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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241231
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SUMMARY:Arkbound Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 December 2024\nEntry Fee: £8\nPrizes: Free copy of published book; cash prize TBD\nWord Limit: 4\,500\nJudge: Bridget Reaume\, Publishing Executive of Arkbound\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\, Non-fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: arkbound.com/writing-competitions\n\nThe latest writing competition from Arkbound Publishing – officially entitled ‘Exploring Scottish Natural Landscapes\, Cultural Heritage\, and Environmental Preservation’ – invites UK writers and poets to participate in their latest competition which explores the historical significance and cultural emphasis on Scotland’s natural landscapes. Participants are encouraged to submit works of poetry and prose\, analysing and reflecting on Scottish landscape\, its hand in shaping national identity\, environmental preservation\, biodiversity\, urban pollution. They are seeking submissions exploring landscape memory\, intangible cultural heritage and/or urban & rural landscapes. See the competition site for the full details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/arkbound-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001
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SUMMARY:New Writers Book Review Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on Monday 30th September 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £50 and publication on the NewWriters.org.uk website\nWord Limit: 1\,000 words (excluding title)\nCategory: Non-fiction Competitions\nHow to Enter: Send your entry as an attachment (Word doc or Google doc please) to: competitions@newwriters.org.uk with the email subject “Book Review Competition”.\n\nThis competition is free to enter\, but entrants must sign up to the NewWriters.org.uk newsletter (use THIS LINK to sign up if you haven’t already). Our monthly newsletter includes details of upcoming writing competitions\, along with tips and prompts and other news or offers we think might interest writers. We don’t share subscribers’ information with anyone else. \nNote that the novel or poetry collection you choose to review must be published and available to purchase in the UK and must be the first novel or poetry collection published by that writer (though it’s okay if it was published prior to 2024). \nEntry to this free competition assumes you accept the following terms and conditions: \n\nEntered book reviews must be the sole work of the entrant and no AI or similar software may have been used to write it.\nEntries must be unpublished\, either in print or online (including social media).\nEntrants must be aged 16 years or older at the time of entry.\nBooks reviewed can be on any theme or genre but must be either novels or poetry collections\, published in English in the UK and available for general purchase at the time of entry.\nThe winner of competition will be paid a £50 prize; this prize includes the purchase of the copyright of the book review and it should not be published elsewhere.\nResults of the competition will be published in the NewWriters.org.uk Newsletter in October 2024 and the winning entry will be published on the website soon after.\nEntries should be sent as email attachments (Word doc or Google doc please) to competitions@newwriters.org.uk with the email subject “Book Review Competition”
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/book-review-comp/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
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SUMMARY:Genesis Emerging Writers Programme
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Mentorship\, seminars\, peer support and bursaries to ten emerging writers working in poetry\, fiction and non-fiction.\nWord Limit: 1200 words or 5 pages of poems\nEligibility: Applications are welcomed from emerging writers from all backgrounds\, of any or no faith\, aged over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published\, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer.\nCategories: Poetry\, Fiction and Non-fiction\nWebsite: jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/programmes/genesis-emerging-writers-programme\n\nThe Genesis Emerging Writers Programme offers mentorship\, seminars\, peer support and bursaries to ten emerging writers working in poetry\, fiction and non-fiction. The programme is open to emerging writers over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published\, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer. \nApplicants should be working\, or planning to work\, on a specific project\, with the aim of publication\, and should be committed to participating fully in all sessions offered by the programme. The Programme runs from 1 June 2024 to 1 April 2025. Grants will be made to successful applications on receipt of bank details. The programme of mentorship is designed to take place online and/or in person\, depending on the preference of the selected writer and their mentor. Group sessions are designed to take place online so that the programme is accessible to all. \nApplications close at 11.59pm time on 31 May 2024. \n To apply\, you must fully complete the online form which asks for:\n– Your personal/contact details;\n– A little about you and your writing project\, including a personal statement\, why you are applying for the programme\, a very brief synopsis of the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme and the genre of your project.\n– An uploaded sample of your writing\, up to 1200 words or 5 pages of poetry\, from the same project or in the same genre. Please make sure your name is not on the document as your writing sample will be judged anonymously. Please check headers/footers etc.\n– An uploaded budget for up to £1\,500 of funding to support your writing in the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme. Please note we will not approve budget requests for the purchase of laptops\, tablets\, mobile telephones or other technological equipment. Click here to view an example budget.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/genesis-emerging-writers-programme/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Novel Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
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SUMMARY:Bridport Prize - Memoir Award
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: £24 per entry\nPrizes: First prize: £1\,500; second prize: £750; three further prizes of £150; plus publication and manuscript/extract appraisal\nWord Limit: 8\,000 words max (5\,000 minimum) plus 300-word overview. (Title not included in the word count.)\nJudge: Kit de Waal\, award-winning and Booker-shortlisted writer of six novels\nCategory: Non-fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/memoir-award/\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Bridport Memoir Award is for those who have a powerful\, interesting or entertaining story to tell about their own life. \nWhile the £1\,500 top prize is significantly less (and the £24 entry fee significantly more) than for the Short Story Prize\, the doors opened by a win or even a shortlist in the Peggy Chapman-Andrews makes it well worth entering. \nTo enter you need to submit an extract of between 5\,000 and 8\,000 words from the opening chapters of your memoir\, plus a 300-word overview. If you make it to the longlist\, you’ll then need to submit 15\,000 words (including your initial submission); then if you make the shortlist you’ll need to send in a total of 30\,000 words. So\, only enter if you have made significant progress with your memoir. \nThe judge for the memoir competition is Kit de Waal\, who has not only won the Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction twice in the past\, but has written a brilliant novel (My Name is Leon) and an outstanding memoir (Without Warning & Only Sometimes). \nAs well as the prizes mentioned above\, the top five entries will receive appraisal from The Literary Consultancy and the winner will also gain a consultation with literary agent A.M. Health and publisher Hachette\, which could prove invaluable (though there are no promises you’ll get a publishing deal out of it!).
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bridport-prize-memoir/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240520
DTSTAMP:20250204T100446Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Future Writers’ Award 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on Sunday 19 May 2024\nEntry Fee: Free (or pay what you can)\nEligibility: The competition is only open to underrepresented writers in the UK who are over 18\nTheme: The theme for the 2024 Awards is ‘Reveal’\nPrizes: £23K in cash and professional development (see the Creative Future website for full details)\nWord Limit: Poetry: 50 lines\, Fiction: 2\,000 words\, Creative Non-Fiction: 2\,000 words\nJudges: Wayne Holloway-Smith\, Nina Mingya Powles\nCategories: Short Story\, Poetry\, Creative Non-Fiction\nCompetition Website:  creativefuture.org.uk/for-writers/creative-future-writers-award/how-to-enter\n\nThe Creative Future Writers’ Award is a brilliant writing competition that is open to underrepresented* writers of fiction\, poetry or creative non-fiction. \nUnlike many writing competitions that simply offer a cash prize and publication\, the Creative Future Award has amassed a brilliant package of prizes that includes various writing courses\, literary memberships\, manuscript assessments and coaching from a wide range of highly rated organisations as well as a bit of cash and publication in their anthology too. The full details of the prizes on offer can be found at the Creative Future site. \nSo if you are an underrepresented writer in the UK and you want the opportunity to enhance your writing skills and increase exposure to your work\, this could be the competition for you. \n*The Creative Future Writers’ Award is open to writers who are underrepresented. This includes people who feel their opportunities are limited as a result of: \n\nmental health issues\nBlack\, Asian\, traveller\, mixed heritage or other global majority backgrounds\nLGBTQIA+\nphysical disability\nlong-term limiting illness\nsensory impairment\nlearning disability/dyslexia/dyspraxia\nneurodivergent/ASD/ADHD\nworking class background\nsubstance misuse issue\nsurvivors
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/creative-future-writers-award/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240420
DTSTAMP:20240227T110920Z
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SUMMARY:FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Friday 19th April 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: A ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500\, plus an exclusive one-to-one session with Muna Reyal\, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green\nWord Limit: 1\,500 words\nJudges: Nicola Chester\, Dominic Couzens\, Muna Reyal and Fiona Mountain\nCategory: Non-fiction Writing Competitions\nCompetition Website: farm-ed.co.uk/post/farmed-chelsea-green-writers-prize-2024\n\nOrganised by FarmED (a not-for-profit organisation based at Honeydale Farm) in collaboration with Chelsea Green Publishing UK\, the FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers Prize 2024 is open to entrants aged 16-3o who have something to say about sustainable food\, regenerative agriculture\, biodiversity and climate change. \nThe judges are seeking up to 1500 words about any subject across the spectrum of ecological food\, farming and the environment and would welcome powerful\, inspiring articles\, pieces of fiction\, journals\, blogs or opinion pieces.\nJudging the 2024 award will be award-winning nature writers Nicola Chester and Dominic Couzens\, Muna Reyal (Head of Editorial\, Chelsea Green Publishing UK) and storyteller Fiona Mountain from FarmED. \nFinalists will be invited to attend the Farm & Food Literature Festival on Saturday\, 11th May at FarmED where the winner will be announced. Prizes include a ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500\, plus an exclusive one-to-one session with Muna Reyal\, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green. The winning submission will be published on the FarmED and Chelsea Green websites and shared across social media.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/farmed-chelsea-green-young-writers-prize/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240201
DTSTAMP:20231206T124626Z
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SUMMARY:Walk With Words Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23 January 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £300; 2nd Place: £200; 3rd Place: £100\nLine Limit: 250 words (for written entries)\nTheme: Memories\nCategory: Various\nCompetition Website: walkwithwords.co.uk\n\nThe Walk With Words Competition links in with the Walk with Words interactive walking route that connects Colchester City Centre\, the University of Essex\, and Greenstead. Arranged on 16 posts\, a QR code geo-locates content\, offering walkers a diverse mix of materials inspired by the journey – contributed by the community and curated from existing pieces. \nEntrants to this competition are invited to take inspiration from any moment on walk or the surrounding area to create content under the 2024 theme of ‘Memories’. The route can be found on the map below\, with the 16 locations highlighted. Submissions could be in the form of\, but are not limited to\, poems\, riddles\, local advice\, anecdotes\, short stories\, photography with captions\, short films or spoken word.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/walk-with-words-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240122
DTSTAMP:20231206T123954Z
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SUMMARY:Prolitzer Prize for Prose
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 21 January 2024\nEntry Fee: £3 for one entry\, £2 for each any subsequent entries\nPrizes: 1st Place: £200; 2x runners-up prizes of £50 each; winners and runners-up will be published in Prole issue 35\nLine Limit: 2\,500 words\nCategory: Prose Competitions (fiction or creative nonfiction)\nCompetition Website: prolebooks.co.uk/competitions\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Prolitzer Prize for Prosey Competition for 2024 is now open for entries of either fiction or creative nonfiction with a maximum length of 2\,500 words. Judged by poet and author Dave Wakely\, the organisers are seeking prose that is engaging\, accessible\, entertaining and challenging.  \nWith very reasonable entry fees and a decent prize pot\, this competition is well worth entering. The entries of the winners and runners-up will be published in the next issue of Prole.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/prolitzer-prize-prose/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240102
DTSTAMP:20231116T133655Z
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SUMMARY:Letter Review Prize for Reprints
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1st January 2024\nEntry Fee: $20\nPrizes: Three Winners share in the $1\,000 USD total prize pool\nWord Limit: First 5\,000 words of your manuscript or up to 70 lines of poetry\nCategory: Various\nCompetition Website: letterreview.com/information/\n\nThe Letter Review Prize is a regular writing competition split into the following categories: Short Fiction\, Poetry\, Nonfiction\, Published Books and Reprints. It offers cash prizes and publication to the winners. You can access previous winners on the Letter Review site to give you an idea of what floats their boat. \nThe Reprints Prize is open to  Stories\, Poems\, and works of Nonfiction which have been previously published\, and are not currently available to read online. Be sure to refer to the full entry guidelines for further details. Entrants should submit the first 5\,000 words of their manuscript\, whether it be prose or poetry.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/letter-review-prize-reprints/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Novel Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230701
DTSTAMP:20230621T125401Z
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SUMMARY:SWLF Writing Competition 2023
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.45 pm (UK time) on 30 June 2023\nEntry Fee: £3.20\nPrizes: Winner: £50 in each category\nWord Limit: 40 lines poetry\, 800 words fiction or creative non-fiction\nCategory: Poetry Competitions/Short Story Competitions/Non-fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website:  southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com/writing-competition-2023\n\nThe South Warwickshire Literary Festival Creative Writing Competition 2023\, to give the full title\, has three categories: Fiction\, Non-fiction\, and Poetry. As well as a £50 prize for each category\, the winning writers will have the opportunity to read their entry at the South Warwickshire Literary Festival on 23rd September 2023. \nThe entry fee is a very reasonable £3.20. Please read the terms and conditions to ensure you stick to the word/line limits and have the correct formatting.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/swlf-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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