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Creative Future Writers’ Award 2023

Creative Future Writers’ Award 2023

Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 14 May 2023

  • Entry Fee: Free (or pay what you can)
  • Eligibility: The competition is only open to underrepresented writers in the UK who are over 18 years old.
  • Theme: The theme for the 10th Awards is ‘X.’ (See more info HERE)
  • Prizes: £20K in cash & professional development (see the Creative Future website for full details)
  • Word Limit: Poetry: 50 lines, Fiction: 2,000 words, Creative Non-Fiction: 2,000 words
  • Categories: Short Story, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction
  • Competition Website:  creativefuture.org.uk/for-writers/creative-future-writers-award/how-to-enter
Poet for Places 2023

Poet for Places Prize 2023

Deadline: 31 May 2023

  • Entry Fee: FREE
  • Prizes: Winner: £10,000 grant. plus one-to-one mentoring from award-winning poet Daljit Nagra, Dr Emma Filtness and other creative writers at Brunel University London
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (one or two poems) plus a 300-word personal statement
  • Judges: Professor Daljit Nagra, Dr Emma Filtness and Dr Nicola Stacey
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Eligibility: Open to poets aged between 18 and 25 on 1 May 2023; must be resident in London.
  • Competition Website:  heritageoflondon.org/poet-for-places

Queen Mary Wasifiri New Writing Prize

Queen Mary Wasifiri New Writing Prize 2023

Deadline: 5:00 pm on 30 June 2023

  • Entry Fee: £10 for a single entry, £16 for a double entry, and £6 for a single subsidised entry
  • Prizes: Winner: £1,000, publication and career development support
  • Word Limit: 3,000 words
  • Judges: Leila Aboulela (Fiction), Diana Evans (Chair), Caleb Femi (Poetry), Aanchal Malhotra (Life Writing)
  • Category: Poetry | Fiction | Life Writing
  • Competition Website:  https://www.wasafiri.org/new-writing-prize/
Poetry London Prize 2023

Poetry London Prize

Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 30 June 2023

  • Entry Fee: £5 per poem (subscribers), £10 per poem (non-subscribers)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £5,000, 2nd Place: £2,000, 3rd Place: £1,000; plus publication in the Poetry London magazine
  • Word Limit: 80 lines maximum (not including titles or blank lines)
  • Judge: Rachel Long
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: poetrylondon.co.uk/prize/

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New Writers Poetry Competition 2023

Deadline: Midday (UK time) on Wednesday 12 July 2023

  • Entry Fee: £10 per entry (£1 from each entry donated to charity)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200;
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (excluding title)
  • Charity:  £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)
  • Judges: Andy Craven-Griffiths
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition

Trio International Poetry Competition

Trio International Poetry Competition

Deadline: 30th September 2023

  • Entry Fee: £5 for the first poem, £8 for two poems, £10 for three poems
  • Prizes: First Prize: £1,000; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £100; plus four commended poems: £25 each
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (excluding title)
  • Judge: Mike Jenkins
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: triouganda.org/poetry-competition

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The Prose Poem Competition

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 15 October 2023

  • Entry Fee: 1 poem £3, 2 poems £4.50, 3 poems £6
  • Prizes: First place: £100; Second place: £50; Third place: £25; Honourable mention: £10 (all plus publication)
  • Word Limit: 500 words
  • Judge: Ingrid Jendrzejewski
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: theprosepoem.com/submit/
Anthology Poetry Award

Anthology Poetry Award

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 October 2023

  • Entry Fee: Very Early Bird: €10 – up to 28 February 2023; Early Bird: €12 – up to 30 June 2023; Standard fee: €18 – up to 31 October 2023
  • Prizes: 1st Place: €1,000, plus a one-year subscription to Anthology magazine and publication in the magazine; 2nd Place: €250; 3rd Place: €250
  • Word Limit: 40 lines maximum
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website: anthology-magazine.com/awards-awards/awards/poetry-award-anthology/
National Poetry Competition

National Poetry Competition 2023

Deadline: Midnight on 31 October 2023

  • Entry Fee: £8 for first entry, £5 for subsequent entries (in same admission)
  • Prizes: First Prize: £5,000; Second Prize: £2,000; Third Prize: £1,000; Commendations: £200
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (excluding title)
  • Judges: Clare Pollard, Will Harris and Jane Draycott
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website:  npc.poetrysociety.org.uk

Cafe Writers Poetry Competition

Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2023

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 30 November 2023

  • Entry Fee: £4 for first entry, £10 for 3 poems & £2 per poem thereafter
  • Prizes: Winner: £1,000; 2nd Prize: £300; 3rd Prize: £200 (Norfolk Prize: £100)
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (excluding the title)
  • Judge: Martin Figura
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website:  cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-competition
Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition

Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition

Deadline: Midnight on 30 November 2023

  • Entry Fee: €7 per poem or €30 for a batch of five
  • Prizes: Winner: €2,000 and featured reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival ; 2nd Prize: €500; 3rd Prize: €250; 10 Runners-up: €50 (Winners and runners-up will also be published in in Southword literary journal)
  • Word Limit: 40 lines (excluding the title)
  • Category: Poetry Competitions
  • Competition Website:  munsterlit.ie/odonoghue-competition