What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Peaceful Dumpling Environmental Writing Prize
April 23, 2019
$500 prize, new contest: received by July 31 | Visit source
Winter Tangerine Awards
April 18, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by July 1 | Visit source
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
April 18, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
CINTAS Foundation Creative Writing Fellowship
April 18, 2019
$20,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction
April 17, 2019
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 3, August 26, October 7, November 4 | Visit source
Latorial Faison and Sean Patrick Mulroy Win Our 16th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2019
Latorial Faison of Chester, Virginia won the Tom Howard Prize of $1,500 for a poem in any style or genre, for "Mama Was a Negro Spiritual". Sean Patrick Mulroy won the Margaret Reid Prize of $1,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style, for "Villanelle for the Wound" | Visit source
Linda Flowers Literary Award
April 12, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 28 | Visit source
Fred Otto Prize for Oz Fiction/Warren C. Hollister Prize for Oz Nonfiction
April 12, 2019
$100 prize, deadline change: received by May 31 | Visit source
Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award
April 12, 2019
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 9 | Visit source
Bard Fiction Prize
April 11, 2019
$30,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 17 | Visit source
Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
April 11, 2019
A$12,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 8 | Visit source
Peter Blazey Fellowship
April 11, 2019
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 17 | Visit source
James White Award for Science Fiction
April 10, 2019
200 pounds prize, deadline change: received by June 28 | Visit source
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
April 10, 2019
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 10 | Visit source
Southern Fried Karma Novel Contest
April 8, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change, received by June 1 | Visit source
New Roscommon Writing Award
April 8, 2019
500 euros prize, deadline change: received by May 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2019
April 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sunlight Press Essay Contest
April 8, 2019
$100 prize, new contest: received by May 1 | Visit source
OtherWordly Intergalactic Haiku Competition
April 4, 2019
$150 prize, new contest: received by April 30 | Visit source
Sutra Press: Open Reading Period
April 1, 2019
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
African American Voices in Children’s Literature Contest
March 27, 2019
$1,000 prize, new contest: postmarked June 30 | Visit source
Louise Meriwether First Book Prize
March 15, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 28 | Visit source
Ocean Awareness Student Contest
March 15, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 17 | Visit source
CNO Naval History Essay Contest
March 15, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 31 | Visit source
Pandeism Collegiate Writing Competition
March 14, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by June 7 | Visit source
Sapiens Plurum Earth Day Short Fiction Contest
March 13, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 9 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2019
March 11, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest
March 8, 2019
C$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Don’t Be a Hero: A VILLAINthology
March 1, 2019
Call for submissions: received by May 1 | Visit source
Hiett Prize in the Humanities
February 26, 2019
$50,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 3 | Visit source
Emily Bracale Wins the Grand Prize in Our 4th Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2019
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its fourth annual North Street Book Prize competition for self-published books | Visit source
Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors
February 14, 2019
A$15,000 prize, new contest: received by April 30 | Visit source
McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize
February 11, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2019
February 9, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Lake Superior State University Short Story Prize for High School Students
February 6, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Gary Fincke Creative Writing Prize
February 6, 2019
$100 prize, deadline change: received by April 26 | Visit source
Anthem Essay Contest for Students
January 8, 2019
$2,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 25 | Visit source
Fountainhead Essay Contest for High School Students
January 8, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 25 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2019
January 7, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 4, 2019
C$50,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 13, May 15, July 17 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
January 4, 2019
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 13, May 15, July 17 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2018
December 9, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Damaged Goods Press: Queer Eroticism Anthology
December 2, 2018
Call for submissions: received by December 31, 2019 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2018
November 8, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the 26th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2018
Charlie Schneider and Ryan Ireland won our 2018 fiction and essay contest; Elizabeth Brina won second prize | Visit source
