What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Creative Future Writers’ Award
March 14, 2023
75 pounds prize, contest added: received by May 14 | Visit source
Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
March 13, 2023
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 13 | Visit source
Invisible City Blurred Genre Flash Contest
March 13, 2023
$750 prize, deadline change: received by April 7 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2023
March 11, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sejong Cultural Society Sijo Writing Competition
March 10, 2023
$1,000 prize, contest added: received by March 31 | Visit source
Sejong Cultural Society Essay Writing Competition
March 10, 2023
$1,000 prize, contest added: received by March 31 | Visit source
Mad Creek Books: Prose Manuscript Submissions
March 10, 2023
Call for submissions: rolling deadline | Visit source
Mad Creek Books: 21st Century Essay Series
March 10, 2023
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Eugene C. Pulliam Fellowship for Editorial Writing
March 9, 2023
$75,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 19 | Visit source
Sapiens Plurum Earth Day Short Fiction Contest
March 7, 2023
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Limp Wrist Glitter Bomb Award
March 7, 2023
$600 prize, deadline change: received by May 11 | Visit source
Sunflowers at Midnight: “Bodies” Issue
March 6, 2023
Call for submissions: received by May 1 | Visit source
Ninth Letter: “Invisibility” Issue
March 6, 2023
Call for submissions: received by April 1 | Visit source
Mother Knows Best: Tales of Homemade Horror
March 6, 2023
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest
March 3, 2023
C$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award
March 3, 2023
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source
Fountain Magazine Essay Contest
March 3, 2023
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 31 | Visit source
Nervous Ghost Book Prizes
March 3, 2023
$1,000 prize, contest added: received by March 31 | Visit source
Tiger Bark Press: BIPOC Poets Reading Period
February 28, 2023
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
Bard Fiction Prize
February 28, 2023
$30,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 1 | Visit source
Aplomb Gallery: Trauma Survival Poetry
February 28, 2023
Call for submissions: received by April 11 | Visit source
About Place Journal: “On Rivers” Issue
February 26, 2023
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Singapore Poetry Contest
February 24, 2023
$300 prize, deadline change: received by May 15 | Visit source
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
February 23, 2023
$500 prize, deadline change: received by March 24 | Visit source
20.35 Africa Anthology VI
February 16, 2023
Call for submissions: received by March 24 | Visit source
Changing Light Prize for a Novel-in-Verse
February 16, 2023
$500 prize, new contest: received by May 25 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Transmasculine Poetics Anthology
February 15, 2023
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
Diane Chiddister Wins the $8,000 Grand Prize in Our Eighth Annual North Street Book Prize Competition
February 15, 2023
Results of our eighth annual competition for self-published books | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2023
February 11, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
A Voice for Animals Teen Essay Contest
February 9, 2023
$400 prize, deadline change: received by May 21 | Visit source
Anthem Essay Contest for Students
February 8, 2023
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 27 | Visit source
Fountainhead Essay Contest for High School Students
February 8, 2023
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 27 | Visit source
Toronto Book Awards
February 7, 2023
C$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 28 | Visit source
Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
February 6, 2023
$6,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 17 | Visit source
Italian Prose in Translation Award
February 6, 2023
$5,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked April 17 | Visit source
Intrepid Times Travel Writing Contest
February 3, 2023
$200 prize, contest added: received by March 19 | Visit source
Rabbi Sacks Book Prize
January 31, 2023
$50,000 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors Contest
January 31, 2023
$250 prize, deadline change: received by April 21 | Visit source
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12
January 26, 2023
$100 prize, deadline change: received by March 27 | Visit source
Gwenn A. Nusbaum/WWBA “Poets to Come” Award
January 25, 2023
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by April 3 | Visit source
Natan Notable Books Award
January 25, 2023
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source