All Write

The Moya Green Collection

Current competitions

                                
                                              2009


 

Competitions closing in
 
 
 
2010
 

Ongoing Competitions

 

NOVELS

 

Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices

Childrens’ Book Award

open to writers who have not previously published a novel for children

 

Closing date: 26th February

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          £1500 + option to publish

Length:          15,000-35,000 words

Age range:     8-12 years

Theme:          should celebrate cultural diversity

Country:         UK

Website:         www.sevenstories.org.uk

Online entry?   yes

 

 

 

 

Scriblist Book 2 

ongoing novel chapters

 

Runs:   now till 31st December

Fees:    £0

Prizes:  publication + small share of royalties.

Length:  1500 - 2500 words

Website:  www.scriblist.com/

E-mail:    scriblistpress@gmail.com

Online entry? yes

 

 

STORIES

 

Cazart: Short Stories & Flash Fiction

 

 

Starts:             1st February 2009

Closing date: 26th of each month

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £20

Length:          stories 400 – 3000 words; flashes up to 400 words

Country:        UK

Website:        www.cazart.co.uk/index.php?page=competitions

Online entry?  yes

 

Dark Tales Monthly Contest

Closes:   end of each month
Fees:      £3 for one entry (free to subscribers).
              £3.00 for an tick sheet critique
              £25 for full critique.

Prizes:    £100; £50; £25; runners-up £5 Publication online and in print magazine.
Word limit: 5000
Genre:       Speculative and horror fiction.
Website:   
http://www.darktales.co.uk/econtest.htm
Online entry/    yes

 

Debut Magazine Quarterly Competitions

for your first story

 

Closing date:  none

Entry fee:       £3 (with critique £5). Annual subscribers free

Prize(s)          £75; £25; £15

Length:          up to 3000 words

Country:         UK

Website:        www.parkpublications.co.uk

Online entry?   no

 

 

Friction Fiction

write 1 story per month for 12 months

 

Opens:    1st June 2008

Closes:    1st June 2009

(entry form to be completed by 30th May 2008)

Submit:   by end of each month

Fees:       £12 (£1 per month)

Prizes:     £200; £100; £50; £25

Length:    2500 words max per story

Theme:    prompt sent each month

Website:  www.rainepublishing.com/frictionfiction.htm

Online entry?    yes

 

Global Short Story Competition

Closes:  end of each month
Fees:    £5
Prizes:  £100; £250 annual prize.
Length: up to 2,000 words
Website:
www.globalshortstories.net
Email:    john.dean@certys.co.uk
Online entry?    yes
.

L Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future

 

Closing dates:  October 1; January 1; April 1; July 1

Entry fee:           none

Prize(s)             $1000; $750; $500

Length:              up to 17,000 words

Genre:               SF, fantasy, dark fantasy

Country:           USA

Website:          www.writersofthefuture.com/

Online entry?  no

 



The Pages Quarterly Open Short Story Contest

Closing dates:  
31 March extended to 12th April
                        30 June
                        30 September
                        31 December
Entry fee:        £4 (free critique included)
Prize(s):          £60; £40; £20; publication in anthology
Word limit:        4000
Theme:             open
Website: 
http://www.the-pages.blogspot.com/
E-mail:         the-pages@hotmail.co.uk
Online entry?   yes

 

 

Prima

 

Closing date:  ongoing

Entry fee:        £0

Prize(s)          £200 + 1 year subscription

Length:          up to 500 words

Theme:          real life experience written up in creative way

Country:         UK

Website:        www.allaboutyou.com

Email:            yourwinningstory@natmags.co.uk

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

PrimeProse Flash Fiction

Quarterly

 

Closes: midnight March 31

                         June 30

                         September 30

                         December 31

Fees:   £6 (£11 for 3)

Prizes: £60

            All entries receive critique.

Length: up to 500 words

Website: http://www.soszynski.btinternet.co.uk/primeprose/

E-mail:    primeprose@btinternet.com

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Scribble Short Story Competition

 

Closing date:  ongoing

Entry fee:        £3

Prize(s)          £75; £25; £15

Length:          up to 3000 words

Country:         UK

Website:        www.parkpublications.co.uk/scribble.htm

Online entry?  no

 

 

 

Secret Attic

This website appears to have ceased functioning

 

Spinetinglers Monthly Contest

Closes:  15th of month
Fees:     £2
Prizes:   £50 for 1st place - top 5 published online
Length:   up to 5000 words (double spaced|)
Genre:    ghost/horror

Website:  www.spinetinglers.co.uk
E-mail:   spinetinglers@btinternet.com
Online entry? 
 yes


 

WriteOnSite

Online flash fiction

 

Runs:             every Saturday 17.30-18.00 GMT

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £40

Length:          whatever you can write in 20 minutes

Themes:         announced on site at 17.30

Country:         UK

Website:        www.write-invite.com/write-on-site.php

Online entry?      yes

 

     


POETRY


 

Envoi

 

Closing dates:  20th February; 20th June; 20th October

Entry fee:          £3, 5 for £12

Prize(s)             £150; £100; £50

Length              up to 40 lines

Country:            UK

Website:           www.cinnamonpress.com/envoi/competitions.htm

Online entry?    no

 

 

Writers' Forum poetry competition


monthly; late entries carried over to
following
month.

Fees:    £5; 2 for £7.

            Free critique with SAE.

Prizes:  £100; 3 runner-up prizes. Winners
and runners-up published in the magazine.

Length: up to 40 lines
Website: http://www.writers-forum.com
Email:    poetry@writers-forum.com
Online entry?    no (downloadable entry form)


 

 

NON-FICTION

 


Synergise Travellers’ Tales

 

Closing date: none

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          £100

Length:          1500 – 3000 words

Genre:           travel articles

Country:         UK

Website:        www.synergise.com/tales/contributors.php

Online entry?  yes



 

November

 

GENERAL

 

Cooldog Competitions

Poems & stories

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:       E-mag £3; Cooldog Prize £6  

Prize(s)          E- mag competition £100; £50; £25

                       Cooldog Prize £500; £250; £100

Length:          poems up to 40 lines

                       stories up to 3000 words

Themes:         poetry:leaving

                        stories: 7 deadly sins

Country:         UK

Website:         www.cooldog.co.uk/competitions/index

Online entry?   yes

 

Leaf Books Tiny Weeny Competition

Writing and drawing

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:       £2; £10 for 6

Prize(s)          £300

Length/size:  up to 140 characters (incl spaces &punctuation)

                        Drawings – large postage stamp  

Country:         UK

Website:         www.leafbooks.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

New Writer

Prose and poetry

 

Closing date:  30th November

Entry fees:       single poems: £5 for up to two;

                         collections: (6-8 poems) £12;

                         short stories: £5;

                         serial/novella: £15;

                         essays/articles/interviews: £5

Prize(s)           poems: £100;£75; £50 

                        collections: £300; £200; £100 

                        stories:  £300; £200; £100  

                        serials/novellas: £300 

                        articles etc: £150; £100; £50

Length:           poems up to 40 lines;

                        stories up to 4000 words;

                        serials/novellas up to 20, 000 words;

                        articles etc up to 2000 words

Country:         UK

Website:        www.thenewwriter.com/prizes.htm

Online entry?  yes

 

NOVELS

 

Harry Bowling Prize

For novels set in any urban area

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:       £10

Prize(s)          £500; £200; £100

Length:          synopsis up to 500 words +

                       1st chapter 3000-5000 words         

Country:         UK

Website:         www.harrybowlingprize.co.uk

Online entry?  no

 


STORIES


Danahy Fiction Prize

Closing date: 1st November

Entry fee:        US$15

Prize(s)           US$1000 + publication in Tampa Review

Length:           500-5000 words

Country:          USA

Website:         http://tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html#danahy

Online entry?   no

 

 

Scribble Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 1st November

Entry fee:       £4

Prize(s)          £100; £50; £25

Length:          up to 3000 words

Theme:          neighbours

Country:         UK

Website:         www.parkpublications.co.uk

Online entry?   no

 

 

Roanoke Review 2009

 

Closing date: 7th November

Entry fee:       $15

Prize(s)          $1000; $500

Length:          up to 5000 words

Country:         USA

Website:         http://roanokereview.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/13/

Online entry?   no

 

 

Christmas Chillers

 

Closing date: 8th November

Entry fee:       £4.50

Prize(s)          £50; 2x£25

Length           up to 1500 words:   

Genre::           ghost

1st line:           The good fairy stared through the sifting curtain of snow and wondered …

Country:         UK

Website:         www.writelink.co.uk/xmaschillers/

Online entry?    yes

 

 

Creative Competitor: Romantic Fiction

 

Closing date: 8th November          

Entry fee:       £2.50

Prize(s)          £100; £75; £50

Length:          2000 words max

Theme:           use photo on website

Country:         UK

Website:         www.creative-competitor.co.uk/competitions.htm

Email:             info@creatve-competitor.co.uk

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

Story Glory

 

Opening date; 1st October

Closing date:  12 November

Entry fee:         £12 (for whole 12 weeks)

Prize(s)            £75; £50 3x£10

Length:            750 – 1200 words

Theme:           set each week

Country:          UK

Website:         www.creativewritinglife.co.uk
Email:             info@creativewritinglife.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

Davison Short Short Story Competition

 

Starts:           28th September

Closing date: 13th November

Entry fee:       £5.99 (buy from, and review on, Amazon: Streakers by Gary Davison)

Prize(s)          £250

Length:          250 words exactly

Theme:           based on photos on website

Country:         UK

Website:         www.gary-davison.com

Email:             gary.davison6@btinternet.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 
Mary Gornall Memorial Competition

 

Closing date: 15th November

Entry fee:        1st entry £4, then £3

Prize(s)           £100; £40; £20

Length:           up to 2000 words

Country:          UK

Website:         www.freewebs.com/barneyc/shortstorycompetition.htm

Online entry?    no

 

 

Creative Competitor: Dialogue

 

Closing date: 18th November

Entry fee:       £1.50

Prize(s)          £75; £50

Length:          unspecified

Theme:           use photo on website

Country:         UK

Website:         www.creative-competitor.co.uk/competitions.htm

Email:             info@creatve-competitor.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 


Aeon Award 2009

 

Closing date:  30th November

Entry fee:        €7

Prize(s)           €1000; €200; €100

Length:           up to 8000 words

Genre:            speculative (SF, fantasy, horror etc)

Country:          Ireland

Website:         www.albedo1.com/html/aeon_award.html

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Fish Short Story Prize

 

Closing date:  30th November

Entry fee:        €20 (optional critique €45)

Prize(s)           €3000; wk at writers’ retreat + €300; €300

Length:            up to 5000 words

Country:         Ireland

Website:         www.fishpublishing.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

InkTears Short Story Prize 2009

for writers with a strong track record in competitions and magazines who do not yet have a publishing contract

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:       £4.50. Previously published stories accepted.

Prize(s)          £150; possible publishing contract for short story collection

Length:          1000 – 3000 words

Country:         UK

Website:         www.inktears.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

Spikethecat: Someone has to Die

 

Closing date: 30th November (entries which miss the deadline

will be entered in the next quarterly competition

of the same type)

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £100: £50

Length:          2500 words max

Country:         UK

Genre:            murder mystery

Website:         www.spikethecat.co.uk/
Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

POETRY

 

 

Anderbo Poetry Prize

 

Closing date: 1st November

Entry fee:       US$10 (6 poems max)

Prize(s)          US$500

Length:          no limit given

Country:         USA

Website:         www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2009.html

Online entry?   no

 

 

Countryside Tales Winter Poetry

 

Closing date: 1st November           

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £50; £25; £15

Length:          up to 40 lines

Theme:           the countryside in winter

Country:         UK

Website:         www.parkpublications.co.uk

Online entry?  no

 

 

Segora Poetry Competition

 

Closing date: 14th November

Entry fees:      1 poem £3.50; 2 - £6; 3 - ££8; 4 - £9.50; 5(max) - £11     

Prize(s)           £100; £30; £15

Length:           up to 40 lines

Country:          France

Website:         www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk/

Online entry?  no

 

 

 

Barnet Open Poetry 2009

 

Closing date:16th November

Entry fee:       £4 adult, juniors (7-11 & 12-16) £1

Prize(s)          up to £500

Length:          max 35 lines

Country:         UK

Website:        www.barnetarts.org.uk/bbac/index_main.htm

Online entry?  no

 

 

Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition

 

Closing date:  29th November

Entry fee:        £25 (discount available)

Prize(s)          £1000 (shared) + publication

Length:          20 - 24 pages of poems

Country:         UK

Website:         www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/index.php/competition

Online entry?  yes

 

 

Café Writers

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:       £4; £10 for 3; £2 thereafter

Prize(s)          £1000; £300; 5x£150;

                     Nancy Jervis Prize £150; Norfolk Prize £100

Length:          up to 40 lines

Country:         UK

Website:         http://cafewriters.awardspace.com/competitions.htm

Online entry?   yes

 

 

 

Global Newsbox Poetry Competition

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:       £0

Prize(s)          £250

Length:          up to 600 words

Country:         UK

Website:        www.globalnewsbox.com/Poetry.html

Email:             editor@globalnewsbox.com

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Iota International

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:       £4; £7 for 2; £9 for 3; £10 for 4

Prize(s)          £2000; £1000; £500; 10x£50

Length:          up to 80 lines

Country:         UK

Website:         www.iotamagazine.co.uk/Competition.html

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Plough Prize

 

Closing date: 30th November

Entry fee:        £4, £14 for 4, then £3.50 each

Prize(s)           £500; £200; £100

Length:           up to 40 lines

Country:         UK

Website:        www.theploughprize.co.uk/

Email:            admin@theploughprize.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 

 

 

 

December

GENERAL

 

 

Third Coast Fiction & Poetry Contest 2010

 

Closing date: 1st December

Entry fee:       $15 for 1 story/3 poems

Prize(s)          2x$1000 + publication

Length:          stories 9000 words max

Country:         USA

Website:         http://thirdcoastmagazine.com/contests/

Online entry?   no

 

 

A £ a Word

Fiction or poetry

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £100

Length:          100 words

Themes:         a chance meeting/New Year's letter

Country:         UK

Website:         www.buckinghampanto.co.uk/writing%20comp.pdf

Online entry?  no

 

 

Sampad International Writing Competition

For writers with an interest in South Asian culture

Poetry/short stories/reportage

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £0

Prize(s):         aged 8-15 yrs: £200; 16+ yrs: £300

Length:          up to 250 words

Theme:           journeys

Country:         UK

Website:         www.sampad.org.uk/

Online entry?   yes

 

 

NOVELS

 

 

Red Telephone 2009

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £10

Prize(s)         1st: publication + royalties;

                     2nd: in-depth editorial report;

                     3rd: general critique

Length:          first 5000 words + synopsis (completed novels only)

Country:         UK

Website:         http://theredtelephone.co.uk/competition.aspx

Email:             redtelephonebooks@hotmail.com

Online entry?    yes

 

 

UKAuthors Opening Pages 2009

 

Closing date:  31st December

Entry fee:        £20 for entry + feedback. Entry without feedback free.

Prize(s)          publication

Length:          up to 3000 words of opening pages + synopsis

Country:         UK

Website:        www.ukauthors.com

Email:            andrea@ukauthors.com
Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

STORIES

 

 

Oundle Festival of Literature

Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 1st December

Entry fee:       £5 (under 18s free)

Prize(s)          £100

Length:          2000-2500 words

Country:         UK

Website:         www.oundlelitfest.org.uk/

Online entry?   no

 

Writers Digest Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 1st December

Entry fee:       $15

Prize(s)          $3000; $1500; $500; 7x$100; 15x$50 gift certificates

Length:          1500 words max

Country:         USA

Website:         http://writersdigest.com/short

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Short Story Radio Romance Award

For a romance in 2 parts

 

Closing date: 17th December

Entry fee:       £6

Prize(s)          £150 + winning story will be recorded and broadcast

                     on Short Story Radio and podcast

Length:          4000- 5000 words overall.

Submit Pt 1 (2000-2500 words) + synopsis (1 page A4)

Shortlisted writers will be asked for Pt 2

Genre:            romance

Country:         UK

Website:         www.shortstoryradio.com/short_story_competitions.htm

Email:             competition@shortstoryradio.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

Willesden Herald Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 18th December

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £300; 2x£150

Length:          8000 words max

Country:         UK

Website:        www.willesdenherald.com/competition/rules.php

Online entry?   yes

  

 

Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 21st December

Entry fee:       £10

Prize(s)          £2000 + post of Writer in Residence,

                       InterAct Reading Service (1 year)

Length:          up to 1000 words

Country:         UK

Website:         www.interactreading.org/

Online entry?  no

 

 

Meridian Writing Competition

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £5

Prize(s)          £100; £50; £25 + firstwriter.com vouchers

Length:          3000 words max

Country:         UK

Website:         www.meridian-writing.co.uk

Email:             info@meridian-writing.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Micro Award

For stories published in 2009

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          US$100

Length:          up to 1000 words

Country:         USA

Website:         www.microaward.com/

Online entry?   no

 

 

Spikethecat: Adventures in Time and Space

 

Closing date:  31st December (entries which miss the deadline will be entered in

                     the next quarterly competition of the same type)

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £100; £50

Length:          2500 words max

Genre:            SF/fantasy

Country:         UK

Website:         www.spikethecat.co.uk/
Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

Story with a Twist Winter Contest

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £6

Prize(s)          £175; £80; 3x£25

Length:          5000 words max

Genre:            short story with surprise ending

Country:         UK

Website:         www.storyshorts.co.uk

Email:             storyshorts@live.co.uk

Online entry?              yes

 

 

 

Winter Flash fiction competition

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £6

Prize(s)          £150; £50; £25

Length:          750 words max

Country:         UK

Website:         www.storyshorts.co.uk

Email:             storyshorts@live.co.uk

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

Words Magazine: author’s choice

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:        £0

Prize(s)           £100

Length:           up to 2000 words

Country:         UK

Website:        www.wordsmag.com/compcal09.htm

Email:                  entries@wordsmag.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

Words Magazine: email only

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £0

Prize(s)          £100

Length:          up to 2000 words

Country:         UK

Website:        www.wordsmag.com/compcal09.htm

Email:            entries@wordsmag.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

WriteVoice Winter Flash Fiction Competition

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £7

Prize(s)          £150; £50; £25

Length:          750 words max

Country:         UK

Website:         www.writevoice.co.uk

Email:             writevoice@live.co.uk

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

WriteVoice Winter Story Competition

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £7

Prize(s)          £250; £100; 3x£25

Length:          7000 words max

Theme:           betrayal

Country:         UK

Website:         www.writevoice.co.uk

Email:             writevoice@live.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 

 

 

NON-FICTION

 

 

BBC My Story

Real-life stories (UK only)

 

Closing date: 16th December

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          best stories will be made into short films for BBC 1

Length:          300-1500 words

Themes:         achievement/adventure/bravery/celebration/charity/discovery/family& friends/humour/romance/sadness/survival/the outdoors/tragedy

Country:         UK

Website:         www.bbc.co.uk/raw/partners/tutors/mystory.shtml

Online entry?   yes

 

 

POETRY

 

 

Christmas Poem

 

Closing date: 5th December

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £150; £100; £75

Length:          20 lines max

Theme:           suitable for inside of Xmas card shown on website

Country:         UK

Website:         www.creative-competitor.co.uk/competitions.htm

Email:             info@creatve-competitor.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Gregory O’ Donoghue International Poetry Competition

 

Closing date: 15th December

Entry fee:       €5 (€20 for 5)

Prize(s)          €1000; €500;€250; €30 + publication in Southword

Length:          40 lines max

Country:         Ireland

Website:         www.munsterlit.ie/

Email:             competitions@munsterlit.ie

Online entry?  yes

 

 

Divine Poetry Competition

 

Closing date: 21st December

Entry fee:       £0

Prize(s)          Divine chocolate hampers/book vouchers

Length:          any

Theme:           If I owned a chocolate company . . .

Website:         www.divinechocolate.com

Online entry?  no

 

 

Fellows Poetry Prize

 

Closing date: 31st December

Entry fee:       £5 per entry (max 3)

Prize(s)          £500; £300; £200

Length:          up to 30 lines

Theme:           creation/creativity

Country:         UK

Website:         www.le.ac.uk/engassoc/fpp.html

Online entry?  no

 

 

 

POETRY COLLECTIONS

 

 

Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize

 

Closing date: 1st December

Entry fee:       £15

Prize(s)          $3000/£1750 +publication in UK & USA

Length:          50-100 pages

Country:     UK

Website:         http://waywiser-press.com/hechtprize2009.html

Online entry?  no

 

 

PSA National Chapbook Fellowships

US residents only

 

Closing date: 22nd December

Entry fee:       US$12

Prize(s)          US$1000

Length:          20-30 pages (1 poem per page)

Country:         USA

Website:         www.poetrysociety.org/psa-chapbook.php

Online entry?  no

 

 

                                  

 

                                                                         2010

January

 

GENERAL

 

Wild Places, Wild Journeys Writing Competition

Fact/fiction in English or Gaelic

 

Closing date: 18th January

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          to be announced

Length:          1200 words max

Theme:           experiences in wild places

Country:         UK

Website:         www.jmt.org/writing-competition.asp

Email:             nevis@jmt.org

Online entry?  yes

 

Onward

Stories and poems

 

Closing date:  31st January

Entry fee:        £3; 2 for £5

Prize(s)           £50; £30; £20

Length:           stories up to 1200 words

                        poems up to 40 lines

Country:         UK

Website:        www.theatreroyalhyde.org/id7.html

Email:            nicholsbm@tiscali.co.uk

Online entry?       no

 

STORIES


Debut Magazine Unpublished Writer Competition

Closing date: 1st January

Entry fee:       £4

Prize(s)          £100; £50; £25

Length:          up to 3000 words

Theme:           ghost

Country:         Uk

Website:         www.parkpublications.co.uk/

Online entry?   no

 

 

Chapter One International Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 14th January

Entry fee:       £10

Prize(s)          £2500; £100?; £500 + publication

Length:          2500 max

Country:         UK

Website:        www.chapteronepromotions.com/competitions

Online entry?     yes

 

 

Heaven can Wait

Open to residents of UK and Ireland who do not have a novel/ short story collection published, or a publishing contract.

 

Closing date: 15th January

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          £100; £50; £25 + each winner will have consultation

with leading literary agent. 

Length:          1000 words max

Theme:           heaven

Country:         UK

Website:         www.callytaylor.co.uk/competitions.html

Online entry?  no

 

 

 

Creative Competitor: Shipwrecked

 

Closing date: 31st January

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £100; £75; £50

Length:          2000 words max

Theme:           shipwreck (with at least 1 character POV does not like)

Country:         UK

Website:         http://creativecompetitor.com/competitions

Email:             info@creative-competitor.co.uk

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

Spikethecat:  Secrets and Spies

 

Closing date:  31st January

                         (entries which miss the deadline will be entered in

                          the next quarterly competition of the same type)

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £100; £50

Length:          2500 max

Theme:           spies

Country:         UK

Website:         www.spikethecat.co.uk/

Online entry?  yes

 

 

 

Write Space

 

Closing date: 31st January

Entry fee:       £5

Prize(s)          £150; £100; £50

Length:          1500 words max

Theme:           lost love

Country:         UK

Website:         www.writespace.co.uk/html/competition.html

Online entry? no

 

 

 

NON-FICTION 


Leaf Books Memoir Competition

Closing date: 15th January

Entry fee:       £4 (£10 for 3)

Prize(s)          £200

Length:          1000 words max

Country:         UK

Website:         www.leafbooks.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 

POETRY

 

 

Kent & Sussex Poetry Society

 

Closing date:  31st January

Entry fee:       £4

Prize(s)          £800; £300; £150; 4x£75

Length:          up to 40 lines

Country:         UK

Website:         www.kentandsussexpoetrysociety.org/

Online entry?  no

 

 

Slipstream Poets Competition 2010

 

Closing date: 31st January

Entry fee:       £3, 4 for £10, 6 for £12

Prize(s)          £150; £75; £50

Length:          60 lines max

Country:         UK

Website:         www.slipstream-poets.co.uk

Online entry?   no

 


PLAYS
 


Drama Association of Wales One Act Playwriting Competition

Open/Youth Cast (16-25 yrs)/Welsh language/ by Wales based writer

 

Closing date: 31st January

Entry fee:       £10

Prize(s)          £250 each for Best Play in Open, Youth Cast and Welsh language sections.

                     Best play by Wales based writer wins a bursary for a Ty Newydd

                     theatre writing course.

Playing time:  20-50 minutes         

Cast:              minimum 2

Country:         UK

Website:        www.academi.org/lit-comps/i/135282/

Online entry?  no

 

February

 

GENERAL

 

Fylde Brighter Writers: short story and poetry competition

 

Closing date: 27th February

Entry fee:       stories £5, £10 for 3

                     poems £3, £5 for 3

Prize(s)          stories: £200; £50; 3x£25

                     poems: £100; £50; 2x£25

Length:          stories 2500 words max

                     poems – no limit

Country:         UK

Website:        www.brighterwriters.org.uk/

Email:          brighter_writers@btinternet.com

Online entry?  yes

 

 

Grace Dieu 2010

poems and short stories

 

Closing date: 28th February

Entry fee:       poems: £3; £10 for 4; each additional £2

                        Stories: first entry £5, then £3 each

Prize(s)          £350; £150; £75; £50; £25 in each category

Length:          poems up to 40 lines

                        Stories up to 2000 words

Country:         UK

Website:         www.gracedieuwriterscircle.co.uk/

Email:             tonygutteridge@live.com

Online entry?  no

 

NOVEL


Kelpies Prize 2010

new Scottish writing for children aged 9-12

 

Closing date: 26th February

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          £2000

Length:          40,000-70,000 words          

Setting:          wholly or mainly in Scotland

Country:         UK

Website:        www.florisbooks.co.uk/kelpiesprize/enter.html

Online entry?  no

 

 

Rose & Crown New Novel Competition

 

Closing date: 28th February

Entry fee:        £18

Prize(s)          £200; £100 + publication for top 3

Length:          40,000 – 150,000

Theme:          Christian Inspirational Romance (any genre)

Country:          UK

Website:         www.roseandcrownbooks.com/

Online entry?  Both hard copy AND digital files required

 

 

STORIES


Countryside Tales Short Story

 

Closing date:  1st February

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £75; £25; £15

Length:          up to 2000 words

Theme:           a country story

Country:         UK

Website:         www.parkpublications.co.uk
Online entry?  no

 

 

Creative Competitor: Jealousy

 

Closing date: 14th February

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £100; £75; £50

Length:          2000 words max

Theme:           jealousy

Country:         UK

Website:         http://creativecompetitor.com/competitions

Email:             info@creative-competitor.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 14th February

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          £500 + place on Arvon course

Length:          2000 words max

Theme:           union or unity

Country:         UK

Website:         www.writersandartists.co.uk/short-story-competition/

Online entry?              yes

 

 


WritersReign Short Story Competition

 

Closing date:  28th February

Entry fee:       £3

Prize(s)          £80; £40; £25; 3x£10

Length:          1000-1500 words

Theme:           A new day

Country:         UK

Website:        www.writersreign.co.uk/WR-Short-Story-Competition-2010.html

Email:             editor@writersreign.co.uk

Online entry?  yes

 

 

POETRY

 

Strokestown International Poetry Competition

 

Closing date: 5th February

Entry fee:       postal £5; e-mail €6

Prize(s)          €4000; €2000; €1000

Length:          In English - max 70 lines;

                     Irish/Scots Gaelic max - 70 lines

                     Humorous verse – any reasonable length

Country:         Ireland

Website:         www.strokestownpoetry.org/

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Gumnuts Poetry Competition

 

Closing date: 28th February

Entry fee:       AUS$5; AUS$15 for 5

Prize(s)          AUS$100; AUS$50 + publication

Length:          max 8 lines

Country:         Australia

Website:         www.scribbligum.com/

Online entry?  yes

 

 

POETRY COLLECTIONS

 

Flarestack Poets Pamphlet Collection

 

Closing date: 28th February

Entry fee:       £18 per collection

Prize(s)          £250 + publication

Length:          20-30 pages of poems (any length)

Country:         UK

Website:         www.flarestackpoets.co.uk/

Online entry?   no

March

GENERAL

 

New South Writing Contest 2010

Poetry and fiction

 

Closing date:  4th March

Entry fee:       $15 for 1 story or up to 3 poems

Prize(s)          $1000; $250 in each category

Length:          none specified

Country:         USA

Website:         www.review.gsu.edu/contest_ns.html

Email:             new_south@langate.gsu.edu

Online entry?  no

 

 

Writers-Editors Network 2010

Non-fiction: article/essay/column/book chapter

Fiction: short story/novel chapter

Children’s literature: short story/non-fiction article/book chapter/poem

Poetry: free verse/traditional

 

Closing date: 15th March

Entry fee:       under 3000 words: £5 (members), $10 (non-members)

                     3000-5000 words: $10 (members), $20 (non-members)

                     poems: $3(members), $5(non-members)

Prize(s)          $100;$75; $50 in each category

Length:          5000 words max

Country:         USA

Website:         www.writers-editors.com/Writers/Contests
Online entry?   no

 

 

 

Glass Woman Prize

Fiction or creative non-fiction written by a woman

 

Closing date: 21st March

Entry fee:       none

Prize(s)          $600; $100; $50

Length:          50-5000 words

Subject:          must be of significance to women

Country:         USA

Website:         www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm

Email:             glasswomanprize@comcast.net

Online entry?  yes

 

 

John Reid/Tom Howard Short Story, Essay and Prose Contest

Stories, essays, articles, one-act plays

 

Closing date: 30th March

Entry fee:       $15

Prize(s)          $3000; £1000; $400; $250; 6x$150

Length:          5000 words max

Country:         USA

Website:         http://shortstorycontest.0catch.com/

Online entry?  yes

 


STORIES


Creative Competitor: What if?

Closing date: 7th March

Entry fee:       £2

Prize(s)          £75; £50; £40

Length:          1500 max

Theme:           follow on from situation posed on website

Country:         UK

Website:         http://creativecompetitor.com/competitions

Email:             info@creative-competitor.co.uk

Online entry?   yes

 


Segora Vignette Competition

Closing date: 15th March

Entry fee:       £3; £5 for 2

Prize(s)          £30; £10

Length:          up to 300 words

Country:         France

Website:         www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk/

Online entry?   no

 

 

Fish One-Page Story Prize

 

Closing date: 20th March

Entry fee:       €12 (online); €15 (postal)

Prize(s)          €1000; 9x€50 + publishing in anthology

Length:          300 words max

Country:         Ireland

Website:         www.fishpublishing.com

Online entry?   yes

 

 

Write a Story for Children

 

Closing date: 31st March

Entry fee:       £3 (10x2nd class UK stamps preferred)/$10/€10

Prize(s)          £2000

Length:          2000 words max

Theme:           suitable for any age group up to teenage

Country:         UK

Website:        www.childrens-writers.co.uk/competition.htm#

Online entry?  no

 

 

 

The Yellow Room Short Story Competition

 

Closing date: 31st March

Entry fee:       £4 (£10 for 3)

Prize(s)          380; £45; £20

Length:          2500 words max

Country:         UK

Website:        www.theyellowroom-magazine.co.uk

Online entry?  no

 


POEMS


David Burland Poetry Prize 2010
For poems in English or French

Closing date: 31st March
Entry fee:       1st entry £5, then £3 (max 3)
Prize(s)          £150; £50; £30
Length:          40 lines max
Country:         UK
Website:         www.davidburlandpoetryprize.com/
Email:             enquiries@davidburlandpoetryprize.com
Online entry?    no

 

Once Written Poetry Contest

 

Closing date: 31st March

Entry fee:       $15

Prize(s)          £500; $100 + publication

Length:          no limit

Country:         USA

Website:         www.oncewritten.com/Contests/PoetryContest.php

Email:             owcontests@oncewritten.com

Online entry?  yes