What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Sinister Wisdom: Reproductive Justice and Lesbianism Issue
October 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
October 3, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 14 | Visit source
Friends of American Writers Literary Awards
October 3, 2025
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by December 13 | Visit source
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
October 3, 2025
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 4 | Visit source
One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest
October 3, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 1 | Visit source
Somerset Maugham Awards
October 3, 2025
4,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Renee Duke Youth Poetry Award
October 3, 2025
$100 prize, deadline change: received by November 22 | Visit source
Queen’s Knickers Award
October 3, 2025
5000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Betty Trask Prize
October 3, 2025
10,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize
October 3, 2025
750 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 19 | Visit source
Jewish Children’s Book Awards
October 3, 2025
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 5 | Visit source
Arts & Letters Awards
October 3, 2025
C$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 19 | Visit source
Dylan Thomas Prize
October 2, 2025
20,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 7 | Visit source
Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize
October 2, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 15 | Visit source
TCU Texas Book Award
October 2, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 3 | Visit source
PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
October 2, 2025
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 25 | Visit source
Zocalo Public Square Book Prize
October 2, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 10 | Visit source
John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize
October 2, 2025
€10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 20 | Visit source
North Carolina State Fiction Contest
October 2, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 10 | Visit source
Ninth Letter: “Performance” Issue
September 30, 2025
Call for submissions: received by November 1 | Visit source
Notable Works: Environmental Poetry Anthology
September 29, 2025
Call for submissions: received by November 1 | Visit source
Blanket Gravity Magazine
September 25, 2025
Call for submissions: received by January 10 | Visit source
Grayson Books: Connecticut Poetry Anthology
September 24, 2025
Call for submissions: received by November 30 | Visit source
Foglifter: “Body Politics” Issue
September 18, 2025
Call for submissions: received by October 16 | Visit source
Consequence Forum: “The Congo” Issue
September 18, 2025
Call for submissions: received by October 15 | Visit source
Latino Voices in Children’s Literature Writing Contest
September 12, 2025
$1,000 prize, contest added: received by October 13 | Visit source
Charles Potts Poetry Award
September 12, 2025
$1,000 prize, new contest: received by October 15 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2025
September 7, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition
August 28, 2025
£200 prize, deadline change: received by November 14 | Visit source
Money Chronicles: A Story Initiative
August 21, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 12 | Visit source
Jeff Carter Wins the 24th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2025
Winners of our 24th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest | Visit source
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
August 10, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Marfield Prize/National Award for Arts Writing
August 10, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Natan Notable Books Award
August 9, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
August 9, 2025
C$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by September 10, November 5, January 7 | Visit source
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students
August 9, 2025
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Fountainhead Essay Contest for Middle and High School Students
August 9, 2025
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2025
August 4, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Women’s Prize for Fiction
July 13, 2025
30,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by August 29, October 31, November 28 | Visit source
International Booker Prize
July 12, 2025
25,000 pounds prize, deadline changes: received by July 24, September 25, October 23 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2025
July 10, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Subscriber News: June 2025
June 9, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Washington State Book Awards
June 7, 2025
Deadline change: received by June 30, September 15, November 15, January 16 | Visit source
Griffin Poetry Prize
May 14, 2025
C$130,000 prize, deadline changes: received by June 20, December 19 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2025
May 7, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
D.T. Christensen and Serrina Zou Win the 22nd Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers
April 15, 2025
Winning Writers awarded $10,000 in prizes for poems in any style and poems that rhyme or have a traditional style | Visit source
