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SUMMARY:FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Friday 19th April 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: A ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500\, plus an exclusive one-to-one session with Muna Reyal\, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green\nWord Limit: 1\,500 words\nJudges: Nicola Chester\, Dominic Couzens\, Muna Reyal and Fiona Mountain\nCategory: Non-fiction Writing Competitions\nCompetition Website: farm-ed.co.uk/post/farmed-chelsea-green-writers-prize-2024\n\nOrganised by FarmED (a not-for-profit organisation based at Honeydale Farm) in collaboration with Chelsea Green Publishing UK\, the FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers Prize 2024 is open to entrants aged 16-3o who have something to say about sustainable food\, regenerative agriculture\, biodiversity and climate change. \nThe judges are seeking up to 1500 words about any subject across the spectrum of ecological food\, farming and the environment and would welcome powerful\, inspiring articles\, pieces of fiction\, journals\, blogs or opinion pieces.\nJudging the 2024 award will be award-winning nature writers Nicola Chester and Dominic Couzens\, Muna Reyal (Head of Editorial\, Chelsea Green Publishing UK) and storyteller Fiona Mountain from FarmED. \nFinalists will be invited to attend the Farm & Food Literature Festival on Saturday\, 11th May at FarmED where the winner will be announced. Prizes include a ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500\, plus an exclusive one-to-one session with Muna Reyal\, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green. The winning submission will be published on the FarmED and Chelsea Green websites and shared across social media.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/farmed-chelsea-green-young-writers-prize/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY: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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SUMMARY:New Writers 1000-Word Short Story Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on Tuesday 30th April 2024\nEntry Fee: £10 for one entry\, £19 for two entries\, £27 for three entries\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200\nWord Limit: 1\,000 words (excluding title)\nCharity:  £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)\nHead Judge: Cassandra Parkin (Award-Winning Author & Poet)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: newwriters.org.uk/short-story-competition-1000\n\nThe New Writers 1000-Word Short Story Competition 2024 is seeking imaginative\, thought-provoking stories of up to 1\,000 words. With a prize fund of £1\,500 and the winners getting published on the website and in a future New Writers Anthology\, this is a great competition for new and experienced writers alike. \nAlso\, £1.00 from each entry will be donated to creative writing charity\, First Story (who do some brilliant work to help empower young people and give them a creative voice). So even if you don’t win\, you’ll still be contributing to a good cause. \nWe are also very happy to have the brilliant novelist and poet Cassandra Parkin as our head judge for the competition. You can read our Q&A with Cassandra to find out about the kind of entries she might particularly welcome. \nSo if you’d like the chance to win £1\,000 for (up to) 1\,000 words\, get involved.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/short-story-1000/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY: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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