Flash Fiction

New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026

Entry Fee: £10 for one entry, £18 for two entries, £26 for three entries
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 4x Runners-up prizes of £100 each; top five entries will be published online
Word Limit: 100 words (excluding title)
Charity: 10% of entry fee proceeds will be donated to Duchenne UK
Judges: Editorial team at NewWriters.org.uk
Eligibility: Open to poetry or prose from writers aged 18 or above based anywhere in the world
Competition Page: newwriters.org.uk/100-word-competition

Entry Fee: £10 for one entry, £19 for two entries, £27 for three entries
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,100; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200
Word Limit: 300 (excluding title)
Eligibility: Anyone aged 18 years or older (at the time of entry) from anywhere in the world
Charity: 10% of proceeds with be donated to charity (split between First Story and the Funzi & Bodo Trust)
Category: Flash Fiction Competitions
Competition Website: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition

Entry Fee: £8 for one entry, £15 for two entries, £21 for three entries
Main Prizes: 1st Place: £500; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200
Additional Prize: The best story set in one of these historic properties will win a year’s Historic Houses membership for one or two adults (living at the same address, new joiners only)
Publication: The three winning entries will be published on the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology; the winning Historic Houses entry will be published in the Historic Houses Magazine
Word Limit: 300 words (excluding title)
Theme: Entries must be set before 1960 (Historic Houses setting optional)
Charity: 10% of the proceeds will be split equally between First Story and The Funzi & Bodo Trust
Judges: Editorial team at NewWriters.org.uk
Eligibility: Open to poetry or prose from writers based anywhere in the world
Competition Page: newwriters.org.uk/historical-flash-competition

Entry Fee: £10 for one entry, £19 for two entries, £27 for three entries
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,100; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200
Word Limit: 300 (excluding title)
Eligibility: Anyone aged 16 years or older (at the time of entry) from anywhere in the world.
Charity: £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)
Head Judge: Shreya Sen-Handley (Author, Columnist, Playwright and Illustrator)
Category: Flash Fiction Competitions
Competition Website: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition

Entry Fee: £10 for one entry, £19 for two entries, £27 for three entries
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200
Word Limit: 1,000 words (excluding title)
Charity: £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)
Head Judge: Cassandra Parkin (Award-Winning Author & Poet)
Category: Short Story Competitions
Competition Website: newwriters.org.uk/short-story-competition-1000

Entry Fee: £10 for one entry, £19 for two entries, £27 for three entries
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200;
Word Limit: 300 words (excluding title)
Charity: £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)
Head Judge: Stephanie Carty (Author and Clinical Psychologist)
Category: Flash Fiction Competitions
Competition Website: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition