Writing Competitions

The Frome Festival Short Story Competition 2026 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Open to short stories between 1000 and 2200 words. Entries must be entirely the work of the…

The StorySloth 500 competition is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Open to all registered StorySloth authors (free to sign up) Maximum 500 words — titles are not counted toward the…

The Moth Short Story Prize 2026 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Open to anyone over 16 as long as their story is previously unpublished. The word limit is 3,000.…

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation (South Africa) invites writers to apply for their residency programmes in 2026. Entry Terms Offered at Paulet House in KwaNojoli (Somerset East). International applications are welcome;…

Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest 2026 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines: Word Limit: 100 words or fewer per entry. Writers: All ages. All genders. All nationalities. All writers welcome.…

The Scratch A4 1000-Word Short Story Competition is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Open to short stories, 1,000 words or less. Judges:  Gurnaik Johal – Winner of the Somerset Maugham…

FFF Competition Thirty-Three is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Submit a flash fiction piece of between 100 and 300 words, on any theme. Entrants must be 16 years or over.…

The Whispering Wisdom Prize Poetry Competition 2026 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Theme: While there is no theme for this year’s competition, the judges are looking for poems that…

The Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year 2026 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Open to writers 18+ The poem or poem sequence may be on any subject and in…

The Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2026 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines No theme Entries should be a maximum of 50 lines, excluding the title Entries must be original…

The Henshaw Short Story Competition is open for entries. Submission Guidelines All profits go towards books for schools. A short story on any subject up to 2,000 words. Entry fee:…

The Reedsy Literary Prize opens for entries on 25th February. Submission Guidelines Each submission must be between 2,000 and 5,000 words Only one submission allowed per entrant Writers must be…