Contests / Fellowships

The DISQUIET Literary Prize

The DISQUIET Prize will open for submissions no later than September 1, 2024. Entries will be accepted in ficton, nonfiction, and poetry through January 10, 2025. One winner in each category will be published in Granta.com (fiction), NinthLetter.com (non-fiction) or The Common (poetry).

One grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship, accommodations,  and travel stipend to attend the twelfth annual DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon (June 22-July 4, 2025).

Genre winners will receive a tuition waiver for DISQUIET 2025 in addition to publication.

Winners who are unable to attend the progam in Lisbon may elect to receive a $1000 cash prize in lieu of the tuition waiver.

Read the contest guidelines or enter at Submittable.

Extended deadline: January 10, 2025. Reading fee: $15

Luso/a-American Fellowships

A collaboration between Dzanc Books and the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) has made possible four full fellowships for writers of Luso descent from North America to attend the DISQUIET ILP’s Writing the Luso Experience workshop in Lisbon in 2025.

To be eligible for the fellowship, entrants must be residents of the United States or Canada who have a genealogical link to a Lusophone country.

The four winners will receive accommodations, a travel stipend, and full tuition to the 2025 ILP in Lisbon to attend the multi-genre workshop “Writing the Luso Experience” (June 22-July 4) with other writers from Portugal and North America. Runners-up will be offered partial tuition scholarships.

Extended Deadline: January 10, 2025

Read the guidelines or apply at Submittable.

Questions: info@disquietinternational.org