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| 27 December 2019 |
The Bookbrunch Selfies Awards 2020 All titles submitted need to have been published in English since January 2018, and entries will be accepted from authors based in the UK who are predominantly or only self-published. Entrance fee of £25+VAT per title, and all those submitting work will receive six-month subscriptions to BookBrunch. £1,000 in each category |
4 days 7 hours ago |
| 13 December 2019 |
The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award 2020 Open to any novelist or short story writer from around the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland. No entry fee First Prize £30,000, shortlisted authors get £1,000 |
1 week 5 days ago |
| 9 December 2019 |
Nobrow Short Story Competition Open to all writers of 18 and over with an unpublished and not yet submitted story or creative non-fiction piece. No entry fee The overall winner will receive £2000, all selected contributors will receive £150 and two complimentary copies of the book |
7 weeks 4 days ago |
| 1 November 2019 |
Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 Open to Commonwealth writers for unpublished stories in 11 languages No entry fee Overall winner £5,000, five regional winners £2,500 |
9 weeks 4 days ago |
| 31 October 2019 |
Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2020 Writers writing in English and resident within the British Commonwealth and Eire, who have not yet published or self-published a full-length book No entry fee First Prize £10,000, 2 runners-up £1,000 |
20 weeks 4 days ago |
| 31 October 2019 |
National Poetry Competition 2019 Open internationally to all poets who are 17 or over Entry fee £7 for the first poem, £4 for subsequent poems First Prize £5,000, Second Prize £2,000, Third Prize £1,000 and 7 Commendations £200 |
8 weeks 5 days ago |
| 21 October 2019 |
Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2019 Open to all poets internationally, Entry fee £5/€6/$7 per poem 1st Prize £2,000, 2nd Prize £1,000 and 3rd Prize £500 plus 20 commendeds |
6 weeks 4 days ago |
| 30 September 2019 |
The Caterpillar Story Prize 2019 Open to all writers over 16 Entry fee €12 First Prize €1,000, Second Prize a week’s retreat at the marvellous Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Co. Monaghan, Ireland. |
18 weeks 5 days ago |
| 16 September 2019 |
The PBS & Mslexia Women's Poetry and Pamphlet Competitions 2019 All women poets - only women are eligible - Poetry £10 for up to three poems, Pamphlet £20 Poetry - £2000 (plus optional mentorship and writing retreat) | 2nd: £400 | 3rd: £250 Pamphlet – publication by Seren Books and £200 |
14 weeks 5 days ago |
| 15 September 2019 |
The Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry Open to unpublished poems from poets from all over the world writing in English £7 for the first poem, then £4 for every subsequent poem First prize £5,000, second prize £2,000, third prize £1,000 |
11 weeks 4 days ago |
| 10 September 2019 |
Nan Shepherd Prize for Nature Writing Open to previously unpublished and self-published writers based in the UK No entry fee An advance of £10,000, editorial mentoring and the option of literary representation with Jenny Brown Associates |
12 weeks 5 days ago |
| 2 September 2019 |
Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2019 Open to both new and established poets aged 18 and over from across the globe £5 to submit one poem or £4 per poem for more than three entries Winners in each category will receive £1000 and both runners up £200 |
13 weeks 4 days ago |
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