# TCS New York City Marathon 2027

> The paid-application ballot for TCS New York City Marathon 2027 has no announced dates as of 24 Aug 2026; entry carries an application fee.

- Canonical: https://theticketlottery.com/ballots/tcs-new-york-city-marathon-2027
- Sport: Running
- Status on 2026-09-08: Announced
- Public ballot: yes
- Access: draw
- Ballot type: paid application
- Event dates: 2027-11-07 (estimated; not yet announced by NYRR; race is officially held every first Sunday of November and 2027-11-07 is that Sunday)
- Location: New York City, USA
- Organizer: New York Road Runners (NYRR)
- Entry cost: Non-refundable application/processing fee of USD 11 charged in recent cycles (2027 TBC; not shown on 2026-cycle public pages); full entry fee charged only upon acceptance in the drawing: 2026 cycle charges reported as USD 269.66 (NYRR members) / USD 333.11 (non-members) including fees (base approx USD 255/315); separate international rate of approx USD 370 applied in earlier cycles, not confirmed for 2026; 2027 rates not yet published. NYRR does not list fee amounts on its public marathon pages
- Eligibility: 18+ on race day (NYRR age policy lists marathon minimum age 18); open worldwide (drawing has three pools: NYC metro area, national US, and international non-US residents)
- Ticket prices if you win: approx USD 255-370 base by membership/residency in recent cycles; 2026 charges reported at USD 269.66-333.11 including fees; 2027 TBC
- Official site: https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon/runners/the-drawing
- Last verified: 2026-08-24 (confidence: medium)

## Where it stands

The 2027 drawing is not open. The official NYRR drawing page still describes only the 2026 cycle (applications 2026-02-04 to 2026-02-25, drawing 2026-03-04, three residency pools plus an NYRR member-only second-chance drawing) and publishes nothing for 2027, per the check on 2026-08-24. On that pattern, 2027 applications would fall around February 2027 with the drawing in early March 2027; NYRR has not confirmed either.

## How to enter

Apply online with an NYRR account during the drawing application window at nyrr.org (2027 dates TBA; 2026 window ran Feb 4-25 with the drawing on Mar 4). Card is charged the full entry fee automatically upon acceptance. Guaranteed-entry alternatives per the official 2027 entry page: NYRR 9+1 program during 2026, time qualifiers (2026 cycle: only top 10% of non-NYRR marathon time qualifiers accepted), 2026 Virtual TCS NYC Marathon guaranteed-entry tier, Official Charity Partners (announced spring 2027), NYRR Member-Only Second-Chance Drawing, 15+ streakers, philanthropic memberships, international tour operators

## Your odds

2026 cycle: record 240,000+ applicants from more than 160 countries (near-20 percent increase from 2025); NYRR press release of 2026-03-04 states 'only about one percent of applicants accepted'. The 2025 race set a world record as the largest marathon ever with 59,226 finishers

## Good to know

- The guaranteed route for 2027 has to be earned during 2026, before the drawing even opens. NYRR's 9+1 program (nine qualifying NYRR races plus one volunteer day inside a calendar year) grants entry to the following year's marathon, so a decision about the 2027 race is really a decision about your 2026 racing calendar.
- A qualifying time is not automatically a place. In the 2026 cycle only the top 10 percent of time qualifiers from non-NYRR marathons were accepted, so a fast time run elsewhere still leaves you competing for a capped allocation.
- Expect a virtual waiting room rather than an error page. nyrr.org sits behind a queue system at busy moments, so a holding page when the application window opens is the site working normally, not a problem at your end.

## Full guide

- [Which 2027 marathon major ballots are open, and how to enter](https://theticketlottery.com/guides/world-marathon-majors-2027-ballots)

## Sources

- https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon/runners/entry/2027
- https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon/runners/the-drawing
- https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/press-release/2026_0304_tcsnycmdrawingday
- https://www.nyrr.org/tcsnycmarathon
- https://www.nyrr.org/run/guidelines-and-procedures/policies-rules-and-regulations/age-policy
- https://therunningchannel.com/enter-nyc-marathon-2026/