Subscribe to the WinningWriters.com RSS feed. Get frequent updates on literary contest news, useful resources and interesting publishers. http://www.winningwriters.com Deadline October 31 (must be received by this date), formerly October 15. Recommended free contest for writers aged 18-25 gives prizes up to 750 pounds for short fiction or essays of 1,000-1,500 words on a question exploring Franklin's relevance in our time. 2012 theme is the Benjamin Franklin quote: "If you would persuade you must appeal to interest rather than intellect." Entrants should interpret this quote for its significance today. Enter by email. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5854 Deadline June 30 (must be received by this date), formerly May 31. Recommended free contest for short fiction offers top prize of NZ$10,000, plus prizes of NZ$1,500 each for writers aged 13-18 and entrants who have not previously had creative writing (including, but not limited to, a novel, short story, poetry or other work of fiction) published or broadcast for payment, plus NZ$500 for a Short Short story. Entrants must be New Zealanders by birth, naturalization, or residence in New Zealand for three years continuously immediately prior to the closing date. See website for rules and entry form. Enter by mail or online. No simultaneous submissions. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5852 Deadline July 2, formerly June 1. Highly recommended free contest awards a $10,000 achievement award to the US author whose work "makes a tangible impact on a social justice issue critical to contemporary society." This prize was launched to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the antislavery classic 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Deadlines in even-numbered years only. Entrants may nominate themselves or be nominated by another. See website for entry form. Submit by mail or email. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5850 Deadline June 15 (must be received by this date), formerly May 15. Highly recommended free contest awards $50,000 for a work of fiction of 25,000 words minimum published in the preceding calendar year which predominantly features themes based on South Asian culture, politics, history, or people. Seven copies and entry form must be submitted by publisher by courier to the Prize Secretariat in India. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5845 Deadline December 31 (must be received by this date). Neutral free contest offers two prizes of 100 pounds and online publication for a poem up to 50 lines about personal history with a universal resonance. One prize will be for the best English-language poem, the other for the best Dutch-language poem, which will be translated for publication. Contest sponsor London-based Holland Park Press Ltd. publishes literary fiction and poetry and places special emphasis on bringing the work of Dutch authors to the English-language market. Enter by email only. Holland Park's contests are usually one-time events, replaced by a new themed contest next year. The 2012 contest is inspired by the release of 'Finding Soutbek', a first novel by Karen Jennings. Editors say, "It's about your personal history but at the same time we're looking for an individual history that has a universal resonance; in other words, a poem which uses the literary form to say something more, and which is not just about yourself...We're especially interested in the interaction between the personal and the universal, in something that happened to you, or a thing that you witnessed and which still colours your life and even that of others. " http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5841 By Louis L'Amour. The famed writer of Westerns was also a master of the hard-boiled crime story. These action-packed noir tales are populated with treacherous dames, mobsters, prizefighters, coal miners, scam artists, and decent guys trying to survive against the odds. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5838 By Carrie Murphy. This debut poetry collection effervesces with teen-girl sexuality, its narrator unapologetic in her desire to inhabit this body, this stage of life, this cultural moment, without weighing it down with analysis. Feminism makes a token appearance as a source of self-criticism that she's thrown aside like a bikini top at the beach. Her self may be socially constructed out of crusty panties and My Little Pony hair, but unlike the Gurlesque poets to whom she's been compared, Murphy doesn't seem angry or anxious about the impossibility of some Modernist "authenticity"; for her characters, girlhood holds thrills but no serious dangers. Read it for her fantastic language and perceptiveness about the emotions of this time of life. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5837 Find us in WD's May/June issue. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5834 Deadline December 31, formerly June 1. Free neutral contest for poetry manuscripts offers publication by New Sins Press and 50 copies. Manuscripts should be 40-55 pages (including front matter), pages numbered, single-spaced, with author's name and contact information on the title page. As of 2012, enter by email only. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 EST 5828 Deadline June 30 (must be received by this date). Neutral free contest from Hungry Tiger Press, a San Diego publisher specializing in L. Frank Baum's 'Wizard of Oz' books and derivative works, gives prizes of $100 and $50 for unpublished short fiction about the Land of Oz. Maximum 10,000 words per story. Enter by email. Winners will be announced in July at the annual Winkie Convention of the International Wizard of Oz Club. Attendance is encouraged but not required. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST 5826 Deadline May 25 for Mother's Day issue, June 18 for Father's Day issue, June 30 for Siblings issue (must be received by these dates). Getting Along with Grief, a blog about remembering lost loved ones through creative writing, seeks submissions of poems, photos, and essays on these upcoming themes. Essays should be 1,500 words maximum. Submit entries as email attachments and include brief bio. May 1-25 Theme: "Life was good when..." Send poems, photos, or essays about good times with family members who have passed on. Special emphasis on good times with moms during May in honor of Mother's Day. Humor welcome. June 1-18 Theme: "Life was good when..." Send poems photos or essays about good times with fathers or father figures who have passed on. Humor welcome. June 19-30: "Our Siblings, Our Selves." Send poems, photos or essays about experiences of life, love, and loss with brothers, sisters, or brother-sister figures in your life. Reminiscences and tributes welcome. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST 5825 Deadline July 7 (don't enter before May 15), formerly July 1. Prestigious journal from Southern Illinois University Carbondale awards publication and a prize of $3,500 for an unpublished poetry manuscript. Fee is $25. Send 50-75 pages, single-spaced. Postal entries only. Prize amount increased from $1000 to $2000 for 2012 (winner also receive $1500 as an honorarium for a reading at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale). http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST 5820 Deadline August 1. The literary journal Rattle is seeking submissions of sci-fi poetry for the themed section of their next issue. (General submissions also welcome.) Submit up to 6 unpublished poems by mail or email. See guidelines on website for required formatting and editors' tastes. Editor Tim Green says, "SF poetry would be the verse equivalent of Speculative Fiction, so any subjects that fall into that category are fair game: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Alternate History, etc. Any poems that are set in a world that is not exactly the real world is an SF poem, as far as we're concerned." http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST 5819 Deadline July 15 (must be received by this date), formerly July 31. Neutral free contest gives prizes of $500 apiece for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published in Stone Canoe, the Syracuse University literary journal. Entrants must have a first-person connection to upstate New York, but the subject matter of the submission does not need to involve the area. Typical personal connections can include growing up, attending college or an artist's residency, or being employed in the region. Award is for work already published in the journal. No separate application process; all submissions are automatically considered for the prize. Submit 3-5 poems, or one prose piece up to 10,000 words, through their online submission manager. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST 5818 Suggest a contest to a friend http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EST 5817