Our weekly Writing Deadlines newsletter is out ⤵️

This week: 13 new opportunities | April to November 2026 | Prizes up to $25,000

• Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction — 26 April 2026

• Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition 2026 — 28 April 2026

• 2027 Cave Canem Prize — 30 April 2026

• Governor General's Literary Awards — 1 May 2026

• The Belvedere New Writing Prize — 10 May 2026

• Cow Creek Chapbook Prize — 15 May 2026

• The Loraine Williams Poetry Prize — 15 May 2026

• CantoMundo Chapbook Prize — 30 May 2026

• Asian Voices in Children's Literature Writing Contest — 31 May 2026

• Stainsby Festival National Poetry Competition — 31 May 2026

• The Moth Short Story Prize 2026 — 15 June 2026

• The International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir — 1 July 2026

• Anthology Travel Writing Competition 2026 — 30 November 2026