Writing Competitions

Marlowe & Christie Novel Prize 2025/26 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Submit the opening 3000 words of your novel. All entries are judged anonymously; please do not put any…

The BPA Pitch Prize 2025 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines First 500 words of your opening chapter 300-word synopsis Cover letter to include your pitch Online entry via BPA…

F(r)iction’s Writing Contests are open for entries. Submission Guidelines: Genre: Short Fiction, Flash Fiction, Poetry (please note, in their Spring contest cycle each year, they also accept creative nonfiction) Short stories:…

Farnham’s First Five Pages is open for submissions. Submission Guidelines Entrants must submit the first 5 pages of their novel and a 250-word synopsis. 18 and over The work does…

The Scratch A4 Winter ’25 event is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Accepting stories less than 1,000 words. Entry fee: £4.00 Judges: Harriet Armstrong – author of To Rest Our Minds and…

The New Writers Historical (Pre-1960) Flash Fiction Competition is open for entries. Submission Guidelines Theme: Entries must be set before 1960 (Historic Houses setting optional) Word Limit: 300 words (excluding title) Charity: 10%…

FFF Competition Thirty is open for submissions. Submission Guidelines Submit a flash fiction piece of between 100 and 300 words, on any theme. Judge: Nish X. Hegde Entry fee:  £4.40 fee…

The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025 is open for entries. The deadline for receipt of all entries is October 15th at 4 pm (GMT). Entries will only be accepted…

The Guernsey International Poetry Competition 2026 is open for submissions. Submission Guidelines The competition is divided into three classes: Open, Channel Islands & Young Poet. Judge: John Agard Entry fee: £5…

The Failing Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is open for entries. Submission Guidelines The maximum word count is 300 words (excludes title), and the genre can be anything. Open to…

The Philip Burton Poetry Commission is open for submissions. Submission Guidelines The Commission is offering £500 for a young poet (aged 16 – 25) to write an original piece which…

The 2025 Cambrian Mountains Poetry Competition is open for submissions. Submission Guidelines: Theme: Springs and Sources  Open to all aged 16 or over. Poems from residents of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion or…