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SUMMARY:SaveAs Writers' International Writing Competition 2026 - Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 September 2026\nName: The Canterbury Christ Church University Poetry Prize\nTheme Lines of Communication\nEntry Fee: £4 per poem\, £10 for three\nPrizes: First: £200; Second: £100; Third: £50\nWord Limit: 60 lines\nCategory: Poetry competition\nJudge: Derek Sellen and Mary Anne Smith Sellen\nCompetition Website: saveaswriters.co.uk/all-competitions/lines-of-communication-2026.html\n\nTo celebrate 150 years since the first ever telephone call made by Alexander Graham Bell\, SaveAs Writers invite you to submit poetry or short stories with this theme: ‘Lines of Communication’.\n     Methods of communication have developed rapidly since that first phone call in 1876. Therefore\, the theme can be interpreted widely. Submissions might focus on communication in relationships • in the age of the Internet\, the mobile phone and AI • between human beings and aliens or robots • between nations or different cultures.\nWhat are the limits and difficulties of communication? Perhaps you want to explore if better communication means better understanding. Or if it is always used for the best reasons. These are just some of the possibilities. \nBe sure to read the full terms and conditions on the competition site before entering.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/saveas-writers-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Hammond House International Literary Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 September 2026\nEntry Fee: £10 (£5 for gold members)\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; 2nd: £100; 3rd: £50. All shortlisted entries will receive worldwide publication.\nWord Limit: 1\,000 to 5\,000 words for stories / 40 lines for poems\nTheme: Destiny\nCategory: Short Story Competitions / Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  hammondhouse.org.uk/2026-literary-prize\n\nOrganised by North East Lincolnshire community organisation Hammond House\, the Destiny International Literary Prize 2026 has categories for Short Stories\, Poetry\, Scriptwriting and Songwriting\, with various prizes. Members of Hammond House can enter with a reduced fee. There is also the option to receive feedback on your entry\, for an additional fee. \nThe top prizes for the short story and poetry competitions are £1\,000\, while those for the scriptwriting and song writing competitions are £100.  \nThis highly regarded organisation is brilliant at championing new creative voices\, and this destiny-themed contest is certainly worth entering.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/hammond-house-literary-prize/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 September 2026\nEntry Fee: €16 per poem or prose piece\nPrizes: 1st prize €1\,000 and a week at The Moth Retreat; 2nd prize €500; 3rd prize €250\nWord Limit: 4\,000 words (fiction or non-fiction prose) or a single poem of any length\nJudge: Sean Borodale\nCategory: Short Story / Non-fiction / Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: themothmagazine.com/directory/about-the-moth-nature-writing-prize\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Moth Nature Writing Prize is an international prize. It aims to encourage and celebrate the art of nature writing and is awarded annually to unpublished pieces of prose or poetry which best combine exceptional literary merit with an exploration of the writers’ relationship with the natural world.  \nThe winners are chosen by a single judge each year\, who reads the stories anonymously. This year’s judge is Sean Borodale\, whose debut collection of poetry Bee Journal\, a two-year poem journal of beekeeping\, was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize and Costa Book Award. He was selected as a Granta New Poet and a Poetry Book Society Next Generation Poet. His radio work\, Mighty Beast\, a documentary poem about a cattle market\, won the Radio Academy Gold Award for Best Feature or Documentary.  \nHis poem ‘Notes for an Atlas’\, written while walking around London\, was adapted and directed by Mark Rylance as an eight-night theatre work for Southbank Centre. He has been Honorary Research Fellow at the Slade School of Fine Art and is the current Adrian Brinkerhoff writer-in-residence at Poetry Ireland.\nPrevious judges include Richard Mabey\, Helen Macdonald\, Max Porter\, Kathleen Jamie and Cal Flyn. \nTHE PRIZES \n1st prize €1\,000 and a week at The Moth Retreat\n2nd prize €500\n3rd prize €250 \nThe winning pieces are published in the Irish Times online.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/the-moth-nature-writing-prize/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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