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SUMMARY:The Page Is Printed 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Monday 19th January 2026\nEntry Fee: £5 for one entry\, £10 for three (FREE for under 18s)\nPrizes: First prize (adults): £100 voucher; First prize (under 18s): £25 voucher\nWord Limit: Single side of A4\nCompetition Website: tacchi-morris.com/the-page-is-printed\n\nThe Page is Printed creative writing competition is run by the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton\, Somerset\, and is different to most writing competitions in that it accepts any type of writing as long as it fits on a single side of A4. So whether you want to write prose\, poetry\, script\, a confession\, a love letter or anything else\, this could be the perfect competition for you. \nNote that there is a fee for entries from adults\, but those aged under 18 can enter for free. There is an Open prize and an additional prize for resident of Somerset. Entry to the competition also entitles you to one free tickets for the Celebration Evening on 15th February 2025\, at which the winners to the competition will be announced. There is also an additional prize of £25 for the “Best on the Night”. \nThere are four categories\, each with their own prizes: \n– The Somerset Prize (£100 voucher to Uk.Bookshop.org) is awarded to the best submission from a Somerset based writer. There is also an under 18’s version of this category with a £25 voucher prize available.\n– The Open Prize (£100 voucher to Uk.Bookshop.org for UK based winners\, or Waterstones.com for overseas winners) is awarded to the best submission regardless of the writer’s geographic location. Again\, there is a separate under 18’s version of this category with a £25 voucher prize. \nThe competition is assessed by a panel of judges\, which includes local award-winning poet Graeme Ryan.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/page-is-printed-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Parracombe Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 January 2026\nEntry Fee: £5 per entry\nPrizes: 1st Place £150; 2nd Place £50; 2 x 3rd Place £25; local writer £50\nPublication: Parracombe Prize Anthology 2026\nWord Limit: 2\,026 words\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  prize.parracombe.org.uk\n\nRun by the Parracombe Community Trust\, the Parracombe Prize 2026 is a short story competition that started small and went global\, and is now in its sixth year. With the Parracombe Prize\, no writer gets overlooked. Every submitted story is read by a panel of judges\, which includes published writers. Longlisted entries are re-read twice more and those in line for publication are debated\, dissected and discussed at length. \nAll profits are funnelled towards good causes in a small corner of Exmoor. The anthology of the judges’ 35 favourite stories will be launched at Parracombe’s annual arts and literary festival in May 2026 and will be available from their website\, in the community shop and on Amazon. \nCheck the competition website for the full details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/parracombe-prize/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Bristol Short Story Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 January 2026\nEntry Fee: £14 per entry\nPrizes: 1st prize £1\,500\, 2nd prize £500\, 3rd prize £250; each of the 12 remaining shortlisted writers will receive £50\nWord Limit: 4\,000 words (no minimum\, title not included in the word count)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nJudges: Jan Carson\, Kate Johnson\, and Peace Adzo Medie\nCompetition Website: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Bristol Short Story Prize is now open and accepting entries from writers around the globe. It has been running for 16 years and was previously under the direction of coordinator Joe Melia. As of 2024\, it has been under the direction of Dr Carrie Etter of the Department of English at the University of Bristol. The top prize is £1\,500\, with £500 for second and £250 for third. All shortlisted entries will receive £50\, be published in the print anthology and receive a free copy.  \nThe judges for the 2026 competition are:\n– Daisy Johnson is the author of Fen\, Everything Under\, Sisters and The Hotel. Her short story collection Fen was the winner of the 2017 Edge Hill prize.\n– Celeste Mohammed is the author of the novels-in-stories Ever Since We Small and Pleasantview which won the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.\n– Claire Carroll writes about the intersection of nature\, technology\, and desire. She is also a PhD researcher at Bath Spa and Exeter Universities\, where she explores how experimental writing – particularly short stories – can reimagine how humans relate to the natural and non-human world.\n– Zakiya McKenzie is a Senior Research Associate in creative research methods in the University of Bristol’s History Department\, working the project ‘Plants\, Enslavement and Public History’.\n– Michael Kalisch teaches American literature at Bristol. He is the author of The Politics of Male Friendship in Contemporary American Fiction (Manchester UP\, 2021) and The Midcentury Minor Novel: American Literature\, 1945-1965 (Edinburgh UP\, 2024).  \nEntries can be submitted online or by post\, although online is recommended. The entry fee is £14 per story\, with up to 50 low-income entries available each month.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bristol-short-story-prize/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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