May 11 - Focus on the Family Magazine: Toddler Safety - 50-300 word articles
May 14 - Focus on the Family Magazine: New Years Traditions - 50-300 word articles
May 15 - Poetry Society of Colorado: May Contest - set of 4 traditional haiku
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Stories - nonfiction up to 1200 words & poems
Time of Singing Summer Poetry Contest - theme is "Beauty"; any form
Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize - enter up to 4 poems
Ohio Poetry Day Association Annual Contest - 21 categories to enter
May 16 - Voyage YA Book Pitch Contest - YA novel; query, synopsis, & one sample page
May 18 - Highland Park Poetry Muses Gallery: Shoes - submit up to 5 poems; no more than 30 lines each
May 21 - Focus on the Family: Appropriate Laughter - 50-300 word articles
May 28 - The War Cry: Deliverance - articles, fiction, nonfiction
Alaska Writers Guild: Fiction (all genres) - submit up to 5 pages
Focus on the Family Magazine: Pursuing Growth - 50-300 word articles
May 29 - Saturday Writers the "agons" Prose Contest - pentagon, hexagon, octagon, etc.; 2021 word limit
May 30 - The War Cry: Harnessing Our Emotions - Salvation Army magazine; fiction, nonfiction, articles
May 31 - Connecticut Poetry Award - enter up to 3 poems
SouthWest Writers Association 2021 Annual Writing Contest - fiction, nonfiction, poetry
River Styx 2021 International Poetry Contest - enter up to 3 poems
Bacopa Literary Review Annual Contest - poetry, prose poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction
New England Poetry Club Annual Contest - six categories to enter
Black Orchid Novella Award - 15,000 to 20,000 words
Blue Heron Review Poetry Contest - submit up to 3 poems
June 01 - Bethlehem Writers Roundtable: Hotter Than Sin - fiction & poetry
Bible Advocate: Faithful - articles, fillers, poetry
Parabola Literary Journal: Fire - essays, poetry, photography, and translations
St. Louis Writers Guild Deane Wagner Poetry Contest - enter up to 5 poems
-1000 Below: Flash Prose and Poetry Contest - poetry, fiction, nonfiction