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Announcements about new contests, changes to contests, and news for the Winning Writers community
Papaya Press: Richard Siken Tribute Anthology
March 4, 2025
Call for submissions: received by May 1 | Visit source
Ninth Letter: “Reversal” Issue
March 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by April 1 | Visit source
Broken Sleep Books: Laurel and Hardy Anthology
March 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
DAG Prize for Literature
March 1, 2025
$20,000 prize, contest added: received by March 15 | Visit source
Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
March 1, 2025
C$20,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 13 | Visit source
Tom Grass Spirit of Adventure Literary Prize
March 1, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
No Contact: An Anthology About Family Estrangement
March 1, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 9 | Visit source
Creative Capital Artist Awards
March 1, 2025
$50,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 3 | Visit source
Natan Notable Books Award
February 27, 2025
$5,000 prize, deadline change: received by April 26 | Visit source
Aplomb Gallery: Poetry on Trauma and Healing
February 25, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 15 | Visit source
Anne Brown Essay Prize
February 22, 2025
1,500 pounds prize, deadline change: received by June 6 | Visit source
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
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
Orison Books: “Divinity in the Margins” Anthology
February 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by June 1 | 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
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
Serving House Books: Poetry Reading Period
January 27, 2025
Call for submissions: received by March 31 | Visit source
United States/Japan Creative Artists Residencies
January 10, 2025
$28,000 prize, deadline change: received by March 21 | 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
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
Subscriber News: November 2024
November 12, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
Subscriber News: October 2024
October 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
The Nomad: “Breakthroughs” Issue
September 26, 2024
Call for submissions: received by April 30 | Visit source
Subscriber News: September 2024
September 7, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
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
Subscriber News: July 2024
July 9, 2024
Recent honors and publications earned by our newsletter subscribers
