r/literarycontests
ActiveReddit'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).
Members
18,498
as of February 2025
Last post
today
September 27, 2026
Posts (30 days)
44
Created
2019
November 6, 2019
Total posts
4.4K
archived
Total comments
2.6K
archived
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When was r/literarycontests created?
r/literarycontests was created on November 6, 2019.
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