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Writing Opportunities you might find interesting

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Closing date		Added
31 December 2018	The Moth Poetry Prize 2018 Open to all poets over 16 Entry fee £12 per poem First Prize of €10,000, and three runner-up prizes of €1,000	5 weeks 5 days ago
31 October 2018	LoveReading Very Short Story Award 2019 Unpublished stories by writers from all over the world No entry fee The winning story will be read by a professional actor on The LoveReading Podcast, and published on the LoveReading website.	4 weeks 5 days ago
30 October 2018	Futurebook Story Competition Open to international writers of 18 or over No entry fee Reading your story at the Futurebook conference, publication on the Pigeonhole app and full set of novels from this year’s Arthur C. Clarke shortlist.	1 week 5 days ago
22 October 2018	Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2018 Open to all Entry fee £6 for first poem £4 for further poems First prize £2,000, Second prize £1,000 and Third prize a week-long creative-writing course at the Arvon centre of your choice	3 weeks 5 days ago
30 September 2018	The Caterpillar Story Prize 2018 The Prize is open to anyone (over 16), as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. Entry fee £12 per story £1,000	9 weeks 19 hours ago
14 September 2018	Manchester Poetry and Fiction Prizes 2018 Open to all internationally £17.50 entry fee for each prize £10,000 for each	10 weeks 4 days ago
13 September 2018	Women’s Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2018 Open to women of any nationality from any country, and welcomes poems in any style, of any length, on any subject. Entry fee: Poetry £10 Pamphlet £20 POETRY: First Prize £2000 plus publication in both Mslexia and the PBS Bulletin, Second Prize £400, Third Prize £200. PAMPHLET: Publication by Seren Books	7 weeks 5 days ago
31 August 2018	Booklife Prize 2018 Open to all in six categories - Romance/Erotica; Mystery/Thriller; Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror; General Fiction; Memoir/Autobiography; YA/Middle Grade Entry fee $99 Grand Prize $5,000	23 weeks 5 days ago
15 August 2018	Gingko Prize for Ecopoetry Open to all Entry fee First prize £5,000, second prize £2,000 and third prize £1,000	12 weeks 4 days ago
31 July 2018	Winchester Poetry Prize 2018 Open to all poets worldwide aged 16 and over £5 for the first poem, £4 for subsequent poems 1st Prize £1,000, 2nd Prize £500, 3rd Prize £250	14 weeks 5 days ago
31 July 2018	Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2018 Open to all 13-17 year-olds worldwide No entry fee Top 15 winners win mentoring and a life-changing residential writing course	13 weeks 4 days ago
13 July 2018	The Daily Mail Penguin Random House first novel competition Open to anyone aged 16 or over who is a resident of the UK or Republic of Ireland No entry fee £20,000	21 weeks 4 days ago