Birmingham Words http://www.birminghamwords.co.uk
for writers in the Birmingham (UK) area - news, publications, articles, forums
Fledgeling Press http://www.canyouwrite.com
launch pad for new authors - stories, poems, prize for best rated each month.
Ladder Writers http://ladderwriters.com/index.shtml
Earn points by entering and winning monthly short story contests, providing links, information etc, leading to paid opportunity for critiquing, judging etc.
Lit-Net http://www.lit-net.org/
Literary site for Birmingham and West Midlands
Nice Stories
Post, receive feedback
Short Story Radio http://www.shortstoryradio.com
Broadcasts short stories on the web; free online magazine; competitions
Story http://www.theshortstory.org.uk/introduction.html
the campaign to celebrate the short story
Storymania http://www.storymania.com
Post, receive feedback, buy and sell work
Struggling Authors http://strugglingauthors.co.uk
Advice, writers' resources, competitions, forums
Unheard Words
http://www.unheardwords.com/5703.html
Site for innovative fiction
UKAuthors http://www.ukauthors.com
online creative writing and poetry community
Writelink http://writelink.co.uk/index.php
creative writing community, publishing and paying for short stories, poems, articles.
Writing Writers www.writingwriters.co.uk
competitons, newsletter
Prizemagic http://www.prizemagic.co.uk/index.html
General competitions site with useful Writing Competitons section, covering mostly UK competitions. Run by Michael Shenton, author of Stiff Competition, which won the Peter Pook Humorous Novel Comptition.
Creative Competitor www.creative-competitor.co.uk
runs own competitions for writers, artists, photographers, designers worldwide
Penultimate - E
The Home of Clent Writers
Norwich Writers Circle
http://www.norwichwriters.org.uk/page.php?domain_name=norwichwriters.org.uk&viewpage=Open%20Poetry%20Comp
Tamworth Writers
http://www.freewebs.com/tamworthwriters/index.htm