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Writing Contest & Magazine Directory

Sixfold

All-writer-voted. Who creates Sixfold? Everyone. All-writer-voted and open to all, Sixfold three-round manuscript voting is the most rigorous, thorough, fair, and transparent editorial selection process available. To create each issue, hundreds of writers vote to select the best fiction and poetry manuscripts with much more discernment than any other editorial.

Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize

The award is open to any poet writing in English who has not had a full-length book of poetry published previously. We define “full-length book” as a volume of 48 or more pages published in an edition of 500 or more copies. Books whose publication costs have been borne by their authors are excluded from […]

James Laughlin Award

Offered since 1954, the James Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a second book of poetry forthcoming in the next calendar year. The award was endowed in 1995 by a gift to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997), who founded New […]

Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition

Enter our 91st Annual Writing Competition for your chance to win and have your work be seen by editors and agents! Almost 500 winners will be chosen. Categories:Inspirational/SpiritualMemoirs/Personal EssayNonfiction Essay or ArticleGenre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.)Mainstream/Literary Short StoryRhyming PoetryNon-rhyming PoetryScript (Stage Play/Television/Movie Script/Short Film)Children’s/Young Adult Fiction