is all about creating community and fostering the talent of writers of every discipline and genre across the world. In addition to sharing your submissions to us on our Substack, we aim to share more opportunities outside of ourselves (this Substack).

With our monthly series on literary magazines and small presses open for submissions each month, we also share monthly posts on writing contests open in the upcoming month - with their deadlines falling within said month. So, in this post you can find a number of writing contests that are closing in the following month, July 2026, to give you more of a heads up on the deadlines and a familiarity of what each contest is looking for. Each named contest has its website link attached, as well as the prize money up for grabs.

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Writing Contests ↓

*Please note all cash prize amounts listed below are in US dollars.

Bellevue Literary Review: Prizes in Poetry and Prose, $1,000.

The Story Prize: The Story Prize, $20,000.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award, $1,000.

Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival: Short Fiction Story Contest, $1,750.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux: FSG Writer’s Fellowship, $15,000.

Conduit Books & Ephemera: Marystina Santiestevan First Book Prize, $1,500.

Stony Brook Southampton: Stony Brook Undergraduate Short Fiction Prize, $1,000.

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Here you can find Writing Contests and Literary Bodies still open for submissions during the month of June.

These style of posts go out a month in advance, just in case the deadline happens to be the 1st of the month - e.g., May openings are posted on April 1st, so you have time go get a submission in if a deadline happens to be May 1st.

You can also find more writing opportunities, from literary bodies to small presses here! Take a look!

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Blank Canvas Post is an online journal for writers of any discipline, who are OPEN for submissions. Find all the information on how to complete your submission in the posts highlighted above. We can’t wait to read your work!

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is all about creating community and fostering the talent of writers of every discipline across the world. In addition to sharing your submissions to us on our Substack, we aim to share more opportunities outside of ourselves.

With our monthly series on literary magazines and small presses open for submissions each month, we also share monthly posts on writing contests open in the upcoming month - with their deadlines falling within said month. So, in this post you can find a number of writing contests that are closing in the following month, June 2026, to give you more of a heads up on the deadlines and a familiarity of what each contest is looking for. Each named contest has its website link attached, as well as the prize money up for grabs.

Happy writing!

To help our founder, Charlotte (who currently runs two Substack’s on her own), feel as though all of this compiling is not for nothing, please consider subscribing and pledging your support, or even leave a comment below on which publications you have submitted your writing to. Each little bit of engagement, truly means the most!

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Writing Contests

*Please note all cash prize amounts listed below are in US dollars.

Host Publications: Joe W. Bratcher Prize, $8,000.

PEN America: PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants, $4,000.

Gaudy Boy: Poetry Book Prize, $1,500.

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is all about creating community and fostering the talent of writers of every discipline across the world. In addition to sharing your submissions to us on our Substack, we aim to share more opportunities outside of ourselves.

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With our monthly series on literary magazines and small presses open for submissions each month, we are also going to be sharing monthly posts on writing contests open in the upcoming month. So, in this post you can find a number of writing contests that are closing in the following month, May 2026, to give you more of a heads up on the deadlines and a familiarity of what each contest is looking for. Each named contest has its website link attached, as well as the prize money up for grabs.

Happy writing and submitting to these contests!

To help our founder, Charlotte (who currently runs two Substack’s on her own), feel as though all of this compiling is not for nothing, please consider subscribing and pledging your support, and even leave a comment below on which publications you have submitted your writing to. Each little bit of engagement, truly means the most!

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Writing Contests closing in May 2026

Backwaters Press: Backwaters Prize in Poetry, $2,000.

Interlochen Center for the Arts: Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award, $25,000.

Wick Poetry Center: Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, $2,500.

High Desert Museum: Waterson Desert Writing Prize, $3,000.

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