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| 2 March 2020 |
Wicked Young Writers 2020 5-25 year-olds writers in the UK. No entry fee Each winner gets four tickets to see the London production of WICKED at the Apollo Victoria Theatre + meet cast members after the show along with an exclusive backstage tour and £50 worth of books/eBooks tokens to spend. |
8 weeks 3 days ago |
| 2 March 2020 |
Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2020 Open to writers of any nationality writing in English. Entry fee £20 £15,000 for each prize plus a publishing deal with Bonnier for Best Unpublished Manuscript |
3 days 4 hours ago |
| 1 March 2020 |
The 2020 International Book & Pamphlet Competition Open to all poets. Entry Fee £28 Four winners will published by Smith|Doorstop books. All winners will also receive a share of £2,000, publication in The North magazine and a reading at The Wordsworth Trust. |
3 weeks 3 days ago |
| 3 February 2020 |
The Spread the Word Life Writing Prize 2020 Open to writers who have yet to publish a full-length work or have a literary agent, living in the UK and aged 18 or over. No entry fee £1,500, an Arvon course, a writing mentor, two years' membership of the Royal Society of Literature |
5 weeks 3 days ago |
| 24 January 2020 |
Emma Press open submission 2020 Open to all poets internationally. Entry fee £10 Publication |
1 week 3 days ago |
| 31 December 2019 |
The Moth Poetry Prize 2019 Open to all poets over 16 for an unpublished poem. Entry fee €15 per poem First Prize €10,000, three shortlisted poets €1,000 |
10 weeks 4 days ago |
| 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 |
11 weeks 3 days 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 |
12 weeks 4 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Nobrow Short Story Competition Open to all writers of 18 and over with an unpublished and not yet submitted story or creative non-fiction piece.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 |
18 weeks 3 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 |
20 weeks 3 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 |
31 weeks 3 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 |
19 weeks 4 days ago |
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