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Writing Opportunities - competitions and prizes you can enter
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| 30 June 2023 |
The Moth Short Story Prize 2023 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 |
5 days 13 hours ago |
| 1 June 2023 |
2023 Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition Open to unpublished, unagented children’s writers based anywhere in the world. Entry fee £20 First Prize: a publishing contract with Chicken House with an advance of £10,000, plus the offer of representation from literary agent Davinia Andrew-Lynch of Andlyn |
3 weeks 14 hours ago |
| 31 May 2023 |
The Oxford Pushkin Children's Fantasy Prize All fantasy novelists at the beginning of their career £2000, and the opportunity for mentorship with an editor at Pushkin Children's Books |
8 weeks 5 days ago |
| 31 May 2023 |
The 2023 Page Turner Awards Open to all writers over 18. Entry fees £35,000 prize fund |
6 weeks 6 days ago |
| 31 May 2023 |
Debut Writers Over 50 Award Open to unpublished and unagented writers over 50 living in the UK. No entry fee £1,000 cash and a week-long residential course at Moniack Mhor |
5 weeks 18 hours ago |
| 16 April 2023 |
The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize Open to all writers over 18 with an unpublished short story in English of up to 2,000 words Winner will receive €1500 and many other prizes, 2 runners-up €750 and other prizes |
13 weeks 14 hours ago |
| 31 March 2023 |
The Rubery Prize 2023 Open to all writers internationally who have published their work through a small press or self-published their work Entry fee £44 First Prize is £2,000 plus £200 for three category winners |
14 weeks 6 days ago |
| 25 March 2023 |
Gingko Prize for Ecopoetry 2023 Open to all poets from across the world over the age of 18. Entry fee: first submission £7 then £4 for each additional poem First prize £5,000, second prize £2,000 and third prize £1,000 |
10 weeks 6 days ago |
| 13 March 2023 |
The BBC National Short Story Award 2023 British nationals and UK residents, aged 18 years or over. No entry fee Winner £15,000 plus 4 shortlisted authors £600 |
19 weeks 14 hours ago |
| 13 March 2023 |
Primadonna Prize Unpublished authors 18 years old or over resident in the UK. Entry fee £8 Book contract with HQ with advance of £7,500 and agent representation |
17 weeks 1 day ago |
| 10 February 2023 |
The Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize 2023 Open to unpublished and unagented female writers, aged 21 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 |
21 weeks 4 days ago |
| 20 January 2023 |
Carcanet open submissions window Poets with full-length poetry manuscripts in English, or translation No entry fee Publication by Carcanet Press |
34 weeks 20 hours ago |
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