What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and new resources for writers
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
September 20, 2017
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 11 | Visit source
Golfwell’s Golf Story Writing Competition
September 19, 2017
$125 Amazon gift certificate, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
TCK Publishing Readers Choice Awards
September 15, 2017
Call for submissions: received by December 10 | Visit source
Unified Caring Association Student Essay Contest
September 14, 2017
$333 prize, deadline change: received by December 1 | Visit source
Best Translated Book Awards for Fiction
September 14, 2017
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Dylan Thomas Prize
September 13, 2017
30,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 6 | Visit source
A Public Space Emerging Writer Fellowships
September 13, 2017
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 15 | Visit source
North Carolina State Fiction Contest
September 13, 2017
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked October 10 | Visit source
Celestial Bodies Poetry Book Contest
September 12, 2017
$100 prize, new contest: received by October 8 | Visit source
Women’s Prize for Fiction
September 11, 2017
30,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by September 11, September 25, November 8 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2017
September 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Foreign Voices Poetry Competition
September 5, 2017
200 pounds prize, new contest: received by November 30 | Visit source
Kathy Fish Fellowship for Emerging Writers
September 5, 2017
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Sinister Wisdom “Dump Trump!” Issue
September 5, 2017
Call for submissions: received by January 31 | Visit source
One Story: Fall 2017 Submission Period
September 2, 2017
Call for submissions: received by November 14 | Visit source
The Sun “Love and Justice” Issue
September 2, 2017
Call for submissions: received by November 1 | Visit source
Penny-Anne Beaudoin Wins the 16th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2017
The winners of the 16th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
August 14, 2017
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 10 | Visit source
Jane Lumley Prize
August 14, 2017
$300 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Marfield Prize/National Award for Arts Writing
August 12, 2017
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2017
August 9, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue
August 1, 2017
Call for submissions: received by November 1 | Visit source
Nanjing Poetry Contest
July 29, 2017
$1,000 prize, new contest: received by October 15 | Visit source
Man Booker International Prize
July 28, 2017
25,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 6 | Visit source
New York Encounter Poetry Contest
July 18, 2017
$300 prize, deadline change: received by November 7 | Visit source
Far Villages: Welcome Essays for New & Beginner Poets
July 17, 2017
Call for submissions: received by November 30 | Visit source
Giles St. Aubyn Awards for Nonfiction
July 13, 2017
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 2 | Visit source
Student Travel Writing Contest
July 13, 2017
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 1 | Visit source
Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
July 13, 2017
30,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 28 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2017
July 7, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Her Believing Heart Anthology
July 4, 2017
Call for submissions: received by April 30 (2018) | Visit source
(Dis)ability Short Story Anthology
July 1, 2017
Call for submissions: received by October 1 | Visit source
Writing Pittsburgh Book Prize
June 15, 2017
$10,000 prize, new contest: received by October 23 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing
June 14, 2017
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by July 15, September 3, November 22 | Visit source
FutureScapes Writing Contest
June 13, 2017
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 13 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2017
June 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction
June 2, 2017
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 16, August 11, October 6, November 3 | Visit source
Starkey Flythe Jr. Poetry Prize
May 16, 2017
$500 prize, new contest: received by July 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2017
May 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Jan Garton Prairie Heritage Book Award
April 26, 2017
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by July 31 | Visit source
Jeff Shearer and Trent Busch Win the 14th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2017
We awarded $4,000 for outstanding poetry to 12 winners | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2017
April 7, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Consequence Magazine: Women Writers Issue
March 31, 2017
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2017
March 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Lilith Magazine Fiction Competition
March 5, 2017
$250 prize, deadline change: received by September 30 | Visit source
Linda Baer, Winfred Cook, and L.S. Johnson Win the 2nd Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2017
Ten authors of outstanding self-published books received $6,500 in prizes from Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2017
February 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: January 2017
January 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: December 2016
December 7, 2016
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: November 2016
November 8, 2016
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
