What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
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
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers
November 9, 2024
C$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 16 | 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
Charlotte and Wilbur Award for Compassion for Animals
November 4, 2024
$2,500 prize, contest added: received by December 1 | 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
Moniack Mhor Emerging Writer Award
November 1, 2024
Services valued at 2,000 pounds, contest added: received by November 30 | Visit source
Four Way Books: Fiction Open Reading Period
October 31, 2024
Call for submissions: received by November 30 | Visit source
Massachusetts Book Awards
October 30, 2024
Book award, contest added: received by December 15 | 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
Watermelon Grant for Palestinian Creators
October 23, 2024
$2,000 prize, contest added: received by December 6 | Visit source
Fabuly Writer’s Challenge
October 22, 2024
$500 prize, new contest: received by December 15 | 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
Renee Duke Youth Poetry Award
October 12, 2024
$100 prize, deadline change: received by November 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: October 2024
October 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize
October 4, 2024
750 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 30 | Visit source
Love Letters to London Writing Competition
September 28, 2024
500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by December 20 | Visit source
Friends of American Writers Literary Awards
September 28, 2024
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by December 14 | Visit source
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
September 28, 2024
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 5 | Visit source
One Teen Story Teen Writing Contest
September 28, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 2 | Visit source
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
Mayday: Poetry and Translations
September 16, 2024
Call for submissions: received by November 30 | Visit source
Sinister Wisdom: “Barbie: The Movie” Issue
September 16, 2024
Call for submissions: received by December 1 | 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
Ezra Jack Keats Children’s Book Award
August 28, 2024
$5,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked December 1 | 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
Jewish Children’s Book Awards
August 8, 2024
1,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 29 | Visit source
Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for Students
July 30, 2024
$25,000 prize, deadline changes: received by September 20, December 27 | Visit source
