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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
Mom Egg Review: “Mothering Alone” Issue
February 3, 2025
Call for submissions: received by February 15 | 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
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
December 28, 2024
$12,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 19 | 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
Rhina P. Espaillat Poetry Award
December 26, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
Myong Cha Son Haiku Award
December 26, 2024
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | Visit source
Iris N. Spencer Poetry Award
December 26, 2024
$1,500 prize, deadline change: received by February 17 | 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
Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award
December 14, 2024
$10,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 15 | Visit source
Iridescence Award
December 14, 2024
$500 prize, deadline change: received by April 30 | Visit source
Charles Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest
December 14, 2024
$250 prize, deadline change: received by February 16 | 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
Writers’ and Artists’ Short Story Competition
December 7, 2024
Deadline change: received by February 14 | Visit source
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
December 7, 2024
$1,000 prize, deadline change: received by February 15 | Visit source
Sundress Publications: Prose Manuscript Reading Period
December 2, 2024
Call for submissions: received by February 28 | Visit source
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
