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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: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: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: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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