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SUMMARY:Bournemouth Writing Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 15th August 2026\nEntry Fee: £10 (for three poems or one short story)\nPrizes: First prize: £1\,000; second prize: £300; third prize: £200; published in Dorset Magazine\, read entry at the 2026 Bournemouth Writing Festival celebration event\nLine/Word Limit: Poetry – 30 lines; Short Story – 3\,000 words\nCategories: Poetry and Short Story Competitions\nJudges: Ed Wood (Short Story) and Matthew West (Poetry)\nCompetition Website: bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2027-writing-competition\n\nThe Bournemouth Writing Prize 2027 is open for entries\, with a generous prize fund of £3\,000 for winners. Every year\, they support a charity and this year\, the competition will support Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots UK – an educational and environmental initiative that empowers young people to take positive action for people\, animals\, and the environment. \nThe Short Story Judge is Ed Wood\, Agent and Director of Fiction Development at The Blair Partnership\, representing authors in crime\, thriller\, gothic\, horror\, and general fiction. While the Poetry Judge is Matthew West\, the founding director of literature development agency\, ArtfulScribe\, with fifteen years’ experience of working with writers including curating festivals\, workshops\, publications\, and performance..
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bournemouth-writing-prize/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Niagara Falls Poetry Project 25th Anniversary Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 on Saturday\, 15 August 2026\nEntry Fee: $5 (Canadian)\nPrizes: 1st Place $200\, 2nd Place $100\, 3rd Place $25; Spirit of Niagara Award $200 (Canadian); All entries eligible to be added to the Niagara Falls Poetry Project website & the anniversary anthology\nWord Limit: 100 lines maximum\nTheme/Genre: Niagara Falls – The cities and/or the waterfalls\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: niagarapoetry.ca/2026/04/09/rules\n\nThe Niagara Falls Poetry Project 25th Anniversary Poetry Competition is a juried competition open to poems in any form\, on the theme of Niagara Falls (the waterfalls and/or the two cities)\, with a special award for the poem that best exemplifies the “Spirit of Niagara Falls”.  \nPoems may be added to the website\, and published in an anthology of Niagara poetry at the curator’s discretion. Poems must be submitted in both a standard document editing format and a PDF file to poetrycontest@niagarapoetry.ca. Please see the competition site for the full terms and conditions.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/niagara-falls-poetry-project-competition/
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