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SUMMARY:Broken Sleep Books Poetry Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31st October 2024\nEntry Fee: £10 (standard entry) or £5 (low socioeconomic entry)\nPrizes: There are two prizes: 1 x full-length collection contract with Broken Sleep Books and £250. 1 x mentorship towards a full collection with Broken Sleep Books and £250 (low socioeconomic status entrants only)\nWord Limit: Minimum of 60 pages\, maximum of 90 pages.\nJudges: Penelope Shuttle (Lyonesse) & Andre Bagoo (Narcissus)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: brokensleepbooks.com/broken-sleep-books-poetry-competition\n\nThe Broken Sleep Books Poetry Competition 2024 is a fantastic opportunity for poets to get their full-length collection of poems into the world. With top-class judges in the form of Penelope Shuttle and Andre Bagoo and discounted entry fees for those of low socioeconomic status\, if you have at least 60 pages of poems\, this could be the competition for you. The winner will get a publishing contract for their poetry collection and £250. While the winning poet with a low socioeconomic status will receive mentorship towards a full collection with Broken Sleep Books and £250. \nNote that Broken Sleep Books have published numerous exceptional poetry collections\, including the debut collection of the winner of the New Writers Poetry Competition 2023 (and judge of the 2024 competition)\, Jordan Hamel.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/broken-sleep-books-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241101
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
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SUMMARY:Solstice Nature Prize For Young Writers
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 October 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st: £100 plus publication in the Solstice Anthology (see notes for other prizes)\nWord Limit: 500 words (stories or blogs) or 40 lines (poems)\nEligibility: Entrants must be UK residents in one of the following age categories: 7-11* years\, 12-14* years\, 15-17* years and 18-25 years (*entrants will need permission to enter)\nJudge: Gill Lewis (multi-award-winning and best-selling author)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\, Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: writingeastmidlands.co.uk/young-writers-groups/solstice-writing-prize\n\nThe Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers is delivered by Writing East Midlands\, with great thanks to Arts Council England and the Amazon Literary Partnership for funding the 2024 competition. It is open to UK residents who fit into one of the four age categories:\n(7-11 years) – you will need permission to enter.\n(12-14 years) – you will need permission to enter.\n(15-17 years) – you will need permission to enter.\n(18-25 years) – you will not need permission to enter. \nThere are some brilliant prizes up for grabs. First-place winners in each age category will receive £100 and have their work published in the 2024 Solstice Anthology. Five Highly Commended runners up per age category will receive goody bags and also have their work published in the online anthology. There are also regional prizes for the best pieces in each age group for young writers living in the East Midlands. \nThe head judge is the multi-award-winning and best-selling author of novels including Sky Hawk\, Sky Dancer\, White Dolphin\, and A Story Like the Wind. \nMoon Flight\, her latest book\, which was launched in March 2023 was recently Waterstones’ Book of the Month. Find out more about Gill and her wonderful stories about the natural world here: Gill Lewis \nSo if you like nature and writing\, this is the perfect competition for you (or your kids!).
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/solstice-prize-young-writers/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Trio International Poetry Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31st October 2024\nEntry Fee: £5 for the first poem\, £8 for two poems\, £10 for three poems\nPrizes: First Prize: £1\,000; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £100; plus four commended poems: £25 each\nWord Limit: 40 lines (excluding title)\nJudge: Angela Graham\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: triouganda.org/poetry-competition\n\nThe Trio International Poetry Competition is organised by (and raises money for) Trio Uganda\, a volunteer-led micro charity that runs various development projects in Uganda. \nThe competition judge is the award-winning poet\, film maker and screenwriter Angela Graham. All entry fees will be used to equip pupils with books and scholastic materials in the community of Agaria Island in Uganda which is building its first school\, using ecological bricks.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/trio-international-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241026
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
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SUMMARY:QuietManDave Flash Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 5 pm (UK time) 25th October 2024\nEntry Fee: £5 per entry\nPrizes: Winner: £1\,000; Second: £200; Third: £50\nWord Limit: 500 maximum\nJudges: Catherine Love\, Mufaro Makubiika & Michael Pinchbeck\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: mmu.ac.uk/qmdprize/flash-fiction-prize\n\nOrganised by Manchester Metropolitan University’s Manchester Writing School\, The QuietManDave Prize celebrates short-form writing and the life of someone who loved to experience new places\, art and events and write about them. The Prize offers awards of £1\,000 for Flash Fiction and £1\,000 Flash Non-Fiction as well as runner-up prizes. \nAbout QuietManDave\nDave Murray entertained and informed many through his blog quietmandave.co.uk. He was a keen theatre critic\, performed poetry at open mic sessions and loved flash fiction. He embraced writing relatively late in life but did so with a passion. The QuietManDave Prize\, named in honour of his memory and achievements\, will seek to enable and promote new writing. The QuietManDave Prize has been supported through the generosity of family and friends of Dave.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/quietmandave-flash-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
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SUMMARY:WriteTime Short Story Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 September 2024\nEntry Fee: £5 for one entry\, £10 for three\nPrizes: 1st Place: £100; £50 each for two runners-up\nWord Limit: 1\,500 words\nEligibility: Entrants must be over 60 years old\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  writetime.org/how-to-enter\n\nRun by Shoreham Press\, a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC)\, the WriteTime Short Story Competition is aimed at older writers out there (you have to be aged over 60 to enter). It challenges writers aged over 60 to share their stories and their talent and to turn their reflections into fiction. \nIf your entry is not picked as one of the winners\, you have the option to request feedback\, which is a great way to help you improve your writing. Check out the competition website for the full details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/writetime-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:EGG+FROG Inspirathlon 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59 pm (UK time) on 30 September 2024\nEntry Fee: £6 (or £15 with feedback)\nPrizes: Round 1: £50\, Round 2: £75\, Round 3: £100. All winners & runners-up published in EGG+FROG\nWord Limit: 800 words (for each round)\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 split into three rounds (though one entry fee gives you access to all three rounds). EGG+FROG will provide inspirations for each of the three round – they could be videos\, pictures or songs – and writers will have one week to write a response. There’s a maximum limit of 800 words per round and entries must be received before the closing day of each round. One winner and two runners-up will be selected in each round. \nCheck out the EGG+FROG site for all the details and the T&Cs.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/egg-frog-inspirathlon/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241001
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
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SUMMARY:New Writers Book Review Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on Monday 30th September 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £50 and publication on the NewWriters.org.uk website\nWord Limit: 1\,000 words (excluding title)\nCategory: Non-fiction 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 “Book Review 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). Our monthly newsletter includes details of upcoming writing competitions\, along with tips and prompts and other news or offers we think might interest writers. We don’t share subscribers’ information with anyone else. \nNote that the novel or poetry collection you choose to review must be published and available to purchase in the UK and must be the first novel or poetry collection published by that writer (though it’s okay if it was published prior to 2024). \nEntry to this free competition assumes you accept the following terms and conditions: \n\nEntered book reviews 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.\nBooks reviewed can be on any theme or genre but must be either novels or poetry collections\, published in English in the UK and available for general purchase at the time of entry.\nThe winner of competition will be paid a £50 prize; this prize includes the purchase of the copyright of the book review and it should not be published elsewhere.\nResults of the competition will be published in the NewWriters.org.uk Newsletter in October 2024 and the winning entry will be published on the website soon after.\nEntries should be sent as email attachments (Word doc or Google doc please) to competitions@newwriters.org.uk with the email subject “Book Review Competition”
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/book-review-comp/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:UK Writers College Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 30 September 2024\nEntry Fee: Free\nPrizes: Winner: NZ$1\,000\, Second: NZ$500\, Third: NZ$500; the three winning entries will be published in an anthology\nWord Limit: 2\,000 words\nTheme: ‘It didn’t have to be this way’\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: ukwriterscollege.co.uk/the-uk-writers-college-annual-short-story-competition\n\nThe UK Writers College Short Story Competition is open to new writers aged 16 or over but anyone who has made a living from writing (fiction or non-fiction) is not eligible to enter. It is run by The Writers College\, who offer a range of writing resources and courses to aspiring authors and who have bases in the UK\, New Zealand and South Africa. Whether you want to hone your short story writing skills\, or you want to learn the craft of writing a novel\, The Writing College will have a course that might appeal. \nThe judging panel is made up of three talented authors: Lorraine Forrest-Turner\, Alex Smith and Andrew Salomon who have a wealth of writing experience between them.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/uk-writers-college-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Searchlight Awards − Best Children’s Picture Book Text 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) 1 September 2024\nEntry Fee: £12 per entry\nPrizes: 1st prize: £500 plus one-to-one call with the agent judge; 2nd prize: Detailed Editorial Review by Natascha Biebow; the top 10 entries will feature in Searchlight’s Agent/Publisher Pitch Book of winning stories\nWord Limit: Your text and illustration notes together should be no more than 1\,000 words; pitch maximum: 125 words\nJudge: Lorna Hemingway of Bell Lomax Moreton\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  searchlightawards.co.uk\n\nAuthors working on picture books (or the text for picture books at least) for children should take a look at this Searchlight Awards competition. Authors should submit the complete manuscript and a short pitch that tells us what the story is about. Note that this year the competition is for unagented and unpublished writers only. \nAs well as the top prize of £500\, the top 10 entries are included in a Publisher Pitch Book which is sent to a selection of literary agents. The winner will also have a one-to-one call with the judge\, Lorna Hemingway of Bell Lomax Moreton. While the author of the entry picked in second place will receive a Detailed Editorial Review by Natascha Biebow\, expert picture book editor and founder of Blue Elephant Storyshaping. The review includes an in-depth consideration of your picture book manuscript (up to 1000 words)\, and a detailed editorial review letter\, with specific comments about the work\, notations on your manuscript and suggestions for revision.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/searchlight-awards-picture-book/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240902
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SUMMARY:Searchlight Awards − Best Novel Opening for Children or Young Adults 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) 1 September 2024\nEntry Fee: £16 per entry\nPrizes: 1st prize: £1\,000 plus a one-to-one call with the agent judge; 2nd prize: editorial review of 5000 words of your manuscript and a one-hour on-line meeting with celebrated author and creative writing tutor Steve Voake; The top 10 entries will feature in Searchlight’s Agent/Publisher Pitch Book of winning stories\nWord Limit: 1\,200 words\, not including the title. Pitch: maximum 175 words\nJudge: Rachel Petty of The Blair Partnership\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  searchlightawards.co.uk\n\nAuthors writing for children and young adults have a great opportunity with this Searchlight Awards competition. As well as the top prize of £1\,000\, the top 10 entries are included in a Publisher Pitch Book which is sent to a selection of literary agents.  \nAuthors should submit the first 1\,200 words of a longer novel for middle-grade or young adult readers and a short pitch that tells the judges what the book is about. You don’t need to have finished writing your manuscript to enter. Note that this year the competition is for unagented and unpublished writers only.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/searchlight-awards-novel-opening/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:21 Futures: Financial Fallout Anthology Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 August 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st place: $1\,000 + feature interview; 2nd place: $500 + podcast appearance; 3rd place: $250 + social media shoutout; 4th place: $100 + signed book\nWord Limit: 3\,000 words (not including title)\nTheme: ‘Financial Fallout’\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: 21futures.com/submissions/\n\nThe 21 Futures Financial Fallout Anthology Competition is open to entries of up to 3\,000 words on the theme of ‘Financial Fallout’. Instead of an entry fee\, writers must purchase a copy of 21 Futures: Tales from the Timechain. This can be the eBook (€7) or paperback (€15) version from the publisher’s website or Amazon. Save your order number and include it in your competition entry. \nThe winner shall receive US$1\,000 (or equivalent local currency) by bank transfer or US$1\,000 worth of bitcoin (at the time of transfer) on publication of the book (scheduled Mar 2025). They will also be awarded a feature interview\, published and promoted by Konsensus Network\, and an appearance on the 21 Futures podcast. \nSecond place shall receive $100 (same terms as the winner) and a podcast appearance. Third place shall receive the choice of any 3 books from bitcoinbook.shop in physical copy\, delivered worldwide and a podcast appearance.\n4th to 21st place receive a physical copy of the anthology\, delivered worldwide\, an author’s bio in the book (with one promotional link permitted)\, and an appearance on the online launch event. \nSo if you’ve got a story to tell about a possible future relating to financial fallout\, get involved.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/21-futures-anthology-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Frances Browne Multilingual Poetry Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 21st August 2024\nEntry Fee: EUR €5 / GBP £4 / USD $5 per poem\nPrizes: €1\,500 in prizes (€250 top prize in each category. Cash prizes for 1st\, 2nd and 3rd placed poems)\nLine Limit: None\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: francesbrowneliteraryfestival.com/poetry-competition\n\nThe 2024 Frances Browne Multilingugal Poetry Competition is open for entries. The deadline for entries is midnight on 21st August 2024. \nThe successful Frances Browne International Poetry Competition\, pioneered by Celine Mc Glynn and Dr. Pauline Holland\, has been an established event since 2008. The competition is unique in its tri-lingual approach\, welcoming poets writing in the English\, Irish and Ulster-Scots languages. \nPoetry Categories and Prizes \nPoems are welcomes in the following categories from poets all over the globe. \nEnglish Language – First Prize – €250\, Second Prize – €100\, Third Prize\, €50\nIrish Language – First Prize – €250\, Second Prize – €100\, Third Prize\, €50\nUlster Scots Language – First Prize – €250\, Second Prize – €100\, Third Prize\, €50\nThe Eilish McBride Award – English Language – Local* – Sponsored by Edel MacBride – Winning Poem €100\nIrish Language – Local* – Winning Poem €100\nUlster Scots Language – Local* – Winning Poem €100 \n*see competition site for definition of local
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/frances-browne-poetry-competition/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240801
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SUMMARY:Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight on 31 July 2024\nEntry Fee: €19 per entry\nPrizes: 1st Place: €2\,000 plus featured reading at the Cork International Short Story Festival (with four-night hotel stay and full board); 2nd: €500; 3rd: €250. All winners will receive publication in Southword magazine.\nWord Limit: 3\,000 words\nJudge: Camilla Grudova\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  munsterlit.ie/ofaolain-competition\n\nThe Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is an annual short story competition open to writers from around the world\, submissions accepted from May 1st to July 31st annually. It is dedicated to one of Ireland’s most accomplished story writers and theorists and is sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre. \nThe competition offers a generous cash prize of €2\,000\, plus the winning entry will be featured at the  Cork International Short Story Festival (with a four-night hotel stay and full board for the winner!). All the winners’ stories will be published in Southword.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/sean-o-faolain-competition/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:New Writers Poetry Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23:59 (UK time) on Wednesday 31st July 2024\nEntry Fee: £10 per entry; (£18 for two entries\, £26 for three entries\, £34 for four entries\, or £42 for five entries) *Multiple entries must be submitted together to receive the discount\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200; all winning poems will be published on the NewWriters.org.uk site and in a future New Writers Anthology\nWord Limit: 42 lines (excluding title and line spaces)\nHead Judge: Jordan Hamel (Poet & Performer)\nCharity:  £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\nCompetition Website: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition\n\nThe second poetry competition run by NewWriters.org.uk\, the New Writers Poetry Competition 2024 is seeking fresh new poetry with no theme or style restrictions. 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 poets to get their work out there. \nWe’re very pleased to welcome talented poet and performer Jordan Hamel as the Head Judge for the competition. Jordan’s debut poetry collection is being publishing in the UK on the 31st July 2024 (the same day as the competition’s deadline) and Jordan won our 2023 Poetry Competition with his excellent poem\, How to cheat death in a nightclub bathroom. \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 fantastic cause.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/poetry-2024/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Inspiring Fiction Special Edition Short Story Contest
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 July 2024\nEntry Fee: £5\nPrizes: Winner: The winner receives £100\, publication\, and a published comment from the editor about why the story won. Shortlisted stories are also published.\nWord Limit: 1\,000 to 2\,500 words\nContest Prompt: ‘Freedom’\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: inspiringfiction.com/contest\n\nInspiring Fiction\, the team behind Tangled Web Magazine and Mirk Fantasy Magazine\, are currently accepting entries for their Special Edition Short Story Contest. With a very reasonable £5 entry fee\, the winner will receive £100\,  \nPublication will be in a special crossover issue of Mirk Fantasy Magazine and Tangled Web Magazine publication\, and a published comment from the editor about why the story won. The winning and shortlisted stories will be published in a special crossover issue of Mirk Fantasy Magazine and Tangled Web Magazine. Check out the competition site for the T&Cs.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/inspiring-fiction-short-story-contest/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240716
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
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UID:5931-1721001600-1721087999@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240701
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240603T074110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240603T075132Z
UID:5921-1719705600-1719791999@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240622
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240422T091504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T125144Z
UID:4141-1718928000-1719014399@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240423T075829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T081120Z
UID:5404-1717113600-1717199999@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240422T075910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T081408Z
UID:5372-1717113600-1717199999@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240227T112135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240306T090944Z
UID:4795-1717113600-1717199999@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240601
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
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LAST-MODIFIED:20231113T105114Z
UID:3684-1717113600-1717199999@newwriters.org.uk
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
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240319T105349Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T100446Z
UID:1503-1716076800-1716163199@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240506
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
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UID:4989-1714867200-1714953599@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240501
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240318T150428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240902T113323Z
UID:5063-1714435200-1714521599@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240501
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240318T124838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T101719Z
UID:5051-1714435200-1714521599@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240501
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240208T093114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T094355Z
UID:4627-1714435200-1714521599@newwriters.org.uk
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
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240227T105925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T110920Z
UID:4785-1713484800-1713571199@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240401
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240213T100837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T101706Z
UID:4636-1711843200-1711929599@newwriters.org.uk
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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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240319
DTSTAMP:20260424T141842
CREATED:20240213T103357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240213T143939Z
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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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