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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing
January 17, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by May 1 | Visit source
Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 14, 2020
C$50,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 11, May 20, July 15 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
January 14, 2020
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by March 11, May 20, July 15 | Visit source
Working Class Writers Grant
January 14, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 29 | Visit source
Limnisa Short Story Competition
January 10, 2020
Deadline change: received by March 29 | Visit source
‘It’s All Write!’ Teen Writing Contest
January 10, 2020
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 9 | Visit source
Grant MacEwan Creative Writing Scholarship
January 10, 2020
C$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
NEA Literature Fellowships
January 10, 2020
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 11 | Visit source
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
January 10, 2020
C$100,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 14, April 17, June 19, August 14 | Visit source
Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry
January 10, 2020
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 14 | Visit source
Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers
January 9, 2020
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
January 9, 2020
C$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 25 | Visit source
New York City Emerging Writers Fellowship
January 9, 2020
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2020
January 9, 2020
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival’s Fresh Voices Competition
January 8, 2020
Deadline change: postmarked March 15 | Visit source
Zocalo Public Square Poetry Prize
January 3, 2020
$500 prize, deadline change: received by February 3 | Visit source
Generation Faith Essay Contest
December 30, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 8 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry
December 30, 2019
$2,500 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 27 | Visit source
Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction
December 30, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked February 28 | Visit source
Atelier of Healing: Poetry About Trauma and Recovery
December 30, 2019
Call for submissions: received by October 2 | Visit source
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition
December 28, 2019
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellowship
December 27, 2019
7,500 euros prize, deadline change: received by February 29 | Visit source
Quantum Shorts Competition
December 27, 2019
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 29 | Visit source
Is Royalty Relevant? Poetry Competition
December 27, 2019
200 pounds prize, new contest: received by April 27 | Visit source
Nelson Algren Literary Awards
December 27, 2019
$3,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest
December 26, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards
December 24, 2019
A$60,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 10 | Visit source
Innovations in Reading Prize
December 13, 2019
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 13 | Visit source
Spread the Word Life Writing Prize
December 12, 2019
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 3 | Visit source
Lex Allen Literary Festival Prizes
December 12, 2019
$100 prize, deadline change: received by February 14 | Visit source
Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest
December 12, 2019
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2019
December 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
December 4, 2019
$350 prize, deadline change: received by February 7 | Visit source
Fountain Magazine Essay Contest
December 4, 2019
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2019
November 6, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the 27th Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2019
Barbara Milton and Margo Barnes won our 2019 fiction and essay contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2019
October 7, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
The Best New True Crime Stories: Small Towns
September 22, 2019
Call for submissions: received by January 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2019
September 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Jody Mason Wins the 18th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2019
The winners of the 18th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2019
August 7, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: July 2019
July 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: June 2019
June 10, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: May 2019
May 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Latorial Faison and Sean Patrick Mulroy Win Our 16th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2019
Latorial Faison of Chester, Virginia won the Tom Howard Prize of $1,500 for a poem in any style or genre, for "Mama Was a Negro Spiritual". Sean Patrick Mulroy won the Margaret Reid Prize of $1,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style, for "Villanelle for the Wound" | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2019
April 8, 2019
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
