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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Subscriber News: March 2021
March 7, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Storytwigs Monthly Micro-Writing Competition
March 2, 2021
$100 prize, new contest: received by March 31 | Visit source
A Voice for Animals Teen Essay Contest
February 26, 2021
$400 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Speculative Literature Foundation Older Writers Grant
February 25, 2021
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 31 | Visit source
Fountainhead Essay Contest for High School Students
February 25, 2021
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 29 | Visit source
Sequestrum: “Optimism” Issue
February 25, 2021
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry
February 24, 2021
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction
February 24, 2021
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors Contest
February 23, 2021
$250 prize, deadline change: received by May 2 | Visit source
Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth
February 23, 2021
C$400 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Anthem Essay Contest for Students
February 23, 2021
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 29 | Visit source
Whiting Foundation Creative Nonfiction Grant
February 23, 2021
$40,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 26 | Visit source
Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
February 22, 2021
$6,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 19 | Visit source
Italian Prose in Translation Award
February 22, 2021
$5,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 19 | Visit source
Electa Quinney Award for Published American Indian Stories
February 19, 2021
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 15 | Visit source
Beatrice Medicine Award for Scholarship in American Indian Studies
February 19, 2021
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 15 | Visit source
Christine Mulvey Wins the $5,000 Grand Prize in Our Sixth Annual North Street Book Prize Competition for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2021
Results of our sixth competition for self-published books | Visit source
Betsy Colquitt Award for Poetry/Frank O’Connor Award for Short Fiction
February 13, 2021
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 15 | Visit source
Governor General’s Literary Awards
February 13, 2021
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 15, May 15, July 31 | Visit source
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12
February 13, 2021
$100 prize, deadline change: received by March 22 | Visit source
Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
February 13, 2021
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 10, May 19, July 14 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
February 13, 2021
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 10, May 19, July 14 | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2021
February 9, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
February 9, 2021
C$100,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 12, April 16, June 18, August 13 | Visit source
Storyhouse Writing Contests
February 8, 2021
$200 prize, contest added: received by April 30 | Visit source
The Best New True Crime Stories: Unsolved Crimes and Mysteries
February 5, 2021
Call for submissions: received by September 1 | Visit source
Principia Perspectives Writing Contest
February 4, 2021
$200 prize, new contest: received by April 30 | Visit source
Waterston Desert Writing Prize
February 1, 2021
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Preservation Foundation Essay Contest for Unpublished Writers
February 1, 2021
$200 prize, deadline changes: received by April 30, June 30, August 31, October 31 | Visit source
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival’s Fresh Voices Competition
January 27, 2021
Deadline change: postmarked April 9 | Visit source
Black Lawrence Press: Black Womanhood Anthology
January 25, 2021
Call for submissions: received by June 30 | Visit source
Sinister Wisdom: “Trans/Feminisms” Issue
January 15, 2021
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
BBC National Short Story Award
January 15, 2021
15,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 15 | Visit source
Ungar German Translation Award
January 11, 2021
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 8 | Visit source
‘It’s All Write!’ Teen Writing Contest
January 11, 2021
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 7 | Visit source
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
January 9, 2021
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 7 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2021
January 9, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
NEA Literature Fellowships
January 9, 2021
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 10 | Visit source
Sequestrum “Slipstream” Issue
January 6, 2021
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 11-12
December 30, 2020
$20,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 26 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 6-10
December 30, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by March 19 | Visit source
