What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
404 Ink: Nonfiction Book Pitches
September 30, 2023
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Arts & Letters Awards
September 29, 2023
C$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 22 | Visit source
Open Minds Quarterly: “Identity” Issue
September 29, 2023
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Iron Horse Literary Review: NaPoMo Issue
September 29, 2023
Call for submissions: received by October 15 | Visit source
Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize
September 28, 2023
750 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 15 | Visit source
Neal Peirce Foundation Journalism Travel Grants
September 28, 2023
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by October 16 | Visit source
Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award
September 27, 2023
A$40,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 18 | Visit source
Changing Skies Climate Change Creative Nonfiction Contest
September 21, 2023
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 1 | Visit source
Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship
September 13, 2023
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 11 | Visit source
Changes Book Prize
September 12, 2023
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 1 | Visit source
Dylan Thomas Prize
September 12, 2023
20,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 3 | Visit source
Zocalo Public Square Book Prize
September 12, 2023
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 20 | Visit source
Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize
September 7, 2023
15,000 pounds prize, new contest: received by October 1 | Visit source
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
September 6, 2023
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 7 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2023
September 5, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Kenyon Review: Three Themed Features
September 4, 2023
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Con Corazón en la Mano: Writing the Heartland
September 1, 2023
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Marfield Prize/National Award for Arts Writing
September 1, 2023
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 15 | Visit source
Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
August 31, 2023
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 15 | Visit source
Abandon Journal: “Abandon Earth” Issue
August 22, 2023
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Clinch: A Martial Arts Literary Magazine
August 22, 2023
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Beth Ann Fennelly Wins the 22nd Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2023
The results of our 22nd annual humor poetry contest | Visit source
TCU Texas Book Award
August 14, 2023
$5,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked November 1 | Visit source
Queer Adventurers LGBTQIA Writing Contest
August 10, 2023
$150 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Women’s Prize for Fiction
August 9, 2023
30,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by September 1, October 27, December 8 | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2023
August 7, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Natan Notable Books Award
August 2, 2023
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 2 | Visit source
International Booker Prize
July 31, 2023
25,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by September 8, September 29, January 12 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2023
July 8, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Rattle: “Ghazal” Issue
June 17, 2023
Call for submissions: received by January 15, 2024 | Visit source
Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
June 14, 2023
$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 15 | Visit source
Writers & Artists Working-Class Writers’ Prize
June 14, 2023
200 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 2 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2023
June 7, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
May 22, 2023
$150,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 16, October 13 | Visit source
Washington State Book Awards
May 15, 2023
Deadline change: received by June 30, September 15, November 15, January 19 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2023
May 8, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Maurya Kerr and Tamara Panici Win the 20th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers
April 15, 2023
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 2023
April 8, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Woman, Life, Freedom: Iran Poetry Anthology
March 22, 2023
Call for submissions: received by March 15, 2024 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2023
March 11, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Mad Creek Books: Prose Manuscript Submissions
March 10, 2023
Call for submissions: rolling deadline | Visit source