What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Leonard L. Milberg ‘53 High School Poetry Prize
October 6, 2022
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by November 27 | Visit source
Edit Your Source Code Creative Writing Contest
October 5, 2022
$500 prize, new contest: received by October 23 | Visit source
Telling Our Immigrant Stories Contest
October 5, 2022
$200 prize, new contest: received by October 10 | Visit source
Parabola: “Transformation” Issue
October 4, 2022
Call for submissions: received by December 1 | Visit source
World Weaver Press: Solarpunk Creatures Anthology
October 4, 2022
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize
September 28, 2022
750 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 30 | Visit source
Sator New Works Award
September 28, 2022
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Zocalo Public Square Book Prize
September 26, 2022
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 28 | Visit source
North Carolina State Fiction Contest
September 26, 2022
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked October 14 | Visit source
Rooted Two: Best New Arboreal Nonfiction
September 12, 2022
Call for submissions: received by January 31 | Visit source
Swagger: A Celebration of the Butch Experience
September 12, 2022
Call for submissions: received by January 1 | Visit source
St. Martin’s Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
September 9, 2022
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 16 | Visit source
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
September 9, 2022
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 8 | Visit source
One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest
September 9, 2022
$500 prize, deadline change: received by November 27 | Visit source
Arts & Letters Awards
September 9, 2022
C$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 18 | Visit source
Dylan Thomas Prize
September 8, 2022
20,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 4 | Visit source
Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship
September 8, 2022
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 12 | Visit source
Marfield Prize/National Award for Arts Writing
September 7, 2022
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 28 | Visit source
Women’s Prize for Fiction
September 7, 2022
30,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by October 21, December 2 | Visit source
Renee Duke Youth Poetry Award
September 7, 2022
$150 prize, deadline change: received by November 20 | Visit source
Anita McAndrews Poetry Award
September 7, 2022
$200 prize, deadline change: received by November 20 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2022
September 6, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sequestrum: “Reprints” and “Humor” Issues
September 6, 2022
Call for submissions: received by December 15 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
August 25, 2022
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by October 4, December 6, January 31 | Visit source
International Booker Prize
August 25, 2022
25,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 30, November 4, January 13 | Visit source
Little, Brown/Daily Mail First Novel Competition
August 24, 2022
20,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 1 | Visit source
USNI General Prize Essay Contest
August 19, 2022
$6,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Brooklyn Nonfiction Prize
August 16, 2022
$500 prize, deadline change: received by November 15 | Visit source
Leila Murton Poole Wins the 21st Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2022
Leila Murton Poole of Queenstown, New Zealand won the 21st annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope | Visit source
Arthur Flowers Flash Fiction Prize
August 12, 2022
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 9 | Visit source
Solstice Prize for Young Writers
August 11, 2022
100 pounds prize, contest added: received by October 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2022
August 9, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Dyskami Publishing: Superhero Fiction Anthology
August 7, 2022
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
August 5, 2022
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 1 | Visit source
Neal Peirce Foundation Journalism Travel Grants
July 28, 2022
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by October 15 | Visit source
Dream Foundry Speculative Short Story Contest
July 20, 2022
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 8 | Visit source
Carol Shields Literary Award
July 14, 2022
C$150,000 prize, new contest: received by July 22, November 18 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2022
July 8, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
BLF Press: Black Joy Unbound Anthology
July 1, 2022
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
Under a Warm Green Linden: Indigenous Ecopoetry
June 21, 2022
Call for submissions: received by November 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2022
June 12, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: May 2022
May 9, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Edythe Rodriguez and Qin Qin Win the 19th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers
April 15, 2022
Winning Writers awarded $8,000 in prizes for poems in any style and poems that rhyme or have a traditional style | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2022
April 8, 2022
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Kierkegaard Poetry Competition
April 7, 2022
$500 prize, new contest: received by December 1 | Visit source
