What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
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
Luminous Selves: An Anthology of Poets from Beyond the Binary
February 14, 2020
Call for submissions: received by July 2 | Visit source
Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
February 14, 2020
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 20 | Visit source
Italian Prose in Translation Award
February 14, 2020
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 20 | Visit source
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
February 13, 2020
15,000 pounds prize, contest added: received by March 2 | Visit source
Jane Martin Poetry Prize
February 13, 2020
700 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 6 | Visit source
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12
February 12, 2020
$100 prize, deadline change: received by March 23 | Visit source
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
February 12, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by March 15 | Visit source
Dr. Jim Duggins Outstanding LGBTQ Mid-Career Novelist Prize
February 10, 2020
$5,000 prize, contest added: received by February 17 | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2020
February 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation or Multi-Lingual Texts
February 5, 2020
$200 prize, deadline changes: received by February 29, August 31 | Visit source
Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction
February 5, 2020
$250 prize, deadline changes: received by February 29, August 31 | Visit source
Speculative City: Alternate History Issue
February 3, 2020
Call for submissions: received by February 24 | Visit source
Spirit First Meditation Poetry Contest
January 29, 2020
$200 prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source
North Carolina State Poetry Contest
January 28, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked February 24 | Visit source
BBC National Short Story Award
January 28, 2020
15,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 9 | Visit source
First Fandom Experience Cosmos Prize
January 27, 2020
$300 prize, new contest: received by March 31 | Visit source
Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing
January 17, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 14, 2020
C$50,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 11, May 20, July 15 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
January 14, 2020
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 11, May 20, July 15 | Visit source
Working Class Writers Grant
January 14, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 29 | Visit source
Limnisa Short Story Competition
January 10, 2020
Deadline change: received by March 29 | Visit source
‘It’s All Write!’ Teen Writing Contest
January 10, 2020
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 9 | Visit source
Grant MacEwan Creative Writing Scholarship
January 10, 2020
C$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
NEA Literature Fellowships
January 10, 2020
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 11 | Visit source
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
January 10, 2020
C$100,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 14, April 17, June 19, August 14 | Visit source
Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers
January 9, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
January 9, 2020
C$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 25 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2020
January 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival’s Fresh Voices Competition
January 8, 2020
Deadline change: postmarked March 15 | Visit source
Generation Faith Essay Contest
December 30, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 8 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry
December 30, 2019
$2,500 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 27 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction
December 30, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked February 28 | Visit source
Atelier of Healing: Poetry About Trauma and Recovery
December 30, 2019
Call for submissions: received by October 2 | Visit source
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition
December 28, 2019
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellowship
December 27, 2019
7,500 euros prize, deadline change: received by February 29 | Visit source
Quantum Shorts Competition
December 27, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 29 | Visit source
Is Royalty Relevant? Poetry Competition
December 27, 2019
200 pounds prize, new contest: received by April 27 | Visit source
Nelson Algren Literary Awards
December 27, 2019
$3,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest
December 26, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2019
December 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Fountain Magazine Essay Contest
December 4, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2019
November 6, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the 27th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2019
Barbara Milton and Margo Barnes won our 2019 fiction and essay contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2019
October 7, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: September 2019
September 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
