by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 6, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 5, 2026 12:00 pm – 12:00 am The Southam Book Festival Flash Fiction Competition is an annual 100-word story contest run as part of the Southam Book Festival, held each October in Southam, Warwickshire. Each year a judge selects a required keyword that...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 5, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 5, 2026 9:00 am – 9:00 pm The McNeile Writing Competition is organised by Clapham Writers, a South West London writing charity, in honour of the late Penelope McNeile. Run in association with the Clapham Book Festival, it is open to unpublished and...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 5, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 1, 2026 9:04 pm – 9:04 pm Lantern Lighters is a short story contest aimed at teen writers, created as a supportive space for emerging voices to practice their craft. This year’s theme is “Belonging,” and accepted genres include...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 4, 2026 | Writing Contests
August 31, 2026 1:46 pm – 1:46 pm The Tupelo Press 2026 Summer Open Reading Period is a poetry manuscript submission window for full-length and chapbook-length collections. Submissions are accepted for publication consideration rather than judged as a contest....
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 4, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 1, 2026 5:00 pm – 11:59 pm The Best in Rural Writing Contest is run by The Milk House, an online literary platform dedicated to exploring the rural experience through fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and music. The contest accepts both short stories and...
