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SUMMARY:Globe Soup 'Inspired by Art' Flash Fiction Challenge 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 15th July 2024\nEntry Fee: £9 (one story)\, £20 (three stories)\, £30 (five stories)\nPrizes: Winner: £750\nWord Limit: 500\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website:  globesoup.net/inspired-by-art-flash-fiction-2024\n\nFor writers who want to take part in regular competitions but also be part of an online writing community\, Globe Soup is a brilliant option. As well as the open competitions (like this one) which are outlined on their website\, they also have an amazing members-only Facebook group.  \nThe group is a forum in which writers of all types and experience levels can support one another’s endeavours\, share success stories and generally chat about writing. But there are also loads of members-only competitions available\, most with cash prizes\, that are well worth checking out\, including their 7 Day Story Writing Challenges. The group is open to anyone who has entered one of the Globe Soup paid-for competitions. \nBack to this competition\, and the Globe Soup ‘Inspired by Art’ Flash Fiction Challenge 2024 is well worth checking out. In this competition\, Globe Soup challenge you to create a compelling tale in 500 words or fewer\, drawing inspiration from one of 24 stunning artworks from emerging and established artists (provided with their consent). You need to ensure you read and understand the rules for this contest (to be found HERE) so you understand what’s required.  \nAll the artwork featured in this competition is used with the express permission of the artists\, who will be compensated for their contributions. The winning story and the artwork that inspired it will be published on the Globe Soup website following the announcement of the result. The author of the winning story will receive £750\, and the artist will receive £250 as thanks for allowing their work to be displayed on our site indefinitely.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/globe-soup-inspired-by-art-challenge/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:The Moth Short Story Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 June 2024\nEntry Fee: €15 per story\nPrizes: 1st prize: €3\,000; 2nd prize: a week at Circle of Misse plus open travel stipend; 3rd prize: €1\,000\nWord Limit: 3\,000 words\nJudge: Louise Kennedy (award-winning writer of novels and stories)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: themothmagazine.com\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Moth Short Story Prize offers a very appealing €3\,000 prize\, which is well worth gunning for. The second prize is a week’s break at the Circle of Misse creative retreat\, which third prize is a tasty €1\,000.  \nThe judge for the competition is Louise Kennedy\, whose novel\, Trespasses\, won the McKitterick Prize\, Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards\, the John McGahern Prize and the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year\, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize and longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. She is also the author of a collection of short stories\, The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac. She has written for The Guardian\, the Irish Times and BBC Radio 4. Before becoming a writer\, she worked as a chef for almost thirty years.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/moth-short-story-prize/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Writing Peers Summer Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 21 June 2024\nEntry Fee: $14.99 per entry\nPrizes: $1\,000 ($500 for the winner of each genre)\nWord Limit: 2\,000 words\nJudge: Judged by fellow competition entrants\nThemes/Genres: Receive 5 writing prompts\, choose one and turn it into a story in an original and compelling way.\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: writingpeers.com/summer-short-story\n\nThe latest writing competition from Writing Peers is very different to most contests\, so be sure to familiarise yourself with how it works on their website. \nThe main difference to your average competitions are that whenever you register\, on 22nd June you’ll be randomly assigned a genres along with five prompts\, of which you choose one to incorporate in your story. Then you have six days in which to write and edit your story… and then the fun begins! \nThere follows five rounds of judging. In each round\, entrants will receive two stories from genres they weren’t allocated. You will then need to give feedback for each of the stories and pick your winner. The votes are totted up from the five rounds and the winner for each genre is announced on 30th July 2024. \nOne of the best things about this competition is that you will receive plenty of feedback on your entry from your peers which can be very useful even if you don’t end up winning the competition. Reading lots of other entries is also a fine way to pick out the things that work and don’t work in these genres. \nSo if you fancy getting involved in a writing competition with a difference\, this could be the one for you.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/writing-peers-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
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SUMMARY:Genesis Emerging Writers Programme
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Mentorship\, seminars\, peer support and bursaries to ten emerging writers working in poetry\, fiction and non-fiction.\nWord Limit: 1200 words or 5 pages of poems\nEligibility: Applications are welcomed from emerging writers from all backgrounds\, of any or no faith\, aged over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published\, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer.\nCategories: Poetry\, Fiction and Non-fiction\nWebsite: jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/programmes/genesis-emerging-writers-programme\n\nThe Genesis Emerging Writers Programme offers mentorship\, seminars\, peer support and bursaries to ten emerging writers working in poetry\, fiction and non-fiction. The programme is open to emerging writers over 18 years of age and living in the UK with no more than three years’ experience of being published\, who feel they would benefit from the support and insight of a more established writer. \nApplicants should be working\, or planning to work\, on a specific project\, with the aim of publication\, and should be committed to participating fully in all sessions offered by the programme. The Programme runs from 1 June 2024 to 1 April 2025. Grants will be made to successful applications on receipt of bank details. The programme of mentorship is designed to take place online and/or in person\, depending on the preference of the selected writer and their mentor. Group sessions are designed to take place online so that the programme is accessible to all. \nApplications close at 11.59pm time on 31 May 2024. \n To apply\, you must fully complete the online form which asks for:\n– Your personal/contact details;\n– A little about you and your writing project\, including a personal statement\, why you are applying for the programme\, a very brief synopsis of the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme and the genre of your project.\n– An uploaded sample of your writing\, up to 1200 words or 5 pages of poetry\, from the same project or in the same genre. Please make sure your name is not on the document as your writing sample will be judged anonymously. Please check headers/footers etc.\n– An uploaded budget for up to £1\,500 of funding to support your writing in the project you intend to work on throughout the Programme. Please note we will not approve budget requests for the purchase of laptops\, tablets\, mobile telephones or other technological equipment. Click here to view an example budget.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/genesis-emerging-writers-programme/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Novel Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Victory Radio Pick of the Pops Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: £5\nPrizes: Top 10 shortlisted stories will be broadcast on air. In addition\, the winner and two runners-up receive a variety of prizes sponsored by Victory and Portsmouth Authors Collective.\nWord Limit: 600 words\nEligibility: Entrants must reside in the UK\, over 18s only\nTheme: Use a song title from the 1950s to 2000 to inspire your story\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: victoryonline.co.uk/pick-of-the-pops/\n\n** Open for entries from 1st May to 31st May 2024 ** \nVictory Online radio and Portsmouth Authors Collective have joined forces to offer a unique opportunity to new and experienced writers to have their work broadcast to thousands. Victory is based in Portsmouth but have listeners all over the UK tuning in on phones\, tablets\, computers and DAB+ radio.  \nThis is a chance to showcase your writing prowess & imagination but there’s a twist! Each story must be inspired by a song title from the 1950s to the 2000s. The top ten shortlisted stories will be broadcast on Victory Radio over a two week period which offers a brilliant opportunity to writers seeking to get their work out there.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/pick-of-the-pops-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
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SUMMARY:Sapere Books Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: Free\nPrizes: First prize: Publishing contract for a five-book series\nWord Limit: First three chapters plus a synopsis of up to 2\,000 words\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: saperebooks.com/writing-competition\n\nThis is a writing competition with a difference for authors – or aspiring authors – seeking to establish a long-term partnership with a publisher to produce a series of novels. Sapere Books are seeking a full synopsis (no more than 2000 words) and draft the first three chapters of the first book in the series based on one of the following briefs:\nBRIEF ONE: The Bletchley Park Codebreaker series\nBRIEF TWO: WWII Naval Thriller series\nBRIEF THREE: The Medieval Queens series\nBRIEF FOUR: Age of Sail series\nBRIEF FIVE: The King Arthur Origins series\nBRIEF SIX: The Gothic Houses mystery series\n(Please see the competition site for the full details of each brief.) \nOpen to debut and unpublished writers as well as established writers and ghost-writers\, this is a fine opportunity to get your foot in the publishing door and develop a career as a novelist.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/sapere-books-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Bridport Prize - Memoir Award
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 31 May 2024\nEntry Fee: £24 per entry\nPrizes: First prize: £1\,500; second prize: £750; three further prizes of £150; plus publication and manuscript/extract appraisal\nWord Limit: 8\,000 words max (5\,000 minimum) plus 300-word overview. (Title not included in the word count.)\nJudge: Kit de Waal\, award-winning and Booker-shortlisted writer of six novels\nCategory: Non-fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/memoir-award/\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Bridport Memoir Award is for those who have a powerful\, interesting or entertaining story to tell about their own life. \nWhile the £1\,500 top prize is significantly less (and the £24 entry fee significantly more) than for the Short Story Prize\, the doors opened by a win or even a shortlist in the Peggy Chapman-Andrews makes it well worth entering. \nTo enter you need to submit an extract of between 5\,000 and 8\,000 words from the opening chapters of your memoir\, plus a 300-word overview. If you make it to the longlist\, you’ll then need to submit 15\,000 words (including your initial submission); then if you make the shortlist you’ll need to send in a total of 30\,000 words. So\, only enter if you have made significant progress with your memoir. \nThe judge for the memoir competition is Kit de Waal\, who has not only won the Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction twice in the past\, but has written a brilliant novel (My Name is Leon) and an outstanding memoir (Without Warning & Only Sometimes). \nAs well as the prizes mentioned above\, the top five entries will receive appraisal from The Literary Consultancy and the winner will also gain a consultation with literary agent A.M. Health and publisher Hachette\, which could prove invaluable (though there are no promises you’ll get a publishing deal out of it!).
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bridport-prize-memoir/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240520
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SUMMARY:Creative Future Writers’ Award 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on Sunday 19 May 2024\nEntry Fee: Free (or pay what you can)\nEligibility: The competition is only open to underrepresented writers in the UK who are over 18\nTheme: The theme for the 2024 Awards is ‘Reveal’\nPrizes: £23K in cash and professional development (see the Creative Future website for full details)\nWord Limit: Poetry: 50 lines\, Fiction: 2\,000 words\, Creative Non-Fiction: 2\,000 words\nJudges: Wayne Holloway-Smith\, Nina Mingya Powles\nCategories: Short Story\, Poetry\, Creative Non-Fiction\nCompetition Website:  creativefuture.org.uk/for-writers/creative-future-writers-award/how-to-enter\n\nThe Creative Future Writers’ Award is a brilliant writing competition that is open to underrepresented* writers of fiction\, poetry or creative non-fiction. \nUnlike many writing competitions that simply offer a cash prize and publication\, the Creative Future Award has amassed a brilliant package of prizes that includes various writing courses\, literary memberships\, manuscript assessments and coaching from a wide range of highly rated organisations as well as a bit of cash and publication in their anthology too. The full details of the prizes on offer can be found at the Creative Future site. \nSo if you are an underrepresented writer in the UK and you want the opportunity to enhance your writing skills and increase exposure to your work\, this could be the competition for you. \n*The Creative Future Writers’ Award is open to writers who are underrepresented. This includes people who feel their opportunities are limited as a result of: \n\nmental health issues\nBlack\, Asian\, traveller\, mixed heritage or other global majority backgrounds\nLGBTQIA+\nphysical disability\nlong-term limiting illness\nsensory impairment\nlearning disability/dyslexia/dyspraxia\nneurodivergent/ASD/ADHD\nworking class background\nsubstance misuse issue\nsurvivors
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/creative-future-writers-award/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 5 May 2024\nEntry Fee: $35\nPrizes: First prize: publication contract offer from Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press (with advance)\nWord Limit: Minimum 22\,000 words\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: leapfrogprize.org/contest\n\nRun by Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press\, Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize is open to unpublished novels. They accept previously unpublished fiction manuscripts (minimum 22\,000 words) of novels\, novellas\, and short-story collections\, and in either adult or YA/Middle-Grade categories. They are seeking literary fiction and mainstream fiction\, including science fiction and the judges tend to be less interested in strict genre fiction\, but if a manuscript is good and grabs the attention\, they will be open to it. \n\nFirst Prize: publication contract offer from Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press\, with an advance payment against royalties\, plus the finalist awards (see below).\nFinalists: $150 and critiques of the manuscript from contest judges; permanent listing on the Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms contest pages as a contest finalist.\nSemi-Finalist: Choice of a free Leapfrog or Can of Worms book; permanent listing on the websites.\nHonorable Mention: listing on the Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press websites.\n\nThis is a fantastic opportunity for aspiring novelists to skip the agents’ slush pile and get their novel out into the world!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/leapfrog-global-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:EGG+FROG Britain vs The World: Flash Battle 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59 pm (UK time) on 30 April 2024\nEntry Fee: £5\nPrizes: 1st Place: £100\, 2nd: £50\, 3rd: £25\, all also published in EGG+FROG\nWord Limit: 500 words\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: eggplusfrog.com/competition\n\nIf you’re seeking a flash fiction competition that’s a little different from the usual contests\, this offering from EGG+FROG could be right up your street. The competition is open to entries of up to 500 words on any subject but the difference is\, this is a team battle: Britain vs The World.  \nThe Top 5 Flashes from Team Britain and Team World will duke it out for prizes\, glory – and points. 1st\, 2nd and 3rd place will get a host of incredible prizes. BUT! The team with the most points at the end of the competition will be declared the champions and also win some vouchers! Check out the EGG+FROG site for all the details and the T&Cs.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/egg-frog-flash-battle/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:New Writers 1000-Word Short Story Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on Tuesday 30th April 2024\nEntry Fee: £10 for one entry\, £19 for two entries\, £27 for three entries\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200\nWord Limit: 1\,000 words (excluding title)\nCharity:  £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)\nHead Judge: Cassandra Parkin (Award-Winning Author & Poet)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: newwriters.org.uk/short-story-competition-1000\n\nThe New Writers 1000-Word Short Story Competition 2024 is seeking imaginative\, thought-provoking stories of up to 1\,000 words. With a prize fund of £1\,500 and the winners getting published on the website and in a future New Writers Anthology\, this is a great competition for new and experienced writers alike. \nAlso\, £1.00 from each entry will be donated to creative writing charity\, First Story (who do some brilliant work to help empower young people and give them a creative voice). So even if you don’t win\, you’ll still be contributing to a good cause. \nWe are also very happy to have the brilliant novelist and poet Cassandra Parkin as our head judge for the competition. You can read our Q&A with Cassandra to find out about the kind of entries she might particularly welcome. \nSo if you’d like the chance to win £1\,000 for (up to) 1\,000 words\, get involved.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/short-story-1000/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing NZ Short Story Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59pm(NZST) on 30 April 2024\nEntry Fee: NZ$9 per entry/li>\nPrizes: 1st Place: $1\,000 plus two runners-up prizes of $200 each\nWord Limit: 3\,000 words\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nFinal Judge: Dr Lucie Brownlee\nCompetition Website:  creativewriting.co.nz/competition/the-creative-writing-nz-short-story-prize-2024\n\nThe Creative Writing NZ Short Story Prize is offering a top prize of NZ$1\,000 to the winning story of up to 3\,000 words. Head judge Dr Lucie Brownlee is a Sunday Times best-seller for her novel Life After You\, which was also adapted for TV. \nAs well as the cash prizes mentioned (paid in NZ Dollars)\, the winner and runners-up will also receive a free online course and publication on the Creative Writing NZ site.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/creative-writing-nz-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240420
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SUMMARY:FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Friday 19th April 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: A ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500\, plus an exclusive one-to-one session with Muna Reyal\, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green\nWord Limit: 1\,500 words\nJudges: Nicola Chester\, Dominic Couzens\, Muna Reyal and Fiona Mountain\nCategory: Non-fiction Writing Competitions\nCompetition Website: farm-ed.co.uk/post/farmed-chelsea-green-writers-prize-2024\n\nOrganised by FarmED (a not-for-profit organisation based at Honeydale Farm) in collaboration with Chelsea Green Publishing UK\, the FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers Prize 2024 is open to entrants aged 16-3o who have something to say about sustainable food\, regenerative agriculture\, biodiversity and climate change. \nThe judges are seeking up to 1500 words about any subject across the spectrum of ecological food\, farming and the environment and would welcome powerful\, inspiring articles\, pieces of fiction\, journals\, blogs or opinion pieces.\nJudging the 2024 award will be award-winning nature writers Nicola Chester and Dominic Couzens\, Muna Reyal (Head of Editorial\, Chelsea Green Publishing UK) and storyteller Fiona Mountain from FarmED. \nFinalists will be invited to attend the Farm & Food Literature Festival on Saturday\, 11th May at FarmED where the winner will be announced. Prizes include a ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500\, plus an exclusive one-to-one session with Muna Reyal\, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green. The winning submission will be published on the FarmED and Chelsea Green websites and shared across social media.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/farmed-chelsea-green-young-writers-prize/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:Short Fiction International Short Story Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 March 2024\nEntry Fee: Early Bird:  £10 – until 29 Feb 2024\, Standard: £12 – until 31 Mar 2024\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £100; top three will also be published in the Short Fiction journal\nWord Limit: 5\,000 words\nJudges: Authors Yan Ge and Wendy Erskine\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  shortfictionjournal.co.uk/prize\n\nThe Short Fiction International Short Story Prize 2024 is run by the Short Fiction Journal and offers a top prize of £1\,000\, a runners-up prize of £300 and £100 for third place. The top three will also have their entries published in the Short Fiction Journal. \nThe judges\, Yan Ge and Wendy Erskine have penned various novels or short story collections and both have won several literary prizes. Note that 40 free entries are available to those for whom the fee represents a barrier to entry (twenty of these are reserved for UK entries).
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/short-fiction-journal-short-story-prize/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Poetry Society Free Verse Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59pm on 18 March 2024\nEntry Fee: £5 for first poem\, £4 for subsequent poems\nPrizes: First Prize: £500 plus publication\nLine Limit: 48 lines (including title & blank lines / stanza breaks)\nJudge: Chrissy Williams (poet\, editor & comic book writer)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  thepoetrysociety.submittable.com/submit\n\nRun by The Poetry Society\, The Free Verse Prize is a poetry competition in support of Free Verse: the Poetry Book and Magazine Fair. \nFree Verse Poetry Book and Magazine Fair celebrates the vitality of poetry in the UK – it’s a day of conversation and shopping\, an unrivalled opportunity to browse the very best in contemporary poetry and to meet publishers\, literary organisations\, poets and poetry readers. This year’s Free Verse takes place on Saturday 20 April at St Columba\, Pont St\, London. \nThe winner lands a tidy prize of £500 plus publication in The Poetry Society’s ‘Poetry News’ magazine and the programme for the Free Verse Fair.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/free-verse-prize/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240302
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UID:1562-1709251200-1709337599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:PFD Queer Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1 March 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Representation by the Peters Fraser + Dunlop agency\nWord Limit: Three chapters and a synopsis (see below)\nCategories: Novel Competitions – 1. Adult and 2. YA & Children’s fiction\nCompetition Website:  petersfraserdunlop.com/pfd-queer-fiction-prize-back-for-2024\n\nRun by Peters Fraser + Dunlop (one of the longest established and most highly respected literary agencies in the UK)\, the PFD Queer Fiction Prize is a novel prize specifically for new LGBTQIA+ writers with the aim of finding emerging talent.  \nNote that there are two categories for the prize:  \n1. Adult\n2. YA & Children.  \nBoth are free to enter\, but entrants must only submit one entry.  \nThe prize of this free-to-enter contest is well worth winning: representation by the agency and support in writing to the end of your novel – which could prove invaluable for anyone looking to make it in the world of adult or YA & children’s literature.  \nEntrants should submit a cover letter introducing yourself and your book. Then attach a three chapter sample of your work plus a synopsis (no more than 1-2 pages of A4). See the prize site for the full submission details. \nPlease note\, the eligibility criteria: the prize is open to anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and who is un-agented and in the process of writing a piece of fiction is eligible to enter. Submissions do not necessarily have to be about LGBTQIA+ experiences as long as the writer identifies as such\, though the organisers are especially interested in stories with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/pfd-queer-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240301
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UID:3852-1709164800-1709251199@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Heroica Poetry Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 29 February 2024\nEntry Fee:  £2 per poem\, £5 for 3 or £10 for unlimited entries. Entry is free for HEROIClub members.\nPrizes: 1st Place: £125; 2nd Place: £50; 3rd Place: £25\nEligibility: Open to women and non-binary poets\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: heroica.co/poetry-prize\n\nOpen to women and non-binary poets\, the Heroica Poetry Prize has a £125 top prize and the winners\, along with all long-listed poems\, will be published (in print) in the first Heroica Poetry Anthology. There is a very reasonable entry fee\, but entry is free to HEROIClub members (details here) so that’s worth checking out if you would like to join an established and supportive writing community.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/heroica-poetry-prize/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240220
DTSTAMP:20260424T160321
CREATED:20240123T100359Z
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UID:4288-1708300800-1708387199@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Globe Soup 2024 Primal Fears Horror Short Story Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on 19 February 2024\nEntry Fee: £5 General Entry\, £9 Late Entry\nPrizes: Winner: £1\,000\nWord Limit: 5\,000\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  globesoup.net/horror-short-story-challenge-2024\n\nFor writers who want to take part in regular competitions but also be part of an online writing community\, Globe Soup is a brilliant option. As well as the open competitions (like this one) which are outlined on their website\, they also have an amazing members-only Facebook group.  \nThe group is a forum in which writers of all types and experience levels can support one another’s endeavours\, share success stories and generally chat about writing. But there are also loads of members-only competitions available\, most with cash prizes\, that are well worth checking out\, including their 7 Day Story Writing Challenges. The group is open to anyone who has entered one of the Globe Soup paid-for competitions. \nBack to this competition\, and with a great prize of £1\,000 for the winner\, it should be on your list of competitions to enter. It will particularly suit those who enjoy writing horror stories\, or indeed anyone who just fancies having a go. \nBut these something of a twist here… all participants will be randomly assigned a horror sub-genre and will receive a list of 20 primal fears. All participants will receive the same 20 primal fears. As soon as you receive your randomly assigned sub-genre and the list of primal fears\, you’ll have until the closing time to write and submit a short story of any length up to 5\,000 words. Your story should fit the sub-genre you were assigned and should be underpinned by one of the primal fears from the list. You get to choose the primal fear that will underpin your story.. \nThe Horror Sub-Genres \n\nBody Horror\nFolk Horror\nEco Horror\nPsychological Horror\nFantasy Horror\n\nYou won’t know which horror sub-genre you’ve got until you purchase your ticket for the competition. So if you fancy a challenge that could help push you out of your writing comfort zone\, why not give this a try?
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/globe-soup-primal-fears-horror-short-story-challenge/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240206
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UID:4159-1707091200-1707177599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:The People’s Friend Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 5 February 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £10\,000 writing bursary; Three category winners: £500; Six runners-up: £200\nWord Limit: 2\,000 words\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nGenres: Romance\, Thriller or Comedy\nCompetition Website:  thepeoplesfriend.co.uk/2024/01/05/155-anniversary-writing-competition\n\n “The People’s Friend” 155th Year Bursary Competition are open from January 8\, 2024. Submit your romance\, thriller\, or comedy short story using the following terms and conditions for guidance\, for your chance to win a £10K writing bursary! \nThe short story writing competition has a massive top prize of £10\,000 and runners-up prizes totalling £2\,700. Short story submissions of thrillers\, comedies or romances of around 2\,000 words are invited. The competition is open to amateur writers based in the UK. Deadline for submissions is Monday February 5th 2024 and there is no fee to enter.  \nThis is an excellent opportunity to win a very big prize without even having to pay an entry fee\, so get involved today!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/peoples-friend-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240202
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UID:3962-1706745600-1706831999@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Farnham Flash Fiction Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1st February 2024\nEntry Fees: £5 per entry\nPrizes: First place: £100\, Second place: £25\, Third place: £25\nWord Limit: 500 words or fewer (excluding title)\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: flashfiction500.com\n\nThe Farnham Flash Fiction Competition is run by Sally Dickson who is a member of Farnham Town Council\, Chairperson of the Hogs Back Writer’s and also writes Sf Thrillers under the pen-name Sally Ann Melia. It is also run in association with the Farnham Literary Festival\, at which the competition winner will be announced. With a first prize of £100 and prizes for second and third too\, it’s a decent value competition at £5 per entry\, so get involved today.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/farnham-flash-fiction-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240202
DTSTAMP:20260424T160321
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SUMMARY:Farnham’s First Five Thousand Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1 Feb 2024\nEntry Fee: £5 per entry\nPrizes: First prize:  £100 + a Literary Critique; Runner Up: £75; three further prizes of £50\nWord Limit: 5\,000 words max plus 300-word synopsis. \nJudges: Louise Morrish\, B.A. Paris\, Gill Thompson & Melanie Whipman\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/literary-writing-competition\n\nRun by Farnham Literary Festival\, Farnham’s First Five Thousand Writing Competition is seeking the first 5\,000 words of unpublished novels with no theme or style restrictions. It has an exceptional panel of judges featuring four brilliant writers\, editors and/or educators. It also has a very affordable entry fee (compared to most novel competitions!) and the winner will receive a literary critique of their work (along with the £100 cash prize!). Note that all five shortlisted works will be published on the Farnham Literary Festival website.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/first-five-thousand-competition/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240202
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UID:3697-1706745600-1706831999@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Searchlight Awards − Best Chapter Book for 5-8-year-olds 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) 1 February 2024\nEntry Fee: £12 per entry\nPrizes: First prize: £350 and a one-to-one call with the agent judge; the top 10 entries will feature in Searchlight’s Agent/Publisher Pitch Book of winning stories\nWord Limit: Submit one chapter (1\,000 words max) plus a pitch (80 words max)\nJudge: Katie Blagden of The Bright Agency\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  searchlightawards.co.uk\n\nAuthors working on chapter books for children aged between five and eight should take a look at this Searchlight Awards competition. As well as the top prize of £350\, the top 10 entries are included in a Publisher Pitch Book which is sent to a selection of literary agents. The winner will also get a one-to-one call with the competition judge\, who is an agent at The Bright Agency. There is no guarantee she will represent the winner\, but it could be a great opportunity to pitch your children’s book to someone in the industry.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/searchlight-awards-chapter-book-5-8/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240201
DTSTAMP:20260424T160321
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UID:3970-1706659200-1706745599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Teignmouth Poetry Festival Poetry Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 January 2024\nEntry Fee: £5.50 for first poem\, £3.50 for each additional poem\nPrizes:Open Competition: 1st Place: £600\, 2nd Place: £300\, 3rd Place: £200; Devon Resident: !st Place: £200\, 2nd Place: £100\, 3rd Place: £50\nLine Limit: 40 lines\nJudge: Malika Booker (for the Open Competition); ​Graeme Ryan (for Devon Poets)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: poetryteignmouth.com/competition-2024\n\nThe Teignmouth Poetry Festival Poetry Competition 2024 is open to entries and there are two options: the Open Competition\, for entrants from anywhere in the world\, and the Graham Burchell Award for Devon Poets for those with Devon postcodes. The Open Competition has a more generous prize\, but then the pool of poets will also be much larger so it will be tougher to win. Note that in addition to the top three prizes mentioned for each competition\, an additional £25 will be awarded to the top three commended poems.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/teignmouth-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240201
DTSTAMP:20260424T160321
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231206T124626Z
UID:3875-1706659200-1706745599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Walk With Words Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23 January 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £300; 2nd Place: £200; 3rd Place: £100\nLine Limit: 250 words (for written entries)\nTheme: Memories\nCategory: Various\nCompetition Website: walkwithwords.co.uk\n\nThe Walk With Words Competition links in with the Walk with Words interactive walking route that connects Colchester City Centre\, the University of Essex\, and Greenstead. Arranged on 16 posts\, a QR code geo-locates content\, offering walkers a diverse mix of materials inspired by the journey – contributed by the community and curated from existing pieces. \nEntrants to this competition are invited to take inspiration from any moment on walk or the surrounding area to create content under the 2024 theme of ‘Memories’. The route can be found on the map below\, with the 16 locations highlighted. Submissions could be in the form of\, but are not limited to\, poems\, riddles\, local advice\, anecdotes\, short stories\, photography with captions\, short films or spoken word.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/walk-with-words-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240201
DTSTAMP:20260424T160321
CREATED:20231112T092610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T071816Z
UID:545-1706659200-1706745599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 January 2024\nEntry Fee: £10 for one entry\, £19 for two entries\, £27 for three entries\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200;\nWord Limit: 300 words (excluding title)\nCharity:  £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)\nHead Judge: Stephanie Carty (Author and Clinical Psychologist)\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition\n\nThe New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2024 is seeking imaginative\, thought-provoking flash fiction stories. With a prize fund of £1\,500 and the winners getting published on the website and a future anthology\, this is a great competition for new and experienced writers to get their work out there. \nAlso\, £1.00 from each entry will be donated to creative writing charity\, First Story (who do some brilliant work to help empower young people and give them a creative voice). So even if you don’t win\, you’ll still be contributing to a good cause.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/flash-fiction-comp-2024/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240122
DTSTAMP:20260424T160321
CREATED:20231003T134726Z
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UID:3486-1705795200-1705881599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Prolitzer Prize for Prose
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 21 January 2024\nEntry Fee: £3 for one entry\, £2 for each any subsequent entries\nPrizes: 1st Place: £200; 2x runners-up prizes of £50 each; winners and runners-up will be published in Prole issue 35\nLine Limit: 2\,500 words\nCategory: Prose Competitions (fiction or creative nonfiction)\nCompetition Website: prolebooks.co.uk/competitions\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Prolitzer Prize for Prosey Competition for 2024 is now open for entries of either fiction or creative nonfiction with a maximum length of 2\,500 words. Judged by poet and author Dave Wakely\, the organisers are seeking prose that is engaging\, accessible\, entertaining and challenging.  \nWith very reasonable entry fees and a decent prize pot\, this competition is well worth entering. The entries of the winners and runners-up will be published in the next issue of Prole.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/prolitzer-prize-prose/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240102
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UID:3741-1704067200-1704153599@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Letter Review Prize for Reprints
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1st January 2024\nEntry Fee: $20\nPrizes: Three Winners share in the $1\,000 USD total prize pool\nWord Limit: First 5\,000 words of your manuscript or up to 70 lines of poetry\nCategory: Various\nCompetition Website: letterreview.com/information/\n\nThe Letter Review Prize is a regular writing competition split into the following categories: Short Fiction\, Poetry\, Nonfiction\, Published Books and Reprints. It offers cash prizes and publication to the winners. You can access previous winners on the Letter Review site to give you an idea of what floats their boat. \nThe Reprints Prize is open to  Stories\, Poems\, and works of Nonfiction which have been previously published\, and are not currently available to read online. Be sure to refer to the full entry guidelines for further details. Entrants should submit the first 5\,000 words of their manuscript\, whether it be prose or poetry.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/letter-review-prize-reprints/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Novel Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231220
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231221
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UID:3480-1703030400-1703116799@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Prole Laureate Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 20 December 2023\nEntry Fee: £3 for one entry\, £2 for each any subsequent entries\nPrizes: 1st Place: £200; 2x runners-up prizes of £50 each; winners and runners-up will be published in Prole issue 35\nLine Limit: No limit\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: prolebooks.co.uk/competitions\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Prole Laureate Poetry Competition for 2024 is now open for entries. With no set theme and no limit to the number of lines in your poem\, this is a great opportunity for those poets who don’t enjoy trying to squeeze their creations into a mere 40 lines.  \nAs the organisers say\, “We are\, as ever\, open regarding length\, style and content. We are looking for poetry that epitomises the editorial values of Prole: to make writing engaging\, accessible\, challenging and entertaining. Quality is all.” \nAs poetry competitions go\, the entry fee is very fair and with the winner and the runners-up having their entries published in the next issue of Prole\, this is a fantastic chance to get your work out into the world. The poetry competition is being judged by Maurice Devitt\, whose debut poetry collection ‘Growing Up in Colour’ was published by Doire Press in 2018\, and whose second collection ‘Some of These Stories are True’ came out in May 2023.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/prole-laureate-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231205
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UID:3502-1701648000-1701734399@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2023
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 4 December 2023\nEntry Fee: £10 per poem (for up to three poems)\nPrizes: 1st Place: £2\,000; 2nd Place: £500; 3rd Place: £250; Unpublished Poetry Prize: £250. The four winners\, plus sixteen additional finalists will have their poems published in the March 2024 issue of Mslexia.\nLine Limit: No limit\nJudge: Fiona Benson\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: mslexia.co.uk/competitions/single-poem-poetry/womens-poetry-competition-2023\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition is a very highly regarded poetry contest for people who self-identify as a woman. As well as this competition for single poems (though you can enter up to three for the £10 fee)\, Mslexia are also running a Women’s Pamphlet Competition 2023 (with the same deadline). \nThere is no line limit and the top prize of £2\,000 for the single poem competition is well worth aiming for. As are the other cash prizes and the chance to be published in the March 2024 issue of Mslexia. \nBe sure to check the rules and eligibility criteria on the website\, and good luck!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/mslexia-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231201
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SUMMARY:Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2023
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 30 November 2023\nEntry Fee: £4 for first entry\, £10 for 3 poems & £2 per poem thereafter\nPrizes: Winner: £1\,000; 2nd Prize: £300; 3rd Prize: £200 (Norfolk Prize: £100)\nWord Limit: 40 lines (excluding the title)\nJudge: Martin Figura\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website:  cafewriters.co.uk/home/poetry-competition\n\nThe Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2023 is open to poems of up to 40 lines (excluding title) written in English. As well as the prizes for the top three poems\, there is an additional prize for the best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident not winning another prize. There are also five Commended Prizes of £50. \nThe competition judge is the award-winning poet Martin Figura\, collection and show Whistle were shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award and won the 2013 Saboteur Award for Best Spoken Word Show.  \nNote that poems should be sent as PDF documents\, with each poem on a separate page. Check the Competition Rules for the full details. And good luck!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/cafe-writers-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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