $100 each
SUBMISSION FEE: $24 fee for each entry (includes three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage).
DEADLINE: November 9, 2016
narrativemagazine.com/30-below-2016
TFW POETRY CONTEST
Tennessee Williams Festival
INFO: The contest is open to writers who have not yet published a book of poetry with an ISBN number. Authors who have published in other genres are eligible. Please submit work that has not won other prizes or contests (even if poems were unpublished).
Submit 2-4 original, unpublished poems of any style or theme, written in English, with a combined length of up to 400 lines.
PRIZE:
- $1,000
- VIP All-Access Pass ($500 value) for the Festival
- Publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine
- Public reading at the next Festival
ENTRY FEE: $15
DEADLINE: November 15, 2016
tennesseewilliams.net/2015-16-poetry-contest
Yale Younger Poets
INFO: The Yale Series of Younger Poets is seeking submissions for its 2017 competition. This contest champions the most promising new American poets. The winning poetry manuscript will be selected by the series’ current judge, critically acclaimed poet Carl Phillips, to be published by Yale University Press in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. The competition is open to emerging poets who have not previously published a book of poetry and who reside in the United States.
APPLICATION FEE: $25
DEADLINE: November 15, 2016
2017-18 WRITING FELLOWSHIP
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
INFO: The Fine Arts Work Center awards seven-month Writing Fellowships to five poets and five fiction writers each year from October 1 through April 30.
Applications will either be sent to our Fiction Jury or our Poetry Jury. Those whose works fall between those two categories or employ both may also apply; however, all applicants must either choose "Fiction" or "Poetry" on the application form. Writers applying in more than one genre must submit separate applications, including a non-refundable processing fee for each genre.
The Fine Arts Work Center actively seeks applicants from all backgrounds, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, disability, HIV status, or veteran status.
AWARD: Writing Fellows are provided with a private, furnished apartment and a monthly stipend of $750. Fellows are required to remain in residence at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, during the seven-month Fellowship.
SUBMISSION FEE: $50
DEADLINE: December 1, 2016