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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
The Stinging Fly: Climate Nonfiction Issue
February 17, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
Daisy Utemorrah Award for Indigenous Authors
February 16, 2025
A$15,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 16 | Visit source
Alpine Fellowship Writing and Poetry Prizes
February 16, 2025
3,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by April 1 | Visit source
Dr. Linda I. Meyers Wins the $10,000 Grand Prize in Our Tenth Annual North Street Book Prize Competition
February 15, 2025
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its tenth annual North Street Book Prize competition | Visit source
BBC National Short Story Award
February 13, 2025
15,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by March 17 | Visit source
Victor Howes Prize in Poetry
February 12, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 20 | Visit source
American Buffalo Books Fiction Prize
February 11, 2025
$500 prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
Nicholas A. Virgilio Memorial Haiku and Senryu Competition for Grades 7-12
February 10, 2025
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 30 | Visit source
Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
February 10, 2025
$10,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 17 | Visit source
Italian Prose in Translation Award
February 10, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: postmarked March 17 | Visit source
Subscriber News: February 2025
February 8, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Exist Otherwise: “We Are Not Going Back!” Issue
February 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
Orison Books: “Divinity in the Margins” Anthology
February 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by June 1 | Visit source
International Human Rights Art Movement: “Masculinity” Issue
February 2, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 1 | Visit source
Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism
February 2, 2025
$10,000 prize, contest added: received by February 24 | Visit source
Scotiabank Giller Canadian Book Prize
February 1, 2025
C$100,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 14, April 17, June 20, August 15 | Visit source
Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
February 1, 2025
C$75,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 26, April 30, June 25 | Visit source
Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers
February 1, 2025
C$12,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 26, April 30, June 25 | Visit source
Gwenn A. Nusbaum/WWBA Scholarship for Emerging Poets
February 1, 2025
$1,800 prize, deadline change: received by March 31 | Visit source
Intrepid Times Travel Writing Contest
February 1, 2025
$300 prize, deadline change: received by March 1 | Visit source
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
February 1, 2025
$27,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 24, March 3 | Visit source
Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
January 31, 2025
C$60,000 prize, deadline changes: received by February 26, April 30, June 25 | Visit source
The Scythian Wolf: Horror Tales of the Scientific Revolution
January 30, 2025
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
Serving House Books: Poetry Reading Period
January 27, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
Viridine: “Chaos” Issue
January 23, 2025
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
3Elements Literary Review
January 21, 2025
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
United States/Japan Creative Artists Residencies
January 10, 2025
$28,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 21 | Visit source
‘It’s All Write!’ Teen Writing Contest
January 10, 2025
$250 prize, deadline change: received by March 2 | Visit source
NEA Creative Writing Fellowships
January 10, 2025
$50,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 12 | Visit source
Dr. Grant MacEwan Literary Arts Scholarship
January 10, 2025
C$7,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 3 | Visit source
Subscriber News: January 2025
January 7, 2025
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Winning Writers Migrates from X to Bluesky
January 1, 2025
Effective January 1, 2025, Winning Writers Is Suspending Posts to X. Please join us on Bluesky. | Visit source
Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation and Multilingual Texts
December 29, 2024
$200 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction
December 29, 2024
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Sejong Cultural Society Sijo Writing Competition
December 28, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Sejong Cultural Society Essay Writing Competition
December 28, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
December 27, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Orwell Society Dystopian Fiction Prize
December 27, 2024
750 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Black Caucus of the American Library Association Self-Published E-Book Literary Award
December 26, 2024
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 28 | Visit source
Christopher Tower Poetry Competition
December 22, 2024
5,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by February 20 | Visit source
Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest
December 22, 2024
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 21 | Visit source
Brain Mill Press: Mystery and Horror Novellas
December 17, 2024
Call for submissions: received by June 1 | Visit source
Iridescence Award
December 14, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | 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
Sundress Publications: Prose Manuscript Reading Period
December 2, 2024
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
