What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Prism Prize for Climate Literature
November 30, 2020
$1,000 prize, contest added: received by January 8 | Visit source
Benjamin L. Hooks Book Award
November 30, 2020
$1,000 prize, contest added: postmarked December 31 | Visit source
Nine Dots Prize
November 27, 2020
$100,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 18 | Visit source
Essential Americans Anthology
November 25, 2020
Call for submissions: received by December 24 | Visit source
Inaugural Poem Contest for Students
November 24, 2020
$500 prize, new contest: received by December 30 | Visit source
GrubStreet Writing Black Joy Contest
November 16, 2020
$1,000 prize, new contest: received by December 6 | Visit source
St. Martin’s Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
November 14, 2020
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 1 | Visit source
BRIO Literary Arts Awards
November 13, 2020
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 30 | Visit source
New York Encounter Poetry Contest
November 13, 2020
$300 prize, deadline change: received by December 19 | Visit source
The Corona Chronicles
November 13, 2020
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2020
November 8, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Inkshares All-Genre Contest
November 7, 2020
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion
November 5, 2020
Call for submissions: received by October 1, 2021 | Visit source
Douglas B. Rogers Conditions of a Free Society Essay Competition
November 3, 2020
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Flo Gault Student Poetry Prize
November 2, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 11 | Visit source
Brooklyn Nonfiction Prize
November 2, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 10 | Visit source
Roswell Award for Short Science Fiction
October 31, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 15 | Visit source
Somewhere We Are Human: An Anthology on Migration, Survival, and New Beginnings
October 30, 2020
Call for submissions: received by December 5 | Visit source
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
October 30, 2020
$250 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
October 30, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
October 29, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Lyric Poetry Award
October 29, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
George Bogin Memorial Award
October 28, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
October 28, 2020
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
October 28, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Levis Reading Prize
October 24, 2020
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 15 | Visit source
Washington State Book Awards
October 22, 2020
Deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Tales for Love: Nature Writing Anthology
October 15, 2020
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Omer Friedlander and BK Loren Win the 28th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2020
This contest, sponsored by Winning Writers and Duotrope, awarded $8,000 in prizes to 12 winners | Visit source
Arnold Adoff Poetry Awards
October 14, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
October 14, 2020
30,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by December 4 | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2020
October 10, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
The Best New True Crime Stories: Partners in Crime
September 25, 2020
Call for submissions: received by February 15 | Visit source
International Booker Prize
September 12, 2020
25,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by October 2, November 6, January 8 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2020
September 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Justine Hudock Wins the 19th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2020
The winners of the 19th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2020
August 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: July 2020
July 8, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: June 2020
June 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: May 2020
May 7, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Melissa Studdard and Chelsea Dingman Win Our 17th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2020
Our Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest awarded $5,000 and is co-sponsored by Duotrope | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2020
April 8, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2020
March 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
J.R. Weber Wins Our Grand Prize in our Fifth Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2020
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its fifth annual North Street Book Prize competition for self-published books | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2020
February 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: January 2020
January 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
