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Writing Opportunities - competitions and prizes you can enter
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| 30 June 2022 |
The Moth Short Story Prize 2022 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 |
4 weeks 2 days ago |
| 1 June 2022 |
The Novel Prize 2022 Open to a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers from round the world. No entry fee $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 |
2 weeks 8 hours ago |
| 31 May 2022 |
The 2022 Page Turner Awards Open to all writers over 18. Entry fees £35,000 prize fund |
12 weeks 6 hours ago |
| 17 April 2022 |
The Laurel Prize 2022 Entries are open to all poets writing in the English language anywhere in the world. Self-published collections are not eligible. No entry fee First Prize – £5,000 Second Prize – £2,000 Third Prize – £1,000 Prize for Best First Collection – £500 |
8 weeks 1 day ago |
| 31 March 2022 |
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2022 Open to all poets across the world over the age of 16. Entry fee €14 per poem €1,000 |
14 weeks 1 day ago |
| 21 March 2022 |
The BBC National Short Story Award 2022 British nationals and UK residents, aged 18 years or over. No entry fee Winner £15,000 plus 4 shortlisted authors £600 |
16 weeks 1 day ago |
| 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 |
24 weeks 6 hours 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 |
28 weeks 1 day 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 |
20 weeks 15 hours 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 |
21 weeks 6 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 |
46 weeks 1 day 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 |
34 weeks 14 hours ago |
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