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 March 2012 |
!st £800 entry £35 |
Rubery Book Award
which closes on the 31st March 2012. The award is for independently
published and self published books. All genres welcome. We have
prestigious judges. First prize is £800 and the guarantee that a top
London literary agent will read the book. For more information our website is www.ruberybookaward.com |
| 31st March 2012 |
1st
€1,000. Entry €8 |
Short Story
Competition Deadline column: 31 March 2012 First Prize column: 1st prize €1,000. Entry €8 Summary column: The Moth-Altun Short Story Prize. Judge: Christine Dwyer-Hickey. Winner's short story will be published in the summer 2012 issue of The Moth. For full details of the competition go to www.themothmagazine.com |
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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 |
| 1st July 2012 |
1st £250 entry £3 |
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 . |
| 31st August 2012 |
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:
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
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