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SUMMARY:New Writers Festive 50-Word Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Friday 12th December 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE to newsletter subscribers (which is also free)\nPrizes: 1st Place: £50 plus one free entry to the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026\nPublication: On the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology\nWord Limit: 50 words (excluding title)\nTheme: Festive\nCategory: Flash Fiction / Poetry Competitions\nHow to Enter: Sign up to our free monthly newsletter (if you haven’t already)\, and submit your entry through the form.\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). \nOur monthly newsletter includes details of upcoming writing competitions (including our current Flash Fiction Competition with a £1\,100 top prize!)\, along with tips and prompts and other news or offers we think might interest writers. We don’t share subscribers’ information with anyone else. \nYour festive-themed entry of up to 50 words can be prose or poetry. Please give your entry a title that isn’t ‘Festive’ and please don’t include your name on the entry. One entry per person. \nEntry to this free competition assumes you accept the following terms and conditions: \n\nEntries must be the sole work of the entrant and no AI or similar software may have been used to write it. One entry per person.\nEntries must be unpublished\, either in print or online (including social media).\nEntrants must be aged 16 years or older at the time of entry.\nEntries must be related to the theme of ‘Festive’ – though you can interpret that as loosely as you like.\nThe winner of competition will be paid a £50 prize and will receive one free entry to the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 (worth £10\, deadline 31st January 2026).\nResults of the competition will be published in the NewWriters.org.uk newsletter in December 2025 and the winning entry will be published on the website soon after and in the Anthology in 2026.\n\nNew Writers Festive 50-Word Writing Competition 2025 – Entry Form\nYour email *First Name(s) *Last Name *Pen Name or Alias (if applicable)The name you would like us to use if you make the short or longlist (or you win!)Title of Entry *Upload your entry *Choose FileNo file chosenDelete uploaded fileTick to confirm you have read and agree to the competition terms and conditions and that you have signed up to the free New Writers Newsletter. SUBMITPlease do not fill in this field.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/festive-50-word-competition-2025/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Dark Poets Prize - Edition IV
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30th November 2025\nEntry Fee: £6 for the first poem\, £10 for three poems\, £14 for five poems\nPrizes: First Prize: £1000 plus a Dark Poets Prize certification and a Dark Poets Club T-shirt\nWord Limit: 250 words\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: https://www.darkpoets.club/darkpoetsprize\n\nThe fourth edition of the Dark Poets Prize is open for entries until 30th November 2025. The winner will receive £1000\, a certificate of the win\, and Dark Poets Club merchandise. More information can be found on the competition site. \nDark Poets Club is a global collective for all inspiring\, emerging\, and established poets whose written expressions lean towards “darker” themes\, or as we like to call it\, real-world rawness. They love poetry that is beautiful\, honest\, and comes from that deeper voice within. While many publications may find your expression a little too heavy\, the Dark Poets Club want to read\, love\, and share it. They always encourage our club members to stay true to their art and never sugarcoat it for anybody. \nA portion of funds from the Dark Poets Prize IV submissions will be donated to SANE\, a mental health charity doing vital work to support people affected by mental illness.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/dark-poets-prize/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight on 30 November 2025\nEntry Fee: €7 per poem or €30 for a batch of five\nPrizes: 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 the Southword literary journal)\nWord Limit: 40 lines (excluding the title)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  munsterlit.ie/odonoghue-competition\n\nThe Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition is sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre and has been running since 2010. The prize is named in honour of the late Irish poet long associated with the Centre. \nAs well as the tidy cash prize\, the winning poet will also have their poem featured at the Cork International Poetry Festival (with a four-night hotel stay and full board!)\, and it will feature on the Southword Poetry Podcast and be published in the Southword literary journal. \nPlease read the submission details and rules carefully (for instance\, PDFs are not permitted). And good luck!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/gregory-odonoghue-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Happiful Poetry Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 Friday 14 November 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Winner: £100; four shortlisted poets: £25 National Book Token each; plus publication/broadcast\nLine Limit: 25 lines max (excluding title)\nTheme: Poems must be on the topic of mental health or wellbeing\nEligibility: The competition is open to anyone based in the UK or NI aged 18 or over\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: happiful.com/poetry-prize\n\nOrganised by Happiful – the award-winning print and digital magazine devoted to mental health and wellbeing – the Happiful Poetry Prize is returns fonce again. This free-to-enter competition celebrates the best in mental health and wellbeing writing and gives entrants the chance to win £100 and possible publication in the magazine or even broadcast on their podcast. \nSome key info about the prize:\n– Entered poems should explore the topic of mental health and wellbeing in unique\, engaging\, and empowering ways.\n– The competition is free to enter\n– The winner will receive £100\, and four shortlisted poets will receive a £25 National Book Token.\n– All five poems will be published in issue 96 of Happiful.\n– The deadline for entries is 23:59 Friday 14th November 2025.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/happiful-poetry-prize/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 31st October 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Winner: £100\, goody bags and anthology publication\nWord Limit: 500 words( Short stories)\, 500 words (blogs)\, 40 lines (poems)\nAge Categories: 7-11\, 12-14\, 15-17 and 18-25 years\nTheme: Nature\, the environment and climate change\nCompetition Website: writingeastmidlands.co.uk/young-writers-groups/solstice-writing-prize/\n\nWriting East Midlands is seeking short stories\, blogs and poems from writers aged 7-25 on the theme of nature. \nThis year\, Writing East Midlands is seeking 500-word short stories\, 500-word blogs or 40-line poems from young writers across the UK—all on the theme of nature\, the environment and issues related to climate change! \nThe Solstice creative writing competition is open to writers aged 7-25\, with four age categories to enter (7-11\, 12-14\, 15-17) and prizes on offer for the first-place winner and five highly commended entries in each category. \nPrizes include: £100\, goody bags and publication in our online anthology. \nWriting East Midlands is delighted to announce the 2025 judge of the Solstice Nature Prize for Writers is Gill Lewis. Gill is the multi-award-winning and bestselling author of children’s nature-themed novels such as Sky Hawk\, Sky Dancer\, White Dolphin and A Story Like the Wind. Her latest book\, Moon Flight\, was launched in March 2023 and recently won Waterstones’ Book of the Month. You can find out more about Gill Lewis here. \nThe Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers is FREE to enter. The deadline is 31st October 2025 at 11.59 pm. Check out the full details on the competition website.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/solstice-nature-prize-young-writers/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:TogetherintheUK Then & Now Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 October 2025\nEntry Fee: Free (multiple entries permitted)\nPrizes: 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\nWord Limit: 1\,500 words maximum (no minimum)\nEligibility: See competition site\nTheme: Then & Now\nCategory: Story\, Essay\, Poetry or Song Lyric Competitions\nCompetition Website: togetherintheuk.co.uk/competition\n\nTogetherintheUK is hosting a ‘Then & Now’ writing competition focussing on your or your family’s migration story. The organisers want to hear about the traditions you carried with you or have grown up with\, the gains and the losses\, the moments of joy and challenge as you built your new life. They want to hear about how you built your life in the UK: how you helped shape your community\, contributed to the economy in all kinds of ways through work and volunteering and how you or your family navigated living in a new country. \nYou can submit a poem or lyrics to a song\, an essay or a short story. There is a competition for over 18s and one for Under 18s\, an under 18. The top entries will be showcased on the TogetherintheUK website and may be published in an anthology. \nNote the following eligibility criteria. The competition is open to:\n– First and second-generation migrants and refugees\,  asylum seekers\, international students and international workers who have lived or are living in the UK\n– People working with migrants/refugees/asylum seekers\n– TGIUK volunteers current and previous and entrants and winners from previous TGIUK competitions.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/togetherintheuk-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:National Poetry Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight on 31 October 2025\nEntry Fee: £8 for first entry\, £6 for subsequent entries (in same admission)\nPrizes: First Prize: £5\,000; Second Prize: £3\,000; Third Prize: £2\,000; Commendations: £500\nWord Limit: 40 lines (excluding title)\nJudges: Denise Saul\, Ian Duhig and Susannah Dickey\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  npc.poetrysociety.org.uk\n\nFor poets looking to make a name for themselves\, The National Poetry Competition\, run by The Poetry Society\, is hard to beat. Apart from the gigantic £5\,000 prize for winning the competition (and the sizeable cash prizes for coming second or third)\, this competition is one of the greatest around when it comes to prestige. \nThe three judges are award-winning poets who have published numerous excellent collections between them\, and it won’t be easy to catch their attention. But with a very reasonable entry fee of £8.00\, it could be worth giving it a go if you have a poem (or two) you are particularly proud of.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/national-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:The Bedford Competition - Short Story and Poetry Awards
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 October 2025\nEntry Fee: £8.50 (or three for £17). Students: £6 (or three for £12)\nPrizes: 1st: £1\,500\, 2nd: £300\, 3rd: £200\nWord Limit: Stories up to 3\,000 words; poems up to 40 lines\nEligibility: Entrants must be aged 17 or older\, but from anywhere in the world\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\, Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: bedfordwritingcompetition.co.uk\n\n** Open for entries from 1st May 2025 ** \nThe Bedford Competition are an International Competition\, open to everybody from around the world aged 17 or over\, with prizes totalling £4\,600 including special awards for young writers and Bedford writers. All winning and shortlisted entries are published on the website and in a paperback anthology with global distribution. The organisers donate proceeds to charities that support literary and literacy skills. \nThe short story competition is for stories up to 3\,000 words. The poetry competition is for poems up to 40 lines. Entrants can write on any theme. Check out the competition site for the full terms and conditions.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bedford-short-story-poetry-awards/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Eyelands Book Awards 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 20th October 2025\nEntry Fee: €40\nPrizes: Five-day stay in Athens (winners of the Published Books and Writers’ Choice categories); lots more prizes for the various categories\nWord Limit: 250\,000 words / 250 pages (check by category)\nCategory: Novel\, Non-fiction\, Poetry Competitions\nCharity: 1 euro from every submission will be donated to United Nations Refugee Agency Greece\nCompetition Website:  eyelandsawards.com\n\nThe Eyelands Book Awards is running for the eighth year and is open to writers from all over the world. There are several categories to choose from: \nAWARD CATEGORIES (select one per entry application): \nThe following are eligible: \n1/Full-length books of fiction (Novels or novellas of any genre)\n2/Collections of short stories by one author\n3/Collected and selected poems\n4/Historical fiction – Memoir\n5/Children’s and YA books – Graphic Novels\n6/ LGBTQIA+ (texts of any genre with main theme related to the community)\n7/ Sci-Fi – Crime/Thriller – Horror (Novels or novellas)\n8/ Self-published books      \nPRIZES\n– Grand prize (published books): Five-day stay in Athens.\n– Grand prize (writers’ choice): Five-day stay in Athens.\n– Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books.\n– 14 more prizes\, also win a handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards!\n– Certification document for every prize winner.\n– Online publication for selected texts of prize-winning books.\n– Translation into Greek for poetry & short stories prize winners!\n– Video promotion across our social media for grand prize & prize winners.\n– There will be at least five finalists for each category. \nCheck out the competition site for the full details and to enter.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/eyelands-book-awards/
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SUMMARY:New Writers Historical Flash Fiction Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Wednesday 5th November 2025\nEntry Fee: £8 for one entry\, £15 for two entries\, £21 for three entries\nMain Prizes: 1st Place: £500; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200\nAdditional Prize: The best story set in one of these historic properties will win a year’s Historic Houses membership for one or two adults (living at the same address\, new joiners only)\nPublication: The three winning entries will be published on the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology; the winning Historic Houses entry will be published in the Historic Houses Magazine\nWord Limit: 300 words (excluding title)\nTheme: Entries must be set before 1960 (Historic Houses setting optional)\nCharity: 10% of the proceeds will be split equally between First Story and The Funzi & Bodo Trust\nJudges: Editorial team at NewWriters.org.uk\nEligibility: Open to poetry or prose from writers based anywhere in the world\nCompetition Page: newwriters.org.uk/historical-flash-competition\n\nENTER NOW \nThe New Writers Historical Flash Competition 2025 is open to stories or poems of up to 300 words set in any time period before 1960. \nThere’s a prize fund of £1\,000 plus an additional prize available for any entries set in one of these historic properties\, which would be perfect for a haunted house tale or an Agatha Christie-style mystery. (This prize is offered courtesy of Historic Houses\, who are also offering a £5 discount on new memberships if you use the Historic Houses Discount Code: TREX05). \nThe top three entries will be published on the website and in the next New Writers Anthology\, while the winner of the additional prize will be published in the Historic Houses Magazine. \nAlso\, 10% of the proceeds of the competition (i.e. 10% of the entry fees collected) will be split equally between First Story and The Funzi & Bodo Trust. So even if you don’t win\, you’ll still be contributing to a good cause. \nWe want to make the competition accessible to as many writers as possible. We therefore have a limited number of free entries for low-income writers\, available on a first-come\, first-served basis (up to 23rd October 2025). Please see the terms and conditions for details. \nSo if you’d like the chance to win up to £500 for (up to) 300 words\, and you’ve got a great idea for a story or poem set some time before 1960\, please get involved.
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SUMMARY:New Writers Sense of Place Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Tuesday 30th September 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE (one per person)\nPrize: 1st Place: £50 (plus one free entry to the New Writers Historical Flash Fiction Competition 2025\, and publication on the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology)\nWord Limit: 100 words (not including title)\nTheme: Sense of place\nCategory: Microfiction/Poetry Competitions\nHow to Enter: Complete the form below and attach your entry (Word doc\, .docx\, or PDF)\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). \nOur monthly newsletter includes details of upcoming writing competitions (including our current Historical Flash Fiction Competition with a £500 top prize!)\, the deadline for which is 5th November 2025. The newsletter also includes tips and prompts and other news or offers we think might be of interest to writers. Note that we don’t share subscribers’ information with anyone else. \nFor this competition\, the theme is “Sense of Place” (although please don’t make that the title of your entry). We are seeking a description of a place that means something to you. You can interpret the notion of “place” as you see fit. Note that we are not seeking stories per se\, but rather a descriptive piece\, whether prose or poetry\, that allows the reader to imagine your chosen place. \nSense of Place Competition Entry Form\nYour email *First Name(s) *Last Name *Pen Name or Alias (if applicable)The name you would like us to use if you make the short or longlist (or you win!)Title of Entry *Upload your entry *Choose FileNo file chosenDelete uploaded fileTick to confirm you have read and agree to the competition terms and conditions and that you have signed up to the free New Writers Newsletter. SUBMITPlease do not fill in this field. \nEntry to this free competition assumes you accept the following Terms and Conditions: \n\nEntries 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.\nEntrants must be signed up to the New Writers Newsletter (also free). If you haven’t signed up yet you can do so using THIS LINK.\nEntries must be related to the theme ‘Sense of Place’ – though you can interpret that as loosely as you like.\nThe winner of competition will be paid a £50 prize and will receive one free entry to the New Writers Historical Flash Fiction Competition 2025 (worth £8\, deadline 5th November 2025).\nResults of the competition will be published in the NewWriters.org.uk newsletter in October 2025 and the winning entry will be published on the website soon after and in the next New Writers Anthology in early 2026.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/new-writers-place-competition-2025/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Southword Editor’s Poetry Award
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 September 2025\nEntry Fee: €24 for three poems\nPrizes: 1st Place: €1\,000 for the best entry of three poems. The winner will receive publication in Southword magazine.\nJudge: Patrick Cotter\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  https://munsterlit.ie/southwordeditoraward/\n\nThe Southword Editor’s Poetry Award gives poets the chance to enter three poems for the very reasonable price of €24. The poet of the three poems judged the best will receive €1\,000 plus publication in Southword. The entry fee also includes a complementary postage-free\, one-year subscription to Southword\, which is a great bonus. \nThe judge for the contest is the acclaimed Irish poet\, Patrick Cotter\, whose poems have been published far and wide\, including in The London Review of Books\, Poetry and Poetry Review. His third full-length collection\, Sonic White Poise\, was published by Dedalus\, Dublin in 2021.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/southword-editors-poetry-award/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31st August 2025\nEntry Fee: €25 per manuscript\nPrizes: 1st Place: €1000; 2nd Place: €500; both winners will receive Chapbook publication and 25 complimentary copies\, Featured reading at the Cork International Poetry Festival (with three-night hotel stay and full board)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  munsterlit.ie/fool-for-poetry\n\nThe competition is open to new\, emerging and established poets from any country. At least one of these winners will be the highest scoring manuscript entered by a poet with no solo collection (full-length or chapbook) previously published. The other winner may have previously published poetry books. Up to 25 other entrants will be publicly listed as “highly commended”. \nManuscripts must be between 16 and 24 pages in length\, in the English language and the sole work of the entrant with no pastiches\, translations or versions. The poems can be in verse or prose. Any number of the individual poems may have been published before in journals\, anthologies and periodicals – the only restriction is that they cannot have appeared together as a book before. Entrants may submit more than one entry. Once entered\, no alterations can be made to the submission. Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please notify us immediately should your manuscript be accepted elsewhere. The winners will be selected by a panel of renowned poets. \nThe winning chapbooks will be published by Southword Editions and launched at the Cork International Poetry Festival. It will be offered for sale internationally through our own website\, Amazon\, and in selected independent book shops.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/fool-poetry-chapbook-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:SaveAs Writers' International Writing Competition 2025 - Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31st August 2025\nName: The Canterbury Christ Church University Poetry Prize\nTheme Facing the Storm\nEntry Fee: £4 per poem\, £10 for three\nPrizes: First: £200; Second: £100; Third: £50\nWord Limit: 60 lines\nCategory: Poetry competition\nJudge: Mara Adamitz Scrupe\nCompetition Website: saveaswriters.co.uk/competitions/facing-the-storm.html\n\nTo commemorate the the 250th anniversary of J. M. W. Turner’s birth\, the theme for this year’s competition is ‘Facing the Storm’\, which can be interpreted as broadly as entrants like. \nIf inspiration is needed\, Turner 250 is a year-long festival of special exhibitions and events. You can find out more at www.tate.org.uk/art/turner-250. However\, the theme of stormy seascapes can be freely interpreted\, metaphorically or literally\, with or without reference to Turner’s life and art. \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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250807
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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UID:2136-1754438400-1754524799@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Aurora Prize for Writing 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 6th August 2025\nEntry Fee: £9 (£7 for additional entries)\nPrizes: Winner: £500 in each category\, Second: £150\, Third: A ticket to the 2027 Writers’ Conference\, hosted by Writing East Midlands\nWord Limit: 60 lines (poetry)\, 2\,000 words (short story)\nCategory: Poetry and short fiction competition\nCompetition Website: writingeastmidlands.co.uk/for-writers/aurora-prize-for-writing\n\nRun by Writing East Midlands\, in partnership with the Society of Authors\, the Aurora Prize for Writing is open for entries of either short fiction or poetry. Winners of each category will receive a prize of £500\, feedback on a piece of work of their choice from a leading literary agent (or Editor as appropriate) and a years free membership to the Society of Authors\, which includes access to advice and resources on all aspects of the business of writing. \nThis year’s judges include T.S. Eliot Prize winner Joelle Taylor\, reading poetry\, and multi-award-winning author Irenosen Okojie\, judging prose. \nWinners will also receive a session with Society of Authors staff\, including an introduction to how the Society can support them in their careers as professional authors and covering essential advice on copyright\, payment terms and contracts. There are also prizes for second and third places and for regional regional winners. Shortlisted writers will also receive a free masterclass with their relevant judge.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/aurora-prize-writing/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250805
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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UID:10280-1754265600-1754351999@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival Writing Awards
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59pm on Monday 4 August 2025\nEntry Fee: Free\nPrizes: The winning entries are published in an illustrated book\, also available as an eBook.\nWord Limit: Varies\, see listing\nTheme: Comfort & Disturb\nCategory: Story\, Creative Non-fiction\, Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: mhfestival.com/2025/05/smhaf-2025-writing-competition-now-open\n\nThe Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s 2025 Writing Competition is open for entries.  \nThe theme for 2025 award is ‘Comfort & Disturb’. This can be interpreted in any way you choose – the limit is your imagination. For this year’s competition\, there are three categories and you can submit no more than one piece in each category:\n– FICTION: Short fiction pieces\, including short stories\, between 500 and 2000 words.\n– POETRY: Poems\, up to 40 lines.\n– CREATIVE NONFICTION: Creative writing with a factual basis\, between 500 and 2000 words. Examples can include letters\, diary entries\, autobiographical writing\, personal essays\, and creative journalism. \nEntrants must be over 16 years of age and entries must be typed and in English or Scots. Shortlisted entrants will be invited to read their entry at the Writing Awards ceremony at SMHAF. This will take place in Aberdeen on Wednesday 29 October. Category winners and the overall winner will be announced on the day.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/scottish-mental-health-arts-festival-writing-awards/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250701
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T095354Z
UID:1947-1751241600-1751327999@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Alzheimer's Society Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 30 June 2025\nEntry Fee: Free (up to three entries)\nPrizes: Publication in the Alzheimer’s Society magazine\, Dementia Together\nWord Limit: 30 lines maximum\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: alzheimers.org.uk/get-support/publications-and-factsheets/dementia-together/poetry-competition-2025-dementia-together-magazine\n\nThe free-to-enter Alzheimer’s Society Poetry Competition is open to poems of up to 30 lines on the subject of dementia or people affected by the condition. It is open to residents of the UK\, the Republic of Ireland\, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands aged 16 or above at the time of entry. Poems must be your original work and not published elsewhere (unless in a personal capacity\, such as on your blog – ask us if you’re unsure).  \nEntry is by email or post and the winning poems will be published in the Alzheimer’s Society magazine\, Dementia Together. Check out the competition website for the full details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/alzheimers-society-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250701
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250513T095410Z
UID:9741-1751241600-1751327999@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Hastings Book Festival Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 10pm on 30 June 2025\nEntry Fee: Single entry fee is £8.25; Two entries: £15; Three entries £21 (Max one entry for creative non-fiction)\nPrizes: 1st prize £250\, 2nd prize £100\, and 3rd prize £50\nWord Limit: Stories up to 2\,500 words; poems up to 40 lines; creative non-fiction up to 1\,000 words\nEligibility: Entrants to all competitions must be a minimum of 18 years old at time of entry\, but the competition is open to all\, including non-UK based writers.\nJudges: Short Story\, Jen Calleja (Poetry)\, Creative Non-Fiction\nCategory: James Young (Short Story)\, Poetry\, Sam Davey (Creative Non-Fiction)\nCompetition Website: hastingsbookfest.org/competitions\n\nThe annual Hastings Book Festival Competition launched on 31 March 2025 and closed on 30 June 2025. With prizes for short stories\, poems and creative non-fiction\, there’s something for everyone\, with extra options for those living in Sussex or near Hastings. \nThe categories and prizes are as follows: \nThe main Hastings Book Festival Writing competition is for writers of short story and poetry and can be on any theme. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world. \nThe Sussex Prize is for writers living in East and West Sussex and one will be chosen from the shortlisted entries of each of the categories for the main competition. \nThe Founder’s Prize is for emerging writers living within a 20-mile radius of Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea. It is for works of creative non-fiction and the theme is ‘REFLECTIONS’. This will be limited to one entry per person with a maximum of 50 entries overall.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/hastings-book-festival-competition/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250617
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250618
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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UID:9965-1750118400-1750204799@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:New Writers Hopeful Haiku Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Tuesday 17th June 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £50 plus one free entry to the New Writers Poetry Competition 2025\, publication on the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology\nWord Limit: three lines with a total of 17 syllables (excluding title)\nTheme: Hope\nCategory: Poetry 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 “Haiku 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). \nOur monthly newsletter includes details of upcoming writing competitions (including our current Poetry Competition with a £1\,200 top prize!)\, the deadline for which is one month after that of the the Haiku Competition. The newsletter also includes tips and prompts and other news or offers we think might be of interest to writers. Note that we don’t share subscribers’ information with anyone else. \nYour hope-themed entry should adhere (at least roughly) to the rules of haiku poetry. Please give your entry a title that isn’t ‘Hope’ (as that would complicate the anonymous judging process!). \nEntry to this free competition assumes you accept the following terms and conditions: \n\nEntries 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.\nEntrants must be signed up to the New Writers Newsletter (also free). If you haven’t signed up yet you can do so using THIS LINK.\nEntries must be related to the theme of ‘Hope’ – though you can interpret that as loosely as you like.\nThe winner of competition will be paid a £50 prize and will receive one free entry to the New Writers Poetry Competition 2025 (worth £10\, deadline 17th July 2025).\nResults of the competition will be published in the NewWriters.org.uk newsletter in January 2025 and the winning entry will be published on the website soon after and in the next New Writers Anthology.\nEntries should be sent as email attachments (Word doc or Google doc please) to competitions@newwriters.org.uk with the email subject “Haiku Competition”.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/haiku-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250501
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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SUMMARY:Channel Islands LGBTQ+ Writing Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Wednesday 30 April 2025\nEntry Fee: Free\nEligibility: Entrants must be from the Channel Islands. You do not have to be LGBTQ+ yourself to participate.\nTheme: LGBTQ+ theme\, fiction or non-fiction and in any written literary form\nPrizes: Winner of each category will receive a £100 voucher\nWord Limit: 1\,000 words\nAge Categories: ‘Under 18s’ or ’18 and Over’\nCompetition Website:  CLICK HERE for Entry Details\n\nThe Channel Islands LGBTQ+ Writing Competition 2025 is run by Liberate\, a Guernsey-registered charity established in 2014 to include\, inform and support the Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual\, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) communities across the Channel Islands.  \nAlthough the theme of the entries should be related to LGBTQ+ in some way\, entrants do not have to be LGBTQ+. Note that entrants must be from the Channel Islands (i.e. born in\, currently live in\, or have lived in Alderney\, Guernsey\, Herm\, Jersey or Sark).
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/channel-islands-lgbtq-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250401
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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UID:7695-1743379200-1743465599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31st March 2025\nEntry Fee: €15\nPrizes: 1st prize €1\,000 plus a week at Circle of Misse in France; 2nd prize €500; 3rd prize €250\nWord Limit: No line limit\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nJudge: Kate Wakeling\nCompetition Website:  thecaterpillarmagazine.com\n\nThe Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025 is an annual prize for  unpublished poems written by adults for children aged 7–11.  \nThis year’s judge is Kate Wakeling whose work has been awarded the CLiPPA prize for children’s poetry and nominated for the Carnegie Medal and has been praised as ‘clever\, funny\, inspiring’ (The Sunday Times) and ‘both limpidly welcoming and profoundly meaningful’ (Guardian). Her collections have variously been selected as Books of the Month in the Guardian\, The Scotsman and The Sunday Times. \nThe Prize is open to anyone (over 16)\, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. The poems can be on any subject.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/caterpillar-poetry-prize/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250328
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250329
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T134737Z
UID:7578-1743120000-1743206399@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Red Shed Poetry Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 28th March 2025\nEntry Fee: £3.50 for the first entry\, £2 extra for each additional entry\nPrizes: 1st Place: £100\, 2nd: £50\, 3rd: £20. Wakefield postcode prize: £25\nWord Limit: 40 lines maximum\nCategory: Marion Oxley\nSole adjudicator: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: currockpress.com/theredshedpoetrycomp\n\nThe Red Shed Poetry Competition 2025 is run by Currock Press (and sponsored by Mocca Moocho Café\,  Wakefield) and is seeking poems of up to 40 lines from anyone aged 16 or older. With a modest entry fee and the option to enter up to five poems\, this could be a great competition to send your unpublished poems. \nCompetition judge Marion Oxley admires “poems that tell me something I don’t already know\, that take me to places I haven’t already been” and “poems that make me think\, challenge preconceptions\, that widen the readers’ horizons”. So get best your best work sent to the Red Shed Poetry Competition before the 28th March 2025.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/red-shed-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250329
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
CREATED:20250106T132404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T110818Z
UID:4223-1743120000-1743206399@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition - Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) 28th March 2025\nEntry Fee: £3.90 including 30p admin fee\nPrizes: First prize: £75\, Commended: £25\nWord Limit: 40 lines\nJudge: Gwyneth Box\, children’s author\, award-winning poet\, and workshop facilitator\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com/competition-2025\n\nThe South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition has four categories:\n– Fiction\n– Creative Non-fiction\n– Poetry\n– Flash \nThe winner of each category will receive a prize of £75. Each category will also pick one commended entry (and award a prize of £25). The winners and commended writers in each category will also have the opportunity to read their work at the literary festival on 20th September in Leamington Spa. \nThis would be a fantastic competition for any poet to win\, so get involved today.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/south-warwickshire-writing-comp-poetry/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250225
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241105T110907Z
UID:3717-1740355200-1740441599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Elmbridge Literary Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 24th February 2025\nEntry Fee: Adults: £8\, Under 18s: free\nPrizes: Adults: 1st Place: £250; 2nd: £150; 3rd: £100; Under 18s: £10-£35 in book tokens\nWord Limit: Varies\nTheme: The River\nCategory: Short Story Competitions/Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  rcsherrifftrust.org.uk/elmbridge-literary-competition/\n\nThe Elmbridge Literary Competition 2024 is run in partnership with publisher Sampson Low\, who will publish the winning entries as a Chapbook. Open to short stories and poems\, there are various categories for under 18s and another for adults. Check out the competition terms and conditions for all the details. Please read the terms carefully as they vary depending on the type of submission and the age of the entrant. \nNote that there are different prizes and word/line limits for the different categories\, but the adults have a word limit of 1\,500 words for short story entries and 30 lines for poems. Note also that the Arial font must be used. There is the option to pay for Judges Feedback (fee £10.00) or a Full Critique (fee £25). \nGood luck!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/elmbridge-literary-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250218
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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UID:7943-1739750400-1739836799@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Poetry Wales Award 2024/25
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 17th February 2025\nEntry Fee: £5 per poem (or FREE for magazine subscribers and low-income households)\nPrizes: 1st Place: £500 plus a writing course or retreat; 2nd Place: £100; 3rd Place: £50; top three also win a One Year Subscription to Poetry Wales & publication in Poetry Wales\nWord Limit: 70 lines maximum (excluding title and line breaks)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nJudge: Jeremy Dixon (prize-winning poet\, workshop leader and maker of Artist’s Books)\nCompetition Website: poetrywales.co.uk/award\n\nSponsored by Literature Wales\, the Poetry Wales Award is a single-poem competition open to poets worldwide to share their new\, never-before-published work. The competition will be open from 17th December 2024 to 17th February 2025 and the entry fee is £5 per poem (maximum length 70 lines).  \nThe judge for the 2024/25 competition is Jeremy Dixon\, a prize-winning poet\, workshop leader and maker of Artist’s Books. He is the author of the pamphlet IN RETAIL (Arachne Press\, 2019). His first full collection A VOICE COMING FROM THEN (Arachne Press\, 2021) won the Wales Book of the Year Poetry Award 2022.  \nThe winner will receive £500 plus the choice of either a course at Literature Wales’ Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre or a week-long self-catered retreat at their dedicated writing retreat cottage\, Nant. Second place will get £100 and third will get £50\, and all three winners will be published in Poetry Wales and get a year’s subscription too. 10 highly commended poets will be invited to read at the Awarding Ceremony\, and have their poems published in an online booklet on poetrywales.co.uk.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/poetry-wales-award/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250101
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241008T094301Z
UID:7174-1735603200-1735689599@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241231
DTSTAMP:20260531T110933
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SUMMARY:New Writers Winter 50-Word Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59 (UK time) on Monday 30th December 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £50 plus one free entry to the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025\, and publication on the NewWriters.org.uk website\nWord Limit: 50 words (excluding title)\nTheme: Winter\nCategory: Flash Fiction / Poetry 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 “Winter 50-Word 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). \nOur monthly newsletter includes details of upcoming writing competitions (including our current Flash Fiction Competition with a £1\,100 top prize!)\, along with tips and prompts and other news or offers we think might interest writers. We don’t share subscribers’ information with anyone else. \nYour winter-themed entry of up to 50 words can be prose or poetry. Please give your entry a title that isn’t ‘Winter’ (one year almost half the entries were called that and it complicated the anonymous judging process!). \nEntry to this free competition assumes you accept the following terms and conditions: \n\nEntries 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.\nEntries must be related to the theme of ‘Winter’ – though you can interpret that as loosely as you like.\nThe winner of competition will be paid a £50 prize and will receive one free entry to the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 (worth £10\, deadline 31st January 2025).\nResults of the competition will be published in the NewWriters.org.uk newsletter in January 2025 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 “Winter 50-Word Competition”.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/winter-50-word/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Time After Time Rhyme and Recycle E-Waste Poetry Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 5th November 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Cash prizes of £50 for those selected for the e-zine\nTheme/Genre: To engage and inspire young people to learn about e-waste through poetry\, song lyrics\, spoken word\, visual or multi-media.\nEligibility: This competition is open to people aged 18-24\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: hubbub.org.uk/time-after-time\n\nRHYME AND RECYCLE: AN E-WASTE POETRY CHALLENGE \nTime After Time is a campaign from Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity Hubbub that aims to lead the charge in action on e-waste. This competition is for young people with an interest in creative writing to think about ways to view the e-waste problem in a new light. \nYour submission should fit under one of the following themes and engage and inspire young people to learn about e-waste: \n\nManufacturing of Tech – reflecting on the global resources and labour it takes to make tech and how easily we forget about these factors when it comes to looking after our electricals.\nConsumerism – How many unused electricals do you have in your home? The average household has 21! Consider our relationship with different types of tech and the value we give to different items.\nExtending the Lifespan of a Product – Recycling\, selling\, donating or binning (👎) deciding what to do with our tech isn’t a decision many of us spend time on – how can we highlight this through poetry.\nLiving in the technology era – Many people see their phone as one of their most important items\, it goes with us everywhere and connects us to everyone – until a new model comes along. What does this mean about its value?\n\nCheck out the competition site for more details and good luck.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/time-after-time-poetry-challenge/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Broken Sleep Books Poetry Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31st October 2024\nEntry Fee: £10 (standard entry) or £5 (low socioeconomic entry)\nPrizes: There are two prizes: 1 x full-length collection contract with Broken Sleep Books and £250. 1 x mentorship towards a full collection with Broken Sleep Books and £250 (low socioeconomic status entrants only)\nWord Limit: Minimum of 60 pages\, maximum of 90 pages.\nJudges: Penelope Shuttle (Lyonesse) & Andre Bagoo (Narcissus)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: brokensleepbooks.com/broken-sleep-books-poetry-competition\n\nThe Broken Sleep Books Poetry Competition 2024 is a fantastic opportunity for poets to get their full-length collection of poems into the world. With top-class judges in the form of Penelope Shuttle and Andre Bagoo and discounted entry fees for those of low socioeconomic status\, if you have at least 60 pages of poems\, this could be the competition for you. The winner will get a publishing contract for their poetry collection and £250. While the winning poet with a low socioeconomic status will receive mentorship towards a full collection with Broken Sleep Books and £250. \nNote that Broken Sleep Books have published numerous exceptional poetry collections\, including the debut collection of the winner of the New Writers Poetry Competition 2023 (and judge of the 2024 competition)\, Jordan Hamel.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/broken-sleep-books-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Solstice Nature Prize For Young Writers
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 October 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st: £100 plus publication in the Solstice Anthology (see notes for other prizes)\nWord Limit: 500 words (stories or blogs) or 40 lines (poems)\nEligibility: Entrants must be UK residents in one of the following age categories: 7-11* years\, 12-14* years\, 15-17* years and 18-25 years (*entrants will need permission to enter)\nJudge: Gill Lewis (multi-award-winning and best-selling author)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\, Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: writingeastmidlands.co.uk/young-writers-groups/solstice-writing-prize\n\nThe Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers is delivered by Writing East Midlands\, with great thanks to Arts Council England and the Amazon Literary Partnership for funding the 2024 competition. It is open to UK residents who fit into one of the four age categories:\n(7-11 years) – you will need permission to enter.\n(12-14 years) – you will need permission to enter.\n(15-17 years) – you will need permission to enter.\n(18-25 years) – you will not need permission to enter. \nThere are some brilliant prizes up for grabs. First-place winners in each age category will receive £100 and have their work published in the 2024 Solstice Anthology. Five Highly Commended runners up per age category will receive goody bags and also have their work published in the online anthology. There are also regional prizes for the best pieces in each age group for young writers living in the East Midlands. \nThe head judge is the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of novels including Sky Hawk\, Sky Dancer\, White Dolphin\, and A Story Like the Wind. \nMoon Flight\, her latest book\, which was launched in March 2023 was recently Waterstones’ Book of the Month. Find out more about Gill and her wonderful stories about the natural world here: Gill Lewis \nSo if you like nature and writing\, this is the perfect competition for you (or your kids!).
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/solstice-prize-young-writers/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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