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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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SUMMARY:Sunlight Books Time Travel Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 June 2025\nEntry Fee: £18 per story\nPrizes: 1st Place: £500 and featured in Sunlight Books’ Time-Travel Anthology\, Highly Commended Stories may also be considered for publication\nWord Limit: 1\,000 to 8\,000 words\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  sunlightbooks.com/time-travel\n\nSunlight Books Time Travel Short Story Competition is open to entries of between 1\,000 and 8\,000 words until 30th June 2025. Note the following rules and judging criteria:\n– Originality is key—entries must be 100% original and not generated by AI\n– Judging Breakdown: 10% Formatting\, 15% Spelling & Grammar\, 25% Use of Time-Travel Concept\, 50% Storytelling (Writing\, Character & Plot Development)\n– Strict anonymity—your name must not appear anywhere in the document\n– Stories published elsewhere are NOT eligible until after the competition exclusivity period (30 days post-results) \nThe winner will receive the top prize of £500 plus publication in the Sunlight Books’ Time-Travel Anthology\, while the Highly Commended Stories will also be considered for publication. \nCheck out the competition site for the full terms and information.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/sunlight-books-time-travel-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTSTAMP:20260424T093946
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UID:8553-1751241600-1751327999@newwriters.org.uk
SUMMARY:Flash 500 Flash Fiction Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 30 June 2025\nEntry Fee: £5 for one story\, £8 for two stories\, £11 for three stories\, £14 for four stories\nPrizes: 1st Place: £300; Runner-up: £200; Third: £100\nWord Limit: 500 words (not including title)\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website:  flash500.com/flash-fiction\n\nThe folk at flash500.com have a great quarterly competition aimed at flash fiction writers. Entries of up to 500 words are eligible\, with deadlines on 31st March\, 30th June\, 30th September and 31st December.  \nThe entry fee of £5 for one story\, £8 for two stories\, £11 for three stories\, £14 for four stories. Entries must not have been published and must be in English\, though entrants can reside anywhere in the world. So if you have honed at least the first part of you novel\, get involved and give yourself a chance of earning the top prize of £300.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/flash-500-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250701
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SUMMARY:To Hull And Back - A Humorous Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59pm GMT on 30 June 2025\nEntry Fee: Early bird (until 31st March 2025): £10 for 1 story\, £17 for 2 stories\, £20 for 3 stories. From 1st April 2023 to 30th June 2025: £12 for 1 story\, £20 for 2 stories\, £24 for 3 stories\nPrizes: 1st Prize: £1\,000\, your face on the To Hull And Back Anthology cover and a trip to Hull on a Harley Davidson; 2nd Prize: £200; 3rd Prize: £100; 3 x Highly Commended: £70; 14 x Shortlisted: £35\nWord Limit: 2\,500 words maximum including the title (no minimum)\nJudges: Christopher Fielden and others\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  www.christopherfielden.com/short-story-competition\n\nTo Hull And Back Short Story Competition is the biennial humorous writing contest run by award-winning writer and editor Christopher Fielden. With a very generous total prize pot of £2\,000\, this is a fantastic competition that offers cash prizes to the authors of the top 20 entries. \nAnd not only that… the winner receives what can only be described as a wholly unique prize: the face of the winner author will be printed on the To Hull And Back Short Story Anthology which will be sent to them. But before it wings its way to the winner\, said anthology will be strapped to the handlebars of a Harley Davidson motorcycle and filmed being ridden to Hull and back (from somewhere near Bristol). This might sound a little bizarre\, but there’s nothing wrong with that in our eyes. And just to prove we haven’t made the whole thing up\, you can check out the videos Chris made when riding the faces of previous contests To Hull And Back on the competition website! \nNote that there’s an early bird price and also a discount for additional entries (up to three in total)\, so it pays to get your entries in sooner rather than later. Good luck!
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/to-hull-and-back/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250620
DTSTAMP:20260424T093946
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SUMMARY:Outside In Written / Spoken Word Micro-Commission
DESCRIPTION:Application Deadline: 9am\, Thursday 19 June 2025\nFee: FREE\nTheme: A poem\, story or short essay in response to the open exhibition ‘Shelter’\nCriteria: Entrants must be based in the West Midlands and encounter significant barriers to the art world\, such as due to health\, disability\, social circumstance or isolation.\nCategory: Writing Courses & Opportunities\nOrganisation Website: outsidein.org.uk/news/shelter-spoken-word-commission\n\nOutside In has a fanatastic opportunity for two West Midlands-based artists as part of their upcoming National Open Exhibition\, ‘Shelter’.   \nOutside In is an award-winning national arts charity that supports artists who encounter significant barriers to the art world\, such as due to health\, disability\, social circumstance or isolation. They are seeking two West Midlands-based artists\, creatives\, writers or poets who meet their criteria to create a written piece in response to our upcoming national open exhibition\, ‘Shelter’. This can be a poem\, a story or a short essay-style piece.  \nThe selected artists will attend either or both the private view and celebration event for ‘Shelter’\, and then have time to write their piece in preparation for a spoken word event in mid- to late-July. The spoken word event date is yet to be confirmed\, but Outside In will ensure the selected artists have sufficient notice and support to write their piece. \nCommission details:\n– Two artists will be commissioned.\n– You do not need to already be signed up as an Outside In artist to apply\, but you do need to meet Outside In’s criteria of encountering barriers to the art world due to health\, disability\, social circumstance or isolation.\n– Each will receive £100.\n– The commissioned artists will be asked to attend one or both of the following events at The New Art Gallery Walsall: The ‘Shelter’ exhibition private view on Friday 27 June\, from 6–8pm & An artist celebration event on Saturday 28 June\, from 12–3pm\n– These events will give you an opportunity to visit the exhibition and to meet the exhibiting artists and curators\, and you can drop in at any time during these hours. A travel bursary of £20 is available if requested.\n– The artists will then work on their pieces following their visits to the exhibition.\n– The commissioned works will be featured on the Outside In website and performed during a spoken word workshop held at The New Art Gallery Walsall in July. The workshop date is yet to be confirmed.   \nHow to apply\nPlease complete a short application form to apply. You can choose to: \n– complete the form on on the website\n– or download the form and send it by email to: anupama.gamanagari@outsidein.org.uk\n– or print the form and send it by post to: Outside In\, PO Box 5571 Brighton BN50 8UR
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/outside-in-open-call-commission/
CATEGORIES:Courses & Opportunities
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250618
DTSTAMP:20260424T093946
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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:20250615
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SUMMARY:AWMA Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline:  Extended to 14th June 2025\nEntry Fee: $10 (or $5 for under 16s)\nPrizes: First: $200\, Second: $100\, Third: $50\, & top three get a two-year digital subscription to Martial Arts Magazine (value $98)\nWord Limit: 1\,000 words\nTheme: Martial Arts\nCategory: Short Story Competitions / Non-fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: austwriters.com/awmacomp-info\n\nCompetition Details\nThe  Albury Wodonga Martial Arts (AWMA) is celebrating their 10th year and to help mark the occasion they are running this writing competition on the theme of Martial Arts. As well as the Open category detailed above for adults\, there are two categories for children. Here are the summaries of all three: \nCategories: \nOpen : Aged 16 and Above\n– Entry Fee: $10\n– Maximum words: 1\,000\n– First: $200\n– Second: $100\n– Third: $50  \n10 to 15 years old\n– Entry Fee: $5\n– Maximum words: 750\n– First: $100 Harvey Norman Gift Voucher\n– Second: $50\n– Third: $25  \n9 years and under\n– Entry Fee: $5\n– Maximum words: 750\n– First: $100\n– Second: $50\n– Third: $25  \nNote that as well as the cash prizes mentioned\, all writers in the top three in their category will receive a two-year digital subscription to Martial Arts Magazine (value $98). \nThe entries can be fiction or non-fiction as long as martial arts are a central part and you treat it with respect. \nThe judges for the competition are as follows:\nVanessa McKay – Publications Manager of Martial Arts Magazine Australia\nNoah Legel – Renshi 4th Dan\, Owner of Illinois Practical Karate\nJustin Colbert – Renshi 5th Dan\, Owner of Albury Wodonga Martial Arts \nCheck the competition website for further details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/awma-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 2 June 2025\nEntry Fee: £5 for each poem\nPrizes: Winner: £300 (and named Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year(; Second place: £150; Third place: £75\nWord Limit: 60 lines maximum (excluding title and line breaks)\nJudges: Luigi Marchini (Chair\, SaveAs Writers Group)\, Kerry Rawlinson (Joint Winner\, Poet of the Year 2024) and Gary Michael Studley (Joint Winner\, Poet of the Year 2024)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: canterburyfestival.co.uk/poet-of-the-year-competition-2025\n\nThe Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2025 is open to national and international entries with a closing date of 2nd June 2025. With a maximum of 60 lines (excluding line breaks and title)\, there’s space to flex your poetic muscles. The judging panel (Luigi Marchini – Chair\, SaveAs Writers Group\, and Joint Winners – Poet of the Year 2024\, Kerry Rawlinson and Gary Michael Studley)\, will pick the winners and a longlist of entries will be published in the 2024 anthology. Check out the Canterbury Festival website for the full terms and conditions.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/canterbury-festival-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:The Writers' HQ Write A Novel Festival
DESCRIPTION:Course Dates: Sunday 1 June to Monday 30 June\nFee: Free to Writers’ HQ Gold Star Members\nWhat is it?: Workshops\, write-alongs\, the Wild Draft Challenge and more\nWorkshops: Twelve workshops hosted by a specially curated gang of writers and authors who will teach and inspire you\nCourses: Access to all Writers’ HQ novel plotting\, editing and troubleshooting courses\nCategory: Writing Courses & Opportunities\nFestival Website: writershq.co.uk/the-writers-hq-write-a-novel-festival\n\nThe Writers’ HQ Write A Novel Festival runs from the 1st to the 30th June 2025 and is a month of novel writing\, workshops\, write-alongs\, community and tea drinking. Run by the excellent Writers’ HQ\, will “Festival will hold your hand and kick your butt through starting\, middling and finishing your novel.” \nThere are 12 workshops including: \n– Writing A Wild Draft with Sarah Lewis\n– Write-Along with Veronique Kootstra\n– Funny Hats: Characterisation Masterclass with Akshay Gajria\n– Write-Along with Kathy Hoyle\n– Making Space for Stories that Hold Linh S Nguyen\n– Write-Along with Mara Livermore\n– Making Magic Real with Leone Ross \nThe workshops are free to Gold Star Members\, which costs £20 a month or £190 annually\, and also include access to 25 writing courses\, monthly writing masterclasses\, and access to the Writers’ HQ community. \nSo if you want to write that novel that’s been brewing inside you for years\, get involved with the Writers’ HQ Write A Novel Festival.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/writers-hq-write-novel-festival/
CATEGORIES:Courses & Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Bridport Prize - Short Story
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 31 May 2025\nEntry Fee: £14 per entry\nPrizes: First prize: £5\,000; second prize: £1\,000; third prize: £500; highly commended: 10 x £100\nWord Limit: 5\,000 words (no minimum\, title not included in the word count)\nJudge: Leone Ross\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/short-story\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Bridport Short Story Prize can prove a fantastic stepping stone for fiction writers who are seeking to make a career out of telling stories. The prestige of the Bridport Prize means that winning their short story prize (or even making it onto the shortlist) can cause agents and publishers to take you seriously. Winning and highly commended UK based writers are entered into the BBC short story competition. Literary agent A.M. Heath reads all the shortlist and considers representation. \nOh\, and the £5\,000 prize for the winner isn’t bad either! \nThe 5\,000-word limit gives you plenty of room to flex your writing muscles\, but there’s no minimum length so only write as many words as if necessary for your story. \nThe judge for the short story competition is Leone Ross\, a short story writer\, novelist and editor. Her fiction has been nominated for the Women’s Prize\, the Goldsmiths award\, the RSL Ondaatje award and the Edge Hill Prize\, among others. In 2022\, she won the Manchester Prize for Fiction for her short story\, When We Went Gallivanting.  \nThe following additional prizes may also apply to entrants who fit certain criteria: \nYoung Writer Award £500 – For the highest placed writer aged 16 to 25 in poetry\, short story\, flash fiction and novel. \nNever Too Late Award – This £500 award is given to the highest placed writer aged 60+ in Poetry\, Short Story\, Novel and Flash Fiction. The winning piece will feature in our anthology\, which counts as being published and opens doors with literary agents and publishers. It also accesses other competitions not available to the public. \nDorset Award £100 – Given to the highest placed Dorset writer in poetry\, short story\, flash fiction and novel. Sponsored by The Bookshop\, Bridport.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bridport-prize-short-story/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250601
DTSTAMP:20260424T093946
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SUMMARY:Goldfinch Novel Award 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59 (UK time) 31st May 2025\nEntry Fee: £10 per entry\nPrizes: First prize: £500\nWord Limit: 3\,000 words from the beginning of a completed novel plus one-page synopsis\nJudge: James Mustelier\, Literary Agent and Editorial Consultant at The Bent Agency\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website: goldfinch-books.com/novel\n\nIndependent bookshop Goldfinch Books are once again running their Novel Award in 2025. \nThe Goldfinch Novel Award 2025 is a prize for emerging authors (aged 16+) with completed young adult or adult novels. This competition is open to authors nationwide and will have a prize of £500 for the winning novel\, chosen by judge James Mustelier\, Literary Agent and Editorial Consultant at The Bent Agency. \nWith a reasonable entry fee of £10\, and a longlist announcement soon after the deadline\, this could be an excellent opportunity for aspiring authors. Note that longlisted authors to submit full manuscript of completed novels within a week of longlist announcement.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/goldfinch-novel-award/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Globe Soup: How to Write Stories That Win Contests Course & Workshops
DESCRIPTION:Course Dates: Ongoing throughout 2025\nFee: Intro rate: £29.99 (Standard: £79.99)\nCourse Content: 7 modules and 30 lessons\, available as both PDF and audio files for flexible learning\, released throughout the year\nWorkshops: 7 interactive workshops in 2025\nCategory: Writing Courses & Opportunities\nCourse Website: globesoup.net/how-to-write-stories-that-win-contests\n\nRun by Globe Soup\, How to Write Stories That Win Contests is a comprehensive online course and workshop experience designed to help fiction writers craft compelling\, impactful stories that resonate with and captivate readers. \nThe course focuses predominantly on short stories but almost all of the lesson include lots of useful information that can be applied to shorter (flash) or longer fiction\, or even poems in some cases. The course includes seven modules\, with a total of 30 lessons\, many of which go into great depth unravelling some of the trickiest parts of fiction writing. In addition\, course participants will be invited to join an interactive workshop group to connect with fellow writers\, ask questions\, receive feedback on your work\, and refine their writing; putting everything they’ve learned into practice. \nAs writing courses go\, this extensive option from Globe Soup offers unbelievable value. So if you want to improve your chances of winning a writing competition\, sign up to How to Write Stories That Win Contests today.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/write-stories-win-contests-course/
CATEGORIES:Courses & Opportunities
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SUMMARY:New Writers Poetry Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on Thursday 17th July 2025\nEntry Fee: £10 per entry; (£18 for two entries\, £26 for three entries\, when submitted together)\nPrizes: 1st: £1\,200; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £150; 4th to 6th: £50 each\nPublication: The six winning entries will be published on the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology\nWord Limit: 42 lines (excluding title and line spaces)\nHead Judge: Katrina Moinet (Prize-winning writer of poetry & prose)\nCharity: 10% of all proceeds will be donated to charity (split between First Story and the Funzi & Bodo Trust)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition\n\nThe third poetry competition run by NewWriters.org.uk\, the New Writers Poetry Competition 2025 is seeking fresh new poetry with no theme or style restrictions. \nWith our biggest-ever prize fund of £1\,800 and the winners getting published on the website and in the next New Writers Anthology\, this is a great competition for new and experienced poets to get their work out there. \nWe’re excited to welcome award-winning writer Katrina Moinet as the Head Judge for the competition. Katrina’s debut debut pamphlet Portrait of a Young Girl Falling was published by Hedgehog Press in 2024 and has since been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the year Award 2025. \nAlso\, 10% of the proceeds from this competition will be donated to charity\, split between two UK-registered charites: First Story (who do some brilliant work to help empower young people and give them a creative voice) and The Funzi and Bodo Trust (who run educational and other developmental projects in Kenya). So even if you don’t win\, you’ll still be contributing to a fantastic cause.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/new-writers-poetry-competition-2025/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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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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SUMMARY:Oxford/42 New Writing Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30th April 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: £1500 plus professional representation by 42\nWhat to Submit: synopsis (up to 300 words)\, an elevator pitch (up to two sentences)\, plus one of: Novel (first 10\,000-15\,000 words); Stage or radio play (complete script of 30-90 pages); Screenplays (script of 30-60 pages for TV show or feature-length film script of 90 pages).\nEligibility: Open to anyone over the age of 18 living\, working or studying in the UK and Ireland\nCategory: Children’s Book Competitions\nCompetition Website:  https://www.42mp.com/page/oxford-42-new-writing-prize\n\nThe Oxford/42 New Writing Prize is a multi-disciplinary storytelling competition and is being run by 42 (a management and production company) in conjunction with The Faculty of English at the University of Oxford. \nTo enter the competition\, you need to submit a synopsis (up to 300 words) and an elevator pitch of no more than two sentences for a work of fiction\, along with one of the following (in Word format):\n– Novel – the first 10\,000 to 15\,000 words\n– Stage or radio play – a complete script of between 30 and 90 pages\n– Screenplays – a script of between 30 and 60 pages for episode one of a TV show or a complete feature-length film script of 90 pages. \nThey have a fantastic panel of judges from literature\, stage and screen including Abby Ajayi\, creator of “Riches” (ITVX and Amazon) and writer on Emmy nominated “Inventing Anna” (Netflix); Chris Chibnall\, creator of “Broadchurch” (ITV)\, “Doctor Who” Showrunner\, and author of DEATH AT THE WHITE HART (Penguin 2025); Robert Douglas-Fairhurst\, author of METAMORPHOSIS and Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford; and Rona Munro\, award-winning dramatist of “The James Plays” and “Oranges and Sunshine”. \nSee the competition site for details of entry and the full terms and conditions.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/oxford-42-new-writing-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Globe Soup 2025 Paranormal Flash Fiction Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) 28th April 2025\nEntry Fee: Lucky Dip Tickets:- Early Bird: £3\, 4th-23rd April: £6\, from 23rd April: £9; Golden Tickets:- Early Bird: £15\, 4th-23rd April: £20\, from 23rd April: £30\nPrizes: 1st Place: £500\, 2nd Place: £300\, 3rd Place: £200\nWord Limit: 600 words max\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website:  globesoup.net/2025-paranormal-flash-fiction-challenge\n\nThe Globe Soup Paranormal Flash Fiction Challenge 2025 is open for entries. And unlike some previous competitions of theirs\, you get the chance to pick your favourite “phenomenon” (for a few extra pennies). \nIf you take the Lucky Dip option\, you will be randomly assigned a paranormal entity or phenomenon. Once you receive your assignment\, you’ll have until the deadline to craft a complete flash fiction story (of 600 words or fewer) that features this paranormal entity or phenomenon at the heart of the narrative. There’s no minimum word requirement\, but your entry must stand alone as a full story. \nThe paranormal entities Globe Soup have chosen for this year’s challenge are: \n1. Kraken\n2. Doppelgänger\n3. Vanishing Town\n4. Banshee\n5. Astral Projection\n6. Chupacabra\n7. Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)\n8. Black-Eyed Children \nYou can read more about each of these options on the competition page\, HERE. \nSo if you fancy taking part in this exciting competition\, get in early and take advantage of the early bird prices – and then decide whether you want to risk the lucky dip or pick your own paranormal entity! \nNote that for 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 with regular free-to-enter competitions and plenty of writing-related chat.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/globe-soup-2025-paranormal-challenge/
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CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:DRF Writers Award 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31st March 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £10\,000; Two runners-up: £1\,000 each\nWord Limit: 15\,000-20\,000 words of a work in progress\, fiction or non-fiction\nEligibility: Entrants must reside within the British Commonwealth or Eire\nCategory: Novel Competitions\, Non-fiction Competitions\nJudges: Erica Wagner (chair)\, writer and literary critic; Inua Ellams\, poet\, playwright and curator; Natalie Haynes\, writer and broadcaster\nCompetition Website:  deborahrogersfoundation.org/writers-award\n\nThe 2025 DRF Writers Award\, organised and administered by the Deborah Rogers Foundation\, gives £10\,000 to a previously unpublished writer whose submission of 15\,000- 20\,000 words demonstrates literary talent and who needs financial support to complete their first book. The submitted work can be fiction\, non-fiction\, children’s or short stories. Applicants must reside in the British Commonwealth or Eire. The winner receives £10\,000 and the two shortlisted authors £1\,000 each.  \nThis is a fantastic opportunity for talented writers who need extra financial assistance to enable them to complete their work of fiction or non-fiction. Check the competition website for submission requirements and other information.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/drf-writers-award/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Novel Competitions
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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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SUMMARY:Bath Short Story Award 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time)\, 31st March 2025\nEntry Fee: £9\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,200; Second prize: £300; Third prize: £100; all shortlisted stories will be published in an anthology (plus more\, see below)\nWord Limit: 2\,200 words\nJudges: Lucy Luck & Liv Bignold (literary agents)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  bathshortstoryaward.org\n\nThe sister competition of the Bath Novel Award (which has been running since 2013)\, The Bath Short Story Award is a well-regarded contest that gives entrants the chance to bag some generous cash prizes and also have their entry published in the next Bath Short Story Anthology. As well as the prizes mentioned above\, there is a £100 Acorn Award for unpublished authors as well as £50 in book vouchers.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bath-short-story-award/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition - Flash
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) 28th March 2025\nEntry Fee: £3.90 includes 30p admin fee\nPrizes: First prize: £75\, Commended: £25\nWord Limit: 200 words\nJudge: Michael Loveday\, fiction writer\, poet\, and creative facilitator\nCategory: Flash 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. \nWith a low entry fee and the chance to perform your entry\, this competition could be well worth entering.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/south-warwickshire-writing-flash/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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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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SUMMARY:South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition - Creative Non-Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) 28th March 2025\nEntry Fee: £3.90 includes 30p admin fee\nPrizes: First prize: £75\, Commended: £25\nWord Limit: 800 words\nJudge: Simon Whaley\, freelance writer\, bestselling author and photographer\nCategory: Non-Fiction 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. \nWith a low entry fee and the chance to perform your entry\, non-fiction writers should certainly consider entering.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/south-warwickshire-writing-comp-non-fiction/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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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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SUMMARY:South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition - Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) 28th March 2025\nEntry Fee: £3.90 including 30p admin fee\nPrizes: First prize: £75\, Commended: £25\nWord Limit: 800 words\nJudge: Gabrielle Mullarkey\, author of three published novels and nearly 2\,000 short stories\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com/competition-2025\n\nThe South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition now 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.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/south-warwickshire-writing-comp-fiction/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh Short Story Award 2025
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 28th February 2025\nEntry Fee: £11 per story\nPrizes: 1st Place: £3\,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250; top 20+ stories will be published in The Edinburgh Anthology\nWord Limit: 2\,000 words\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  scottishartstrust.org/short-story\n\nThe Edinburgh Short Story Award\, run by the Scottish Arts Trust\, is open for entries. There are various prizes to be won:\n– First Prize £3\,000 – Open to writers worldwide\n– Second Prize £500 – Open to writers worldwide\n– Third Prize £250 – Open to writers worldwide\n– Isobel Lodge Award £750 – Open to unpublished writers living in Scotland\n– Write Mango Flash Award £300 – Open to writers worldwide \nNote that publication is offered to authors of the top twenty stories (or more) in their next anthology.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/edinburgh-short-story-award/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Write or Flight - the World’s First Reality Competition for Writers
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 28th February 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Seven contestants will be flown to Cusco\, Peru (from 1st to 6th May 2025). The winning writer (of the reality show) will be awarded a publishing deal to complete their memoir\, a cash prize of $10\,000\, and a year-long coaching program from Memoir Writing for Geniuses valued at $15\,000.\nCategory: Non-fiction Competitions\nHow to Apply: Writers must fill out the application by 28th February 2025. This includes submitting a writing sample and short informal video.\nWebsite: writeorflightshow.com\n\nWrite or Flight is the world’s first reality competition for writers and offers one lucky winner a publishing deal and a $10\,000 advance. \nSeven lucky contestants will be flown to Cusco\, Peru where they will participate in a variety of adventures\, which they will then attempt to describe on the page. They’ll read their work to a panel of judges. In each episode one writer will be eliminated until a winner is finally crowned. \nWrite or Flight is currently seeking contestants. “We’re looking for writers from all age groups who love the written word. Experience isn’t a prerequisite. We’re looking for talent and enthusiasm more than anything else\,” explains Wendy Dale\, the show’s creator and the founder of Memoir Writing for Geniuses. \nSeven contestants will be selected from the pool of applicants and will be flown to Cusco\, Peru to shoot the series\, scheduled from May 1 to May 16\, 2025. To apply\, applicants must submit a writing sample of less than 2000 words and a short personal video. Detailed instructions can be found at writeorflightshow.com/contestants. \nThe winner will receive a year’s worth of coaching from Memoir Writing for Geniuses to help them write a memoir. Their memoir will be published by Parentheses Press and they’ll receive a $10\,000 advance for their efforts.  \nContestants will be selected based on the quality of their writing sample as well as their personality. The producers want a mix of different personalities\, backgrounds and age groups. Check out the Write or Flight website for the full details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/write-or-flight/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:Exeter Writers Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 28 February 2025\nEntry Fee: £7 per entry\nPrizes: First prize: £700; second prize: £350; third prize: £250; Best entry from Devon-based writer: £100\nWord Limit: 3\,000 words (no minimum\, title not included in the word count)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: exeterwriters.org.uk/p/competition-2.html\n\nCompetition Details\nExeter Writers have been running a short story competition since 2009 and this year the top prize is an enticing £700. There are also cash prizes for second place (£350)\, third place (£250) and an extra prize for the best entry from a writer living in Devon (£100). The maximum word count is 3\,000 words\, not including the title\, and there is no minimum word count. Winning entries will also be published on the Exeter Writers website.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/exeter-writers-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Kelpies Prize for Writing
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 28 February 2025\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Nine months of mentoring with an experienced editorial or design team; Consideration for a publishing deal with Floris Books; £500 cash\nWhat to Enter: The first five chapters of a book for children\, either fiction or non-fiction OR a whole picture-book story\, plus a synopsis and and addition piece of writing for children (see site for details)\nEligibility: Open to writers over 18 years old living in Scotland\nCategory: Children’s Book Competitions\nCompetition Website:  discoverkelpies.co.uk/kelpies-prizes/\n\nRun by Floris Books (an award-winning independent publishing company based in Edinburgh and the largest publisher of children’s books in Scotland)\, the Kelpies Prize for Writing is seeking quite specific entries. They are seeking: \n\nThe first five chapters of a book for children\, either fiction or non-fiction\,\nOR a whole picture-book story. Please state whether the book is:\n• a picture-book story for 3–6 year olds\n• an early-reader chapter book for 6–8 year olds\n• a novel for 8–11 year olds\n• a novel with storylines and themes more suitable for 11–13 year olds\n• a work of non-fiction for any of the age groups listed above\nA synopsis or summary of the book (between 100 and 300 words).\nA short piece of writing (1\,000–3\,000 words) for children that begins with either\nof these two lines:\n• It seemed like such an ordinary day…\nOR\n• I opened the door and found…\nThis can be a short story\, poetry or a picture-book text; it can be comic\, dramatic\, moving\,\nlargely dialogue or whatever you like.\nSome information about you (see site for full details).\n\nNote that the organisers are also running the Kelpies Prize for Illustration at the same time. See their website for details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/kelpies-prize-writing/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 6 pm (UK time) 28 February 2025\nEntry Fee: £18\nPrizes: 1st Place: £500\nWord Limit: 3\,500 words\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  thecwa.co.uk/awards-and-competitions/margery-allingham-short-mystery-competition\n\nRun jointly by The Crime Writers’ Association and the  Margery Allingham Society\, this competition is open to mystery stories of up to 3\,500 words and has a top prize of £500. They are seeking the best unpublished short mystery\, and not only that\, but one which fits into Golden Age crime writer Margery Allingham’s definition of what makes a great mystery story: \n“The Mystery remains box-shaped\, at once a prison and a refuge. Its four walls are\, roughly\, a Crime\, a Mystery\, an Enquiry and a Conclusion with an Element of Satisfaction in it.” – Margery Allingham
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/margery-allingham-short-mystery-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Future Scholar Foundation Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Ongoing Monthly – Submit by the 24th of the month (submit by 15th of the month for free feedback)\nEntry Fee: Free\nEligibility: Elementary and Middle School Students Aged 4-14\nTheme: New prompt every month\nPrizes: 1st: $25 Amazon Gift Card\, 2nd: $15 Amazon Gift Card\, 3rd: $5 Amazon Gift Card\,  all winners also published in FSF Hall of Fame \nWord Limit: 350 words\nJudges: Future Scholar Foundation Team and One Guest Judge\nCategories: Flash Fiction\, Short Story\nCompetition Website:  futurescholarfoundation.org/shortstorydesktop\n\nThe Future Scholar Foundation hosts monthly short story competitions for elementary and middle school students. Participate to win gift cards\, have your story published on an international stage\, and receive FREE feedback. \nThe Future Scholar Foundation is an international nonprofit platform with a mission to inspire students around the world to harness the magic of writing and facilitate impactful change in their lives and communities. They have impacted over 6\,000 students from over 30 countries\, and their work has been featured on The Seattle Times\, NorthWest Asian Weekly\, and ELA Brave and True. They have been supported by professionals from Stanford University\, Yale University\, The New York Times\, and more.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/future-scholar-foundation-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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