The Poetry Kit |
Competitions |
short story, article, novel and misc
How to Enter Them - Beware of scams.
Please Note The information given here is for GUIDANCE ONLY. While every effort is made to ensure that it is accurate, before entering any listed competition you should obtain full rules and an entry form from the organisers.
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First Prize |
Summary |
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| 31st May 2013 |
1st £500 entry £6 (O) |
Yeovil Literary Prize ** Now in its 10th year ** An opportunity to enter three different categories of writing in this exciting contest for writers everywhere.
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| 31st May 2013 |
1st Publication entry £2 |
Cardiff Women’s Aid Creative Writing
Competition 2013 Closing Date: 31st May 2013 Judges: Christina
Thatcher (Poetry), Siobhan Curham (Fiction) and Richard Daly
(Fiction) plus filter judges. Prizes: An anthology
of shortlisted poems and fiction will be produced with shortlisted
entrants each receiving a free copy. Guidelines: Entries must relate to the theme of
domestic violence/abuse. For more information
on domestic violence
please click this link. Please be mindful of our mission
statement when determining an entry’s relevance for the competition.
Entry Fee: £2 per
entry. 1 entry = 1 fiction piece or 3 poems. To Enter: Please
visit our website
http://www.cardiffwomensaid.org.uk/news/creativewritingcompetition.htm. |
| 30th may 2013 |
1st £100 entry £5 |
Science Fiction
Stories COMPETITION DEADLINE: 30th May 2013 PRIZES: 1st £100 plus publication.
Selected runnersup will also be offered publication. Web Page:
http://www.thynkspublications.co.uk/competitions email:
thynkspublications@yahoo.co.uk |
| 31st May 2013 |
1st $1,000 entry $15 |
Sports Fiction & Essay Contest Adjudicator: Jendi Reiter Sponsored by Winning Writers for the second year. Submit unpublished works of prose on sports-related themes, up to 6,000 words per entry. Two First Prizes of $1,000 Ten honorable mention prizes of $100 entry fee: $15 All entries that win cash prizes will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 40,000 subscribers. See guidelines, past winners, and enter online at www.winningwriters.com/sports |
| 31st May 2013 |
1st £5000 entry £6 |
The Bridport Prize 2013 International Writing Competition for Short
Story, Poetry and Flash Fiction Closing date: 31st
May 2013 Entry fees:
£6 per flash fiction, £7 per poem, £8 per short story Prizes:
For each of the Short Story and Poetry sections: 1st prize £5,000, 2nd prize £1,000, 3rd
prize £500 + 10
highly commended prizes of £50 each Flash Fiction: 1st prize £1,000, 2nd
prize £500, 3rd prize £250 + 3 highly commended prizes of £25 each The Dorset Award of £100 for the best local
winner or runner-up All
winning entries published in anthology Entry forms from:
Frances Everitt Competition Administrator,
The Bridport Prize or enter online: www.bridportprize.org.uk___________________________ |
| 30th June 2013 |
1st £100 entry £4 |
Crewe & District Writers’ Circle 2013 Writing Competition Flash Fiction Prizes 1st: £100 Closing date : June 30th 2013 Winners to be notified in September and
invited to read and receive prizes in Nantwich in October Rules (no entry form required)
Entries by post to: Crewe & District Writers’ Circle 2 Barony Road Nantwich Cheshire CW5 5PL |
| 30th June 2013 |
1st £1000 entry £12 |
Lightship International Short
Story Prize Prize: £1,000 /US$1500 10 short-listed stories will be published
in Lightship Anthology 3 (Nov 2013) Judge: Tessa Hadley Word limit: 5000 Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2013 Entry Fee: £12 |
| 30th June 2013 |
1st Mentoring entry £16 |
Lightship International First
Chapter Prize Prize: Professional Mentoring / Possible
Publication Judges: M.J. Hyland, David Miller (RCW),
Alessandro Gallenzi (Alma Books) Word limit: 5400 (including one page
synopsis) Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2013 Entry Fee: £16 |
| 31th June 2013 |
1st £500 entry £10 |
Lightship International Flash
Fiction Prize Prize: £500 / US$750 10 short-listed flash fictions will be
published in Lightship Anthology 3 (Nov 2013) Judge: Etgar Keret Word limit: 1500 Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2013 Entry Fee: £10 |
| 30th June 2013 |
1st £250 entry £8 |
Lightship International One Page
Story Prize Prize: £250 / US$325 10 short-listed flash fictions will be
published in Lightship Anthology 3 (Nov 2013) Judge: Calum Kerr Word limit: 300 Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2013 Entry Fee: £8 |
| 30th June 2013 |
1st £1000 entry £12 |
Lightship International Short
Memoir Prize Prize: £1000 / US$1500 10 short-listed short memoirs will be
published in Lightship Anthology 3 (Nov 2013) Judge: Rachel Cusk Word limit: 5000 Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2013 Entry Fee: £12 |
| 30th June 2013 |
1st Mentoring publication entry £18 |
Lightship International First Act
Prize Prize: Professional Mentoring / Possible
Production of Full Length Play at The Cockpit Theatre, London Judges: Anthony McCarten, Micheline
Steinberg, David Whybrow (Cockpit Theatre Director) Word limit: 6000 (including one page
synopsis) Deadline: Midnight 30th June 2013 Entry Fee: £18 |
| 31st July 2013 |
1st €500 entry €15, US $20 or £15 |
The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story
Competition is an annual short story competition dedicated
to one of Ireland’s most accomplished story writers and theorists,
sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre, and is now open for
submissions to writers from around the world. First prize is
€2000, publication in Southword Journal, and a week's
residency at Anam Cara Writers' Retreat. (Prize money will be
converted to the winner's currency. First prize was equivalent to
$2602.11 on xe.com April 10 2013.) Second prize is €500 and
publication in Southword Journal, and 4 runners-up will
receive payment for publication in Southword Journal. If the
first prize winner comes to |