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Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition

Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2023

Deadline: 4:00 pm on 30 September 2023

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
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

Bath Flash Fiction Award

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 8 October 2023

  • Entry Fee: £9 for one entry, £15 for two entries, £18 for three entries
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000; 2nd place: £300; 3rd place: £100; Two commendations of £30 each, plus 50 longlisted entrants will be offered publication
  • Word Limit: 300 words
  • Judge: Sara Hills (award-winning writer)
  • Category: Flash Fiction Competitions
  • Competition Website:  bathflashfictionaward.com
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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
Flash 500 Novel Opening Competition

Flash 500 Novel Opening Competition

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 October 2023

  • Entry Fee: £10 for one novel, £18 for two novels, £26 for three novels (plus £25 per story for an optional critique)
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £500; Runner-up: £200
  • Word Limit: Opening 3,000 words plus a synopsis (of up to 750 words)
  • Judge: Headline Publishing
  • Category: Novel Competitions
  • Competition Website:  flash500.com/novels

Caledonia Novel Award

Caledonia Novel Award

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 1 November 2023

  • Entry Fee: £25
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £1,500 plus a trophy (designed by Edinburgh artist Lucy Roscoe); Special Prize: a free place on a residential writing course (best novel from the UK and Ireland); Highly Commended: £500
  • Word Limit: First 20 pages + 200-word synopsis
  • Judge: Ariella Feiner, literary agent at United Agents
  • Category: Novel Competitions
  • Competition Website:  thecaledonianovelaward.com
Bath Children's Novel Award

Bath Children’s Novel Award

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

  • Entry Fee: £29
  • Prizes: 1st Place: £3,000; all shortlistees win feedback on their full manuscript; online novel editing course for one longlistee
  • Word Limit: Opening 5,000 words plus one page synopsis of novel manuscripts
  • Judge: Amber Caravéo (Co-founder of the Skylark Literary Agency)
  • Category: Children's Novel Competitions
  • Competition Website:  bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-novel-award
Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing Contest

Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest

Deadline: Midnight on 30 November 2023

  • Entry Fees: $15
  • Prizes: 1st place: $2,000 USD; 2nd place: Writing coaching package valued at $450 USD; 3rd place: Developmental and diversity editing package valued at $250 USD.
  • Word Limit: 100 words or fewer (including title)
  • Category: Flash Fiction Competitions
  • Competition Website: tadpolepress.com/100-word-writing-contest
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