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Writing Opportunities - competitions and prizes you can enter
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23 April 2024 |
Fern Academy Prize for essays Open to unpublished and unagented writers from around the world. No entry fee Prize of £3,000; publication with Tortoise Media; literary representation by RCW literary agent Laurence Laluyaux and other prizes |
1 week 5 days ago |
31 March 2024 |
The Rubery Prize 2024 Open to all writers internationally who have published their work through a small press or self-published their work Entry fee £45, varying internationally First Prize is £2,000 plus £200 for four category winners. Every winner receives a glass plaque and all winners & shortlisted authors receive a write up |
12 weeks 3 days ago |
31 March 2024 |
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2024 Open to all poets across the world over the age of 16, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished. Entry fee €15 per poem First Prize €1,000 and a week-long stay at The Circle of Misse in France, Second Prize €500 and Third Prize €250 |
8 weeks 3 days ago |
18 March 2024 |
The BBC National Short Story Award 2024 British nationals and UK residents, aged 18 years or over. No entry fee Winner £15,000 plus 4 shortlisted authors £600 |
6 weeks 5 days ago |
9 February 2024 |
The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2024 Open to unpublished and unagented female writers, aged 18 or over, who live in the UK or Ireland. Entry fee £12 Winner £1,500 and guidance and support from literary agent and sponsor Peters Fraser Dunlop |
14 weeks 3 days ago |
5 February 2024 |
‘The People’s Friend’ 155th Anniversary Bursary Competition UK entries only, over 18. No entry fee £10,000 writing bursary |
10 weeks 2 days ago |
31 January 2024 |
The Prototype Publishing Prize Open to writers resident in the UK or Ireland. No entry fee £3,000 plus publication by Prototype will go to the best book-length project A second prize of £2,000 plus publication by Monitor Books will be awarded to the best proposal for a short-form work. |
20 weeks 3 days ago |
7 January 2024 |
The Selfies Book Awards UK 2024 Authors who have self-published adult fiction, children’s fiction or adult non-fiction in the UK between January and December 2023. Entry fee: £35 per title to include a six-month subscription to Bookbrunch £750 cash prize for each category plus other prizes |
18 weeks 3 days ago |
31 December 2023 |
The Moth Poetry Prize 2023 Open to all poets over 16 for an unpublished poem. Entry fee €15 per poem and you can enter as many poems as you like 1st prize €6,000, plus three runner-up prizes of €1,000 and eight commended poets will each receive €250 |
22 weeks 2 days ago |
30 November 2023 |
National Novel Writing Month 2023 Open to all writers No entry fee You win by writing a 50,000 word novel |
24 weeks 4 days ago |
31 October 2023 |
The National Poetry Competition 2023 Open to anyone 18 or over from all over the world to enter an unpublished poem of up to 40 lines. Entry fee £8 for first entry, £5 for unlimited subsequent entries First Prize: £5,000, Second Prize £2,000 and Third Prize £1,000, Commendations £200 |
26 weeks 4 days ago |
30 September 2023 |
The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2023 Open to anyone over the age of 16 with an unpublished piece of nature writing. Entry fee €15 per entry First Prize €1,000 and a week-long stay at The Circle of Misse in France, Second Prize €500 and Third Prize €250 |
28 weeks 3 days ago |
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