What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Al Blanchard Short Crime Story Award
April 14, 2021
$100 prize, contest added: received by April 30 | Visit source
4thWrite Short Story Prize
April 13, 2021
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest
April 12, 2021
Call for submissions: received by July 20 | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2021
April 11, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Pandeism Collegiate Writing Competition
April 10, 2021
$250 prize, deadline change: received by June 10 | Visit source
Ocean Awareness Student Contest
April 9, 2021
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 14 | Visit source
Baltimore Science Fiction Society Amateur Writing Contest
April 7, 2021
$250 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Brain Mill Press National Poetry Month Contest
April 2, 2021
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
Bard Fiction Prize
March 31, 2021
$30,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 30 | Visit source
Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award
March 31, 2021
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 15 | Visit source
Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts
March 30, 2021
Call for submissions: received by May 15 | Visit source
Slackjaw Humor Writing Challenge
March 22, 2021
$1,000 prize, contest added: signup deadline March 31, entries received by April 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2021
March 7, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
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
Governor General’s Literary Awards
February 13, 2021
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 15, May 15, July 31 | 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
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
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
Subscriber News: January 2021
January 9, 2021
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sequestrum “Slipstream” Issue
January 6, 2021
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Rattle: “Indian Poets” Issue
December 15, 2020
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
December 12, 2020
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 2, March 23, May 4 | Visit source
