The NEA is currently accepting applications for fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) from published creative writers to enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.
Prizes: $25,000 Fellowship
Entry fee: FREE
Deadline: March 9, 2016
For more information, please visit their website.
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The Binghamton Center for Writers has opened submissions for the John Gardner Fiction Award which will go to the strongest novel or collection of fiction published in 2015.
Writer’s Digest is now accepting entries in the 72nd installment of “Your Story.” Write the opening sentence (just one sentence), of twenty-five words or fewer, to a story based on the photo on their contest page. Judging criteria are inventiveness, creativity and — where appropriate — humor. One entry per person.
Little Tokyo Historical Society (LTHS) seeks fictional short stories for its third annual “Imagine Little Tokyo” writing contest. The story must be original, fictional, written in either Japanese or English by the submitting author and never been published (even online). The setting of the story should be in Little Tokyo – either past, present or future. Submitted manuscript should be 2,500 words or less for English or 5,000 ji or less for Japanese.