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:: Competitions ::
Liverpool Lennon Poet 2010
is a competition with two categories: performance poet and paper poet. Judge: Carol Ann Duffy. Prizes: Up to £1,000.
Entry fee: Free.
Contact for more information.
Closing date: 10 September
- 0151 709 1963.
- www.beatlesstory.com
The Allen Raine Short Story Competition
is for unpublished stories of 1,000-7,500 wds in English or Welsh on any subject, though they must be set in Wales. Prize: £100 for the winner in each language.
Entry fee: £5 per entry.
Closing date: 10 September
- 07808 298 222.
- Click here to send email
- www.allenraine.com
Biscuit International Flash Fiction Prize
is for stories of 250-750 wds. Prizes: £1,000 or your own collection/novella published plus £350; £250; £100; 7@£25. Top ten stories published in winners’ anthology.
Entry fee: £9 per story.
Biscuit Publishing Ltd, PO Box 123, Washington NE36 2YW.
Closing date: 14 September
Circalit and Little Episodes Short Story Competition
is to raise awareness for those suffering from depression and addiction through the arts. Judging is public and peer reviewed. Prize: Publication in Brainstorms, the second Little Episodes anthology.
Entry fee: Free.
Closing date: 15 September
Glass Woman Prize
is for a work of short fiction or creative nonfiction written by a woman. Prizes: US$500, US$100, US$50.
Entry fee: Free.
Closing date: 21 September
Mills & Boon New Voices Writing Contest
is a global search for fresh talent and a step-by-step competition for Mills & Boon novels by unpublished writers. Upload your first chapter from 6 Sep and by the stated deadline, then the second chapter and pivotal moment in October. See terms and conditions on the website for full entry guidelines.
Closing date: 22 September
The Yellow Room Short Story Competition
is for stories of up to 2,500 wds. Prizes: £80, £45, £20.
Entry fee: £4, £10 for 3.
The Yellow Room Competition, 1 blake Close, Bilton, Rugby CV22 7LJ.
Closing date: 30 September
Basil Bunting Poetry Award
acknowledges and celebrates the life and work of Basil Bunting and is for poems of up to 42 lines. Judge: Jo Shapcott. Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250, 3@£75. The winners and those commended will be asked to submit ten poems to Neil Astley, editor of Bloodaxe Books.
Entry fee: £7 for first poem, £3 each thereafter.
Basil Bunting Award, PO Box 214, Hexham NE46 9EL.
Closing date: 30 September
Micro-Fiction Competition
is for micro-fiction of up to 300 wds on any subject. Prizes: £150, plus publication for winning and outstanding entries in Leaf Writers’ Magazine and a winners’ anthology.
Entry fee: £3 per entry, £10 for 4.
Leaf Books, GTi Suite, Valleys Innovation Centre, Navigation Park, Abercynon, RT CF45 4SN.
Closing date: 30 September
The Asham Award
is a national short story competition for stories of up to 4,000 wds by women writers. Theme: Ghost or Gothic. Prize: £1,000, £500, £300, 9@£100.
Entry fee: £15 (£10 concessions).
The Administrator, Asham Literary Endowment Trust, Town Hall, High Street, Lewes BN7 2QS.
Closing date: 30 September
Fleeting Short Writing Competition
is for poems of up to 40 lines, flash fiction and short stories of up to 2,500 wds. Prize: £100 plus a special feature in Fleeting.
Entry fee: £1 per piece
Closing date: 30 September
Caketrain Chapbook Competition
is for English language fiction manuscripts of 40-80 pages. Prize: Publication, US$250 and 25 contributor copies; 25 contributor copies to runner-up. Check website for details of submission.
Entry fee: US$15; US$20 for entry plus a copy of the winning chapbook.
Caketrain Journal and Press, Box 82588, PA 15218, USA.
Closing date: 1 October
Poetry Competition for Long and Short Poems
is for poems of over, or up to, 50 lines. Judge: Myra Schneider. Prizes: for winner and commended.
Entry fee: Long poems £6 each; Short poems £4, £8 for 3, £12 for 8.
Second Light, Dilys Wood, 9 Green Dale Close, London SE22 8TG.
Closing date: 1 October
Pay It Forward Poetry Competition
is for poems of up to 60 lines by writers resident in Scotland or with Scottish roots. Theme: Community. Prizes: £500 plus poem published in a leading national newspaper; £50.
Entry fee: £5 for one poem, £10 for three.
conFAB, PO Box 16888, Glasgow G11 9EQ.
Closing date: 1 October
- 07811 394 058.
- www.confab.org.uk
Genomics Forum Poetry Competition
is for poems of up to 50 lines. Theme: Improving the human. Prizes: £500, £200, £100.
Entry fee: Free.
Closing date: 7 October
Troubador International Poetry Prize
is for poems of up to 45 lines. Judges: Gwyneth Lewis and Maurice Riordan. Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250, 20@£20.
Entry fee: £5 per poem for first four; £4 per poem fthereafter.
Troubador Poetry Prize, Coffee-House Poetry, PO Box 16210, London W4 1ZP.
Closing date: 15 October
Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize
is for writing of 1,000-1,500 wds that interprets the Franklin quote for its significance for today: “In politics, what can laws do without morals?”. Two categories: Young Writers (under 25yrs) and Professional Writers. Prizes: £500 (Young Writers), £1,000 (Professional Writers), plus publication in The British Daily Telegraph
Closing date: 15 October
- 020 7839 2006.
- Click here to send email
- www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org
The Big Scribble
is a poetry competition run by The Big Issue in the North Trust for poems of up to 40 lines. Theme: Home. Prize: Publication in The Big Issue in the North magazine.
Entry fee: £3 minimum donation.
Closing date: 18 October
Flashback Fiction Competition
is a short story competition for pieces of up to 500 wds that bring the past to life. Judge: Patricia Duncker. Prizes in two categories: Over 16yrs: £100, £50; Under 16yrs: £30 book tokens, £15 book tokens.
Closing date: 31 October
Could You Write a Short Story for Children?
is a competition for stories for children of any age of up to 2,000 wds. Prizes: £100, £30, £20.
Entry fee: £5 (£3 for members).
Competition Secretary Nina Mattar, 4 Redruth House, Grange Road, Sutton SM2 6RT.
Closing date: 31 October
Creative Writing for All Short Story and Poetry Competition
is for stories of up to 2,000 wds and poems of up to 40 lines. Theme: Domestic violence. Prizes in each category: £70, £35, £20. All profits made go to Women’s Aid.
Entry fee: £5 for first entry, £3 each thereafter.
Creative Writing for All, 35 Diglis Dock Road, Worcester WR5 3FA.
Closing date: 30 November
Prose and Poetry Prizes from The New Writer magazine
are for short stories of up to 4,000 wds, novellas of up to 20,000 wds, single poems of up to 40 lines, poetry collections of 6-10 poems, essays and articles of up to 2,000 wds. Prizes: Total prize fund £2,500, plus publication.
Entry fee: £5 per story; £15 per serial/novella; £5 for up to 2 single poems; £12 for a collection of poetry; Essays and articles £5 per entry.
The New Writer, PO Box 60, Cranbrook TN17 2ZR.
Closing date: 30 November
Short Story Competition
is for stories of 500-3,000 wds on any theme. Prizes: At least £100 plus £50 to a chosen charity. Prizes increase according to the number of entries received.
Entry fee: Entry fee: £5; Plus £5 for optional critique.
Closing date: 30 November
Escalator Literature
is a scheme designed to uncover talented early career writers of poetry, and launch them towards their first collection. Open for the first time to applicants from all parts of England. Prize: A period of structured support and mentorship from established poets, a summer school residential based at the UEA and support in making an Arts Council England Grants for the Arts bid. Sign up on the website to be the first to hear news about the competition.
Launched in autumn.
Kinglake Publishing Unpublished Authors Competition
is a genuine, no fee competition for unpublished authors. Prizes: One winner every month for twelve months, a different genre each month. A contract and royalties for each winner. Entry form and full details on website.
Closing date: 31 December
- 0845 508 6032.
- www.kinglakepublishing.co.uk
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