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| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 7th January 2025 |
| Fees: | $25 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | $1,000 for first place. Also chapbook publication and 50 copies. |
| Details: | For prose or graphic narrative chapbooks up to 45 pages. |
| Country: | United States |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 15th January 2025 |
| Fees: | $12 for one entry. $10 for members. |
| Prizes: | $1,000 for first place. $300; $200. |
| Details: | Encourages the creation of lasting nonfiction that is outside the realm of conventional journalism and has relevance to North Carolinians. Subjects may include traditional categories such as reviews, travel articles, profiles or interviews, place/history pieces, or culture criticism. |
| Country: | United States |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 27th January 2025 |
| Fees: | £0 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | $100,000 for first place. |
| Details: | Submit a summary response up to 3,000 words to the question: Is Data Failing Us? Also include outline structure of the book you plan to write and a justification statement of your ability to complete the book. |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Email: | Click here to view email address |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 27th January 2025 |
| Fees: | £0 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | £3,000 for first place. |
| Details: | For political writing first published between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025 by a recognised publisher or imprint based in the UK or Ireland. |
| Contact: | Click here to view contact details |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 31st January 2025 |
| Fees: | $15 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | $200 for first place. Festival registration, an online writing course from SFU, publication in the festival anthology. |
| Details: | Open to established and emerging writers. The contest is open to submissions in short fiction (up to 2,000 words), nonfiction (up to 2,000 words), and poetry (up to three one-page poems). |
| Country: | Canada |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 31st January 2025 |
| Fees: | $12 for one entry. Critique option for an additional $13. |
| Prizes: | $500 for first place. Additional prizes for 20 winners. |
| Details: | We are seeking creative nonfiction on any topic (1000 words or less) and in any style--from personal essay and memoir to lyric essay and hermit crab, and more! The mission of this contest is to reward bravery in real-life storytelling and create an understanding of our world through thoughtful, engaging narratives. |
| Country: | United States |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 31st January 2025 |
| Fees: | $20 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | $2,000 for first place. Also magazine publication. |
| Details: | For essays up to 25 pages. |
| Country: | United States |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 1st February 2025 |
| Fees: | $0 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | $5,000 for first place. Also lodging for four months of unfettered writing time. |
| Details: | For writers working on their first or second book in any literary genre, including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, hybrid works, graphic fiction, etc. |
| Country: | United States |
| Email: | Click here to view email address |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 31st March 2025 |
| Fees: | £45 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | £2,000 for first place. Category winners win £200 and glass plaque. All winner and shortlisted authors receive a review. |
| Details: | A prestigious award that accepts books by self-published authors and indie presses. |
| Contact: | Click here to view contact details |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
