What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Eerie River Publishing: Pentacles
June 5, 2023
Call for submissions: received by June 30 | Visit source
Flame Tree Publishing: Learning to Be Human
June 5, 2023
Call for submissions: received by July 2 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Poetry Manuscript Reading Period
June 5, 2023
Call for submissions: received by August 31 | Visit source
Blessing the Boats Selections
June 2, 2023
$5,000 prize, contest added: postmarked July 14 | Visit source
Rose Metal Press: Hybrid Manuscripts Reading Period
June 1, 2023
Call for submissions: received by June 30 | Visit source
The Ex-Puritan: Indigenous Storytelling Issue
June 1, 2023
Call for submissions: received by August 11 | Visit source
Peter Blazey Fellowship
May 24, 2023
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by August 7 | Visit source
Codhill Press Guest Editor Series: Poetry Reading Period
May 23, 2023
Call for submissions: received by June 30 | Visit source
Granum Foundation Prizes
May 23, 2023
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by August 1 | Visit source
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
Stone Canoe Awards
May 15, 2023
$250 prize, deadline change: received by July 15, August 5 | Visit source
Hubert Butler Essay Prize
May 12, 2023
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by June 30 | Visit source
Bennett Nieberg Transpoetic Broadside Prize
May 12, 2023
$500 prize, deadline change: received by August 2 | Visit source
Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature
May 10, 2023
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by July 15 | Visit source
Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon
May 9, 2023
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2023
May 8, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Journal of Compressed Creative Arts
April 27, 2023
Call for submissions: received by June 15 | Visit source
Renard Press Poetry Contest
April 26, 2023
200 pounds prize, deadline change: received by June 17 | Visit source
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
McLaughlin-Esstman-Stearns First Novel Prize
April 14, 2023
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2023
April 8, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Voices of Lincoln Poetry Contest
April 5, 2023
Call for submissions: received by July 20 | Visit source
The Saltbush Review: “Fracture” Issue
April 3, 2023
Call for submissions: received by June 16 | Visit source
Kelsey Street Press QTBIPOC Poetry Manuscript Contest
March 28, 2023
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 15 | Visit source
Woman, Life, Freedom: Iran Poetry Anthology
March 22, 2023
Call for submissions: received by March 15, 2024 | Visit source
Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
March 13, 2023
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 13 | 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
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
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
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
January 25, 2023
C$100,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 17, April 14, June 16, and August 11 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2023
January 10, 2023
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students
January 9, 2023
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 6 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2022
December 7, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: November 2022
November 10, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
CB Anderson and Elizabeth Becker Win the 30th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2022
The winners of our 2022 Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest | Visit source
