What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Subscriber News: August 2022
August 9, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Olde Wolf Short Story Contest
August 8, 2022
$100 prize, new contest: received by September 30 | Visit source
Dyskami Publishing: Superhero Fiction Anthology
August 7, 2022
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
August 5, 2022
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 1 | Visit source
Galileo Press: Open Submission Period
July 31, 2022
Call for submissions: received by August 31 | Visit source
Neal Peirce Foundation Journalism Travel Grants
July 28, 2022
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by October 15 | Visit source
Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets
July 28, 2022
5,000 pounds prize: received by September 23 | Visit source
Young Lions Fiction Award
July 28, 2022
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 9 | Visit source
Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize
July 25, 2022
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 31 | Visit source
Dream Foundry Speculative Short Story Contest
July 20, 2022
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 8 | Visit source
Willie Morris Awards for Southern Fiction and Southern Nonfiction
July 20, 2022
$12,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 30 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry
July 20, 2022
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 30 | Visit source
Carol Shields Literary Award
July 14, 2022
C$150,000 prize, new contest: received by July 22, November 18 | Visit source
Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award
July 12, 2022
$1,010.10 prize, deadline change: received by September 30 | Visit source
Society of Classical Poets Haiku Competition
July 8, 2022
$100 prize, deadline change: received by August 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2022
July 8, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Waterford Poetry Prize
July 7, 2022
400 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 12 | Visit source
Rebecca Swift Foundation Women Poets’ Prize
July 7, 2022
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 12 | Visit source
BLF Press: Black Joy Unbound Anthology
July 1, 2022
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
4thWrite Short Story Prize
June 24, 2022
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 14 | Visit source
Giles St Aubyn Awards for Nonfiction
June 21, 2022
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 14 | Visit source
Under a Warm Green Linden: Indigenous Ecopoetry
June 21, 2022
Call for submissions: received by November 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2022
June 12, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
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
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
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
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
Subscriber News: June 2021
June 9, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: May 2021
May 8, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers