r/literarycontests↗
Reddit's top resource for literary contests and calls for submissions. Powered by Winning Writers, one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest 2024).
21k subscribers43 posts / mo in Sep 20266 authors / mosince 2019
r/literarycontests has 21k members (+9.2% over the last 12 months). It gets about 43 posts a month from 6 people. Top topics: Poetry Submissions, Writing Contests and Querying and Agents.
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- Poetry Submissions43%
- Writing Contests36%
- Querying and Agents1.5%
- Screenwriting Challenges & Contests0.3%
- Classic Literature Exploration<0.1%
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- Substack
- Reedsy
- Academy of American Poets
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