Saturday, October 2, 2021

Writing Competition: Carve 2021 Prose and Poetry Contest

Submission Dates: October 1 - November 15, 2021

Prizes: $1000 each for one winner in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Winners announced by February 1, 2022 and published online and in print in Spring 2022. Honorable mentions and semi-finalists will be listed online for up to 6 months.

All work submitted will also be considered for non-contest publication.

Entry Fees: $17 for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

One poem, essay, or short story per entry. No limit to number of entries.

Story, essay, or poem must be previously unpublished (including online).

10,000 maximum word count for fiction and nonfiction; 2,000 maximum for poetry.

We accept entries from anywhere in the world.

No genre works (romance, horror, sci-fi, etc.); literary prose and poetry only.

Winners of the past two Raymond Carver and Prose & Poetry contests are ineligible.

No cover page or author info in document. All identifying information in Submittable is concealed for the contest.

No mailed submissions accepted for this contest.

Submit your entry here.

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