Edinburgh Short Story Award

February 28, 2026 9:07 am – 9:07 am The Edinburgh Short Story Award welcomes stories in all genres: literary, historic, crime, romance, gritty realism, contemporary, humour and more. For writers worldwide and stories on any topic up to 2,000 words. Bursaries for...

Emerging Author Dagger

February 27, 2026 9:15 am – 9:15 am The Emerging Author Dagger (formerly the Debut Dagger) is an international competition, open to anyone in the world writing in English, for a crime novel opening (max. 3,000 words) and synopsis (max. 1,500 words). The crime...