What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and new resources for writers
Ghana Writes: Bodies & Scars Anthology
October 19, 2018
Call for submissions: received by October 30 | Visit source
Writers’ HQ “From LGBTQ With Love” Flash Fiction Competition
October 19, 2018
100 pounds prize, new contest: received by November 30 | 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
Headway Quarterly Writing Contest
October 14, 2018
$100 prize, new contest: received by December 1 | Visit source
Unified Caring Association Student Essay Contest
October 13, 2018
$333 prize, deadline change: received by December 10 | 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
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
October 11, 2018
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 10 | Visit source
Arts & Letters Awards
October 10, 2018
C$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 16 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Political Writing
October 9, 2018
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 2 | Visit source
Donald Murray Prize in Creative Nonfiction
October 8, 2018
$300 prize, deadline change: received by November 1 | 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
Kraemer Intergenerational Story Contest
October 5, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Paul Torday Memorial Prize
September 30, 2018
1,000 pounds prize, new contest: received by November 15 | Visit source
Gulf Coast: Stonewall 50th Anniversary Issue
September 27, 2018
Call for submissions: received by March 1 | Visit source
Foreign: A Literary Journal
September 19, 2018
Call for submissions: received by December 3 | Visit source
Dylan Thomas Prize
September 7, 2018
30,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 7 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2018
September 7, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Women’s Prize for Fiction
September 6, 2018
30,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by September 10, September 24, November 7 | Visit source
Lex:lead Essay Competition
September 5, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: registered by October 31 | Visit source
Creative Writing Institute’s International Short Story Contest
September 4, 2018
$100 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Frontier New Voices Fellowship
September 3, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: received by November 30 | Visit source
Ezra Jack Keats Children’s Book Award
August 23, 2018
$3,000 prize, contest added: postmarked December 15 | Visit source
New York Encounter Poetry Contest
August 22, 2018
$300 prize, deadline change: received by December 2 | Visit source
Washington State Book Awards
August 15, 2018
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 1 | Visit source
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
Subscriber News: July 2018
July 9, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Squares & Rebels: Walt Whitman Tribute Anthology
June 23, 2018
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Brexit in Poetry Competition
June 13, 2018
200 pounds prize, new contest: received by December 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2018
June 8, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
ServiceScape Short Story Award
May 27, 2018
$1,000 prize, new contest: received by November 30 | Visit source
RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction
May 14, 2018
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 1, August 23, October 5, November 7 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Award for Political Writing
May 14, 2018
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 20, September 19, November 28 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2018
May 7, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Karen Harryman and A.T. Hincapie Win the 15th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2018
Winning Writers awarded $4,300 to 15 outstanding poets in our 2017 contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2018
April 9, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: March 2018
March 6, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Paul Thornton, Alesa Lightbourne, and Nicole Evelina Win the 3rd Annual North Street Book Prize for Self-Published Books
February 15, 2018
Ten authors of outstanding self-published books received $6,250 in prizes from Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2018
February 6, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: January 2018
January 9, 2018
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: December 2017
December 8, 2017
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
