What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
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
ILA Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Award
February 14, 2019
$800 prize, contest added: received by March 15 | 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
Limnisa Short Story Competition
February 11, 2019
Deadline change: received by March 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2019
February 9, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative Grant
February 8, 2019
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 30 | Visit source
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12
February 7, 2019
$100 prize, deadline change: received by March 21 | Visit source
Gordon Burn Prize
February 7, 2019
5,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 14 | Visit source
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
Eliza So Finish-Your-Book Fellowship
February 6, 2019
$900 prize, deadline change: received by April 5 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction
February 2, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 29 | Visit source
Writer’s Workout Presents the Writer’s Games
February 2, 2019
Call for submissions: register by February 28 | Visit source
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival’s Fresh Voices Competition
February 2, 2019
Deadline change: postmarked March 29 | Visit source
Arts Club of Washington Scholarship Competition
February 2, 2019
$2,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 4 | Visit source
Nationalism Anthology: Africa vs America Vol II
January 29, 2019
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
Writers’ HQ Flash Quarterly Contest
January 28, 2019
In-kind prize worth 450 pounds, contest added: received by March 31 | Visit source
Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest
January 16, 2019
$250 prize, contest added: received by February 21 | Visit source
Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
January 11, 2019
A$60,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 18 | Visit source
‘It’s All Write!’ Teen Writing Contest
January 10, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 3 | Visit source
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
January 10, 2019
C$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 18 | Visit source
Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for Canadian Youth
January 9, 2019
C$400 prize, deadline change: received by April 19 | Visit source
Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Competition
January 9, 2019
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 15 | Visit source
Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize
January 8, 2019
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by April 1 | 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
BBC National Short Story Award
January 7, 2019
15,000 pounds, deadline change: received by March 11 | Visit source
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
NEA Literature Fellowships
January 3, 2019
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 6 | Visit source
Ungar German Translation Award
January 3, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 7 | Visit source
Generation Faith Essay Contest
January 3, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 3 | Visit source
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition
January 3, 2019
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award
January 3, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 1 | Visit source
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award
January 3, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 1 | Visit source
Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award
January 3, 2019
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 1 | Visit source
Poetry Matters Literary Prizes
January 2, 2019
$75 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
December 27, 2018
$12,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 19 | Visit source
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Self-Published E-Book Literary Award
December 27, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
United States/Japan Creative Artists Residencies
December 13, 2018
$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 1, March 29 | Visit source
Rattle “African Poets” Issue
December 12, 2018
Call for submissions: received by April 15 | Visit source
Voices Israel Anthology 2019
December 10, 2018
Call for submissions: received by March 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2018
December 9, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Grant MacEwan Creative Writing Scholarship
December 4, 2018
C$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Damaged Goods Press: Queer Eroticism Anthology
December 2, 2018
Call for submissions: received by December 31, 2019 | Visit source
Sinister Wisdom: 21st Century Jewish Lesbians Issue
November 19, 2018
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2018
November 8, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
