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South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition – Fiction

Deadline: midnight (uk time) on 29 march 2024.

Entry Fee: £3.50 plus 30p booking fee
Prizes: First prize: £50
Word Limit: 800 words
Judge: Sue Burke , author and translator
Category: Short Story Competitions
Competition Website: southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com/about-6

South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition – Non-Fiction

Judge: Gwyneth Box , Children’s author, award-winning poet and workshop facilitator,
Category: Non-Fiction Competitions

South Warwickshire Literary Festival Writing Competition – Poetry

Deadline: Midnight (UK time) 29 March 2024
Word Limit: 40 lines
Judge: Beth Brooke , Dorset-based poet
Category: Poetry Competitions

Short Fiction International Short Story Prize

Deadline: midnight (uk time) on 31 march 2024.

Entry Fee: Early Bird: £10 – until 29 Feb 2024, Standard: £12 – until 31 Mar 2024
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000 ; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £100; top three will also be published in the Short Fiction journal
Word Limit: 5,000 words
Judges: Authors Yan Ge and Wendy Erskine
Category: Short Story Competitions
Competition Website: shortfictionjournal.co.uk/prize

Pitch Mag Young Sports Journalist Competition 2024

Deadline: 17.00 (uk time) on friday 5 april 2024.

Entry Fee: FREE
Prizes: Publication in Pitch Mag, £50 and possible work experience
Word Limit: 400 to 600 words
Judges: Sam Pilger, Huw Turbevill & Jade Craddock
Category: Sports Writing Competitions
Competition Website: pitch-mag.co.uk/young-sports-journalist-competition

Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize

Deadline: 5 pm (uk time) on 7 april 2024.

Entry Fee: £10 per entry
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000 ; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250
Word Limit: 1,000 to 5,000 words
Judges: Vanessa Onwuemezi, Dan Bird & Lucy Luck
Competition Website: bricklanebookshop.org/2024-short-story-prize/

Writing Peers April Flash Fiction Competition

Deadline: 14 april 2024.

Entry Fee: $14.99 per entry
Prizes: $1,000 ($500 for the winner of each genre)
Word Limit: 1,000 words
Judge: Judged by fellow competition entrants
Competition Website: writingpeers.com

Channel Islands LGBTQ+ Writing Competition 2024

Entry Fee: Free
Eligibility: Entrants must be from the Channel Islands. You do not have to be LGBTQ+ yourself to participate.
Theme: LGBTQ+ theme, fiction or non-fiction and in any written literary form
Prizes: Winner of each category will receive a £100 Amazon voucher
Word Limit: 1,000 words
Age Categories: 'Under 18s' or '18 and Over'
Competition Website: CLICK HERE for Entry Details

Bath Short Story Award

Deadline: 15 april 2024.

Entry Fee: £9
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,200 ; Second prize: £300 ; Third prize: £100; all shortlisted stories will be published in an anthology (plus more, see below)
Word Limit: 2,200 words
Judge: Sophie Haydock (journalist, editor and author)
Competition Website: bathshortstoryaward.org

Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction

Deadline: midday (sydney, australia time) friday 19th april 2024.

Entry Fees: AU$25 per entry (PayPal) (approximately £13); Personalised feedback is available for an additional fee
Prizes: Total prize pool: AU$2,000 (everyone on the shortlist wins a cash prize); Winner: AU$1,000; 2nd place: AU$500; 3rd place: AU$200; 4th place: AU$100; 2 x HM: AU$50; 2 x Wildcard prizes: AU$50 (all winners will receive publication on the Not Quite Write website and are read aloud on the podcast)
Word Limit: 500 words or fewer (excluding title)
Judges: Ed and Amanda (Hosts of the Not Quite Write Podcast)
Category: Flash Fiction Competitions
Competition Website: notquitewritepodcast.com/prize

FarmED Chelsea Green Young Writers Prize 2024

Deadline: friday 19th april 2024.

Prizes: A ‘library’ of Chelsea Green titles worth £500, plus an exclusive one-to-one session with Muna Reyal, Head of Editorial at Chelsea Green
Word Limit: 1,500 words
Judges: Nicola Chester, Dominic Couzens, Muna Reyal and Fiona Mountain
Category: Non-fiction Writing Competitions
Competition Website: farm-ed.co.uk/post/farmed-chelsea-green-writers-prize-2024

FFF Competition Twenty One

Deadline: 10 pm (uk time) tuesday 23rd april 2024.

Entry Fee: £3.85 per entry (PayPal/Stripe) or £2.35 per entry via BSC (UK bank account)
Prizes: Winner: £150.00; 2x Highly Commended: £40.00; 3x Shortlisted: £30.00 (all winners will receive publication)
Word Limit: 300 (excluding title), minimum 100
Competition Website: freeflashfiction.com/current-competition

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction

Deadline: midnight on 30 april 2024.

Entry Fees: February 1-March 1: One Entry, $14; Two Entries, $18; Up to Four Entries: $30 | March 2-April 30: One Entry, $16; Two Entries, $20; Up to Four Entries: $32
Prizes: Grand prize winner: $2,500 ; Second place: $1,000; Third place $500; Finalists: $100. All finalists and placers will be published in the special competition issue in June 2024.
Word Limit: 1,000 words or fewer (excluding title)
Judges: SmokeLong editors
Competition Website: smokelong.com/the-smokelong-quarterly-award-for-flash-fiction-2024/

Creative Writing NZ Short Story Prize 2024

Deadline: 11.59pm(nzst) on 30 april 2024.

Prizes: 1st Place: $1,000 plus two runners-up prizes of $200 each
Word Limit: 3,000 words
Final Judge: Dr Lucie Brownlee
Competition Website: creativewriting.co.nz/competition/the-creative-writing-nz-short-story-prize-2024

New Writers 1000-Word Short Story Competition 2024

Deadline: midnight (uk time) on 30 april 2024.

Entry Fee: £10 for one entry, £19 for two entries, £27 for three entries
Prizes: 1st Place: £1,000 ; 2nd Place: £300 ; 3rd Place: £200
Word Limit: 1,000 words (excluding title)
Charity: £1 from each entry will be donated to First Story (England’s leading creative writing charity for young people)
Head Judge: Cassandra Parkin (Award-Winning Author & Poet)

EGG+FROG Britain vs The World: Flash Battle 2024

Deadline: 11.59 pm (uk time) on 30 april 2024.

Entry Fee: £5
Prizes: 1st Place: £100 , 2nd: £50, 3rd: £25, all also published in EGG+FROG
Word Limit: 500 words
Competition Website: eggplusfrog.com/competition

Letter Review Prize for Unpublished Books

Deadline: 1st may 2024.

Entry Fee: FREE
Prizes: Three Winners share in the $1,000 USD total prize pool
Category: Novel competition
Competition Website: letterreview.com/information/

Letter Review Prize for Nonfiction

Entry Fee: $2
Category: Nonfiction competition

Letter Review Prize for Poetry

Word Limit: Up to 70 lines
Category: Poetry competition

Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction

Cheshire novel prize, deadline: midnight (uk time) 1st may 2024.

Entry Fee: £29 per entry (includes feedback)
Prizes: First prize: £1,500
Word Limit: 5,000 words plus 500-word synopsis
Judge: A panel of writers and literary agents
Category: Novel Competitions
Competition Website: cheshirenovelprize.com

Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize

Deadline: 5 may 2024.

Entry Fee: $35
Prizes: First prize: publication contract offer from Leapfrog Press and Can of Worms Press (with advance)
Word Limit: Minimum 22,000 words
Category: Novel Competitions
Competition Website: leapfrogprize.org/contest

Goldfinch Novel Award

Deadline: 23.59 (uk time) 15th may 2024.

Prizes: First prize: £300
Word Limit: 5,000 words plus one-page synopsis
Judge: Kiya Evans Associate Agent at Mushens Entertainment
Competition Website: goldfinch-books.com/novel

Creative Future Writers’ Award 2024

Deadline: 23:59 (uk time) on 19 may 2024.

Entry Fee: Free (or pay what you can)
Eligibility: The competition is only open to underrepresented writers in the UK who are over 18 years old.
Theme: The theme for the 2024 Awards is ‘Reveal’
Prizes: £23K in cash and professional development (see the Creative Future website for full details)
Word Limit: Poetry: 50 lines, Fiction: 2,000 words, Creative Non-Fiction: 2,000 words
Judges: Wayne Holloway-Smith, Nina Mingya Powles
Categories: Short Story, Poetry, Creative Non-Fiction
Competition Website: creativefuture.org.uk/for-writers/creative-future-writers-award/how-to-enter

Bridport Prize – Short Story

Deadline: 23.59 (uk time) on 31 may 2024.

Entry Fee: £14 per entry
Prizes: First prize: £5,000 ; second prize: £1,000; third prize: £500; highly commended: 10 x £100
Word Limit: 5,000 words (no minimum, title not included in the word count)
Judge: Wendy Erskine
Competition Website: bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/short-story

Bridport Prize – Peggy Chapman-Andrews First Novel Award

Entry Fee: £24 per entry
Prizes: First prize: £1,500 ; second prize: £750; three further prizes of £150; plus publication and manuscript/extract appraisal
Word Limit: 8,000 words max (5,000 minimum) plus 300-word synopsis. (Title not included in the word count.)
Judge: Ross Raisin
Competition Website: bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/novel-award

Bridport Prize – Poetry

Entry Fee: £12 per entry
Line Limit: 42 lines (Not including title)
Judge: Liz Berry
Category: Poetry Competitions
Competition Website: bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/poetry

Bridport Prize – Flash Fiction

Entry Fee: £11 per entry
Prizes: First prize: £1,000 ; second prize: £500; third prize: £250; highly commended: 5 x £100
Word Limit: 250 words (no minimum, title not included in the word count)
Judge: Jasmine Sawers

Bridport Prize – Memoir Award

Word Limit: 8,000 words max (5,000 minimum) plus 300-word overview. (Title not included in the word count.)
Judge: Kit de Waal , award-winning and Booker-shortlisted writer of six novels
Category: Non-fiction Competitions
Competition Website: bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/memoir-award/

Sapere Books Writing Competition

Deadline: 31 may 2024.

Prizes: First prize: Publishing contract for a five-book series
Word Limit: First three chapters plus a synopsis of up to 2,000 words
Competition Website: saperebooks.com/writing-competition
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