Poetry, Short Story and Flash Fiction open to unpublished work from any writer writing in English over 16. Novel Award restricted to UK writers, and to British adn American writers living abroad.
Entry fee: £12 per poem, £14 per story, £11 for flash fiction and £24 per novel
Prize:
Poetry and Short Story 1st Prize £5,000, Flash Fiction 1st Prize £1,000. Novel Award a year's mentoring and critique
The Bridport Prize has four sections: Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction and Novel Award.
Read the Rules carefully, as they have different rules and entry fees for different prizes.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. Why do it? For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to silence your inner critic, let your imagination take over, and just create! Read more
New Writing and Book Awards Aims to Change Writing Careers
The Page Turner Awards were created to change writing careers with success stories from the most impressive first 10 pages submitted.
Five different awards aim to help writers and authors to get discovered with possible literary agency representation and potentially taking a published book from page to film. Read more
Eligibility please check on the individual category on their website for entry and fees for Poetry, Short Story, Novel, Memoir and Flash Fiction.
Entry fees various, please check on their website
Prize:
Various - please check on their website
The Bridport Prize has five sections: Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction, Novel Award and a new Memoir section.
Read the Rules carefully, as they have different prizes, rules, entry fees and closing dates.
Open to a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers from round the world.
No entry fee
Prize:
$10,000 to the winner and publication of their novel by Fitzcarraldo Editions in the UK and Ireland, Giramondo in Australia and New Zealand, and New Directions in North America
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo Publishing and New Directions have announced the biennial Novel Prize for a book-length work of literary fiction of at least 30,000 words written in English by published and unpublished writers from round the world, recognising 'works which explore and expand the possibilities of the form, and are innovative and imaginative in style'. Read more
New Writing and Book Awards Aims to Change Writing Careers
The Page Turner Awards were created to change writing careers with success stories from the most impressive first 10 pages submitted.
Five different awards aim to help writers and authors to get discovered with possible literary agency representation and potentially taking a published book from page to film. Read more
Open to all writers over 18.
Entry fees £20 for entries received by 28 February and £30 after that
Prize:
£10,000 prize fund
New Writing and Book Awards Aims to Change Writing Careers
The Page Turner Awards were created to change writing careers with success stories from the most impressive first 10 pages submitted.
Five different awards aim to help writers and authors to get discovered with possible literary agency representation and potentially taking a published book from page to film. Read more
Open to all women aged 18 and above, residing in the UK or Ireland and writing in English. No entry fee
Prize:
Winner £5,000. All longlisted and shortlisted authors will be offered tailored mentorship packages from a Curtis Brown agent or industry expert and free or discounted places on Curtis Brown Creative’s creative writing courses.
In honour of the 25th anniversary year for the Women's Prize for Fiction, and in recognition of untapped diverse and exceptional writing talent across the country, the Women's Prize Trust, powered by NatWest and Curtis BrownSee Curtis Brown listing, is launching Discoveries. Read more
Eligibility and entry fee Poetry, Short Story and Flash Fiction open to unpublished work from any writer writing in English over 16. Novel Award restricted to UK writers.
Entry fee: £10 per poem, £12 per story, £9 for flash fiction and £20 per novel
Prize:
Poetry and Short Story 1st Prize £5,000, 2nd Prize £1,000, 3rd Prize £500. Flash Fiction 1st Prize £1,000, 2nd Prize £500 and 3rd Prize £250. Novel Award 1st Prize £1500, 2nd Prize £750 and 3 awards of £150.
The Bridport Prize has four sections: Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction and Novel Award.
Read the Rules carefully, as they have different prizes, rules and entry fees.
Open to published and unpublished writers across the world.
No entry fee
Prize:
$10,000 to the winner in the form of an advance against royalties, and simultaneous publication of their novel
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce The Novel Prize, a new biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world. Read more
Poetry, Short Story and Flash Fiction open to unpublished work from any writer writing in English over 16. Novel Award restricted to UK writers, and to British adn American writers living abroad.
Entry fee: £12 per poem, £14 per story, £11 for flash fiction and £24 per novel
Prize:
Poetry and Short Story 1st Prize £5,000, Flash Fiction 1st Prize £1,000. Novel Award a year's mentoring and critique
The Bridport Prize has four sections: Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction and Novel Award.
Read the Rules carefully, as they have different rules and entry fees for different prizes.
Poetry, Short Story and Flash Fiction open to unpublished work from any writer writing in English over 16. Novel Award restricted to UK writers, and to British adn American writers living abroad.
Entry fee: £12 per poem, £14 per story, £11 for flash fiction and £24 per novel
Prize:
Poetry and Short Story 1st Prize £5,000, Flash Fiction 1st Prize £1,000. Novel Award a year's mentoring and critique
The Bridport Prize has four sections: Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction and Novel Award.
Read the Rules carefully, as they have different rules and entry fees for different prizes.
Open to unpublished and unagented female writers, aged 18 or over, who live in the UK or Ireland.
Entry fee £12
Prize:
Winner £1,500 and guidance and support from literary agent and sponsor Peters Fraser Dunlop
Now going into its 14th year, the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize is famous for helping undiscovered women writers launch their literary careers, and developed a formidable reputation for attracting first-class writing talent and as such judges are seeking entries that combine literary merit with 'unputdownability.' The Prize is for a novel by a woman over the age of 18 that marries literary merit Read more
Open to unpublished and unagented female writers, aged 18 or over, who live in the UK or Ireland.
Entry fee £12
Prize:
Winner £1,500 and guidance and support from literary agent and sponsor Peters Fraser Dunlop
Now going into its 14th year, the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize is famous for helping undiscovered women writers launch their literary careers, and developed a formidable reputation for attracting first-class writing talent and as such judges are seeking entries that combine literary merit with 'unputdownability.' The Prize is for a novel by a woman over the age of 18 that marries literary merit Read more
Open to writers resident in the UK or Ireland.
No entry fee
Prize:
£3,000 plus publication by Prototype will go to the best book-length project A second prize of £2,000 plus publication by Monitor Books will be awarded to the best proposal for a short-form work.
Prototype Publishing, along with partners Monitor Books and frieze magazine, has announced the Prototype Prize, a new, bi-annual prize for published or unpublished writers and artists working at the intersections of different literary and artistic forms. Read more
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. Why do it? For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to silence your inner critic, let your imagination take over, and just create! Read more
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. Why do it? For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to silence your inner critic, let your imagination take over, and just create! Read more
All women are eligible.
Not clear whether there’s an entry fee
Prize:
Various
The MslexiaStylish and lively site for quarterly UK literary magazine read by 12,000 'committed' women writers. Good range of quality writing, information and advice with news, reviews, competitions and interviews, all presented in a friendly fashion. Praised by Helen Dunmore as 'astute, invigorating and above all an excellent read.' www.mslexia.co.uk Women's Fiction Competition 2023 offer a Fiction Competition judged by Sophie Hannah and Natasha Onco with a First Prize of £5,000 and other prizes for all three shortlisted authors for unpublished novels for Adult and Young Adult novels of at least 50,000 words. Read more
Non-agented submissions in English from anywhere in the world.
No entry fee
Prize:
Publication by The Emma Press and small advances
The Emma Press is an independent publisher specialising in poetry, short fiction and children's books. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, UK. We publish poetry, short-form prose, and books for children.
The Emma Press's open submission will run from 1 August to 8 August. Read more
Open to unpublished and unagented writers over 50 living in the UK.
No entry fee
Prize:
£1,000 cash and a week-long residential course at Moniack Mhor
Jenny Brown AssociatesLiterary fiction, crime writing and writing for children; non-fiction: biography, history, sport, music popular culture. Also adult fiction and general non-fiction. No poetry, science fiction, fantasy or academic. Literary Agency has announced the inaugural Debut Writers Over 50 Award, for unpublished novelists in the UK over the age of 50. Read more
Open to unpublished and unagented writers over 50 living in the UK.
No entry fee
Prize:
£1,000 cash and a week-long residential course at Moniack Mhor
Jenny Brown AssociatesLiterary fiction, crime writing and writing for children; non-fiction: biography, history, sport, music popular culture. Also adult fiction and general non-fiction. No poetry, science fiction, fantasy or academic. Literary Agency has announced the inaugural Debut Writers Over 50 Award, for unpublished novelists in the UK over the age of 50. Read more
New Writing and Book Awards Aims to Change Writing Careers
The Page Turner Awards were created to change writing careers with success stories from the most impressive first 10 pages submitted.
Five different awards aim to help writers and authors to get discovered with possible literary agency representation and potentially taking a published book from page to film. Read more
'It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends.'