What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Granum Foundation Prizes
July 1, 2022
$5,000 prize, contest added: received by August 2 | Visit source
BLF Press: Black Joy Unbound Anthology
July 1, 2022
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
Sarabande Books: Nonfiction and Translations Open Reading Period
July 1, 2022
Call for submissions: received by July 31 | Visit source
Typehouse: No-Fee Submission Period
June 30, 2022
Call for submissions: received by August 31 | Visit source
4thWrite Short Story Prize
June 24, 2022
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 14 | Visit source
Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us First Novel Contest
June 22, 2022
$50,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 26 | Visit source
Giles St Aubyn Awards for Nonfiction
June 21, 2022
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 14 | Visit source
Oregon Literary Fellowships
June 21, 2022
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by August 5 | Visit source
GASHER First-Book Scholarship
June 21, 2022
$250 prize, deadline change: received by July 29 | Visit source
Under a Warm Green Linden: Indigenous Ecopoetry
June 21, 2022
Call for submissions: received by November 15 | Visit source
Black Voices in Children’s Literature Contest
June 20, 2022
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked July 24 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2022
June 12, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Peter Blazey Fellowship
June 9, 2022
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by August 8 | Visit source
Sisters in Crime Pride Award for Emerging LGBTQIA+ Crime Writers
June 9, 2022
$2,000 prize, contest added: received by July 31 | Visit source
Dogfish Head Poetry Prize
June 9, 2022
$500 prize, deadline change: received by July 31 | Visit source
Bruce Piasecki and Andrea Masters Award on Business and Society Writing
May 24, 2022
$5,000 prize, contest added: received by August 15 | Visit source
Grimoire: “Goth Narcissus” Issue
May 23, 2022
Call for submissions: received by August 1 | Visit source
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
Subscriber News: May 2022
May 9, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
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
Green Linden Press: “Essential Queer Voices” Anthology
March 19, 2022
Call for submissions: received by October 1 | Visit source
Lethe Press: “Brute” Anthology
March 15, 2022
Call for submissions: received by August 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2022
March 9, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
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
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
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
Subscriber News: August 2021
August 9, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: July 2021
July 8, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
