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
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
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:
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
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?
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.
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
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
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
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
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
GENERAL
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
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
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
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
