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