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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
The Markaz Review: Mental Health Issue
April 18, 2025
Call for submissions: received by May 23 | Visit source
D.T. Christensen and Serrina Zou Win the 22nd Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers
April 15, 2025
Winning Writers awarded $10,000 in prizes for poems in any style and poems that rhyme or have a traditional style | Visit source
Tint Journal: “Patchwork” Issue
April 15, 2025
Call for submissions: received by May 31 | Visit source
Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers
April 12, 2025
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by May 16 | Visit source
Dr. Jim Duggins Outstanding LGBTQ Mid-Career Novelist Prize
April 12, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 16 | Visit source
Fred Otto Prize for Oz Fiction/C. Warren Hollister Prize for Oz Nonfiction
April 12, 2025
$100 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
Dream Foundry Speculative Short Story Contest
April 5, 2025
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 2 | Visit source
Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse
April 5, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by May 30 | Visit source
Roscommon New Writing Award
April 5, 2025
500 euros prize, deadline change: received by May 26 | Visit source
Creative Future Writers’ Award
April 5, 2025
75 pounds prize, deadline change: received by May 18 | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2025
April 4, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Furphy Literary Award
April 4, 2025
A$15,000 prize, contest added: received by May 31 | Visit source
Rattle: “Tribute to Rebels” Issue
April 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by October 15 | Visit source
Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest
April 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by July 16 | Visit source
Boudin: “Immigration and Displacement” Issue
March 21, 2025
Call for submissions: received by April 25 | Visit source
Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award
March 20, 2025
$25,000 prize, contest added: received by May 1 | Visit source
ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction
March 20, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2025
March 8, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Not Quite Write Prize for Flesh Fiction
March 6, 2025
A$500 prize, contest added: received by August 24 | Visit source
Papaya Press: Richard Siken Tribute Anthology
March 4, 2025
Call for submissions: received by May 1 | Visit source
Broken Sleep Books: Laurel and Hardy Anthology
March 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
Natan Notable Books Award
February 27, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 26 | Visit source
Anne Brown Essay Prize
February 22, 2025
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by June 6 | Visit source
Dr. Linda I. Meyers Wins the $10,000 Grand Prize in Our Tenth Annual North Street Book Prize Competition
February 15, 2025
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its tenth annual North Street Book Prize competition | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2025
February 8, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Orison Books: “Divinity in the Margins” Anthology
February 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by June 1 | Visit source
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
February 1, 2025
C$100,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 14, April 17, June 20, August 15 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
February 1, 2025
C$75,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 26, April 30, June 25 | Visit source
Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers
February 1, 2025
C$12,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 26, April 30, June 25 | Visit source
Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 31, 2025
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 26, April 30, June 25 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2025
January 7, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Winning Writers Migrates from X to Bluesky
January 1, 2025
Effective January 1, 2025, Winning Writers Is Suspending Posts to X. Please join us on Bluesky. | Visit source
Brain Mill Press: Mystery and Horror Novellas
December 17, 2024
Call for submissions: received by June 1 | Visit source
Iridescence Award
December 14, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2024
December 8, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: November 2024
November 12, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Lanfu Liu and Kathleen McNamara Win the 32nd Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2024
Press release announcing the winners of the 32nd annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2024
October 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
The Nomad: “Breakthroughs” Issue
September 26, 2024
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2024
September 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Robert Garnham Wins the 23rd Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2024
Winners of our 23rd annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2024
August 11, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: July 2024
July 9, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: June 2024
June 8, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
