Other Competitions

Deadline

First Prize

Summary

31st March 2012

1st £300

entry £5

Now in its third year, Flash 500 is a quarterly open-themed competition with closing dates of 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December. The results are announced within six weeks of each closing date and the three winning entries each quarter are published on the competition website.

Entry fee: £5 for one story, £8 for two stories

Optional critiques: £10 per story

Prizes are awarded as follows:

First: £300 plus publication in Words with JAM

Second: £100

Third: £50

Highly commended: A copy of The Writer’s ABC Checklist

Competition website: www.flash500.com

All profits from entry fees and sales of the Rhyme & Reason diary go to Iain Rennie Hospice at Home http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/index.html - £50k+ donated to date.  To enter, please email your story/stories to debbiestarrs@aol.com, including the title(s), name, address plus home and mobile telephone nos.  In addition, please send your entry form (see below) plus fee to Rhyme & Reason Short Story Competition 2012, 21 North Park, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8JS. (NB: entries will only be considered once the entry fee has been received.)  We welcome entries from everyone of any age.  If you are under 18 please add your age to the entry form.  Deadline: 30 June 2012.

Each SHORT STORY on the theme of SEASONS should be no longer than 400 words and should not have been previously published.  Only electronic submissions will be accepted and should be in Calibri font size 10.  There are three prizes in the Adult section (18+): 1^st £110; 2^nd £60; and 3^rd £30. There are three book token prizes In the Youth section (up to 18 years): 1^st £30; 2^nd £20; and 3^rd £10.  Prize winners will be notified by the end of August 2012.  All winning entries will be published in the 2013 diary edition of ‘Rhyme & Reason’, which is launched in October 2012.  The judge’s decision is final.  We reserve the right to publish any unplaced entries, which may be altered, amended or corrected by the Editors. Please cut out the entry form below, complete and send by post with your entry fee (cheques only please), or download form at: http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/fundraising/fundraisinggroups/rhyme_reason.html

The Sportswriter Competition 2012

Prizes: First place: £250   Second place: £75   Third place: £25

(paid in British Pounds Sterling by bank transfer, cheque or through PayPal)

The entry fee is £3.00, of which £1.00 will be donated to our chosen charity, Cyclists Fighting Cancer ( http://cyclistsfc.org.uk/ ). The deadline for entries is midnight on the 1st July 2012, the day of the Euro 2012

The Sportswriter Competition 2012 is open to anyone aged 18 years or older.  

Entries may be submitted directly through the form on the website, http://www.sportswriter.org.uk/writing-competition , or by email, info@sportswriter.org.uk.

Entries may be up to 2000 words (or 40 lines for poems) and should relate to sport in some way. Winning entrants will receive the cash prizes and their work will be published on the website, www.sportswriter.org.uk .

Prize fund £500

entry £10

Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition is now open for entries! The competition celebrates and champions creative writing, nurturing talent and bringing work to international attention.  Aesthetica is inviting all writers and poets to submit to the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012. There are two categories for entry, Poetry and Short Fiction, and a selection of fantastic prizes including:

• £500 prize money – Poetry winner

• £500 prize money – Short Fiction winner

• Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual

• Complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual

• A selection of books from our competition partners

Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted.

Entry is £10 and allows for the entry of two works into any one category.

Deadline: 31 August 2012

For more information and to enter please visit: http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm