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| 1 March 2022 |
PFD Queer Fiction Prize 2022 Anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and who is un-agented and in the process of writing a piece of fiction is eligible to enter. No entry fee Three category winners will receive representation at PFD and guidance for completing their novel |
7 weeks 4 days ago |
| 31 January 2022 |
Gingko Prize for Ecopoetry 2021 Open to all poets from across the world Entry fee: first submission £7 then £4 for each additional poem. First prize £5,000, second prize £2,000 and third prize £1,000 |
11 weeks 5 days ago |
| 28 January 2022 |
2021 Manchester Writing Competition Open to writers across the world. Entry fee for both prizes £18 Two £10,000 prizes are awarded: the Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for best short story |
3 weeks 4 days ago |
| 3 January 2022 |
The Selfies Book Awards UK 2022 Authors who have self-published adult fiction, children’s books or adult memoirs/autobiography in the UK between January and December 2021. Entry fee: £30 per title to include a six-month subscription to Bookbrunch £750 cash prize for each category plus other prizes |
5 weeks 3 days ago |
| 31 October 2021 |
The National Poetry Competition 2021 Open to anyone 18 or over from all over the world to enter an unpublished poem of up to 40 lines. Entry fee £7 for first entry, £4 for subsequent entries First Prize: £5,000, Second Prize £2,000 and Third Prize £1,000, 7 Commendations £200 |
29 weeks 5 days ago |
| 27 September 2021 |
Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2021 Open to all poets internationally for unpublished poems. Entry fee £5/€6/$7 per poem 1st Prize £2,000, 2nd Prize £1,000 and 3rd Prize £500 plus 20 commendeds |
17 weeks 4 days ago |
| 20 September 2021 |
Chicken House Open Coop Open to writers of children’s novels for 7 up including YA. No entry fee Mentoring |
19 weeks 5 days ago |
| 31 August 2021 |
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2021 Open to all. Entry fee Poetry entries £12 | Short Fiction entries £18 £2,500 awarded to both the Poetry and Short Fiction winners and publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology, which is awarded to 60 writers, shortlisted by the judging panel. |
23 weeks 3 days ago |
| 1 July 2021 |
Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2021 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, runners-up £1,000 |
41 weeks 3 days ago |
| 1 July 2021 |
James Berry Poetry Prize Open to poets of colour, who are UK residents who have not yet published a book-length collection, special consideration given to LGBTQ+/disabled poets and poets from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds. No entry fee. 3 equal winners each to receive £1,000 prize, expert mentoring & debut collection published with Bloodaxe Books |
35 weeks 5 days ago |
| 30 June 2021 |
The Moth Short Story Prize 2021 Open to all writers over 16. Entry fee €15 per story 1st prize €3,000, 2nd prize week-long writing retreat at Circle of Misse in France plus €250 travel stipend, 3rd prize €1,000 |
37 weeks 6 days ago |
| 30 May 2021 |
The 2021 Page Turner Awards Open to all writers over 18. Entry fees £20 for entries received by 28 February and £30 after that £10,000 prize fund |
50 weeks 3 days ago |
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