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SUMMARY:New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Saturday 31 January 2026\nEntry Fee: £10 for one entry\, £19 for two entries\, £27 for three entries\nPrizes: 1st Place: £1\,100; 2nd Place: £300; 3rd Place: £200\nWord Limit: 300 (excluding title)\nEligibility: Anyone aged 18 years or older (at the time of entry) from anywhere in the world\nCharity:  10% of proceeds with be donated to charity (split between First Story and the Funzi & Bodo Trust)\nCategory: Flash Fiction Competitions\nCompetition Website: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition\n\nThe New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026 is seeking imaginative\, thought-provoking flash fiction stories. With a prize fund of £1\,600 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 to get their work out there. \nNote that 10% of the proceeds from this competition will be donated to charity\, split between the excellent creative writing charity\, First Story and the Funzi and Bodo Trust. They both do brilliant work so even if you don’t win\, you’ll still be contributing to a good cause. \nLow Income Entries: We want to make the competition accessible to as many writers as possible. We have therefore funded a limited number of free entries for low-income writers. These are available on a first-come\, first-served basis (though no later than 15th January 2026\, one entry per person). Please see the terms and conditions for details. (The free entries are funded in part thanks to the generous donations made to our Ko-fi page.) \nSo if you can tell a compelling story in 300 words or fewer\, enter our Flash Fiction Competition.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/new-writers-flash-fiction-competition-2026/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions
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SUMMARY:Exeter Novel Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on 1st January 2026\nEntry Fee: £20\nPrizes: First prize: £1\,000; five finalists receive £100\nWord Limit: Up to 10\,000 words plus synopsis\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nHead Judge: Hellie Ogden – Literary Agent\nCompetition Website:  wordkitchen.org.uk/exeter-novel-prize\n\nThe Exeter Novel Prize is international and open to writers who are not represented by an agent.\nEntries should submitted via the submission page in the Word Kitchen website. Entries cost £20. There is also the option – for an extra fee – to receive a detailed appraisal of your submission (cost: £150 for entry fee and appraisal.) \nThe first prize is £1\,000 and five runners up each receive £100. The word limit for entries is 10\,000 words plus a short synopsis. The novel should not have been published by a traditional publishing house.  \nThe winners will be chosen by Hellie Ogden Head Of The Book Dept at WME literary agency. Any queries should be sent to: wordkitchencomms@gmail.com.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/exeter-novel-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:Marlowe and Christie Novel Prize
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 5th January 2025\nEntry Fee: £19 Early Bird Entry (until 5th November 2025) then £24 for standard entry (until 5th January 2026). Feedback options available.\nPrizes: Winner: £1\,200/$1\,600; Top Three: Feedback from Alec Shane\, literary agent with Writers House\, Jenny Hewson\, literary agent from Lutyens & Rubinstein\, and Guest Reviewer Katie Seaman\, Developmental Editor and Former Commissioning Editor at HQ. The ten shortlisted entries will receive written feedback from Patrick Gleeson.\nWord Limit: Up to 3\,000 words from the opening of your novel\nCategory: Novel Competitions\nCompetition Website:  marloweandchristie.com\n\nThe Marlowe and Christie Novel Prize is open to unpublished novelists and is seeking the opening 3\,000 words from your novel. Entries can be on any subject and in any style or genre. DEADLINE AND FEE: Early-Bird Deadline 5th November 2025: £19.00; Final Deadline 5th January 2026: £24.00. Entrants will be notified of the results by 5th April. \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. The top three entries will also receive feedback from Alec Shane\, literary agent with Writers House\, Jenny Hewson\, literary agent from Lutyens & Rubinstein and Guest Reviewer Katie Seaman\, Developmental Editor and Former Commissioning Editor at HQ. \nIn addition to the standard entry option\, there are several entry options that include feedback (for additional fees): Bronze (with one paragraph of feedback)\, Silver (with one page of feedback)\, and Gold (with one page of feedback and a 20-minute Zoom call). You see the full details on the competition site.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/marlowe-christie-novel-prize/
CATEGORIES:Novel Competitions
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SUMMARY:The Page Is Printed 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Monday 19th January 2026\nEntry Fee: £5 for one entry\, £10 for three (FREE for under 18s)\nPrizes: First prize (adults): £100 voucher; First prize (under 18s): £25 voucher\nWord Limit: Single side of A4\nCompetition Website: tacchi-morris.com/the-page-is-printed\n\nThe Page is Printed creative writing competition is run by the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre in Taunton\, Somerset\, and is different to most writing competitions in that it accepts any type of writing as long as it fits on a single side of A4. So whether you want to write prose\, poetry\, script\, a confession\, a love letter or anything else\, this could be the perfect competition for you. \nNote that there is a fee for entries from adults\, but those aged under 18 can enter for free. There is an Open prize and an additional prize for resident of Somerset. Entry to the competition also entitles you to one free tickets for the Celebration Evening on 15th February 2025\, at which the winners to the competition will be announced. There is also an additional prize of £25 for the “Best on the Night”. \nThere are four categories\, each with their own prizes: \n– The Somerset Prize (£100 voucher to Uk.Bookshop.org) is awarded to the best submission from a Somerset based writer. There is also an under 18’s version of this category with a £25 voucher prize available.\n– The Open Prize (£100 voucher to Uk.Bookshop.org for UK based winners\, or Waterstones.com for overseas winners) is awarded to the best submission regardless of the writer’s geographic location. Again\, there is a separate under 18’s version of this category with a £25 voucher prize. \nThe competition is assessed by a panel of judges\, which includes local award-winning poet Graeme Ryan.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/page-is-printed-competition/
CATEGORIES:Flash Fiction Competitions,Non-fiction Competitions,Poetry Competitions,Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Parracombe Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: 31 January 2026\nEntry Fee: £5 per entry\nPrizes: 1st Place £150; 2nd Place £50; 2 x 3rd Place £25; local writer £50\nPublication: Parracombe Prize Anthology 2026\nWord Limit: 2\,026 words\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nCompetition Website:  prize.parracombe.org.uk\n\nRun by the Parracombe Community Trust\, the Parracombe Prize 2026 is a short story competition that started small and went global\, and is now in its sixth year. With the Parracombe Prize\, no writer gets overlooked. Every submitted story is read by a panel of judges\, which includes published writers. Longlisted entries are re-read twice more and those in line for publication are debated\, dissected and discussed at length. \nAll profits are funnelled towards good causes in a small corner of Exmoor. The anthology of the judges’ 35 favourite stories will be launched at Parracombe’s annual arts and literary festival in May 2026 and will be available from their website\, in the community shop and on Amazon. \nCheck the competition website for the full details.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/parracombe-prize/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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SUMMARY:Bristol Short Story Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: Midnight (UK time) on 31 January 2026\nEntry Fee: £14 per entry\nPrizes: 1st prize £1\,500\, 2nd prize £500\, 3rd prize £250; each of the 12 remaining shortlisted writers will receive £50\nWord Limit: 4\,000 words (no minimum\, title not included in the word count)\nCategory: Short Story Competitions\nJudges: Jan Carson\, Kate Johnson\, and Peace Adzo Medie\nCompetition Website: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk\n\nCompetition Details\nThe Bristol Short Story Prize is now open and accepting entries from writers around the globe. It has been running for 16 years and was previously under the direction of coordinator Joe Melia. As of 2024\, it has been under the direction of Dr Carrie Etter of the Department of English at the University of Bristol. The top prize is £1\,500\, with £500 for second and £250 for third. All shortlisted entries will receive £50\, be published in the print anthology and receive a free copy.  \nThe judges for the 2026 competition are:\n– Daisy Johnson is the author of Fen\, Everything Under\, Sisters and The Hotel. Her short story collection Fen was the winner of the 2017 Edge Hill prize.\n– Celeste Mohammed is the author of the novels-in-stories Ever Since We Small and Pleasantview which won the 2022 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.\n– Claire Carroll writes about the intersection of nature\, technology\, and desire. She is also a PhD researcher at Bath Spa and Exeter Universities\, where she explores how experimental writing – particularly short stories – can reimagine how humans relate to the natural and non-human world.\n– Zakiya McKenzie is a Senior Research Associate in creative research methods in the University of Bristol’s History Department\, working the project ‘Plants\, Enslavement and Public History’.\n– Michael Kalisch teaches American literature at Bristol. He is the author of The Politics of Male Friendship in Contemporary American Fiction (Manchester UP\, 2021) and The Midcentury Minor Novel: American Literature\, 1945-1965 (Edinburgh UP\, 2024).  \nEntries can be submitted online or by post\, although online is recommended. The entry fee is £14 per story\, with up to 50 low-income entries available each month.
URL:https://newwriters.org.uk/competition/bristol-short-story-prize/
CATEGORIES:Short Story Competitions
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