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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Subscriber News: September 2024
September 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Wingate Literary Prize
September 7, 2024
4,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 29 | Visit source
Daily News Prize
September 6, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Canute A. Brodhurst Prize for Short Fiction
September 6, 2024
$600 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Ninth Letter: “de/composition” Online Issue
September 5, 2024
Call for submissions: received by November 1 | Visit source
Kenyon Review: “Visitation” Issue
September 2, 2024
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
My Galvanized Friend
September 2, 2024
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
August 28, 2024
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: October 1, November 5 | Visit source
Marfield Prize/National Award for Arts Writing
August 28, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 27 | Visit source
Ezra Jack Keats Children’s Book Award
August 28, 2024
$5,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 1 | Visit source
Natan Notable Books Award
August 28, 2024
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 1 | Visit source
Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets
August 22, 2024
5,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 27 | Visit source
4thWrite Short Story Prize
August 22, 2024
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 22 | Visit source
Stonecoast Review: “Safety” Issue
August 17, 2024
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
Robert Garnham Wins the 23rd Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2024
Winners of our 23rd annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2024
August 11, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Jewish Children’s Book Awards
August 8, 2024
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 29 | Visit source
Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award
July 31, 2024
$1,000 prize, contest added: received by September 13 | Visit source
Fountainhead Essay Contest for Middle and High School Students
July 31, 2024
$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by September 13, December 20 | Visit source
Money Chronicles: A Story Initiative
July 31, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 2 | Visit source
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students
July 30, 2024
$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by September 20, December 27 | Visit source
Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
July 29, 2024
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 9 | Visit source
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
July 22, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 16 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Survivor Poetry Anthology
July 18, 2024
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
International Booker Prize
July 12, 2024
25,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by September 6, November 1, December 13 | Visit source
Young Lions Fiction Award
July 12, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 6 | Visit source
New-York Historical Society Children’s History Book Prize
July 12, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award
July 11, 2024
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by September 13 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2024
July 9, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Debra E. Bernhardt Labor Journalism Prize
July 5, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 6 | Visit source
Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World
July 2, 2024
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by September 15 | Visit source
Changes Book Prize
June 25, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 1 | Visit source
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
June 13, 2024
$150,000 prize, deadline changes: received by July 15, October 16 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2024
June 8, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Managing Editor’s Blog: Older Writers and Finding Success
May 14, 2024
First in a series of monthly essays on writing from WW Managing Editor Anne Mydla | Visit source
Washington State Book Awards
May 10, 2024
Deadline change, received by: June 30, September 15, November 15, January 17 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2024
May 8, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Kizziah Burton and Mikaela Hagen Win the 21st Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers
April 15, 2024
Winning Writers awarded $9,000 in prizes for poems in any style and poems that rhyme or have a traditional style | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2024
April 10, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Griffin Poetry Prize
March 21, 2024
C$130,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 21, December 20 | Visit source
Subscriber News: March 2024
March 5, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Daniel Victor Wins the $10,000 Grand Prize in Our Ninth Annual North Street Book Prize Competition
February 15, 2024
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its ninth annual North Street Book Prize competition | Visit source