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SUMMARY:PFD Queer Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 1 March 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: Representation by the Peters Fraser + Dunlop agency\nWord Limit: Three chapters and a synopsis (see below)\nCategories: Novel Competitions – 1. Adult and 2. YA & Children’s fiction\nCompetition Website:  petersfraserdunlop.com/pfd-queer-fiction-prize-back-for-2024\n\nRun by Peters Fraser + Dunlop (one of the longest established and most highly respected literary agencies in the UK)\, the PFD Queer Fiction Prize is a novel prize specifically for new LGBTQIA+ writers with the aim of finding emerging talent.  \nNote that there are two categories for the prize:  \n1. Adult\n2. YA & Children.  \nBoth are free to enter\, but entrants must only submit one entry.  \nThe prize of this free-to-enter contest is well worth winning: representation by the agency and support in writing to the end of your novel – which could prove invaluable for anyone looking to make it in the world of adult or YA & children’s literature.  \nEntrants should submit a cover letter introducing yourself and your book. Then attach a three chapter sample of your work plus a synopsis (no more than 1-2 pages of A4). See the prize site for the full submission details. \nPlease note\, the eligibility criteria: the prize is open to anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and who is un-agented and in the process of writing a piece of fiction is eligible to enter. Submissions do not necessarily have to be about LGBTQIA+ experiences as long as the writer identifies as such\, though the organisers are especially interested in stories with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/pfd-queer-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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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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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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