Genre: Cross-Genre

Other Futures Award

Futurepoem
Entry Fee: 
$28
Deadline: 
August 15, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by Futurepoem, and 25 author copies is given annually for a book of innovative poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or hybrid work “that challenges conventions of genre and language, content and form.” The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of up to 200 pages with a $28 entry fee (or a sliding-scale fee of $9 or $18 based on financial need) from July 15 to August 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Changing Light Prize

Livingston Press
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
May 31, 2026
A prize of $500, publication by Livingston Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a novel-in-verse. Eleanor Boudreau will judge. Submit a manuscript of 90 to 160 pages of poetry and a cover letter via e-mail by May 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

James A. Winn Prize

Michigan Quarterly Review
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
May 31, 2026
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Michigan Quarterly Review is given annually for an essay or a work of nonfiction in hybrid form. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 7,000 words of prose with a $20 entry fee by May 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Poured Over: Jeanette Winterson

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast with guest host Jenna Seery, Jeanette Winterson talks about retelling some of the stories from One Thousand and One Nights in her first hybrid book, One Aladdin Two Lamps (Grove Press, 2026). Winterson’s book is featured in Page One in the January/February 2026 issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Genre: 
Cross-Genre
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Jeanette Winterson
One Aladdin Two Lamps
Grove Press
Page One
January/February 2026
Poured Over
interview

Chapbook Contest

DIAGRAM/New Michigan Press
Entry Fee: 
$28
Deadline: 
April 30, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by New Michigan Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a chapbook of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or hybrid-genre work. Ander Monson will judge. Submit a manuscript of 18 to 44 pages with a $28 entry fee by April 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Hudson Prize

Black Lawrence Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
March 31, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a collection of poems, short stories, essays, or hybrid work. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a poetry manuscript of 45 to 95 pages or a prose manuscript of 120 to 280 pages with a $30 entry fee by March 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Grolier Poetry Book Shop: Diana Arterian, Frannie Lindsay, Ariel Yelen

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In this 2025 reading hosted by the Grolier Poetry Book Shop, Diana Arterian reads from Agrippina the Younger (Northwestern University Press, 2025), Frannie Lindsay reads from The Snow’s Wife (CavanKerry Press, 2020), and Ariel Yelen reads from I Was Working (Princeton University Press, 2024).

Genre: 
Poetry
Cross-Genre
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Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Diana Arterian
Agrippina the Younger
Northwestern University Press
Frannie Lindsay
The Snow’s Wife
Cavankerry Press
Ariel Yelen
I Was Working
Princeton University Press
2025

Stacks by Anne Carson

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In this 2024 Louisiana Literature Festival event at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, Anne Carson reads “Stacks” and is joined by poet Danez Smith and her collaborator and partner Robert Currie for the performance. The piece was originally performed in collaboration with choreographer Jonah Bokaer and sculptor Peter Cole.

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Cross-Genre
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Anne Carson
Stacks
Danez Smith
Robert Currie
Jonah Bokaer
Peter Cole
Louisiana Channel
Louisiana Literature Festival
2024
performance

Big Moose Prize

Black Lawrence Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
January 31, 2026
A prize of $1,000, publication by Black Lawrence Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a novel. The contest is open to traditional novels as well as “novels-in-stories, novels-in-poems, and other hybrid forms that contain within them the spirit of a novel.” The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 90 to 1,000 pages with a $30 entry fee by January 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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novel

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