Grant Money
The SCBWI Book Launch Award (must be a member of SCBWI), entries submitted June 1 – July 1, 2015, http://www.scbwi.org/awards/book-launch-grant/
The SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators), offers several other grants for members. If you’re a children’s book writer, investigate membership.
If you haven’t visited FundsforWriters yet, be sure you do. It’s a Writer’s Digest 101 Best Website for Writers inner and offers links to several grants for writers among many other resources. http://www.fundsforwriters.com/grants/
Awards
American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Carol Award, open to members only, http://www.acfw.com/carol
2016 Coretta Scott King Children’s Book Award, http://www.ala.org/emiert/2016-coretta-scott-king-book-awards-submission-form
Contests
Writer’s Digest offers a variety of contests. Their 84th Annual Writing Competition is now open with an early bird entry deadline of May 4. Check out all their contests here: http://www.writersdigest.com/competitions/writing-competitions
Crab Orchard Review annual contests, http://craborchardreview.siu.edu/dyer.html
For guidelines on determining the legitimacy of contests and awards, here are two resources: The Myths of Writing Contests, http://blog.bookbaby.com/2013/04/the-myths-of-writing-contests/
Writing Contests: When Winners are Losers http://www.writing-world.com/contests/scams.shtml