Literary and Photographic Contest 2019-2020
Hispanic Culture Review
INFO: “Dime con quién andas y te diré quién eres” (Tell me who you are with, and I’ll tell you who you are). Even though this saying in Spanish has a negative connotation, we think it is time to give it a new meaning that speaks of identity going beyond self-definition. Nationality, ethnicity, language, gender, sexual orientation, and more are identity markers, ties that bring us together or separate us from others. According to this, knowing who we are implies that we learn the stories we have in common and to tell them to leave testimony of the human condition that makes us truly a community.
For the 2019-2020 edition, we invite you to think about the concept of “my people” and to go beyond the boundaries that separate us to give shape to what really unites us.
The selected works will be published in our magazine, and the winners will receive a monetary prize of $100 dollars and a certificate of recognition, and will be notified through email as well as on our Facebook page (Hispanic Culture Review GMU). Prizes will be issued in the Spring of 2020.
For a work to be considered, the following specifications must be followed; if the specifications are not followed, the work will be eliminated:
The maximum number of works per author is 2, which must be sent as separate files. Those submitting photography and visual arts works are allowed to send up to 6 works.
Written works must be written in Arial 12pt font.
Academic works and essays must follow the current MLA or APA formatting style.
Maximum length allowed for the texts:
-Academic essays and investigations: 3000 words (including footnotes).
-Narrative: 2500 words.
-Poetry: 50 lines maximum.
Visual Arts: photographs must be in JPEG format and 300 PPI.
Only unedited work will be accepted, which means works that have not been published before or are pending revision in other media. This includes printed and electronic work, as well as those included in literary blogs.
Works written in both English and Spanish will be accepted.
There are no age or nationality restrictions to participate, except in the case that the person has his/her fiscal residence in any of the countries subject to the sanctions of the United States government, since it would be impossible to send the monetary prize to the winner. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx
Selected works will be published in both the print and electronic versions of the HCR magazine. HCR reserves the right to publish the works exclusively in its digital version.
DEADLINE: February 7, 2020
Creative Writing Fellowship
Luminarts
INFO: The Creative Writing Fellowship awards two $7,500 Luminarts Fellowships for excellence in creative writing in the categories of prose and poetry, in fiction and nonfiction. Applicants (must be Chicago-based) submit a two-page written piece (either a stand-alone piece or an excerpt of a larger piece such as a novel or short story). Entries are submitted and reviewed by an initial panel of jurors. Once reviewed, all top entries go to the final juror panel and the winners are selected. Jurors are comprised of professional authors, novelists, and poets, literary contributors, publishers, editors, journalists and media contributors.
DEADLINE: February 7, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. CST
https://luminarts.org/creative-writing-opportunities/
PREE Writing Studio
INFO: At PREE we care about writing so it gives us great pleasure to launch the very first PREE Writing Studio in collaboration with the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies, Mona and the Prince Claus Fund. We’re assembling some of the most exceptional Caribbean Writers for four days in Kingston, Jamaica, including Marlon James, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Ishion Hutchinson, Kei Miller, Ingrid Persaud, and Safiya Sinclair. If you’re an emerging writer who’s keen to learn from the best we invite you to join us. PREE Writing Studio is for all writers, anywhere, no Caribbean connection required.
WHEN: May 24-28, 2020
WHERE: On the beautiful campus of The University of the West Indies, Mona, in Kingston, Jamaica
Four days at a residential, boutique studio with our most outstanding writers to get your writing muscles in shape. Each participant will work with one of our writers in their studio for the duration of the four days, getting intimate feedback from a respected author as well as your peers. Groups are designed to be small so that writers can get meaningful attention from tutors.
If you’re an emerging or mid-career writer who wants to learn from some of the smartest, most innovative writers in the world, scroll down to see our exciting line-up.
We are currently accepting applications to the Pree 2020 Writing Studio! To express interest, please email a short sample (2500-3000 words, one to three poems) of your work to preewritingworkshop@gmail.com with Pree Writing Studio 2020 in the subject line. In the body of the email indicate a ranking of which writing studio you would like to participate in. Based on the quality of work, we will invite approximately 25-30 applicants to join us in May in Kingston. PREE staff will place you in a writing studio based on preference, availability, and best fit. For information on fees to attend studio please click here.
FEES: The fee for attending PREE’S inaugural writing studio is US$1000 or its equivalent in Jamaican dollars. The fee covers tuition, lodging and meals during the course of the studio. Classes will end at lunchtime on May 28, 2020. Please contact us if you need any more information or have questions at preewritingworkshop@gmail.com
Five lucky PREE writers under the age of 30 whose work appears in issues 4 and 5 will get fully subsidized places in the studio and will get to attend Calabash immediately after. This is an incentive for young writers to give us their best for Issue 5 which focuses on Ecocide. You might be one of the lucky ones! Here’s a link to our submission window.
DEADLINE: February 14, 2020
https://preewritingstudio.com/
Leonard A. Slade, Jr. Poetry FELLOWSHIP
Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing
INFO: We are proud to announce the Leonard A. Slade, Jr. Poetry Fellowships for Writers of Color (established 2018). The fellowship provide support for writers of color. Application for these fellowships is open to all writers of color, ages 18 and older. The awards provide funding to attend a week of choice at the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Two First Prize recipients will receive the full retreat package, covering tuition and lodging. One Second Prize recipients will receive $500 credit toward the cost of tuition. This fellowship assists MVICW with our commitment to expanding the American literary canon by promoting voices from a wide array of cultural backgrounds, and to increasing philanthropic support for writers of color in the arts.
PRIZE:
Leonard A. Slade Jr. Fellowships:
Two Full Fellowships in Poetry
Tuition & Lodging for the Week
$1700 Fellowship Value
Second Prize Fellowship:
One Poetry
$500 Toward Tuition
DEADLINE: February 14, 2020
https://www.mvicw.com/voices-of-color
CAAPP Book Prize
Autumn House / The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics
INFO: Autumn House is thrilled to announce our newest partnership with The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics. This publishing partnership allows CAAPP and AHP the opportunity to publish and promote work by a writer of African descent.
The prize will be awarded to a first or second book by a writer of African descent and is open to the full range of writers embodying African and African diasporic experience. The book can be of any genre that is, or intersects with, poetry, including poetry, hybrid work, speculative prose, and/or translation. The winning manuscript will be published by Autumn House Press in 2021, and its author will be awarded $3,000.
Please submit a manuscript between 48-168 pages.
Final Judge: Terrance Hayes, CAAPP Co-Founder, and MacArthur-winning Poet
DEADLINE: February 15, 2020
https://www.autumnhouse.org/submissions/caapp-book-prize/
THE LUCY TERRY PRINCE PRIZE
Mount Island
INFO: We joyfully announce the establishment of the Lucy Terry Prince Prize, a new poetry competition open to rural writers of color. The Lucy Terry Prince Prize honors the life of Lucy Terry Prince, a free, landowning Black woman in colonial Vermont who is considered the first known African-American poet in English literature. An introduction to Lucy Terry Prince’s story, as well as links to further material, are available on our website.
PRIZE: The winner of the Lucy Terry Prince Prize will receive a cash prize of $500, publication in our 2020 print anthology, and an invitation to read at and participate in a panel on race, art, and the rural in fall 2020.
We are thoroughly honored to also announce that Major Jackson will serve as the Prize’s inaugural judge.
Major Jackson is the author of five books of poetry, including The Absurd Man (2020), Roll Deep (2015), Holding Company (2010), Hoops (2006) and Leaving Saturn (2002), which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. His edited volumes include: Best American Poetry 2019, Renga for Obama, and Library of America’s Countee Cullen: Collected Poems. A recipient of fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Major Jackson has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Writers’ Award, and has been honored by the Pew Fellowship in the Arts and the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. He has published poems and essays in American Poetry Review, Callaloo, The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, Tin House, and included in multiple volumes of Best American Poetry. Major Jackson lives in South Burlington, Vermont, where he is the Richard A. Dennis Professor of English and University Distinguished Professor at the University of Vermont. He serves as the Poetry Editor of The Harvard Review.
DEADLINE: February 15, 2020
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: JOY ISSUE
INQLUDED
INFO: We are looking for works that interrogate your thoughts, feelings, experiences & interactions with joy. what does joy look like to you? what does it feel like?
We are a platform for QTIBIPoC youth (queer, trans & intersex Black, Indigenous & persons of color), therefore we only publish work by youth and people in the QTIBIPoC community. When we say youth, we mean ages 12-30 more or less. So, with that said, we respectfully ask that you do not submit if you are not part of those three communities. Additionally, since we want to engage a wide range of voices, and encourage readership from a variety of ages, we ask that your submissions are suitable for all ages. At this time we are unable to provide contributors with compensation.
Poetry: We love poetry! Submit up to 5 poems at a time.
Fiction: Submit up to 1,500 words. If requested, please be prepared to send as google doc and structure your piece.
Non-Fiction: We accept all forms of nonfiction. We are always on the look out for exceptional personal essays that explore the intersection of identities. Word limit: 1,500.
Music: Link us to your music! We’ll either request an interview or do a write-up!
Visual Art: All of it! Feel free to send up to six original pieces or link us to your portfolio!
Interviews/Interview requests: Doing something really cool or know of someone who deserves a community spotlight? Send us a pitch!
Middle Grade / YA Short Stories: Send us your best, most polished, original stories. All genres welcome! 1,500-4,000 words.
DEADLINE: February 15, 2020
POETRY Fellowships for Writers Week
Idyllwild Arts
INFO: We will be awarding six fellowships. We are accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Submit a 10 page work sample. By submitting work, you confirm that you will attend the 2020 Writers Week at Idyllwild Arts if selected. The fellowship covers tuition, meals and housing on campus. Fellowship recipients are responsible for their own transportation to and from Idyllwild, CA. Applicants must be over 18 years of age. For complete information about the program, and before submitting work, see: www.idyllwildarts.org/writersweek
Max 10 pages of poetry.
SUBMISSION FEE: $15
DEADLINE: February 19, 2020
https://idyllwildarts.submittable.com/submit
CREATIVE CAPITAL AWARDS
INFO: Creative Capital supports innovative and adventurous artists across the country through funding, counsel, and career development services. Our pioneering venture philanthropy approach helps artists working realize their visions and build sustainable practices. Creative Capital provides each funded project with up to $50,000 in direct funding and career development services valued at more than $50,000, for a total commitment of over $100,000 per project.
The application for the Creative Capital Awards is open to artists, collectives, and collaborations working in all disciplines, including Literary Fiction, Poetry, Theater, and Narrative Film, among others.
DEADLINE: February 29, 2020
https://creative-capital.org/award/about-the-creative-capital-award-open/
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS — POETRY
Anomaly
INFO: Anomaly is currently seeking impact poetry. We are seeking poems that challenge the history and currents of the English language, poems that unsettle cultural norms, poems that utilize language to contest and remake the world. We seek poems that confront gender formations, white supremacy, class, body, possibility. We are seeking for poetry rooted in the radical imagination. We hope to find you.
Please be aware that we get over 500 submissions per reading period and read each carefully, so if you're work has not been accepted or rejected it's not from oversight-we promise we're working on it!
Attach up to five poems in a single document. Please include a short bio in the "Cover Letter" field.
Translations that foreground the work of the original author are welcome in this category. For translations that foreground the creativity of the translator, please see our Translation section.
DEADLINE: March 1, 2020
https://anmly.submittable.com/submit
2020 Cave Canem Poetry Prize
Cave Canem
INFO: This prize is open to all unpublished, original collections of poems written in English by Black writers of African descent who have not had a full-length book of poetry published by a professional press. Authors of chapbooks and self-published books with a maximum print run of 500 may apply. Simultaneous submission to other book awards should be noted: immediate notice upon winning such an award is required. Winner agrees to be present in the continental United States at her or his own expense shortly after the book is published in order to participate in promotional reading(s).
Current or former students, colleagues, employees, family members and close friends of the judge; current or former employees and members of the board of Cave Canem Foundation or the University of Pittsburgh Press; and authors who have published a book or have a book under contract with University of Pittsburgh Press are ineligible.
Final Judge: Douglas Kearney (Judge reserves the right not to select a winner and/or honorable mentions.)
First Readers: Kwoya Fagin Maples and Dustin Pearson
Manuscripts are read without the reviewers and judge’s knowledge of contestants’ identities.
If any of the selected authors fall under the above exclusions, they will be disqualified and a replacement chosen from among the finalists. As the poetry community is small and the contest is judged without knowledge of the submitter’s identity, acquaintance with the judge or participation in a workshop taught by the judge are not disqualifying criteria.
AWARD: Winner receives $1,000, publication by University of Georgia Press in fall 2020, 15 copies of the book and a feature reading.
SUBMISSION FEE: $20
DEADLINE: March 9, 2020
https://cavecanem.submittable.com/submit/157337/2020-cave-canem-poetry-prize
Tin House Summer Workshop
INFO: The Tin House Summer Workshop (July 11 - 19, 2020) is a weeklong intensive of workshops, seminars, panels, and readings led by prominent contemporary writers. The program combines morning workshops with afternoon seminars and career panels. Evenings are reserved for author readings, singing, and dancing.
Workshops meet for six sessions, Monday through Saturday, from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. Each workshop will have no more than ten students. Each student will meet with their faculty instructor for a 15-minute one-on-one meeting during the week.
Tin House editors and guest agents are available to meet individually with students throughout the week.
For students who have completed a collection of stories or poems, a memoir, or a novel, one-on-one mentorships are available with select faculty and staff for an additional fee.
The Workshop will take place at Reed College, located on 100 acres of rolling lawns, winding lanes, and magnificent old trees in the southeast area of Portland, Oregon, just minutes from downtown and twelve miles from the airport.
Summer Workshop participants are housed in the dormitories of Reed College near the center of campus. Unless requested, all rooms are singles, with shared bathrooms (private stalls) on each floor. ADA accessible rooms are available.
All classrooms, readings, panel presentations, dining and reception areas are within 1/2 mile from the dormitories. Golf carts will be made available throughout the week for those who wish to have rides.
Meals are served in the dining area of the college and are catered by Bon Appetite. We work closely with Bon Appetite to ensure dietary requirements and restrictions are accommodated. Students who choose not to stay on campus will need to pay for meals individually.
You do not need to be a U.S. resident/citizen to apply.
Admissions
Applications are read by a board composed of Tin House Workshop staff and previous Tin House Scholars. All applications will be read by at least two readers. Our editorial board seeks work that reflects our core values and makes decisions regarding admission based on this and the merit of the writing sample submitted.
We will begin admitting applicants in early March.
The average turnaround time for applications is six weeks.
Our acceptance rate in 2019 was 15%.
General Applicants
Application Requirements:
Short Fiction: One writing sample of no more than 5,000 words.
Novel: One excerpt (from the project you will be workshopping from) of no more than 5,000 words.
Nonfiction: One essay of no more than 5,000 words or One excerpt (from the project you will be workshopping from) of no more than 5,000 words.
Poetry: Up to four poems.
Graphic Narrative-Up to 20 pages.Please do not apply with published material. However, it is acceptable to apply with work that is out for submission. If accepted, you will have the opportunity to switch your manuscript.
If you have been accepted into a Tin House workshop previously, please do not apply with the same application material. You are free to excerpt from the same project.
Participants may only attend our workshops (including Winter) three times.
If you wish to apply in multiple genres, you must submit a separate application for each genre (this includes short fiction and the novel).
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The general application deadline is March 11th.
Our 2020 Summer Workshop Admissions Board:
Lance Cleland (Workshop Director)
India Downes-Le Guin (Assistant Workshop Director)
Rickey Fayne (2019 Summer Scholar)
Mona Law (Workshop Intern)
Santiago Valencia (Workshop Intern)
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Tin House awards twelve full scholarships to our summer workshop. These awards cover the entire cost of the program, including room and board. Tin House Scholars will need to provide and pay for their travel to and from Portland. Scholarship applications are read by a board composed of Tin House Workshop staff, Tin House Books staff, and previous Tin House Scholars. All applications will be read by at least two readers. Our editorial board seeks work that reflects our core values and makes decisions regarding scholarship recipients based on this and the merit of the writing sample submitted.
All general scholarship applicants will also be considered for general admission (meaning you do not need to submit a general application as well).
In addition to your manuscript, you will be asked to submit a personal essay (1500 words or less) that gives our board insight into where you are coming from as a writer.
Payment plans are available for the $30 application fee. Please email our assistant workshop director India Downes-LeGuin (india@tinhouse.com) to inquire.
One may be awarded a scholarship once (this includes Winter Scholarships).
You may apply for multiple scholarships with one application (in one genre).
If you wish to apply in multiple genres, you must submit a separate scholarship application for each genre (this includes short fiction and the novel).
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The winners of these awards will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop.
The deadline for scholarship applications is TBA.
A list of recent scholarship recipients can be found here.
In addition to our general scholarships, Tin House will be offering these additional awards:
2 - Independent Bookseller Scholarship, Sponsored by Tin House Books
This award is intended for a writer presently employed at an independent bookstore.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
3 - Institute of American Indian Arts MFA Scholarship
This award is intended for applicants who are currently enrolled in or are a graduate of the MFA program at IAIA.
Thanks to a private donation, this award covers the application fee, cost of tuition, room/board, and airfare from within the United States.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
4 - LGBTQ+ Scholarship
This award is intended for writers who identify as LGBTQ+.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
5 - Oregon Writer of Color Scholarship
This award is intended for a writer of color who currently resides in Oregon.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
6 - Still-Emerging Scholarship
This award is intended to provide writers over forty years of age who have not yet published a book with the time and space to develop their writing skills further and connect with a community that might help launch their professional writing careers.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board.
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 40 years or older by December 31st, 2020.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
7 - Without Borders Scholarship
This award is intended for any immigrant writer currently living in the United States.
This award covers the cost of tuition and room/board,
The winner of this award will not be announced publicly until after the conclusion of the Summer Workshop, where they will be listed as a Tin House Scholar.
Applicants must be 21 years of age by the time of the workshop.
The deadline to apply for this award is March 11th, 2020.
DEADLINE: March 11, 2020