What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Brain Mill Press: Mystery and Horror Novellas
December 17, 2024
Call for submissions: received by June 1 | Visit source
Rattle: Ekphrastic Challenge Artwork
December 17, 2024
Call for submissions: received by January 15 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Political Writing
December 14, 2024
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 27 | Visit source
Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award
December 14, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 15 | Visit source
Iridescence Award
December 14, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
December 14, 2024
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 27 | Visit source
Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest
December 14, 2024
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 16 | Visit source
Woodrow Hall Top Shelf Award
December 9, 2024
$500 prize, contest added: received by April 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2024
December 8, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Writers’ and Artists’ Short Story Competition
December 7, 2024
Deadline change: received by February 14 | Visit source
Narrative Magazine High School Writing Contest
December 7, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by February 5 | Visit source
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
December 7, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 15 | Visit source
Workers Write! Tales from the Cleaners
December 2, 2024
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
fourteen poems: LGBTQ Poetry Anthology
December 2, 2024
Call for submissions: received by January 10 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Prose Manuscript Reading Period
December 2, 2024
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
Nine Dots Prize
November 30, 2024
$100,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 27 | Visit source
Zocalo Public Square Poetry Prize
November 30, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 24 | Visit source
Moving Words Poetry Competition for Adults
November 30, 2024
$250 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
BRIO Literary Arts Awards
November 23, 2024
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest
November 23, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 30 | Visit source
Penguin Random House Creative Writing Awards
November 14, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
November 14, 2024
$350 prize, deadline change: received by January 14 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Essay Contest
November 14, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 14 | Visit source
EastOver Press: Literary Nonfiction Reading Period
November 14, 2024
Call for submissions: received by December 31 | Visit source
MoCo360 Short Story Contest
November 14, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 7 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2024
November 12, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
French-American Foundation Translation Prizes
November 9, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 11-12
November 6, 2024
$20,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 16 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 6-10
November 2, 2024
$400 prize, deadline change: received by January 9 | Visit source
Discoveries Prize
October 27, 2024
5,000 pounds, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Encore Award
October 27, 2024
15,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 10 | Visit source
Lanfu Liu and Kathleen McNamara Win the 32nd Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2024
Press release announcing the winners of the 32nd annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2024
October 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Bechtel Prize
September 27, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 10 | Visit source
The Nomad: “Breakthroughs” Issue
September 26, 2024
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest
September 14, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 17 | Visit source
Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
September 14, 2024
$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2024
September 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
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
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students
July 30, 2024
$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by September 20, December 27 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2024
July 9, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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