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Our current competition: New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026 – Deadline: 30th Apr 2026. Prizes: 1st: £1,000; 4x Runners-up: £100.
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Short Fiction International Short Story Prize
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The Short Fiction International Short Story Prize 2024 is run by the Short Fiction Journal and offers a top prize of £1,000, a runners-up prize of £300 and £100 for third place. The top three will also have their entries published in the Short Fiction Journal.
The judges, Yan Ge and Wendy Erskine have penned various novels or short story collections and both have won several literary prizes. Note that 40 free entries are available to those for whom the fee represents a barrier to entry (twenty of these are reserved for UK entries).
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