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53-word Story Contest
Closing date: 21st of each month.
Prizes: Publication; books.
Looking for: Stories of exactly 53 words, to a different prompt each
month.
Free entry.
Website: www.press53.com
Cranked Anvil Media Quarterly Short Story Competition
Closing dates: 30th April; 31st July; 31st October.
Prizes: Prizes 1st – £150; 2nd – £75; 3rd – £30.
Entry fee: £5 for the first; £3 for the second; £2 for the third.
Looking for: Your story must be a maximum of 1,500 words (not
including the title).
Further info: You may enter up to three stories in each quarterly
competition. The three placed stories from each quarter will be published
on the website.
Website: https://crankedanvil.co.uk/shortstory/
Cranked Anvil Quarterly 500 Word Flash Fiction Competition
Closing dates: 31st Jan, 30th Apr, 31st July, 31st Oct.
Prizes: 1st prize £150; 2nd prize £75; 3rd prize: £30.
Entry fee: £5 for the first; plus £3 for the second; plus £2 for the third [and fourth].
Looking for: Max word count 1500, (not including the title)
Website:https://crankedanvil.co.uk/shortstory/
Cultured Vultures' Poem of the Week Competition
Closing date: Every Friday weekly.
Prizes: Publication.
Entry fee: Free.
Further info: See website.
Website: culturedvultures.com/poem-week/
Dark Tales Short Story Competition
Closing date: Monthly, last day of each month.
Prizes: £100 for each monthly winner plus publication in Dark Tales.
Entry fee: £4, £8 with critique, £20 with edit and critique.
Further details: Ongoing monthly comp for horror and sci-fi short
stories, up to 5,000 words.
Email: sean@darktales.co.uk
Website: http://darktales.co.uk/contest.php
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
Closing dates: (Semi-annual) July 31st and December 31st, each year.
Prizes: Writing Contest First Prize is $500. Second Prize: $250. Third
Prize: $100.
Poetry Contest First Prize is $250. Second Prize: $125. Third Prize: $50.
Entry fees: $5(USD) per poem, $10(USD) per short story.
Guidelines: The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to
anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the
beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling
everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream. Write a poem, thirty
lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand
printed. And/or write a short story, five pages maximum length, on any
subject or theme, creative writing fiction or non-fiction (including essay
compositions, diary, journal entries and screenwriting). Also, must be
typed or neatly hand printed.
Multiple poetry and short story entries are accepted.
For more info: dreamquestone.com
Envoi International Open Poetry Competitions
Deadline for submissions - 20th February, 20th June and 20th October
each year.
Prizes: 1st prize £150, 2nd prize £100, 3rd prize £50. Each winner and
three runners up win a complimentary copy with their poem. The three
runners up are also awarded an annual subscription worth £15. Entry
fee: £3 per poem or five poems for £12. Poems can be in any style, on
any theme up to 40 lines.
More details on website. Cinnamonpress.com/
Flash 500 Competitions
Closing date: 31st Mar, 30th Jun, 30th September, 31st Dec.
Prizes: £300, £200 and £100.
Looking for: Quarterly competition for flash fiction, up to 500 words.
Entry fee: £5, £8 for two stories.
Website: https://flash500.com/flash-fiction/
Furious fiction
500-word short stories, written in 55 hours.
Prizes: Aus$500.
Free entry.
Closing date: First Sunday of each month
Website: www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/
Henshaw Short Story Competition
Closing date: Quarterly, 30th April, 30th June, 30th September and 31st
December.
Entry fee: £6.
Prizes: £200, £100, £50.
Quarterly competition for short stories up to 2,000 words.
Email: editor@henshawpress.co.uk
Website: www.henshawpress.co.uk
Inkitt Short Story and Fanfic Contests
Closing date: last day of each month.
Looking for: short stories, 5,000-10,000 words, and fanfic, over 7,500
words.
Prizes: $150, $50, $30.
Free entry.
Website: https://www.inkitt.com
The Monkey Collection
Closing date: Rolling deadlines - see the website for details.
Prizes: Publication in The Monkey Collective's short story collection. All
entries receive a percentage of the sales.
Entry fee: Free.
Further info: Entries need to be between 1000 and 5000 words, no
specific genre. Everyone who enters can become part of The Monkey
Collective, a collaborative writing group. See our website for further
details.
Website: themonkeycollective.com/join.html
NAWG Open '100' Mini-tale Competition
Rolling competition for flash fiction of exactly 100 words, will be judged
when 100 entries have been received then start again
Prizes: £75, £25 every 100 entries
Entry fee: £3.00, £5.50 for two, £8.00 for three
Closing date: Never!
Website: https://www.nawg.co.uk/
Ó Bhéal International Five Words Poetry Competition
At around noon each Tuesday (GMT), from mid-April until late January,
five words are posted on the Ó Bhéal Five Words competition page.
Entrants have one week to compose and submit poems that include all
five words given for the week.
The competition runs for 41 weeks, until the last week of January. A
prize of 750 euros will be awarded to the winner, 500 euros for second
place and 250 euros for third place and if available the three winners will
be invited to read at Ó Bhéal's anniversary event on in April (an
additional travel fee of 100 euro plus B&B accommodation will be
provided for this).
Follow the link for submission guidelines:
http://www.obheal.ie/blog/five-words-poetry-competition/
The QueryLetter.com Writing Contest
Closing date: 15th September, 2020 by noon (US Eastern time).
Prizes: We will award one prize of $500 to the best blurb.
Looking for: Write and submit a back cover blurb of 100 words or fewer
that sets the stage for a novel, establishes the characters, and raises the
stakes in a way that makes readers want to find out more.
Entry fee: None stated.
Website: https://www.queryletter.com/contest
Reflex Fiction Flash Fiction Competition
Closing dates: Last days of February, May, August, and November
(midnight UK time).
Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250 (or the equivalent in the winner's local
currency).
Entry Fee: £7, $9, €9.
Further details: Reflex Fiction is a quarterly international flash fiction
competition for stories between 180 and 360 words. We publish one
story every day as we count down to the winner of each competition.
Website: http://www.reflexfiction.com/flash-fiction/
Retreat West Themed Flash Fiction Prize
Closing date: Quarterly. See website.
Prizes: £200, 2 x £100.
Entry fee: £8.
Looking for: Short fiction with the theme of Running Away.
Further info: Word count: up to 500 max.
Website: http://www.retreatwest.co.uk/
Retreat West Monthly Micro Fiction Competition
Closing date: First Monday of each month.
Prizes: 1st Prize: 50% of the entry fees received for the competition
(you must have a PayPal account to receive this), one free entry to our
annual Flash Fiction Prize (top prize £350) and your story published in
our Flash Fiction area of the website.
2nd Prize: One free entry to our annual Flash Fiction Prize and your
story published in our Flash Fiction area of the website.
Entry fee: £4.
Looking for: 100 words exactly (title not included in that).
Website: https://www.retreatwest.co.uk/monthly-micro-fiction-
competition/
Ron L Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest
Prizes: every three months: $1,000, $750, $500 plus annual grand
prize: $5,000!
Here's an opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories
or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required and
entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by
professional writers only.
Website: Writersofthefuture.com/
Scribble Quarterly Competitions
Ongoing quarterly competitions for short stories, up to 3,000 words
Prizes: £75, £25, £15 in each issue.
Entry fee: £3 (£5 with critique); free for annual subscribers.
There is no closing date: successful stories are published in the next
issue.
Email: parkpub14@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.parkpublications.co.uk
Secret Attic Short Story Contest
Closing date: Last day of month.
Prizes: Best story £20.00 (£40.00 from December 2020.) + publication
online and in booklet. Selected stories also published. Free .pdf version
of the booklet for all published. Winners Announced: Within 3 days of
closing.
Looking for: There is no set theme or subject matter - write what you
like to write!
Entry fee: £3.00 for 1 Story, £7.00 for maximum of 3 stories.
Other info: There is no set theme or subject matter - write what you like
to write! Stories must be typed in English and must be original.
Previously published is fine but remember to include credit.
Website: https://secretattic.forumotion.com/t32-november-2020#32
Sentinel Short Story and Poetry Quarterly Competition
Closing date: See website.
Prizes: Prizes: £250 (1st), £100 (2nd), £50 (3rd), £30 x 3 (High
Commendation), £15 x (Commendation), 3 x SLQ Paperback (Special
Mentions).
Looking for: Poems up to 50 lines.
Entry fee: £5/1, £8/2, £10/3, £12/4, £14/5, £16/7, £22/10).
Website: http://sentinelquarterly.com/competitions/poetry/index.htm
Website: sentinelquarterly.com
Sixfold Short Story and Poetry Contest
Closing dates: 23rd Oct, 23rd Jan, 23rd Apr.
Prizes: $1,000 and publication, in each category.
Looking for: Short stories, up to 20 pages, and poetry, up to 10 pages;
quarterly.
Entry fee: $5.
Website: http:www.sixfold.org
Story Planner Monthly Story Plan Competition
Closing date: 15th of every month.
Prizes: Writing books and courses.
Entry fee: Free.
Looking for: Story plans and outlines using the plans at
StoryPlanner.com
Further info: Judge: Joanne Bartley.
Email: competitions@storyplanner.com
Website: blog.storyplanner.com/story-planner-monthly-competitions/
Telegraph 'Just Back' Travel writing Competition
Closing date: Weekly.
Prize: £200 in your choice of currency.
Entry Fee: None - free to enter.
Looking for: If you are just back from somewhere a shade more
interesting than the local park, the Telegraph Online would like the
gripping details in up to 500 words. You can read previous winners on
the website. A 'voyage' across the Mersey is one of them - proving that
you don't have to write about anywhere exotic to scoop the prize.
Website: www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/just-back-travel-writing-
competition/
Templar Poetry Quarterly Portfolio Awards Quarterly Award
Closing date: Quarterly.
Entry fee: £12
Prizes: Pamphlet publication
Looking for: A portfolio of 10-12 pages of poetry.
Email: submissions@templarpoetry.co.uk
Website: http://templarpoetry.com
Themed Flash Fiction Competition
Closing date: March, June, September, December.
Prizes: £200; Runner-Up Prize x 2: £100.
Entry fee: £8 for 1 entry.
Looking for: Stories up to 500 words max.
Website: http://www.retreatwest.co.uk/competitions/quarterly-themed-
flash/
The Writing Quarter Competition
Closing date: Last day of each month.
Prizes: Aus $30.
Free entry.
Further info: Monthly; short stories, up to 3,000 words. open theme.
Website: https://writingquarter.com.au/competition/
Weekly Poetry Competition
6th Ó Bhéal International Five Words Poetry Competition.
At around noon each Tuesday (GMT), from April 2018 to the end of
January 2019, five words are posted on the Ó Bhéal Five Words
competition page. Entrants have one week to compose and submit
poems that include all five words given for the week.
The competition runs for 41 weeks, until the last week of January and a
prize of 500 euro is awarded to one winner, and if available, invited to
read at Ó Bhéal's anniversary event in early April (an additional travel
fee of 100 euro plus B&B accommodation will be provided for this).
Follow the link for submission guidelines:
http://www.obheal.ie/blog/five-words-poetry-competition/
WordHound Children's Writing Competition (aged 12 and under)
Closing date: Every Sunday weekly.
Prizes: Goodie bags of sweets and stationery, publication on the blog
and social media.
Looking for: Under 300 words of funny, weird or otherwise unique
writing, based on the topic of the week.
Entry fee: Free.
Other info: Weekly writing suggestions posted on the website and social
channels.
Website: https://www.wordhound.co.uk/competitions/
Writers' Forum Short Story Competition
Closing date: Monthly. Entries arriving too late for one comp
automatically go into the next.
Prizes: £300, £150, £100.
Entry Fee: £6, or £3 for subscribers to the magazine. Critique - £5
(enclose sae if entering by post).
Looking for: length of between 1,000 and 3,000 words.
For full entry requirements see website: www.writers-
forum.com/comps.html
Writers Forum Poetry Contest
Closing date: Monthly. Entries arriving too late for one comp
automatically go into the next.
Prizes: Prize £100 and a Chambers dictionary.
Entry fee: £4 per poem, or pay £6 and get a short critique.
Looking for: Poem must be a maximum of 40 lines.
Further details: Poems must be original and unpublished.
For full entry requirements see website: www.writers-
forum.com/poetrycomp.html
Writers' HQ Flash Quarterly Contest
Closing date: March, June, September, December.
Prize: A year's membership with Writers' HQ, access to £1000+ of online
writing courses and 3 one-day UK writing retreats.
Entry fee: FREE (though donations to the WHQ 'sponsor a writer'
bursary scheme are very welcome)
Looking for: Flash fiction on any theme up to 500 words. NOTE: please
enter stories via the submission form, not via email. Open
internationally.
Email: hello@writershq.co.uk
Website: https://writershq.co.uk/whq-flash-quarterly/
Writing District Monthly Competitions
Closing date: Last day of each month.
Free entry.
Looking for: Short stories, up to 3,000 words. Open theme.
Prizes: $50.
Website: https://thewritingdistrict.com/
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