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Bath Short Story Award

Bath Short Story Award

Deadline: 24 April 2023

  • Entry Fee: £9
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £1,200; Second prize: £300; Third prize: £100; all shortlisted stories will be published in an anthology (plus more, see below)
  • Word Limit: 2,200 words
  • Judge: Farhana Shaikh (writer, teacher and Managing Editor of Dahlia Books)
  • Category: Short Story Competitions
  • Competition Website:  bathshortstoryaward.org/

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

To Hull And Back – A Humorous Short Story Competition

Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 30 June 2023

  • Entry Fee: Early bird (until 31st March 2023): £13 for 1 story, £21 for 2 stories, £26 for 3 stories. From 1st April 2023 to 30th June 2023: £15 for 1 story, £24 for 2 stories, £30 for 3 stories
  • Prizes: 1st Prize: £1,200, your face on the To Hull And Back Anthology cover and a trip to Hull on a Harley Davidson; 2nd Prize: £600; 3rd Prize: £300; 3 x Highly Commended: £150; 14 x Shortlisted: £75; 20 x Longlisted: 1 x free early bird entry fee for the next competition (worth £13)
  • Word Limit: 2,500 words maximum (no minimum)
  • Judges: Christopher Fielden and others
  • Category: Short Story Competitions
  • Competition Website:  www.christopherfielden.com/short-story-competition
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/

Limnisa short story competition 2023

Limnisa Short Story Competition 2023

Deadline: 23.59 on 2 July 2023

  • Entry Fee: FREE - if you share news of the competition on Facebook or Instagram
  • Prizes: Winner: A week-long writing holiday by the sea in Greece; 2nd place: 50% discount on Writers' Retreat; 3rd place: 25% discount
  • Word Limit: 1,500 words
  • Category: Short Story Competitions
  • Theme: A Room of One's Own
  • Competition Website:  limnisa.com/shortstorycompetition2023

Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition

Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2023

Deadline: 4:00 pm on 30 September 2023

https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize

Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 30 September 2023

  • Entry Fee: £10
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £2,500; Three prizes of £200 (shortlisted authors); 10 £50 bookshop vouchers (longlisted authors)
  • Word Limit: 6,000 words
  • Judges: Alex Clark, Chigozie Obioma, Tomiwa Owolade and Susan Tomaselli (acclaimed writers and journalists)
  • Category: Short Story Competitions
  • Competition Website:  galleybeggar.co.uk/prize