Writers' Journal Contests Calendar

This page was last updated August 30, 2011. Contest listings are up-to-date.
Other than the Write to Win! prose contest, if you miss the current year's prose contest deadline
your entry will be placed in the succeeding year's contest.
Poetry contests end with the deadline date. Entries received after the deadline will be
entered in the succeeding Poetry contest.

+ Calendar +

Calendar of Annual Contests
Contest Click on contest for more information.	Reading Fee	Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd	Annual Postmark Deadlines	Winners List Published in Issue **
Fiction	$15.00	$500/$200/$100	January 30	July/Aug.

Short Story	$10.00	$350/$125/$75	May 30	Nov./Dec.

Horror/Ghost	$7.00	$250/$100/$50	March 30	Sept./Oct.

Romance	$7.00	$250/$100/$50	July 30	Jan./Feb.

Science Fiction/Fantasy	$7.00	$250/$100/$50	November 30	May/June

Poetry	$3.00	$50/$25/$15	April 30	Nov./Dec.
	$3.00	$50/$25/$15	August 30	Mar./Apr.
	$3.00	$50/$25/$15	December 30	July/Aug.

Contest Click on contest for more information.	Reading Fee	Prizes: 1st/ Honorable Mentions	Postmark Deadlines	Winners List Published in Issue **
Write to Win!
The man grinned as...	$5.00	$150/One yr. Subscription	June 20, 2011	November/December
Before the end of...	$5.00	$150/One yr. Subscription	August 20, 2011	January/February
Inside the envelope...	$5.00	$150/One yr. Subscription	October 20, 2011	March/April
Struggling to her feet...	$5.00	$150/One yr. Subscription	December 20, 2011	May/June
Whatever you do, don't...	$5.00	$150/One yr. Subscription	February 20, 2012	July/August
He got up early and...	$5.00	$150/One yr. Subscription	April 20, 2012	September/October

Click here for the WRITERS' Journal Contests Winners Lists

Before you submit, you should read our Contest Entry Manuscript Format page.

** Winners list published online after the print issue is available at newsstands and bookstores, generally this
a week to ten days prior to issue date. For instance, the March/April issue is available at newsstands and
bookstores February 20, so the winners would be announced online the latter part of February.