by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Feb 28, 2026 | Writing Contests
March 31, 2026 12:39 am – 12:39 am The Henshaw Short Story Competition is organised by Henshaw Press, a UK-based independent publisher. The competition invites original, previously unpublished short fiction written in English, on any theme or subject. Stories...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Feb 4, 2026 | Writing Contests
March 31, 2026 5:03 pm – 5:03 pm What is Novel Beginnings? Submit the first 5,000 words of your work in progress for a chance to win our $50,000 grand prize or one of our $5,000 shortlisted awards. Who it’s for: Unrepresented, unpublished fiction writers in any...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Feb 1, 2026 | Writing Contests
April 30, 2026 2:00 pm – 11:59 pm The Adventure Writers Competition (AWC) is an annual international writing contest for action-adventure novels open to both unpublished and published authors whose work (if published) hasn’t exceeded the set distribution limit....
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Feb 1, 2026 | Writing Contests
February 16, 2026 12:00 am – 12:00 am The Libraro Prize is a free-to-enter writing competition aimed at finding the next bestselling work of fiction or crossover YA that’s written in English. It’s organised by the literary discovery platform Libraro in...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 29, 2026 | Writing Contests
October 1, 2026 10:11 pm – 10:11 pm The Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest is organised by Winning Writers, a U.S.-based nonprofit that runs international writing contests for poets and prose writers. This annual competition highlights outstanding poems in...
