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Eyelands International Book Awards 2025

Eyelands Book Awards 2025

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Deadline: 20th October 2025

  • Entry Fee: €40
  • Prizes: Five-day stay in Athens (winners of the Published Books and Writers' Choice categories); lots more prizes for the various categories
  • Word Limit: 250,000 words / 250 pages (check by category)
  • Category: Novel, Non-fiction, Poetry Competitions
  • Charity: 1 euro from every submission will be donated to United Nations Refugee Agency Greece
  • Competition Website:  eyelandsawards.com
TogetherintheUK creative writing competition

TogetherintheUK Then & Now Writing Competition

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 October 2025

  • Entry Fee: Free (multiple entries permitted)
  • Prizes: 1st Prize: £250.00 in each age category; 2nd Prize: A writing master class for each age category; 3rd Prize: A gift voucher for a bookstore or cinema near you for each age category
  • Word Limit: 1,500 words maximum (no minimum)
  • Eligibility: See competition site
  • Theme: Then & Now
  • Category: Story, Essay, Poetry or Song Lyric Competitions
  • Competition Website: togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition

Anthology Travel Writing Competition

Anthology Travel Writing Competition 2025

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Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 30th November 2025

  • Entry Fee: Very early bird: €10 per article (until 28th February 2025); Early bird: €12 per article (1st March to 30th April 2025); Standard fee: €15 per article (1st May to 30th November 2025)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: €300, plus publication in the Anthology magazine
  • Word Limit: 1,000 words
  • Category: Travel Writing Competitions
  • Competition Website: anthology-magazine.com/awards/travel-writing-competition

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