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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.

 

Deadline

First Prize

Summary

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.

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.

  1. All poetry and fiction must be unpublished and your own work. They must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and may not be simultaneously entered into any other competitions.
  2. You may submit one fiction short story or up to three poems per entry. Each poem must be no-longer than 40 lines and each short story must be no-longer than 2000 words. All work must be in English.
  3. Cardiff Women's Aid staff, current volunteers or students currently on placement with Cardiff Women's Aid may not enter the competition.
  4. Competition open to men and women over 18 and currently residing in the UK.

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.
JUDGED: by the Thynks Team

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 Submit unpublished works of prose on sports-related themes, up to 6,000 words per entry.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
Poetry judge:  
Wendy Cope  Short Story judge:   Michèle Roberts  Flash Fiction judge:   David Swann       

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   SAE required 

Competition Administrator, The Bridport Prize,   PO Box 6910, Bridport Dorset  DT6 9BQ

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     2nd: £50     3rd: £25

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)

  1. Max number of  words : 300
  2. Stories must be the original work of the entrant
  3. Entry fee :   £4 for one entry or 3 for £10
  4. Each entry to be on a separate sheet with clear title
  5. Please do not put name or details of writer on the story entry sheet
  6. Give name, address and contact details on separate A4 sheet and list the title /titles of stories entered.
  7. Cheques payable to Crewe and District Writers’ Circle
  8. The organisers’ judgements are final
  9. Please note that entries cannot be returned. You must keep a copy of your work.
  10. We are not able to accept e-mail submissions

 

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 Cork, Ireland, to collect their prize, we will lavish them with hotel accommodation, meals, drinks and VIP access to the literary stars at the Cork International Short Story Festival (18-22 September 2013). Deadline: 31 July 2013. Judge: Joyce Russell. More information can be found at our website: http://www.munsterlit.ie/SOF%20Page.html or at our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/OFaolainCompetition?fref=ts