What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and new resources for writers
Concis Pith of Prose and Poem Contest
July 21, 2017
$250 prize, deadline change: received by September 3 | Visit source
New York Encounter Poetry Contest
July 18, 2017
$300 prize, deadline change: received by November 7 | Visit source
Far Villages: Welcome Essays for New & Beginner Poets
July 17, 2017
Call for submissions: received by November 30 | Visit source
XPRIZE Seat 14C Fiction Contest
July 15, 2017
New contest, prize of Tokyo trip: received by August 25 | Visit source
Good Read Essay Contest
July 14, 2017
$3,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked September 18 | Visit source
Giles St. Aubyn Awards for Nonfiction
July 13, 2017
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 2 | Visit source
Student Travel Writing Contest
July 13, 2017
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 1 | Visit source
Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
July 13, 2017
30,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 28 | Visit source
Young Lions Fiction Award
July 13, 2017
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 8 | Visit source
Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize
July 12, 2017
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 28 | Visit source
Costa Short Story Award
July 12, 2017
3,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 4 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2017
July 7, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Princemere Poetry Contest
July 6, 2017
$300 prize, deadline change: received by September 11 | Visit source
Her Believing Heart Anthology
July 4, 2017
Call for submissions: received by April 30 (2018) | Visit source
Virginia Quarterly Review: July Submission Period
July 1, 2017
Call for submissions: received by July 31 | Visit source
(Dis)ability Short Story Anthology
July 1, 2017
Call for submissions: received by October 1 | Visit source
Cha International Poetry Prize
June 30, 2017
$1,501 prize, new contest: received by September 15 | Visit source
Writing Pittsburgh Book Prize
June 15, 2017
$10,000 prize, new contest: received by October 23 | Visit source
Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing
June 15, 2017
$3,000 prize, new contest: received by September 1 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing
June 14, 2017
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by July 15, September 3, November 22 | Visit source
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
June 14, 2017
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 15 | Visit source
FutureScapes Writing Contest
June 13, 2017
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 13 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2017
June 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction
June 2, 2017
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 16, August 11, October 6, November 3 | Visit source
Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction
June 2, 2017
$500 prize, deadline change: received by August 31 | Visit source
Room Magazine “Family Secrets” Issue
May 31, 2017
Call for submissions: received by July 31 | Visit source
Starkey Flythe Jr. Poetry Prize
May 16, 2017
$500 prize, new contest: received by July 31 | Visit source
Winter Tangerine Awards
May 11, 2017
$250 prize, deadline change: received by August 1 | Visit source
Montgomery County Writing Contest
May 10, 2017
$250 prize, deadline change: received by August 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2017
May 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Jan Garton Prairie Heritage Book Award
April 26, 2017
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 31 | Visit source
Jeff Shearer and Trent Busch Win the 14th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2017
We awarded $4,000 for outstanding poetry to 12 winners | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2017
April 7, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Consequence Magazine: Women Writers Issue
March 31, 2017
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2017
March 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Lilith Magazine Fiction Competition
March 5, 2017
$250 prize, deadline change: received by September 30 | Visit source
Linda Baer, Winfred Cook, and L.S. Johnson Win the 2nd Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2017
Ten authors of outstanding self-published books received $6,500 in prizes from Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2017
February 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: January 2017
January 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: December 2016
December 7, 2016
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: November 2016
November 8, 2016
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Dave Edgerton and Lisa Suhair Majaj Win the 24th Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2016
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 24th annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2016
October 7, 2016
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: September 2016
September 7, 2016
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
S. Michael Wilson Wins the 15th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2016
S. Michael Wilson of Phillipsburg, New Jersey is the winner of the fifteenth annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
