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| 3 January 2025 |
The Selfie Book Awards 2025 Open to self-published authors in the UK. Registration fee of £34.50 includes six-month subscription to Bookbrunch Each category winner receives £750 plus a profile in Bookbrunch |
1 week 2 days ago |
| 31 December 2024 |
The Moth Poetry Prize 2024 Open to all poets over 16 for an unpublished poem.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 |
3 weeks 5 days ago |
| 30 November 2024 |
National Novel Writing Month 2024 Open to all writers No entry fee You win by writing a 50,000 word novel |
9 weeks 4 days ago |
| 30 November 2024 |
The Conversation Prize Open to academics writing in English £1,000, publication on the Conversation's website, and mentorship from a Curtis Brown literary agent and a Faber book editor. |
5 weeks 4 days ago |
| 2 November 2024 |
Commonwealth Prize Short Story Competition 2025 Eligibility: open to writers over 18 who are Commonwealth citizens. No entry fee. Entries accepted in a number of languages and in translation into English Prize for overall winner £5,000, 5 regional winners £2,500 |
7 weeks 4 days ago |
| 31 October 2024 |
The National Poetry Competition 2024 Open to all writers worldwide aged 18+. Entry fees £8 for first poem and £5 for subsequent poems First prize of £5,000, a second prize of £2,000, a third prize of £1,000 and commendations of £500 each |
11 weeks 4 days ago |
| 30 September 2024 |
The Bridport Prize Memoir Award 2024 The Bridport Prize Memoir Award open to unpublished work from any writer writing in English over 16. Entry fee: £24 per entry Memoir Award 1st Prize £1,500 + a year's mentoring, Runner-up £750 and Highly Commended 3 awards £150. |
23 weeks 4 days ago |
| 30 September 2024 |
The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2024 Open to anyone over the age of 16 with an unpublished piece of nature writing, which can be poetry or prose. 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 |
17 weeks 4 days ago |
| 23 September 2024 |
Mslexia Women's Fiction Competitions 2024 All women are eligible. Entry fee for Short Story £12, Flash Fiction £6 and Novel (Young Adult and Children) £26 Various |
19 weeks 3 days ago |
| 13 September 2024 |
The V S Pritchett Short Story Prize 2025 Entry fee £8 Entrants must be citizens of the UK,the Republic of Ireland or the Commonwealth. Stories entered for the competition must not have been published previously. Any story submitted should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words in length. Entries should be in English. £1,000 |
15 weeks 4 days ago |
| 31 August 2024 |
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2024 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, plus many other prizes. |
21 weeks 5 days ago |
| 31 July 2024 |
Winchester Poetry Prize 2024 Open to all poets aged 16 or over from across the world. Entry fee £6 for first poem, £5 for subsequent poems First Prize: £1,000, 2nd Prize: £500, 3rd Prize: £250 |
25 weeks 2 days ago |
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