Here are some contests, awards, and other publication opportunities especially for writers studying at community colleges and four-year colleges. They’re arranged by deadline.
February
The SCCC Creative Writing Festival Undergraduate Awards in Fiction, Poetry, Play Writing, and Creative Nonfiction
Deadline February 14, 2014 – $10 entry fee
Hollins University Literary Festival Undergraduate Poetry and Fiction Prize
*A Normandale student won Honorable Mention in this competition in 2012
March
Stony Brook College Short Fiction Contest
Poetry Society of New Hampshire College Poetry Contest
April
Juniper Summer Writing Institute Scholarship
*a Normandale student won this scholarship in 2012
November
AWP Intro Journals Awards in Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction
Current Normandale students – contact Kris Bigalk, Director of Creative Writing, for guidelines and entry information
*A Normandale student was the first community college student to win this award in poetry; he did so in 2010.
December
The Lyric College Poetry Contest
Dylan Days Creative Writing Contest (check this link after January 2014 for updated info)
