New Deadline: January 10, 2020.
Disquiet is now accepting contest submissions for The Disquiet Literary Prize for writing in any genre. The top winners in each genre will be published:
- the fiction winner in Granta.com,
- the nonfiction winner in Ninthletter.com,
- the poetry winner in The Common.
The grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship including tuition, lodging, and a $1,000 travel stipend to Lisbon in 2020.
In addition to the main prize, contest entrants may wish to be considered for:
- The Denis Johnson “STAGAYA” scholarship for a writer who has not yet published a book with a national press (micro-presses and chapbooks are excepted).
- The Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Scholarship for a female-identifying writer whose work engages with themes of justice, equality, or resistance.
The winner of each scholarship will receive free tuition for the 2020 Program in Lisbon.
Runners-up and other outstanding entrants may also be considered for financial aid.
Read the contest and scholarship guidelines and enter here.