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SUMMARY:The Failing Writers Festive Flash Fiction Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midday (UK time) on 13th December 2024\nEntry Fee: £1\nPrizes: 1st Place: £500\nWord Limit: 350 words\nTheme: Festive and must include the mandatory special phrase (revealed in episode 20 of season 4 of the podcast released on Monday 4th Nov 2024)\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: failingwriterspodcast.com\n\nOrganised by The Failing Writers Podcast (“A podcast for anyone who ever dreamed of being a writer… then went and put the kettle on”)\, this flash fiction competition has a very reasonable £1 entry fee and a very nice top prize of £500. \nIt’s a festive-themed competition but you can choose the genre – it could be a spooky winter tale\, a love story\, historical fiction\, sci-fi… anything! As long as it’s festive. And festive can mean ‘Christmas’\, ‘Hannukah’\, ‘Solstice’\, ‘Diwali’ or any other wintery-type-festivities. \nNote that the mandatory special phrase for this year’s competition (which must be included in your entry) will be revealed in episode 20 of season 4 of the podcast on 4th November 2024. See the The Failing Writers Podcast website for more details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/failing-writers-flash-fiction-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:Fabuly Writer’s Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 15th December 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: First prize: $500 and the winning story will be featured in Fabuly\, professionally illustrated and produced in an audio format\nWord Limit: 2\,000 words\nTheme/Genre: An Unexpected Encounter\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website: fabuly.io/writers-challenge\n\nOrganised by Fabuly\, the free e-book and audiobook publisher\, the Fabuly Writer’s Challenge is seeking stories of up to 2\,000 words on the theme of ‘An Unexpected Encounter’. The winner will receive $500 plus publication.  \nPlease note that if the organisers receive more than 200 entries\, they will stop accepting submissions in order to maintain the quality of the evaluation process.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/fabuly-writers-challenge/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Marlowe and Christie Flash Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 15th December 2024\nEntry Fee: £9 Early Bird Entry (until 5th December 2024) then £11 for standard entry (until 15th December 2024)\nPrizes: Winner: £250/$325\nWord Limit: 250 words\nJudge: Patrick Gleeson\, author of Hattie Brings the House Down (Bedford Square Publishers\, 2024)\nTheme: Entries must be inspired by Christmas\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website:  marloweandchristie.com/flashfictionprize\n\nThe Marlowe and Christie Flash Fiction Prize is seeking stories of up to 250 words inspired by Christmas. DEADLINE AND FEE: Early-Bird Fee £9.00: Deadline 5th December (Midnight London time). Full Fee £11.00: Deadline 15th December (Midnight London time). Entrants will be notified of the results in time for Christmas. \nThe head judge is Patrick Gleeson\, author of Hattie Brings the House Down\, published in 2024 by Bedford Square Publishers\, who will be giving feedback on each of the 10 shortlisted entries.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/marlowe-christie-flash-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:New Writers Winter 50-Word Competition 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 11.59 (UK time) on Monday 30th December 2024\nEntry Fee: FREE\nPrizes: 1st Place: £50 plus one free entry to the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025\, and publication on the NewWriters.org.uk website\nWord Limit: 50 words (excluding title)\nTheme: Winter\nCategory: Flash Fiction / 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 “Winter 50-Word 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 Flash Fiction Competition with a £1\,100 top prize!)\, along with tips and prompts and other news or offers we think might interest writers. We don’t share subscribers’ information with anyone else. \nYour winter-themed entry of up to 50 words can be prose or poetry. Please give your entry a title that isn’t ‘Winter’ (one year almost half the entries were called that and it complicated 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.\nEntries must be related to the theme of ‘Winter’ – 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 Flash Fiction Competition 2025 (worth £10\, deadline 31st January 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.\nEntries should be sent as email attachments (Word doc or Google doc please) to competitions@newwriters.org.uk with the email subject “Winter 50-Word Competition”.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/winter-50-word/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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SUMMARY:Writing Magazine Grand Flash Prize 2024
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 December 2024\nEntry Fee: £15 (standard rate) or £10 (for magazine print subscribers or digital members)\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,000; 2nd Place: £150; 3rd Place: £50; the winning entry will be published in Writing Magazine\nWord Limit: 500\nJudge: Writing Magazine editorial team\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: writers-online.co.uk/writing-competitions/grand-flash-2024\n\nIf you want the chance to win £1\,000 and get your entry published in a magazine with a circulation of around 20\,000\, this could be the competition for you. Discounted entry fees are available to Writing Magazine subscribers or digital members\, so it’s worth considering (as the magazine is packed full of useful tips\, articles and information for writers). With a 500-word limit\, it’s a little longer than many flash fiction competitions\, so it gives you room to flex your storytelling muscles\, but you’ve still got to make every word count. Good luck.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/writing-magazine-grand-flash-prize/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:Arkbound Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 December 2024\nEntry Fee: £8\nPrizes: Free copy of published book; cash prize TBD\nWord Limit: 4\,500\nJudge: Bridget Reaume\, Publishing Executive of Arkbound\nCategory: Poetry Competitions\, Non-fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: arkbound.com/writing-competitions\n\nThe latest writing competition from Arkbound Publishing – officially entitled ‘Exploring Scottish Natural Landscapes\, Cultural Heritage\, and Environmental Preservation’ – invites UK writers and poets to participate in their latest competition which explores the historical significance and cultural emphasis on Scotland’s natural landscapes. Participants are encouraged to submit works of poetry and prose\, analysing and reflecting on Scottish landscape\, its hand in shaping national identity\, environmental preservation\, biodiversity\, urban pollution. They are seeking submissions exploring landscape memory\, intangible cultural heritage and/or urban & rural landscapes. See the competition site for the full details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/arkbound-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions
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