What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
African American Voices in Children’s Literature Contest
April 7, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked June 22 | Visit source
Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest
April 6, 2020
Call for submissions: received by July 18 | Visit source
Molly Keane Creative Writing Award
April 3, 2020
500 pounds prize, contest added: received by May 1 | Visit source
Short Story Show Short Story Contest
April 3, 2020
$100 prize, new contest: received by April 9 | Visit source
Utah Original Writing Competition
April 1, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 30 | Visit source
Slackjaw Humor Writing Challenge 2020
March 31, 2020
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award
March 26, 2020
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 8 | Visit source
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
March 25, 2020
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
CINTAS Foundation Creative Writing Fellowship
March 24, 2020
$20,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award
March 20, 2020
$250 prize, deadline change: received by May 15 | Visit source
Unified Caring Association Student Essay Contest
March 20, 2020
$350 prize, deadline change: received by May 15 | Visit source
Fred Otto Prize for Oz Fiction/C. Warren Hollister Prize for Oz Nonfiction
March 20, 2020
$100 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Rattle “Service Workers” Issue
March 17, 2020
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Exposit Books: Domestic Violence Anthology
March 14, 2020
Call for submissions: received by August 31 | Visit source
Claudia Ann Seaman Award for Young Writers
March 13, 2020
$200 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Sunlight Press Flash Fiction Contest
March 12, 2020
$125 prize, deadline change: received by April 17 | Visit source
Diverse Writers/Diverse Worlds Grants
March 11, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by June 30 | Visit source
Preservation Foundation Essay Contest for Unpublished Writers
March 11, 2020
$200 prize, deadline changes: received by April 30, June 30, August 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2020
March 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest
March 7, 2020
C$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize
March 7, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked June 30 | Visit source
A Voice for Animals Teen Essay Contest
March 7, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by May 31 | Visit source
Fountainhead Essay Contest for High School Students
March 6, 2020
$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked May 28 | Visit source
Anthem Essay Contest for Students
March 6, 2020
$2,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 30 | Visit source
Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant
March 6, 2020
$40,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 20 | Visit source
Hiett Prize in the Humanities
March 6, 2020
$50,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors Contest
March 5, 2020
$250 prize, deadline change: received by April 17 | Visit source
Gary Fincke Creative Writing Prize
March 5, 2020
$100 prize, deadline change: received by April 15 | Visit source
Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth
March 5, 2020
C$400 prize, deadline change: received by April 20 | Visit source
Sinister Wisdom “Black Rainbow” Issue
February 19, 2020
Call for submissions: received by June 15 | Visit source
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
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
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
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
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
Subscriber News: January 2020
January 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Atelier of Healing: Poetry About Trauma and Recovery
December 30, 2019
Call for submissions: received by October 2 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2019
December 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
