What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and new resources for writers
Common Good Books Poetry Contest
March 1, 2015
$1,000 prize, contest added: postmarked April 4 | Visit source
Little Red Tree Publishes Bullies in Love by Jendi Reiter
February 27, 2015
Jendi Reiter and Little Red Tree Publishing are pleased to announce the publication of Bullies in Love | Visit source
bpNichol Poetry Chapbook Award
February 14, 2015
C$4,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 29 | Visit source
Fred Otto Prize for Oz Fiction/Warren Hollister Prize for Oz Nonfiction
February 11, 2015
$100 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Modern Love College Essay Contest
February 10, 2015
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 15 | Visit source
PARSEC Short Story Contest
February 10, 2015
$200 prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source
Wick Poetry High School Competition
February 10, 2015
$1,500 scholarship prize, deadline change: received by April 1 | Visit source
Lilith Magazine Fiction Competition
February 10, 2015
$250 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize
February 10, 2015
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2015
February 8, 2015
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
In a Flash Writing Contest
February 7, 2015
$100 prize, new contest: received by March 20 (don't enter before February 20) | Visit source
Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award
February 4, 2015
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 20 | Visit source
Jane Martin Poetry Prize
February 4, 2015
700 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 6 | Visit source
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Program
February 2, 2015
$10,00 prize, deadline changes: postmarked April 2, June 18, September 10, October 8 | Visit source
“I Is Another” Short Story Competition
January 31, 2015
$200 prize, new contest: received by August 31 | Visit source
Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation or Multi-Lingual Texts
January 29, 2015
$200 prize, new contest: received by February 28 | Visit source
Toronto Book Awards
January 21, 2015
C$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Jo-Anne Hirshfield Memorial Poetry Awards
January 20, 2015
$100 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 20 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction
January 20, 2015
C$60,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 25, May 27, or July 29 | Visit source
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 20, 2015
C$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 25, May 27, or July 29 | Visit source
Soap Stone Creek Literary Journal
January 18, 2015
Call for submissions: rolling deadline | Visit source
Cahaba River Literary Journal
January 18, 2015
Call for submissions: received by March 20 | Visit source
Winning Writers Announces the First Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
January 15, 2015
Winning Writers announces its first annual North Street Book Prize. Authors of self-published books can compete for $6,000 in prizes plus marketing services. | Visit source
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival’s Fresh Voices Competition
January 13, 2015
Deadline change: postmarked March 27 | Visit source
It’s All Write Teen Short Story Contest
January 9, 2015
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 13 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2015
January 8, 2015
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
erbacce-prize for poetry
January 4, 2015
Book publication prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
ESME Creative Writing Awards
December 31, 2014
$500 prize, deadline change: received by May 30 | Visit source
Winter Tangerine Review “Hands Up Don’t Shoot” Issue
December 26, 2014
Call for submissions: received by January 10 | Visit source
Rattle “Scientists” Issue
December 17, 2014
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
December 15, 2014
3,0000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source
Expatriate Travel Writing Contest
December 12, 2014
$500 prize, deadline change: received by March 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2014
December 10, 2014
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Zach Mankofsky and Susan Ryan Win Our 2014 Sports Fiction & Essay Contest
November 15, 2014
Read the winning entries and judges' comments from our 2014 Sports Fiction & Essay Contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2014
November 9, 2014
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
George W. Hunt Writing Prize
October 18, 2014
$25,000 fellowship, new contest: received by March 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2014
October 8, 2014
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Courtney Campbell and Jeremy Kamps Win Our Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
September 15, 2014
Read the winning entries and judge's comments from our 22nd annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2014
September 9, 2014
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Simon Hendrie Wins the 13th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2014
Simon Hendrie of Cape Town, South Africa penned "What Will You Say When Your Child Asks: 'Why Didn't You Invest in Eastern Poland?'" to win $1,000 in the 13th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest | Visit source
