What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Baltic Writing Residency: Poetry Manuscript Reading Period
December 7, 2025
Call for submissions: must be received by December 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: December 2025
December 7, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize
December 5, 2025
15,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 13 | Visit source
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students
December 4, 2025
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | Visit source
Fountainhead Essay Contest for Middle and High School Students
December 4, 2025
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 31 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Essay Contest
December 4, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
December 4, 2025
$350 prize, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Short Story Contest
December 4, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 6 | Visit source
James Welch Prize
December 4, 2025
$1,000 prize, contest added: received by February 15 | Visit source
Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize
December 4, 2025
$500 prize, contest added: received by December 31 | Visit source
Hilary Mantel Prize for Fiction
December 4, 2025
7,500 pounds prize, new contest: received by December 31 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Prose Manuscript Reading Period
December 1, 2025
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
River Glass Books: Chapbook Reading Period
December 1, 2025
Call for submissions: received by January 15 | Visit source
Blanket Gravity Magazine: “Technology and Love” Issue
November 30, 2025
Call for submissions: received by January 10 | Visit source
Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award
November 29, 2025
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest
November 29, 2025
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 15 | Visit source
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
November 28, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 23 | Visit source
Hefner Heitz Kansas Book Award
November 28, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
Writers’ and Artists’ Short Story Competition
November 28, 2025
Deadline change: received by February 13 | Visit source
Michael Marks Awards for Poetry Pamphlets
November 28, 2025
5000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 21 | Visit source
Story Unlikely Short Story Contest
November 27, 2025
$3,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 14 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Political Writing
November 27, 2025
5000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 26 | Visit source
Orwell Prize for Political Fiction
November 27, 2025
5000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 26 | Visit source
Zocalo Public Square Poetry Prize
November 27, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 23 | Visit source
Golden Triangle Poetry Competition
November 27, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 11 | Visit source
John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest
November 27, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 12 | Visit source
Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize
November 27, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 16 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 11-12
November 27, 2025
$30,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
French-American Foundation Translation Prizes
November 26, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 12 | Visit source
BRIO Literary Arts Awards
November 26, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 2 | Visit source
Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest
November 26, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 20 | Visit source
Pegasus Poetry Book Prize
November 26, 2025
$10,000 prize, contest added: received by January 26 | Visit source
Charles S. Longcope Jr. Writers and Artists Grant
November 26, 2025
$5,000 prize, contest added: received by February 15 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Poetry Contest
November 25, 2025
$350 prize, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Bethesda Urban Partnership Essay Contest
November 25, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by January 13 | Visit source
Discoveries Prize
November 25, 2025
5,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by January 12 | Visit source
Bechtel Prize
November 25, 2025
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by January 11 | Visit source
Stop the Hate: Youth Speak Out Essay Contest Grades 6-10
November 25, 2025
$400 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Lit Fox Award
November 25, 2025
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by January 15 | Visit source
Thomas and Lillie D. Chaffin Award for Appalachian Writing
November 25, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Subscriber News: November 2025
November 8, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Shelby Stewart and Bea Chang Win the 33rd Annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
October 15, 2025
Press release announcing the winners of the 33rd annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest sponsored by Winning Writers | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2025
October 6, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Sinister Wisdom: Reproductive Justice and Lesbianism Issue
October 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
Blanket Gravity Magazine
September 25, 2025
Call for submissions: received by January 10 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2025
September 7, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
