What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
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
Dr. Grant MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship
January 9, 2021
C$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | 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
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition
January 8, 2021
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Fatal Flaw: “(Un)confined” Issue
January 8, 2021
Call for submissions: received by February 5 | Visit source
Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry
January 7, 2021
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 15 | Visit source
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
January 7, 2021
C$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 22 | Visit source
Sequestrum “Slipstream” Issue
January 6, 2021
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Narrative Magazine “Tell Me a Story” High School Contest
January 6, 2021
$500 prize, contest added: received by February 4 | Visit source
New York Quarterly: “Without a Doubt” Anthology
December 30, 2020
Call for submissions: received by February 2 | 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
Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest
December 29, 2020
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 18 | Visit source
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
December 29, 2020
$12,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 16 | Visit source
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
December 21, 2020
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source
Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
December 21, 2020
A$60,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 8 | Visit source
Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
December 18, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Waterman Fund Alpine Essay Contest
December 18, 2020
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
December 18, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Rattle: “Indian Poets” Issue
December 15, 2020
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Spread the Word Life Writing Prize
December 15, 2020
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
December 15, 2020
$350 prize, deadline change: received by February 5 | Visit source
Writers’ and Artists’ Short Story Competition
December 15, 2020
Deadline change: received by February 12 | Visit source
Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest
December 15, 2020
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 7 | Visit source
Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award
December 15, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award
December 15, 2020
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award
December 15, 2020
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
A Public Space Emerging Writer Fellowships
December 14, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | 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
Subscriber News: December 2020
December 8, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Zocalo Public Square Poetry Prize
December 4, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 29 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2020
November 8, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Inkshares All-Genre Contest
November 7, 2020
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Passion
November 5, 2020
Call for submissions: received by October 1, 2021 | Visit source
Tales for Love: Nature Writing Anthology
October 15, 2020
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Omer Friedlander and BK Loren Win the 28th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2020
This contest, sponsored by Winning Writers and Duotrope, awarded $8,000 in prizes to 12 winners | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2020
October 10, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
