What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Writers & Artists Working-Class Writers’ Prize
May 19, 2022
200 pounds prize, deadline change: received by July 18 | Visit source
Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature
May 19, 2022
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by July 16 | Visit source
Lee & Low New Voices Award
May 18, 2022
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by August 1 | Visit source
Stone Canoe Awards
May 16, 2022
$250 prize, deadline changes: received by July 15, August 8 | Visit source
John Glassco Translation Prize
May 13, 2022
C$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 1 | Visit source
Molly Keane Creative Writing Award
May 9, 2022
250 pounds prize, deadine change: received by June 22 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2022
May 9, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
May 6, 2022
$25,800 prize, deadline change: received by June 2 | Visit source
Celebrating Black Writers Student Writing Contest
May 5, 2022
$4,000 prize, new contest: received by May 23 | Visit source
Langdon Review Writer-in-Residence Program
April 26, 2022
$500 prize, deadline change: received by July 1 | Visit source
Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing
April 25, 2022
$75,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 20 | Visit source
Renard Press Poetry Contest
April 25, 2022
200 pounds prize, contest added: received by May 21 | Visit source
Edythe Rodriguez and Qin Qin Win the 19th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers
April 15, 2022
Winning Writers awarded $8,000 in prizes for poems in any style and poems that rhyme or have a traditional style | Visit source
Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest
April 13, 2022
Call for submissions: received by July 21 | Visit source
Sapiens Plurum Earth Day Short Fiction Contest
April 13, 2022
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize
April 13, 2022
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked July 14 | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2022
April 8, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Kierkegaard Poetry Competition
April 7, 2022
$500 prize, new contest: received by December 1 | Visit source
Ocean Awareness Student Contest
April 7, 2022
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 13 | Visit source
Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest
April 6, 2022
C$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Green Linden Press: “Essential Queer Voices” Anthology
March 19, 2022
Call for submissions: received by October 1 | Visit source
Bard Fiction Prize
March 18, 2022
$30,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Lethe Press: “Brute” Anthology
March 15, 2022
Call for submissions: received by August 1 | Visit source
McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize
March 10, 2022
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2022
March 9, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Irene Adler Prize for Women Writers
February 28, 2022
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 30 | Visit source
A Voice for Animals Teen Essay Contest
February 25, 2022
$400 prize, deadline change: received by May 31 | Visit source
In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy
February 17, 2022
Call for submissions: received by May 31 | Visit source
C. Vargas McPherson Wins the $5,000 Grand Prize in Our Seventh Annual North Street Book Prize Competition for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2022
Results of our seventh annual competition for self-published books | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2022
February 8, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
January 14, 2022
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 1, May 3, June 28 | Visit source
Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 14, 2022
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 1, May 3, June 28 | Visit source
Governor General’s Literary Awards
January 14, 2022
C$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 15, May 15, July 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2022
January 8, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Furious Fiction Seasonal Short Story Challenge
January 5, 2022
AUD$500 prize, deadline changes: received by March 6, June 5, September 4, December 4 | Visit source
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
December 13, 2021
C$100,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 18, April 14, June 17, and August 12 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2021
December 7, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Owl Canyon Press Essay Contest
November 16, 2021
$5,000 prize, new contest: received by May 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2021
November 9, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Tamako Takamatsu and Megan Falley Win the 29th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2021
This contest, sponsored by Winning Writers and Duotrope, awarded $8,000 in prizes to 12 winners | Visit source
Saudi Historical Novel Award
October 14, 2021
10,000 pounds prize, new contest: received by July 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2021
October 10, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: September 2021
September 8, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Koss Wins the 20th Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2021
The Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest is sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope | Visit source
