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Competitions

Welcome to my Competitions Calendar. Below are some competitions run throughout the year (in order of deadline dates). If you know of ones that I haven’t listed here, find any of these have closed or discover any broken links, please do email me with details. I will be adding more shortly. :) Also see the ‘Submission info.‘ page. NB. I may well not have tried these competitions myself so please take a good look at the websites before parting with money and submitting your hard work! Colour Key: blue = external websites, purple = emails, green = pages on this blog

JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
  • Children’s: The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices.
  • Flash FictionIndies Unlimited hosts a weekly 250-word max. prompt competition – see Indies Unlimited. Also see ‘Short stories’ below.
  • Mixed: Christian magazine ‘Pockets‘ has a different theme per month.
  • Poetry: Anthony Hecht, Holland Park PressWriting Magazine (WM: subscriber-only theme: waiting for the post).
  • Screenwriting: Canada-based Wildsound run monthly screenwriting competitions.
  • Short stories: Five Stop StoryWords MagazineWriting Magazine (WM: open to all theme: first line ‘This won’t be as much fun, Jessica thought.’ / subscriber-only theme: moving on).
  • Short storiesHayley Sherman runs a monthly short story competition for submissions on any subject up to 2,000 words. The winners are published on the website, promoted online and receive a £10 First Writer voucher. All entrants are also considered for publication in The New Short Story Annual at the end of the year. Deadline 25th of the month.
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
WEEKLY
  • Flash FictionIndies Unlimited hosts a weekly 250-word max. prompt competition – see Indies Unlimited. Co-run by interviewee Kat ‘K.S.’ Brooks. Also see ‘Short stories’ below.
  • Poetry: Buxton’s Word Wizards slam poetry competition runs in the coffee lounge at the Grove Hotel, Buxton, Derbyshire, UK at 7:30pm on the last Tuesday of every month. Entry is £2.50. More info can be obtained by e-mailing Rob at: poetryslamUK@aol.com.
  • PoetryWell Versed is the weekly poetry column of daily UK newspaper the Morning Star, published every Thursday, in print and online. Poetry editor Jody Porter. Under the stewardship of the late and esteemed John Rety, Well Versed developed into a widely-read forum for new and established writers. Send submissions, with biographical information, to: wveditor@gmail.com. Poems need not be overtly political, but space is limited so they must be short to medium in length.
  • Short stories: Flash Fiction Online are currently closed to submissions (I guess because they’re overwhelmed), but it’ll be worth checking their website every now and then.
  • Short storiesTuesday Tales has new stories every week from over a dozen authors including me. :)
MONTHLY
  • Mixed: Mixed: Pockets and Creative Print Publishing (both have different themes each month), Opening Editions (free).
  • Screenwriting: Canada-based Wildsound run monthly screenwriting competitions.
  • Short stories: Brighton COW (currently on hiatus), Coast to CoastWriting / Writers’ News magazines and Opening Editions.
  • Short storiesBound Off now take submissions via Submishmash.
  • Short stories: Hayley Sherman runs a monthly short story competition for submissions on any subject up to 2,000 words. The winners are published on the website, promoted online and receive a £10 First Writer voucher. All entrants are also considered for publication in The New Short Story Annual at the end of the year. Deadline 25th of the month.
  • Short stories: http://www.fivestopstory.com/write: 2012 competitions cost £4 per entry (2 for £7, 3 for £8, optional feedback £5) and have monthly prizes of £50. There is also a £150 prize for the overall winner of their 2012 league table and you can become a member for £25 which entitles you to 3 free entries per month (2012).
QUARTERLY
ONGOING
COMPETITION WEBSITES

If you discover any broken links, closed competitions or know of ones that I haven’t listed here, please do email me with details.

 

7 Responses to Competitions

  1. Quillers

    February 28, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    Morgen thanks for the link. My comps calendar has now moved to: https://writingcalendar.wordpress.com/

     
  2. morgenbailey

    February 28, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Duly amended, thanks Sally. :)

     
  3. kimatsafkhet

    April 6, 2012 at 9:43 pm

    nice, Morgen – how well compiled! Thank you for all the hard work!

     
  4. morgenbailey

    April 6, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    Hi Kim. Thank you very much… and I have more to add. :)

     
  5. Sophie E Tallis

    April 6, 2012 at 10:36 pm

    Great list, Morgen, well done! Just one addition here, Fantasy Faction have a short story competition which ends June 30th 2012: http:fantasywritingcontest.com/ :D

     

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