The 2010 Bristol Short Story Prize is now open. The competition is open to all, whether UK or non-UK based.
Stories can be on any theme or subject and must be previously unpublished or broadcast. The entry fee is £7 per story. Maximum word count is 3,000, there is no minimum. Please read the competition [...]
Leaf Books invites you to submit writing on the theme of Wales. Perhaps a retelling of the Mabinogion, a comment on climate, a political satire, a landscape poem.
Prizes: First prize: Winner receives £150 and a free copy of the Leaf Books magazine / anthology. One runner up will receive a free copy of the [...]
For published and aspiring writers alike – enter the Writers’ & Artists’ 2010 short story competition and you could win:
a cash prize of £500
a place on an Arvon Foundation residential writing course worth at least £575*
publication of your story on the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook website
Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook and the Arvon Foundation have [...]
The annual Listowel Writer’s week and Festival kicks off in June 2010. For those not on the Listowel database here is a brief summary of what is available:
Closing dates for entries into a variety of short story writing competitions is Friday 26th February 2010. Categories include:
The Kerry Group Irish fiction Award.
The Bryan Mac Mahon [...]
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Hallmark giving one lucky couple a free luxury romantic cottage break courtesy of Cottages4You.
All you need to do to be able to win this fantastic prize is write your own Valentine’s verse or limerick in 140 characters or less. Your verse can be soppy, funny or just plain old romantic, [...]
The first competition is now on! It’s an open story competition with a word limit of 1500 and a cash prize of £50. The deadline for submission is 30th September 2009. This is the first competition on a new site, so chances of
winning could be high!
Entrance costs £2. To enter, firstly make the payment using [...]
Blue Lizard Productions short film screenwriting contest. The main goal of the competition is to uncover the best unproduced short film screenplay and to work with the gifted writer(s) who wrote it, packaging it with a great director, talented actors and experienced film crew to be produced next year and then screened at film festivals [...]
Nearly everyone has memories of a former sweetheart. Write your true story of an earlier love, in no more than 700 words. Tell us about someone whose memory brings a smile or a tear, or both. What did she or he mean to you? In particular, how did that person’s presence in your life change [...]
