The Exeter Writers Short Story Competition is open until February 28, 2018.
Prizes: £500, £250, £100. The winning entries will be published on the website.
Entry Fee: £6
More here.
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Exeter Writers Short Story Competition
Friday, October 27th, 2017Stephen A DiBiase Poetry Prize
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017The Stephen A DiBiase Poetry Prize is open until January 30, 2018.
Free to enter. Submit one poem.
The total prize fund is $2000.
More here.
Psychopomp Magazine Short Fiction Award
Monday, October 23rd, 2017The Psychopomp Magazine Short Fiction Award is open until January 31, 2018.
Entry Fee: $10
Prize: $500 and publication
More here.
V International Flash Fiction Competition
Friday, October 20th, 2017The V International Flash Fiction Competition is open until 23 November 2017.
Free to enter.
The winner of the main prize will receive $20,000.
More here.
September 2017 Competition Results
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017Many thanks for all of your September competition entries! And congratulations to Jane McNamara, the winner.
Shortlist: Colin Dardis, Elizabeth Kay, Ola Abdalkafor, Hannah Aston, Howard Kerr, Maureen Cullen, Tim Abbott, Marvel Chukwudi Pephel, Phiona Lees, Ellie Klein, Mia Holmes-Nicholson, Lina Saadani Allali, Cora Joy, Jamie Stewart.
Our October competition is still open until the 31st. Good luck!
Cafe Writers Open Poetry Competition 2017
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017The Cafe Writers Open Poetry Competition 2017 is open until November 30, 2017.
Prizes: £1000, £300, £200. Six Commended Prizes of £50, Funniest Poem £100, The Norfolk Prize, £100.
Entry Fee: £4 per poem, or £10 for 3 poems and £2.00 per poem thereafter.
More here.
Claremorris Fringe Festival 2018
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017The Claremorris Fringe Festival 2018 Competition is open until November 10, 2017.
The winner will receive €500 and the runner-up €250.
Entry fee: €5
More here.
Congleton Playwriting Competition
Monday, October 16th, 2017The Congleton Playwriting Competition is open until November 30, 2017 to anyone living in Ireland and the UK.
Congleton Players One-Act Play Festival will put on the shortlisted plays on 7 July 2018. The audience can then vote for their favourite play. The winner will receive £150.
Free to enter. More here.
Poetry Pulse Monthly Competition
Wednesday, October 11th, 2017The Poetry Pulse Monthly Competition is a free to enter competition.
One entry allowed per month.
More here.
Magic Oxygen Literary Prize
Monday, October 9th, 2017The Magic Oxygen Literary Prize is open until December 31, 2017.
Open to poetry and short story entries. Magic Oxygen will plant a tree for every single entry they receive in Boré, Kenya and they will email you the GPS coordinates of it. The competition will also help fund the construction of another new classroom in the same community.
The prizes in each category are: £1,000, £300, £100, 2 x £50.
Entry Fee: £5
More here.
McKitterick Prize
Friday, October 6th, 2017The McKitterick Prize is open until October 30, 2017.
It is given annually to an author over the age of 40 for a first novel.
The winner will receive £4,000. The runner-up prize is £1,000.
Free to enter.
More here.
IHS International Haiku Competition 2017
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017The IHS International Haiku Competition 2017 is open until November 30, 2017.
Prizes: €150, €50, €30 for unpublished haiku/senryu in English.
Entry Fee: €3 or €20 for seven haiku.
More here.
Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award
Friday, September 29th, 2017The Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award is open until November 5, 2017.
Prizes: 1st Prize is the Ledwidge plaque (a keepsake) inscribed with the winner’s name & a cash prize. There are cash prizes and books for Second and Third Prizes. The top three poems will be entered in the Forward Prize UK and the winner will be invited to read at the annual Francis Ledwidge Commemoration in July 2018.
Entry fee: €5 per poem
More here.
The Writing District Competition
Thursday, September 28th, 2017The Writing District competition is a free to enter short story writing competition.
Prize: $50 and online publication.
Ongoing monthly competition.
More info here.
Note that The Writing District is our sister site.
The Arkbound Short Story Competition
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017The Arkbound Short Story Competition is open until November 1, 2017.
They are looking for stories (500-1000 words) on the theme of Time.
Prizes: £100, £50, £25, 3 x £10
Entry fee: £3
More here.
Strokestown Poetry Competition 2018
Monday, September 25th, 2017The Strokestown Poetry Competition 2018 is open until December 1, 2017.
First prize is €2,000 and a week-long residency at Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat. Second Prize is €700. Third Prize is €500. Reading fees of €300 for 5 shortlisted poets. The eight shortlisted poems will be printed in the Strokestown Anthology 2018.
Moya Cannon & Harry Clifton will judge the competition entries.
Entry Fee: €6 per poem
More here.
Artificium ‘Dark Matters’ Flash & Poetry Competition
Friday, September 22nd, 2017The Artificium ‘Dark Matters’ Flash & Poetry Competition is open until October 31, 2017.
They are looking for stories between 200-700 words, and poems of up to 15 lines.
Prizes: £200, £50, £25, publication.
Entry fee: £4 for one, £7 for two, £10 for three.
More here.
H.E. Bates Short Story Competition
Sunday, September 17th, 2017The H.E. Bates Short Story Competition is open until December 4, 2017.
Prizes: £500, £200, £100
Entry fee: £6 for one story or £10 for two stories.
More here.
The Peter Porter Poetry Prize
Wednesday, September 13th, 2017The Peter Porter Poetry Prize is open until December 3, 2017.
Prizes: First prize is AU$5,000 and and Arthur Boyd’s etching and aquatint The unicorn and the angel. Second prize is AU$2,000. Shortlisted poets will receive AU$500 each.
Entry Fee: $25 (or $15 if you’re an Australian Book Review subscriber)
More here.