Winning Writers

16/01/2025

January's 25 Jazzy Open Submission Calls, curated by Angelique Fawns - Horror, Sci Fi and Fantasy Author
All Paying, No Fee Calls to start the year!
https://angeliquemfawns.substack.com/p/januarys-25-jazzy-open-submission HT Lit Mag News

All Paying, No Fee Calls to start the year!

16/01/2025

This contest is closing in two weeks!

DORSET PRIZE

Submission period: January 31st, 2025

Prize: $3,000

A cash prize and a 2 week-long residency in Port Angeles, WA, worth $1,500 in addition to publication by Tupelo Press, 25 copies of the winning title, a book launch, and NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION THROUGH U. OF CHICAGO PRESS, with energetic publicity and promotion. Manuscripts are judged anonymously and all finalists will be considered for publication. Please read the complete guidelines before submitting your manuscript.

https://tupelopress.submittable.com/submit/309101/dorset-prize-2024

15/01/2025

Jacie Ragan was a winner in our 2011 Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse with her poem “In the Shadow of the Condor”. The piece was awarded $3,000.

You can enter your work in our current contest by visiting winningwriters.com/tompoetry or clicking the link in our bio.

15/01/2025

This contest closes tonight!

15/01/2025

Our January newsletter is out! We found over four dozen excellent free poetry and prose contests with deadlines between today and February 28.
https://createsend.com/t/d-532FD4205BCD421C2540EF23F30FEDED

15/01/2025

Sponsored > Open Kimono Publishing's Inaugural 2024-2025 Poetry Competition

Are you ready to let your poetry shine? Open Kimono Publishing invites poets of all levels to participate in our exciting competition! We’re seeking fresh, authentic voices that push boundaries and explore poetry in bold, unfiltered ways. This unique opportunity offers recognition, publication opportunities, and a platform to showcase your talent to a growing audience.

We believe in the power of raw creativity and diverse perspectives. Our mission is to amplify voices that need to be heard and foster a community where originality thrives. Winning poets will be featured in a beautifully curated publication celebrating their work and connecting them to literary enthusiasts worldwide.

Whether you’re a new poet or seasoned writer, this is your moment to make an unforgettable impact. Don’t wait - the deadline is May 31, 2025. Submit your entry today to be part of something extraordinary!

https://www.openkimonopublishing.com/

14/01/2025

January Opportunity List, curated by Write, period.
Featuring literary magazine calls, fellowships for LGBTQ+ and artists of colour + a variety of residencies
https://writeperiod.substack.com/p/january-opportunity-list HT Lit Mag News

Featuring magazine calls for submissions, fellowships for LGBTQ+ and artists of colour + a variety of residencies.

14/01/2025

Deadline: Jan 31

Each year Black Lawrence Press awards The Big Moose Prize for an unpublished novel. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes will be awarded on publication.

The Big Moose Prize is open to traditional novels as well as novels-in-stories, novels-in-poems, and other hybrid forms that contain within them the spirit of a novel.

Black Lawrence Press accepts submissions and payment of the entry fee ($28) exclusively through its online submission manager, Submittable.

Entries are read blind by senior Black Lawrence Press editors and a rotating panel of former Big Moose Prize winners. Manuscripts should be 90-1,000 pages in length and unpublished as a whole, although manuscripts containing previously published excerpts are eligible.

https://blacklawrencepress.com/submissions-and-contests/the-big-moose-prize/

14/01/2025

"The Circus Animal's Desertion", a poem by William Butler Yeats
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1939/01/poems/653818/ via The Atlantic

13/01/2025

Write a poem inspired by the picture below and let us know how you did!

13/01/2025

Deadline Feb 2: The Masters Review Winter Short Story Award; emerging writers may submit unpublished fiction or creative nonfiction under 6,000 words to win $3,000, online publication, and agency review; guest judge: Bret Anthony Johnston; fee: $20
https://mastersreview.com/winter-short-story-award-for-new-writers/ with Submittable

12/01/2025

Deadline Jan 15: 18th Mudfish Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,200 and publication in Mudfish is given annually for a single poem. Winning poem and two honorable mentions will be published in Mudfish 25. ALL POEMS CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION.

Vijay Seshadri, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of 3 Sections, will judge. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $20 entry fee ($3 for each additional poem). Submit by email ([email protected]) OR by snail mail: Mudfish Poetry Prize, 184 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013. Jill Hoffman, Editor.
Submit 3 poems for $20, $3 for each additional poem.

https://mudfish.org/submissions/

12/01/2025

Deadline Feb 2: Palette Poetry Micro Chapbook Prize; submit unpublished collections of 10-15 pages (10 poems maximum); four winners will each receive $500 and 2025/2026 publication
https://www.palettepoetry.com/micro-chapbook-prize/ with Submittable

11/01/2025

Court documents allege that Meta used Library Genesis (LibGen), a notorious so-called shadow library of pirated books that originated in Russia, to help train its generative AI language models
https://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/ via WIRED

One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn.

11/01/2025

Deadline Jan 31: New Millennium Writings Awards
Best Poetry $1,000; Fiction $1,000; Nonfiction $1,000; Flash Fiction $1,000. All winners are published in anthology and online. Previously published works accepted if: Print circulation was under 5,000, or the work was published online only. Fee: $20 for first entry.
https://newmillenniumwritings.org/awards/ with Submittable HT Poets & Writers

10/01/2025

Callaghan Howard was a winner in our 2003 Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest with her poem “An Ode to Buns”. The piece was awarded $817.70.

You can enter your work in our current contest by visiting winningwriters.com/wergle or clicking the link in our bio.

10/01/2025

Deadline Jan 31: The 47th Ni**od Literary Awards
The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction & The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
Win $2,000 and publication for unpublished work. Submit 3-10 pages of poetry or one short story/self-contained excerpt from a novel up to 7,500 words. Fee: $25.
https://nimrod.utulsa.edu/nimrod-literary-awards/
Ni**od Journal with Submittable

10/01/2025

"Historical Material 2020", a poem by Lena Tsykynovska
https://poems.com/poem/historical-material-2020/
via Poetry Daily and Copenhagen