arranged in closing date order
The Nine Dots Prize
Closing date: Onging.
Prizes: US$100,000 to write a short book expanding
on their ideas.
Looking for: The Nine Dots Prize is a prize for creative
thinking that tackles contemporary societal issues.
Entrants are asked to respond to a question in 3,000
words.
Entry fee: None stated.
Other info: The question for 2020/21 is: What does it
mean to be young in an ageing world?
Website: https://ninedotsprize.org/
Ellen Meloy Fund for Desert Writers Award
Closing date: 15th January 2021.
Prize: $5,000.
Entry fee: $15.
Looking for: Applications to write creative non-fiction
informed by time in the desert
Website: https://ellenmeloy.com/apply
The Society for Army Historical Research Essay
Prize
Closing date: 15th February 2021.
Prizes: The winner in each category will receive a prize
of £300 and the runner up a prize of £100; both will
also receive an engraved commemorative glass.
Looking for: The target length of the essay shall be
about 3000 words.
Entry fee: None stated.
Website: https://www.sahr.org.uk/essay-competition
Keats-Shelley Essay Prize 2021
Closing date: 7th March 2021.
Total Prizes worth over £5000.
Looking for: Essays may be on any aspect of the
writing and/or lives of the Romantics and their circles,
and should be written in a clear and accessible style.
Entry fee: £10.
All details TBC
Website: https://keats-
shelley.org/prizes/keats_shelley_prize_2021
Non-Fiction Competitions
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