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Nobrow Short Story Competition

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Closing date: 
9 December 2019
Entry: 
Open to all writers of 18 and over with an unpublished and not yet submitted story or creative non-fiction piece. No entry fee
Prize: 
The overall winner will receive £2000, all selected contributors will receive £150 and two complimentary copies of the book

Nobrow Short Story Competition for writers! Up to twelve winning entries will be published in our short story anthology, and this beautifully illustrated book will celebrate the best short fiction and non-fiction writing.  Read more

Cinnamon Press Call for Submissions 2013

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Closing date: 
31 March 2013
Entry: 
Open to all
Prize: 
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Cinnamon Press have nine slots to fill for books that will be published in 2015 and are looking for poetry collections, short story collections or full-length fiction

They have nine slots to fill for books that will be published in 2015 and are looking for books that fit their list and which are poetry collections, short story collections or full-length fiction (novels or novellas).  Read more

The BBC National Short Story Award 2016

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Closing date: 
11 March 2016
Entry: 
UK residents or nationals, aged 18 or over, who have a history of publication in creative writing No entry fee
Prize: 
Cash prizes of up to £15,000, and a slot for your story to be read

Cash prizes of up to £15,000, and a slot for your story to be read on BBC Radio 4, are available as part of the BBC National Short Story Award 2016 with BookTrust. Now open for its eleventh year, alumni have included Hilary Mantel, Mark Haddon and Lionel Shriver (please note: entrants must have a history of publication in creative writing).  Read more

Jonathan Cape open submission

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Closing date: 
30 June 2014
Entry: 
No criteria No entry fee
Prize: 
Consideration of your work by Jonathan Cape

Jonathan Cape will be open to submissions from "new writers of high calibre and imagination" for a month this summer.

The publisher, an imprint of Penguin Random House's Vintage Books in London, is asking for prose fiction. Writers are asked to submit 50 pages, which can be from a novel or novella, or short stories, and the work can be finished or in progress.  Read more

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