What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Innovations in Reading Prize
December 13, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 13 | Visit source
Spread the Word Life Writing Prize
December 12, 2019
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 3 | Visit source
Lex Allen Literary Festival Prizes
December 12, 2019
$100 prize, deadline change: received by February 14 | Visit source
Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest
December 12, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
New York Times ‘Win a Trip with Nick Kristof’ Contest
December 11, 2019
Deadline change: received by January 7 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2019
December 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
December 4, 2019
$350 prize, deadline change: received by February 7 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Essay Contest
December 4, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 17 | Visit source
Bethesda Magazine Short Story Contest
December 4, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 17 | Visit source
Fountain Magazine Essay Contest
December 4, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
The Selkie Collective “Resiliency” Anthology
December 1, 2019
Call for submissions: received by January 1 | Visit source
Four Way Books Open Submissions for NYC Writers
December 1, 2019
Call for submissions: received by December 15 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Story Collection Reading Period
November 21, 2019
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for Short Fiction
November 14, 2019
$400 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Journalism
November 13, 2019
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Kent State University Peace Poetry Contest
November 11, 2019
$500 prize, new contest: received by December 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2019
November 6, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics
November 6, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 21 | Visit source
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest
November 6, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 17 | Visit source
French-American Foundation Translation Prizes
November 6, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Northern New England Review Raven Prize in Creative Nonfiction
November 1, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 1 | Visit source
Natan Notable Books Award
October 30, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 11-12
October 24, 2019
$40,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 20 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 6-10
October 24, 2019
$400 prize, deadline change: received by January 8 | Visit source
Douglas B. Rogers Conditions of a Free Society Essay Competition
October 23, 2019
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 10 | Visit source
Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
October 23, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked January 6 | Visit source
St. Martin’s Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
October 23, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 3 | Visit source
Published Fantasy Authors Poetry/Song Competition
October 22, 2019
Call for submissions: received by December 20 | Visit source
BRIO Literary Arts Awards
October 19, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 16 | Visit source
Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History
October 18, 2019
$2,500 prize, deadline change: postmarked January 15 | Visit source
Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the 27th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2019
Barbara Milton and Margo Barnes won our 2019 fiction and essay contest | Visit source
Rider University’s High School Writing Contest
October 10, 2019
$100 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 20 | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2019
October 7, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Lyric Poetry Award
October 4, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 23 | Visit source
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
October 4, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 23 | Visit source
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
October 3, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 23 | Visit source
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
October 3, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 23 | Visit source
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
October 2, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 23 | Visit source
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
October 2, 2019
$2,500 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 23 | Visit source
George Bogin Memorial Award
October 2, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 23 | Visit source
BeAnimal Autumn Writing Competition
October 1, 2019
Call for submissions: received by December 16 | Visit source
Ezra Jack Keats Children’s Book Award
September 30, 2019
$3,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 31 | Visit source
Four Quartets Prize
September 30, 2019
$21,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 23 | Visit source
Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award
September 26, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 15 | Visit source
The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns
September 22, 2019
Call for submissions: received by January 31 | Visit source
Society of Classical Poets Translation Competition
September 20, 2019
$100 prize, contest added: received by December 31 | Visit source
Society of Classical Poets High School Poetry Competition
September 20, 2019
$100 prize, contest added: received by December 31 | Visit source
Lilith Magazine Fiction Competition
September 12, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2019
September 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
