What’s New
Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Santa Fe Literary Review: “Connection” Issue
September 24, 2026
Call for submissions: received by November 1 | Visit source
Catalogue Zine: “People, Places, Things” Issue
September 24, 2026
Call for submissions: received by November 30 | Visit source
Bag of Bones Press: “Stuck” Anthology
September 21, 2026
Call for submissions: received by January 31 | Visit source
Crooked Spine: “What You Worship” Issue
September 21, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 23 | Visit source
Reckoning: Flash Fiction Issue
September 17, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Dionysian Public Library: Jewish Horror Anthology
September 17, 2026
Call for submissions: received by February 1 | Visit source
Broken Sleep Books: Smutty Poetry Anthology
September 17, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
September 16, 2026
$30,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 16 | Visit source
J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award
September 16, 2026
$25,000 prize, deadline change: received by December 3 | Visit source
Neal Peirce Foundation Journalism Travel Grants
September 16, 2026
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by October 13 | Visit source
engine(idling Drive Award
September 10, 2026
$205.58 prize, new contest: received by September 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2026
September 8, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Dylan Thomas Prize
September 8, 2026
20,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by November 6 | Visit source
MIDLVLMAG: “Human Capital” Issue
September 8, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Consequence Magazine: The America Feature/The Iran Feature
September 8, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 15 | Visit source
North Carolina State Fiction Contest
September 8, 2026
$500 prize, deadline change: postmarked October 5 | Visit source
Independence Literary Review: “Healthcare and Healing” Folio
September 1, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 1 | Visit source
Manchester Cathedral Poetry Competition
August 28, 2026
200 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 21 | Visit source
The Perch: “The Mix” Issue
August 27, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Friends of American Writers Literary Awards
August 19, 2026
$2,500 prize, deadline change: received by December 12 | Visit source
Neltje Blanchan/Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Awards
August 18, 2026
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by November 9 | Visit source
Latino Voices in Children’s Literature Writing Contest
August 18, 2026
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 14 | Visit source
Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction
August 18, 2026
500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 11 | Visit source
Zocalo Public Square Book Prize
August 18, 2026
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 16 | Visit source
Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction
August 17, 2026
$500 prize, deadline change: received by December 31 | Visit source
Tim Loveday Wins the 25th Annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
August 15, 2026
Winners of our 25th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest | Visit source
The Queer Love Project: Beyond the Romance
August 9, 2026
Call for submissions: received by September 30 | Visit source
John Lewis Writing Grants
August 6, 2026
$500 prize, deadline change: received by October 1 | Visit source
Subscriber News: August 2026
August 3, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Independence Literary Review: Healthcare and Healing Folio
August 3, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 1 | Visit source
Green Linden Press: Poems for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
August 1, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 31 | Visit source
Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers
July 21, 2026
100 pounds prize, deadline change: received by October 10 | Visit source
Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship
July 21, 2026
$2,000 prize, deadline change: received by October 13 | Visit source
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
July 21, 2026
C$40,000 prize, deadline change: received by September 9, November 11, January 7 | Visit source
Bukhman International Booker Prize
July 15, 2026
50,000 pounds prize, deadline change: received by July 23, September 24, October 22 | Visit source
Subscriber News: July 2026
July 9, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Rattle: “Tribute to Travel” Issue
June 25, 2026
Call for submissions: received by January 15 | Visit source
Rebel Satori Press: Queer Space Imprint
June 18, 2026
Call for submissions: received by October 14 | Visit source
Subscriber News: June 2026
June 9, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Griffin Poetry Prize
May 19, 2026
C$130,000 prize, deadline change: received by June 19, December 18 | Visit source
Subscriber News: May 2026
May 6, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Emily Davis-Fletcher and Qiaorui (Sherry) Zhang Win the 23rd Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
April 15, 2026
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 23rd annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest | Visit source
Subscriber News: April 2026
April 5, 2026
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
Driftwood Press: Novella and Poetry Manuscript Reading Period
March 31, 2026
Call for submissions: rolling deadline | Visit source
