Utah Original Writing Competition
Deadline July 1 (must be received by this date), formerly June 30. Recommended free contest for Utah residents aged 18+ awards prizes up to $1,500 for previously unpublished book-length novels, creative nonfiction and history, poetry or short story collections, and juvenile literature, plus smaller awards for individual poems, stories, and essays. Manuscript prizes are for authors with no published books in the genre they are entering; other prizes are open to all. Enter online only. See full terms and conditions on sponsor's website. Formerly sponsored by Salt Lake Community College, now managed by Utah Humanities.
Source: https://utahhumanities.org/programs/center-for-the-book/utah-original-writing-competition
Published: June 15, 2026
