Writing Competitions

Magma Poetry Competition 2024/25 Entry categories: The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines   Submission conditions: Poems…

New2theScene Winter Short Story Competition 2025   Submission conditions: 4000 word limit Genre: Any – whatever inspires you! All writers welcome (published authors to amateurs) Judge: Guest author Prize: 1st…

Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2024: Winner, Runners-up, Shortlist and Longlist We are delighted to announce this years Creative Writing Ink competition winner, two runners up and an honourable…

University of Oxford and 42 New Writing Prize The Faculty of English at the University of Oxford is delighted to announce the launch of a multi-disciplinary storytelling competition in conjunction…

Island Literary Journal – Call We are excited to announce Island Literary Journal are accepting submissions for poetry, short stories, art and photography.   Submission conditions: Island Lit welcomes submissions…

The Failing Writers Podcast Festive Flash Fiction Competition – in association with Scrivener   Theme: The theme this year is “Festive!”  This can mean ‘Christmas’, ‘Hannukah’, ‘Solstice’, ‘Diwali’ or any…

Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2025 The 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards is open to all indie book authors and publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university…

FFF Competition Twenty-Five   Submission Conditions: Submit a flash fiction piece of between 100 and 300 words, on any theme Entrants must be 16 years or over. Entries must be…

Tint Journal – ESL Literary Call for Submissions Submission Conditions: Original fiction and nonfiction creations by ESL writers (= all writers who have learned or acquired the English language after…

Irish Haiku Society – International Haiku Competition   Submission Conditions: Entrants may submit an unlimited number of haiku/senryu in any language. A haiku/senryu written in Irish (Gaelic), or in a…

The Bournemouth Writing Prize The Bournemouth Writing Prize is an annual international short story and poetry competition. Winners of this writing contest receive personal feedback from industry professionals and there…

WoLF Poetry Comp 2025 Wolverhampton Literature Festival opens its poetry competition to poets from across the globe for the eighth consecutive year. This competition is ‘open’ with no set theme.…