Creative Writing Prizes

Each year the UA Creative Writing Program awards undergraduate and graduate students upwards of $15,000 worth of prizes, across all genres (and anything in between). Decisions are made by outside judges who are established writers in their field.

UA Creative Writing Contests

  • $800 First Prizes
  • 2 $500 Honorable Mentions
  • Submission Deadline: March 8, 2019

Poetry

Submit 3 poems (10 pages max)

Judge: Eduardo Corral, author of Slow Lightning

Fiction

Submit one story (or 3 short fictions)

Judge: Ravi Howard, author of Driving the King

Creative Nonfiction

Submit one essay (or 3 micro essays)

Judge: Catherine Taylor, author of You, Me, and the Violence

To submit and for complete guidelines, visit uacreativewriting.submittable.com

MFA Creative Writing Contests

  • $1000 First Prizes
  • 23 $500 Honorable Mentions
  • Submission Deadline: March 8, 2019

Poetry

Submit 3 poems

Judge: Eduardo Corral, author of Slow Lightning

Fiction

Submit one story (or 3 short fictions)

Judge: Ravi Howard, author of Driving the King

Creative Nonfiction

Submit one essay (or 3 micro essays)

Judge: Catherine Taylor, author of You, Me, and the Violence

To submit and for complete guidelines, visit uacreativewriting.submittable.com