Novel
Submit a novel manuscript or work in progress for consideration.
Blue Mountain Arts Awards
Contest details for work in progress.
Blue Mountain Artisan welcomes emerging fiction writers and poets to submit work that is still becoming. Explore the categories, award levels, and reading expectations before you enter.
What you can enter
Fiction and poetry, in the forms writers are building now.
Novella
Submit a novella manuscript or work in progress for consideration.
Short Story
Submit a short story for consideration alongside longer fiction.
Poetry collection
Submit a cohesive body of poetry or poetry collection.
Award levels
Recognition designed to meet writers where they are.
Award amounts and final program details are subject to the official rules.
01$5,000First award
02$4,000Second award
03$3,000Third award
04$2,000Fourth award
05$1,000Fifth award
Public reading expectations
Share the work in your own voice.
Award recipients may be invited to take part in a Blue Mountain Arts literary reading. Prose writers will be asked to prepare a selection from their novel or novella; poets will be asked to prepare three individual poems. Short-story selections will be coordinated with recipients based on the event format.
Eligibility and entry guidance
A worldwide invitation to emerging writers.
Who may enter
The program welcomes writers based in the United States and writers joining from abroad.
Your manuscript
Entries are submitted as PDF or DOCX files through the writer submission form.
Before you submit
Keep a copy of your manuscript and review the entry form carefully before sending your work.
Deadlines and official rules
Submission deadlines, eligibility terms, and final program requirements will be published in the official rules before the public launch.
Ready to share your work?
Use the submission form to send your manuscript for consideration.
Submit your work