Writing Contests & Grants

Prism Magazine has current contests open in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. prismmagazine.ca

Glimmer Train

Short-story manuscripts are accepted all year. Go to glimmertrain.org for submission guidelines and contests.

The Roanoke Review accepts non-contest submissions of poetry and fiction between September 1 and February 1.

Rainy Day Literary Magazine

Publishing Poetry & Fiction at Cornell University since 1969

Accepting submissions from students nationwide

Submit your work to: rainyday@cornell.edu

Poets & Writers Magazine comprehensive database of contests and grants for writers

The English Major in Writing Celebrates 30 Years on campus
Jo Ann Beard, Frank Bidart, and George Saunders were Writers in Residence for the English Major in Writing’s 3rd Annual Spring Writers’ Festival
Creative Writing students gather at the 3rd Annual Spring Writer’s Festival
English Department faculty attend one of the talks organized as part of the annual One Book, One Northwestern program
Writing students Cathy Gao (left) and Alleliah Nuguid (right) meet writer Elizabeth Benedict (center) at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.
Photo provided by Cathy Gao.
Northwestern writing students Matt Pacult, Cathy Gao, and Alleliah Nuguid meet poet Frank Bidart at the Skidmore Summer Writers’ Institute.
Photo provided by Cathy Gao.
Professors Mary Kinzie and John Keene celebrate 30 Years of creative writing at Northwestern
Professors Wendy Wall (Avalon Foundation Professor, left) and Reginald Gibbons (Frances Hooper Chair in the Arts and Humanities, right) at their inauguration, with Professor Christopher Herbert (Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities, center)
English Department faculty and students gathering before the Department's Fall Collation
Professor Rebecca Johnson speaks at the English Department's Fall Collation