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These Terms apply to all users and visitors of our Site. b) c) d) Poetry and Short Story Competitions - the Sentinel Writing Competitions Page. For original, previously unpublished poems in English language on any subject, in any style up to 50 lines long. Closing Date: 20th February, 2014 (still accepting entries online until 23/2/2014) Judge: Bob Beagrie Prizes: £200 (1st), £75 (2nd), £50 (3rd), £20 x 3 (High Commendation) Fees: £4/1, £7/2, £9/3, £11/4, £12/5, £16/7, £22/10 Enter Competition now> For original, previously unpublished short stories in English language on any subject, in any style up to 1500 words long. Closing Date: 20th February 2014 (still accepting entries online until 23/2/2014) Judge: Catherine Edmunds Fees: £5/1, £8/2, £10/3, £12/4 Enter Competition now> Results and Adjudication Reports We are pleased to announce the results of the Sentinel Annual Poetry & Short Story Competitions 2013 judged by Roger Elkin and David Caddy respectively.
First Prize: Green Sun – Sharon Black Second Prize: My Last Duchess – Caron Freeborn Third Prize: October Web – Philip Williams First Prize: Country Life – Clare Marsh. Erewash writers' competitions - Home. Current Competitions. COMPETITION. Short Story Competitions 2013, List of Short Story Writing Competitions UK - Christopher Fielden. Quick links on this page: Last updated 19th April 2014 Below are tables listing various short story competitions. Some are based in the UK, some are global. Some contests are of high renown (like the BBC Short Story Award or the Bridport Prize), offering huge prizes, and some are lesser known, but offer great opportunities for newer writers to become published authors. I will try and keep this list up to date, but please check the rules and dates on the different competition websites before entering.
I’ve kept the information on the writing competition calendar brief, only detailing the important bits, like genre, approximate opening dates, approximate closing dates, word count and, of course, the amount of prize money you can win. If you run a short story competition and would like me to add it to the lists below, please contact me. If you want to see stats of the growing audience you can reach by being listed here, please see my website performance analysis page. Back to top. Creative Writing Competition - Aesthetica: The Art & Culture Magazine. Win £500 and publication with the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition!
Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all writers and poets to submit their work into the Creative Writing Competition. The Creative Writing Competition is a fantastic opportunity for existing and aspiring writers and poets to showcase their work to a wider, international audience: previous entrants have gone on to achieve success and recognition across the world. There are two categories for entry: Poetry and Short Fiction. Deadline for entering the competition: 31 August 2014.Finalists will be announced on the 30 November 2014.Winners will be announced on the 6 December 2014. Prizes How to Enter The Creative Writing Competition has two categories for entry: Poetry and Short Fiction. Entry is £10 +VAT and this permits the submission of two works into any one category. STEP ONE To enter the competition, please select a category below to make your payment. Guidelines Refund Policy The 2013 Creative Works Competition Winners.
Home. The National Association of Writers' Groups | Open Competitions. Park Publications Writing opportunities all year round. Details below NAWG Open Competitions – Short Story and Poetry Results now published You can read the wining entries on-line Scroll down THE 2014 SI LEEDS LITERARY PRIZE Deadline for entries for is 31st March 2014 Scroll down Flash fiction/poetry competitions, The Deddington Writers’ Group Closing Date Monday 14th April, 2014 Scroll down The Ticket to Write Playwriting Contest Closing Date: Friday 18th April, 2014 Scroll down 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize Launched Closing date: 30th April 2014 Scroll down Birmingham Poetry Prize 2014 Closing date: 31 May 2014 Scroll down As a commitment to our members this page is available to Writing Groups who are members of NAWG and are running an open creative writing competition, so that they might advertise their competition to others, free of charge.
Other groups or associations who are not members will be charged a fee for the privilege. Park Publications NAWG 2013 Open Writing Competitions. Writers' Village. The Word Hut. Northern Ireland - Get Writing - Competitions. Mpetitions. Lightship First Novel Prize 2014 Closed on 31 Jan 2014 Judge: Nicholas Royle, Robert Kirby, Alex Gallenzi Have you written a literary or genre novel? Enter the beginning of it into Lightship’s First Novel Prize for a chance to win a publishing contract with Alma Books (Winner of the Bookseller’s Independent Publisher of the Year Award, 2013). Lightship First Act Prize 2013 Closed on 30 Sep 2013 Judge: Micheline Steinberg, Dave Whybrow, Anthony McCarten Are you an aspiring playwright? Lightship First Chapter Prize 2013 Closed on 2 Jul 2013 Judge: M.J.
The winner will receive expert mentoring from M.J. Lightship Short Memoir Prize 2013 Closed on 1 Jul 2013 1st Prize: £1000 / US$1600*The inaugural Lightship Short Memoir Competition will be judged by Rachel Cusk. Lightship First Poetry Book Prize 2013 Judge: Helen Ivory, David Wheatley, Alessandro Gallenzi Are you an aspiring poet who wants to write a full collection of poems and get published? Lightship One Page Prize 2013 Lightship Poetry Prize 2013. WritersReign - Writing Competitions. Short Story Writing Competitions in Portsmouth / WriteInvite, Short Story Competitions. Writing competitions | Writers & Artists. Writers & Artists and Retreat West have teamed up for a free writing competition that offers you the chance to win a place on one of Retreat West’s incredible writing retreats. All you have to do is write a short story no longer than 1,000 words!
Find out more For published and aspiring writers alike - enter our free annual short story competition and be in with a chance of winning a place on an Arvon residential writing course of your choice (worth £1,000), as well as seeing your story published on www.writersandartists.co.uk. To enter, all you have to do is submit a short story (for adults) of no more than 2,000 words. And that's it. Unlike previous years, there's no theme for you to base your story on; all you have to do is make sure you're registered with the website, the subject line of your email reads 'W&A Short Story Competition 2017' and you send it to competition@bloomsbury.com. The closing date for entries is midnight on Monday 13th February, 2017. Good luck! This year's judge 1.
JBWB Writing Competitions. Manchester Writing Competition | Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) Competitions - Free Writing Poetry / Fiction Contests (firstwriter) North of Nowhere creative writing competition | Children's books. Hampshire Writers' Society: 2013 Winchester Writers’ Conference Writing Competitions are now open! The 2013 Winchester Writers’ Conference Writing Competitions are now open! We have seventeen different competitions to challenge your writing skills. Something for everyone! Please read the Competitions Brochure which gives full details of each competition, as well as the general rules, submission dates, entry requirements for each competition and an application form. It is now possible to submit your entries electronically for a number of competitions.
Please note the submission deadline for the competitions is Friday 24th May, except for the Young Writers’ Poetry Competition, which closes on Friday 19th July. May I wish you an inspiring time as you create your entries for one or more of these competitions. Conference Discount for Writers’ Groups! The programme should be posted on the website by March 22. With very best wishes Barbara Large MBE FRSA HFUWSenior Lecturer and Founder/Director Winchester Writers’ Conference. Writing Competitions | Poetry Competition | the Bridport Prize. Multi-story Home page - Writing competition, Writing articles. Darker Times Fiction - Monthly short story, flash fiction and poetry competitions. Enter the Storycraft Writing Competition. Prizes. Writing Competitions 2013, Writing Contests UK.