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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Oregon Literary Fellowships
June 14, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by August 2 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2019
June 10, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sundress Publications/The Wardrobe: Women’s Equality Day Issue
June 8, 2019
Call for submissions: deadline August 1 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing
June 7, 2019
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by July 31, September 11, November 13 | Visit source
John Glassco Translation Prize
June 7, 2019
C$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 5 | Visit source
Black Lawrence Press: June Open Reading Period
June 1, 2019
Call for submissions: received by June 30 | Visit source
Singapore Poetry Contest
May 31, 2019
$100 prize, deadline change: received by July 15 | Visit source
Stonecrop Review: “Roots/Routes” Issue
May 31, 2019
Call for submissions: received by July 31 | Visit source
Submerging Writer Fellowship
May 31, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 31 | Visit source
Four Way Books: June Open Reading Period
May 30, 2019
Call for submissions: postmarked June 30 | Visit source
Sundress Publications “Dogs and Poetry” Anthology
May 27, 2019
Call for submissions: received by July 1 | Visit source
Expatriate and Work Abroad Travel Writing Contest
May 22, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: received by September 1 | Visit source
Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize
May 22, 2019
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 16 | Visit source
Insecure Writer’s Support Group Anthology
May 20, 2019
Call for submissions: received by September 4 | Visit source
Baltimore Science Fiction Society Amateur Writing Contest
May 14, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by July 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2019
May 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest
May 7, 2019
Call for submissions: received by July 20 | Visit source
Lumberloft Short Fiction Contest
May 3, 2019
$1,000 prize, new contest: received by July 30 | Visit source
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students
May 2, 2019
$25,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked September 19 | Visit source
Broken River Prize for Poetry Chapbooks
May 2, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by July 31 | Visit source
Mom Egg Review: “Home” Issue
April 30, 2019
Call for submissions: received by August 1 | Visit source
Peaceful Dumpling Environmental Writing Prize
April 23, 2019
$500 prize, new contest: received by July 31 | Visit source
Winter Tangerine Awards
April 18, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by July 1 | Visit source
RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction
April 17, 2019
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 3, August 26, October 7, November 4 | Visit source
Latorial Faison and Sean Patrick Mulroy Win Our 16th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2019
Latorial Faison of Chester, Virginia won the Tom Howard Prize of $1,500 for a poem in any style or genre, for "Mama Was a Negro Spiritual". Sean Patrick Mulroy won the Margaret Reid Prize of $1,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style, for "Villanelle for the Wound" | Visit source
Linda Flowers Literary Award
April 12, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 28 | Visit source
Bard Fiction Prize
April 11, 2019
$30,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 17 | Visit source
Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
April 11, 2019
A$12,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 8 | Visit source
Peter Blazey Fellowship
April 11, 2019
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 17 | Visit source
James White Award for Science Fiction
April 10, 2019
200 pounds prize, deadline change: received by June 28 | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2019
April 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
African American Voices in Children’s Literature Contest
March 27, 2019
$1,000 prize, new contest: postmarked June 30 | Visit source
Louise Meriwether First Book Prize
March 15, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 28 | Visit source
Ocean Awareness Student Contest
March 15, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 17 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2019
March 11, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Emily Bracale Wins the Grand Prize in Our 4th Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2019
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its fourth annual North Street Book Prize competition for self-published books | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2019
February 9, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: January 2019
January 7, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 4, 2019
C$50,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 13, May 15, July 17 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
January 4, 2019
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 13, May 15, July 17 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2018
December 9, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Damaged Goods Press: Queer Eroticism Anthology
December 2, 2018
Call for submissions: received by December 31, 2019 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2018
November 8, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the 26th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2018
Charlie Schneider and Ryan Ireland won our 2018 fiction and essay contest; Elizabeth Brina won second prize | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2018
October 7, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: September 2018
September 7, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Madeleine Jackman Wins the 17th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2018
The winners of the 17th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
