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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
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
Four Way Books: Free Submission Period for NYC Writers
December 8, 2018
Call for submissions: received by December 15 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
December 7, 2018
3,000 pounds prize, new contest: received by December 20 | Visit source
Grant MacEwan Creative Writing Scholarship
December 4, 2018
C$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Northern California Book Awards
December 4, 2018
$100 prize, deadline change: received by January 18 | Visit source
Prospero Prizes
December 3, 2018
$150 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
New York Times ‘Win a Trip with Nick Kristof’ Contest
December 3, 2018
Deadline change: received by January 11 | Visit source
Damaged Goods Press: Queer Eroticism Anthology
December 2, 2018
Call for submissions: received by December 31, 2019 | Visit source
West Coast Eisteddfod Online Poetry and Short Story Competitions
November 30, 2018
$200 prize, deadline change: received by February 15 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
November 30, 2018
$350 prize, deadline change: received by February 8 | Visit source
Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest
November 30, 2018
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 2 | Visit source
Spread the Word Life Writing Prize
November 30, 2018
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
Nelson Algren Literary Awards
November 29, 2018
$3,500 prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Journalism
November 29, 2018
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 14 | Visit source
Nine Dots Prize
November 20, 2018
$100,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 21 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Essay Contest
November 19, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 18 | Visit source
Bethesda Magazine Short Story Contest
November 19, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 18 | Visit source
French-American Foundation Translation Prizes
November 19, 2018
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 14 | Visit source
Sinister Wisdom: 21st Century Jewish Lesbians Issue
November 19, 2018
Call for submissions: received by January 31 | Visit source
On Teaching Poem Prize
November 19, 2018
$1,000 prize, new contest: received by January 1 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 11-12
November 12, 2018
$40,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 16 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 6-10
November 12, 2018
$400 prize, deadline change: received by January 9 | Visit source
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest
November 12, 2018
$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked January 18 | Visit source
St. Martin’s Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
November 12, 2018
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 11 | Visit source
Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award
November 10, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked January 7 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2018
November 8, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Douglas B. Rogers Conditions of a Free Society Essay Competition
November 6, 2018
$2,000 prize, contest added: received by January 11 | Visit source
Daily News Prize
November 3, 2018
$300 prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | Visit source
Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for Short Fiction
November 3, 2018
$400 prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | Visit source
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary Awards
November 2, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Encore Award
November 2, 2018
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | Visit source
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
Brunel University African Poetry Prize
October 11, 2018
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by December 12 | Visit source
Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics
October 11, 2018
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 14 | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2018
October 7, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Roswell Award for Short Science Fiction
October 7, 2018
$500 prize, contest added: received by January 28 | Visit source
FutureScapes Writing Contest
October 5, 2018
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Gulf Coast: Stonewall 50th Anniversary Issue
September 27, 2018
Call for submissions: received by March 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2018
September 7, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Madeleine Jackman Wins the 17th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2018
The winners of the 17th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2018
August 7, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
August 2, 2018
$5,000 prize, deadline changes: postmarked August 31, December 31 | Visit source
