What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors
February 17, 2026
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors Contest
February 17, 2026
$250 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction
February 17, 2026
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award
February 17, 2026
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 15 | Visit source
James Laughlin Award
February 17, 2026
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Creative Future Writers’ Award
February 17, 2026
75 pounds prize, deadline change: received by May 5 | Visit source
Dr. Jim Duggins Outstanding LGBTQ Mid-Career Novelist Prize
February 17, 2026
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
February 16, 2026
C$20,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 18 | Visit source
Republic of Letters Short Story Contest
February 16, 2026
$500 prize, contest added: received by March 1 | Visit source
Teresa Tennyson Wins the $10,000 Grand Prize in Our 11th Annual North Street Book Prize Competition
February 15, 2026
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 11th annual North Street Book Prize competition | Visit source
North Carolina State Poetry Contest
February 13, 2026
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 2 | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2026
February 6, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Flare Magazine Strength in Stories Contest
February 4, 2026
$125 prize, contest added: received by March 1 | Visit source
The Rebis: “The Moon” Issue
February 2, 2026
Call for submissions: received by February 17 | Visit source
About Place Journal: “The Ground Beneath Us” Issue
January 29, 2026
Call for submissions: received by March 10 | Visit source
Liars’ League: “Illusion and Confusion” Feature
January 26, 2026
Call for submissions: received by March 1 | Visit source
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12
January 20, 2026
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 20 | Visit source
Caine Prize for African Writing
January 16, 2026
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 27 | Visit source
Victor Howes Prize in Poetry
January 16, 2026
$500 prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source
BBC National Short Story Award
January 16, 2026
15,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 16 | Visit source
American Buffalo Books Fiction Prize
January 15, 2026
$500 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
‘It’s All Write!’ Teen Writing Contest
January 15, 2026
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
January 15, 2026
C$100,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 13, April 17, June 19, August 14 | Visit source
Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
January 15, 2026
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 6 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2026
January 8, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Broken Sleep Books: Open Reading Period
January 1, 2026
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
Dr. Grant MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship
December 19, 2025
C$7,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
Waterman Fund Alpine Essay Contest
December 19, 2025
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 15 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
December 19, 2025
C$75,000 prize, deadlines change: received by February 11, April 15, June 24 | Visit source
Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers
December 19, 2025
C$12,000 prize, deadlines change: received by February 11, April 15, June 24 | Visit source
Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
December 19, 2025
C$70,000 prize, deadlines change: received by February 11, April 15, June 24 | Visit source
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
December 19, 2025
$27,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 27 | Visit source
Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism
December 19, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 27 | Visit source
Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest
December 19, 2025
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition
December 19, 2025
5000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 19 | Visit source
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
December 19, 2025
$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 22 | Visit source
Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award
December 19, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award
December 19, 2025
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2025
December 7, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Bethesda Urban Partnership Essay Contest
December 4, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Prose Manuscript Reading Period
December 1, 2025
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award
November 29, 2025
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
November 28, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 23 | Visit source
Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award
November 28, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
