Please find below a list of awards given for published and unpublished fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction on Jewish themes. Please note that although my newsletter and Practicing Writing blog listings are limited to competitions that do not charge entry fees, I have included fee-charging contests here because the pool of specifically “Jewish” competitions is so much smaller than the broader landscape of more generalized contest opportunities.
As always, I’m providing this information as a service; please use good common sense and caution when approaching any literary contest, especially one that charges fees to participate. I can’t be responsible for any unfortunate contest experiences that you may encounter.
If you’re aware of other competitions that might belong on this page, please contact me (be sure to include a link to the program’s website with your message). I’m especially interested in awards for Jewish writing outside the United States. Thank you!
- (Sophie) Brody Award
- Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers
- Lilith Magazine Fiction Competition
- Lilith Magazine (Charlotte) Newberger Poetry Prize
- Moment Magazine Emerging Writer Awards
- Moment Magazine-Karma Short Fiction Competition
- Moment Magazine Memoir Contest
- National Jewish Book Awards
- Reform Judaism Prize for Jewish Fiction (NB: “The prize is currently on hiatus….”)
- (Sami) Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
- (Anna Davidson) Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish Experience
- (Sydney) Taylor Book Award
- (Sydney) Taylor Manuscript Award
- (Edward Lewis) Wallant Award
- Wingate Literary Prize
- Women in Judaism Writing Contests
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