Subscribe to the WinningWriters.com RSS feed. Get frequent updates on literary contest news, useful resources and interesting publishers. http://www.winningwriters.com Deadline May 15, formerly October 15. Highly recommended free contest offers a $50,000 fellowship to a US citizen or permanent resident who has not yet reached his or her full potential, but whose work in the humanities shows extraordinary promise and has a significant public or applied component related to cultural concerns. Candidates must be within the early stages of a career track in which the primary work is in a field centered in or directly related to one or more of the humanities. Open to creative writers as well as scholars. Entrants must be nominated by an individual already established in the humanities. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4121 In this essay from Iota Magazine, Paul Maddern (co-winner of the 2009 Templar Poetry Pamphlet and Collection Competition) surveys the history of poetry chapbook publishing and its current status in the UK. The article includes a list of publishers seeking submissions. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4119 Deadline April 1 (must be received by this date). WritingRaw is an online journal featuring interviews with prominent authors and literary agents, as well as a free forum for emerging writers to post their work. In honor of April Fool's Day, they are seeking submissions of humorous poetry, fiction, and essays, and also collecting examples of amusing junk emails. Email your work to weeb@writingraw.com with the heading "April Fool's" or "Spammed" respectively. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4117 Deadline July 15. Dark Highlands Anthology, a new anthology series for horror, dark fantasy, and the supernatural, seeks submissions of poetry, short fiction, single-panel comics, and artwork for its debut collection in October. All are welcome to submit, but preference is given to submissions from the Iowa-Illinois region. Editors say, \"Our goal is to provide regional artists and writers with compensation for their quality published works.\" There is a reading fee of $5 for 1-3 poems or one story, comic, or artwork. Prizes will be awarded, up to $25 for poetry and comics, $50 for stories and artwork. Dark Highlands contributes 25% of book sales profits to local visual, literary, and performing arts organizations. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4116 Deadline April 15 (must be received by this date). The Oleander Review, the student-edited literary journal of the University of Michigan, seeks submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art. Send 1-5 poems, one story up to 20 double-spaced pages, or one essay up to 15 double-spaced pages. Email entries preferred. See website for details. (Note: This journal is not affiliated with The Bitter Oleander, sponsor of the Frances Locke Memorial Poetry Prize.) http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4113 Deadline May 15, formerly June 1. Recommended free contest from Fly Rod & Reel, a bimonthly magazine for fly-fishing aficionados, offers prizes up to $2,000 and publication for the best \"distinguished original essay or work of short fiction that embodies an implicit love of fly-fishing, respect for the sport and the natural world in which it takes place, and high literary values.\" Maximum 3,500 words. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4109 Deadline April 15 (must be received by this date), formerly June 1. Recommended free contest for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by US high school students offers $200 in each genre. Send 1-3 poems, essays, or stories (1,500-word limit for prose). Online and email entries preferred. Prior to 2010, contest was for poetry only. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4107 Deadline December 31 (rolling deadline). Highly recommended free contest offers $500 for the best use of metaphor in a poem published in RATTLE, a prestigious journal. Submissions are accepted year-round. Send 5-6 unpublished poems, any length. Wait for a decision on your first entry before submitting more. All poems published in RATTLE are automatically considered for this award. No separate application process. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4104 Deadline September 15 (must be received by this date). Neutral free contest offers prizes of $150 for poems and short stories. You may submit one entry (1-5 poems, any length, or one story, 1,000-3,000 words) per language category. Poems accepted in Welsh, English, and Spanish, fiction in Welsh and English. Previously published work accepted. Enter online. Contest sponsor Americymru is an online social network for Americans of Welsh descent or with an interest in Welsh culture. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4103 Deadlines April 1, April 30, May 30. Neutral free contest offers prizes of $100 for nonfiction on the theme of work, in three genres: memoir, general nonfiction, and interview. WORK is a webzine "dedicated to celebrating the daily grind". Prizes are awarded once annually in each genre, but there are different deadlines for each genre: Memoir: April 1, 2010; Nonfiction: April 30, 2010; Interview: May 30, 2010. One of the three winners will be chosen as the Employee of the Month, will be awarded an additional $100, and will be invited to read at First Wednesday Readings hosted in Portland, Oregon. Entries should be 2,500 words maximum. Enter by email. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4102 ATA, founded in 1959, is the largest professional association of translators and interpreters in the U.S. with over 11,000 members in more than 90 countries. ATA's primary goals include fostering and supporting the professional development of translators and interpreters and promoting the translation and interpreting professions. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4095 Deadline June 3, 2011. Recommended free contest offers $1,000 for a distinguished book-length literary translation from German into English. Entries must have been published in the US in the two years prior to the deadline, and authors should be US citizens or permanent residents. For the 2011 contest, books should have been published in 2009 or 2010. Publishers should send 2 copies of the book plus supporting materials and excerpts from the original language. See website for details. Offered in odd-numbered years only, alternating with the Lewis Galantiere Award. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4094 Deadline May 7. Recommended free contest offers $1,000 for a distinguished book-length literary translation from any language, except German, into English. Entries must have been published in the US in the past two years, and authors should be US citizens or permanent residents. Publishers should send 2 copies of the book plus supporting materials and excerpts from the original language. See website for details. Offered in even-numbered years only, alternating with the Ungar German Translation Award. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4093 Deadline March 31, formerly May 7. Recommended free poetry contest for Connecticut high school students. Four to six winners will be published in a special-edition chapbook and be invited to read their poems during the \"Night of Fresh Voices\" in August at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at the Hill-Stead Museum. Send 1-5 pages of unpublished poetry and completed entry form by mail or email. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4090 Deadline October 1 (must be received by this date). New literary journal with a contemporary aesthetic seeks submissions of poetry and prose, 1,000 words maximum, for their December 2010 print issue. Include your submission in the body of an email to Brent Pearson at send@palehouse.com with a brief biography and return email address. You may include a photo or artwork (optional). All entries considered for online publication as well. Browse their archives before entering. http://www.winningwriters.com/new/wn_new.php Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST 4089