Literary Links

General Links
Academy of American Poets
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs
The Associated Collegiate Press
The Atlantic Monthly
Electronic Poetry Center
Poetry Daily
Poetry Society of America
Poets & Writers
Shadow Poetry – Types of Poetry
Taos Summer Writers Conference
Thesaurus.com
WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary

Links for University of New Mexico Students
Best Student Essays
Blue Mesa Review
Conceptions Southwest

Links for New Mexico
Santa Fe Writers Conference
Writers’ Directory of New Mexico

Literary Contests

General
Associated Collegiate Press Contests (newspapers, yearbooks, magazines)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (undergraduate literary journals)
Bread Loaf - Rona Jaffe Foundation (women writers conference and workshops)

Essays, Nonfiction, Creative Nonfiction
Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction (Bellingham Review)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Creative Nonfiction
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference--Bakeless Literary Prizes (Middlebury College)
Creative Non-Fiction Award (Mid-American Review)
Creative Nonfiction Contest (Briar Cliff Review)
Dorothy Churchill Cappon Prize for the Essay (New Letters)
Ellen Meloy Fund Prize (Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers)
Gulf Coast Nonfiction Prize
Intro Project in Nonfiction
Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize in Essay (Missouri Review)
Lesbian Writers Fund (Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice)
Literal Latte Essays Award
National Writing Contest in Creative Nonfiction (Alligator Juniper)
Swackhamer Peace Essay Contest (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
Travel Writing Awards (Writers' Journal)
A World Connected Essay Contest (Institute for Humane Studies)
Writer's Digest Writing Competitions (10 categories)

Fiction
Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction (New Letters)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs in the Novel
Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Fiction
Bellwether Prize for Fiction (National Writers Union)
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference--Bakeless Literary Prizes (Middlebury College)
Intro Project in Fiction
Fiction Award (The Pinch)
Fiction Award (Writers' Journal)
Fiction Chapbook Contest (Flume Press)
Fiction Contest (Briar Cliff Review)
Fiction Open (Glimmer Train Press)
Fiction Writing Competition (Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation)
Fineline Competition for Prose Poems and Short Shorts (Mid-American Review)
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (University of Georgia Press)
Flash Fiction Contest (Many Mountains Moving)
G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction (BkMk Press)
Gulf Coast Short Story Prize
Horror/Ghost Story Award (Writers' Journal)
Iowa Short Fiction and John Simmons Fiction Award (University of Iowa Press)
The Journal Award in Short Fiction (Ohio State University Press)
Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize in Fiction (Missouri Review)
Kalliope Short Fiction Contest
Lesbian Writers Fund (Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice)
Literal Latte Short Shorts Award
Literal Latte Fiction Award
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
Mary McCarty Prize in Short Fiction (Sarabande Books)
Mississippi Review Fiction Prize
National Writing Contest in Fiction (Alligator Juniper)
Red Hen Press Short Story Award
Serena McDonald Kennedy Award (Snake Nation Press)
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award (Mid-American Review)
Short-Story Award for New Writers (Glimmer Train Press)
Short Story Contest (Boston Review)
Short Story Contest (Pearl)
Short Story Award (Writers' Journal)
Spokane Prize in Short Fiction (Eastern Washington University Press)
Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction (Bellingham Review)
Very Short Fiction Awards (Glimmer Train Press)
Writer's Digest Writing Competitions (10 categories)

Poetry
49th Parallel Award for Poetry (Bellingham Review)
Akron Poetry Prize (University of Akron Press)
Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards (Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College)
Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
Anhinga Prize for Poetry
A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize (BOA Editions Ltd.)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs in Poetry
Beatrice Hawley Award (Alice James Books)
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference--Bakeless Literary Prizes (Middlebury College)
Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award (Red Hen Press)
Best Poem Contest (St. Louis Poetry Center)
Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry (Eastern Washington University Press)
Brittingham Prize in Poetry (University of Wisconsin Press)
Cave Canem Poetry Prize
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry (Crab Orchard Review)
Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry (University of Wisconsin Press)
FIELD Poetry Prize (Oberlin College Press)
Fineline Competition for Prose Poems and Short Shorts (Mid-American Review)
Foley Poetry Prize (America Press)
Food Verse Awards (Literal Latte)
Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Award (Bitter Oleander Press)
George Bogin Memorial Award (Poetry Society of America)
Gulf Coast Poetry Prize
Guy Owen Prize (Southern Poetry Review)
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize (Ohio University Press)
Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry (American Poetry Review)
International Poetry Competition (Atlanta Review)
International Poetry Contest (River Styx)
Intro Project in Poetry
Iowa Poetry Prize (University of Iowa Press)
James Wright Poetry Prize (Mid-American Review)
Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize in Poetry (Missouri Review)
John Ciardi Prize for Poetry (BkMk Press)
The Journal Award in Poetry (Ohio State University Press)
Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry (Sarabande Books)
Kinerth Gensler Award (Alice James Books)
Lesbian Writers Fund (Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice)
Literal Latte Poetry Award
Mississippi Review Poetry Prize
National Writing Contest in Poetry (Alligator Juniper)
Poetry Award (The Pinch)
Poetry Award (Writers' Journal)
Poetry Center Prize (Cleveland State University Poetry Center)
Poetry Chapbook Competition (Center for Book Arts)
Poetry Contest (Boston Review)
Poetry Contest (Briar Cliff Review)
Poetry Contest (Many Mountains Moving)
Poetry Contest (Pearl)
Poetry Contest (Slipstream Press)
Poetry Prize (New Criterion)
Poetry Prize (New Letters)
Ruskin Art Club Poetry Award
Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize (Northeastern University)
Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize (Kent State University)
Sue Saniel Elkind Poetry Contest (Kalliope)
Thomas Merton Poetry of the Sacred Contest (Thomas Merton Foundation)
Transcontinental Poetry Award (Pavement Saw Press)
Tupelo Press/Crazyhorse Poetry Contest
Violet Reed Haas Prize for Poetry (Snake Nation Press)
Walt Whitman Award (Academy of American Poets)
Writer's Digest Writing Competitions (10 categories)
Yale Series of Younger Poets (Yale University Press)

Stage, Film, and Television Writing
Film & Screenplay Competition
Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Sundance Screenwriters Lab
Television Writing Programs