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| 17 January 2021 |
Discoveries Women’s Prize for Fiction Open to all women aged 18 and above, residing in the UK or Ireland and writing in English. No entry fee Winner £5,000. All longlisted and shortlisted authors will be offered tailored mentorship packages from a Curtis Brown agent or industry expert and free or discounted places on Curtis Brown Creative’s creative writing courses. |
5 weeks 2 days ago |
| 31 December 2020 |
The Moth Poetry Prize 2020 Open to all poets over 16 for an unpublished poem. Entry fee €15 per poem 1st prize €6,000, plus three runner-up prizes of €1,000 and eight commended poets will each receive €250 |
4 weeks 2 days ago |
| 31 October 2020 |
The National Poetry Competition 2020 Open to anyone 18 or over to enter an unpublished poem of up to 40 lines. Entry fee £7 for first entry, £4 for subsequent entries First Prize: £5,000, Second Prize £2,000 and Third Prize £1,000, 7 Commendations £200 |
17 weeks 1 day ago |
| 31 October 2020 |
Gingko Prize for Ecopoetry 2020 Open to all poets from across the world Entry fee: first submission £7 then £4 for each additional poem. First prize £5,000, second prize £2,000 and third prize £1,000 |
3 days 15 hours ago |
| 28 September 2020 |
Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2020 Open to all poets internationally for unpublished poems. Entry fee £5/€6/$7 per poem 1st Prize £2,000, 2nd Prize £1,000 and 3rd Prize £500 plus 20 commendeds |
8 weeks 3 days ago |
| 24 September 2020 |
The Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize 2020 Open to anyone from across the world aged between 18 and 35 years of age. No entry fee First Prize £1,000 cash and an e-publication with The Bodley Head, publication in the FT of their winning essay and a mentoring session with The Bodley Head. Two runners-up £300 |
13 weeks 2 days ago |
| 21 September 2020 |
Mslexia Fiction & Memoir Competition 2020 Open to women writers only from across the world with unpublished manuscripts (self-published work allowed) Entry fees - various Various |
9 weeks 2 days ago |
| 18 September 2020 |
2020 Manchester Writing Competition Open to writers across the world. Entry fee £18 Two £10,000 prizes are awarded: the Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for best short story |
11 weeks 2 days ago |
| 15 September 2020 |
The Moth Nature Writing Prize Open to anyone over the age of 16 with an unpublished piece of nature writing. Entry fee €15 per entry €1,000 and a week-long stay at The Moth Retreat in rural Ireland. |
19 weeks 2 days ago |
| 14 September 2020 |
Oxford Brookes International Poetry Competition 2020 Open to both new and established poets aged 18 and over from across the globe £5 to submit one poem or £4 per poem for more than three entries Winners in each category will receive £1000 and both runners up £200 |
10 weeks 1 day ago |
| 31 August 2020 |
The Kindle Storyteller Award 2020 Open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing. No entry fee £20,000 |
25 weeks 2 days ago |
| 31 August 2020 |
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2020 Open to all. Entry fee Poetry entries £12 | Short Fiction entries £18 but offer if enter by 10 May £1,000 awarded to both the Poetry and Short Fiction winners, and publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology, which is awarded to 60 writers, shortlisted by the judging panel. |
24 weeks 1 day ago |
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