The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize

January 7, 2026 1:23 pm – 1:23 pm The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize is renowned and highly regarded for championing and launching the careers of exceptional female writers. Many of the prize’s winners and shortlistees have gone on to become bestselling and...

Marlowe & Christie Novel Prize

January 5, 2026 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm The Marlowe & Christie Novel Prize competition opened on 5th October 2025, with an early-bird discount available until 5th November, and closes on 5th January 2026. The first prize is £1,200, and writers need only submit the...

The Betty Award for Young Writers

January 3, 2026 6:47 pm – 6:47 pm The Betty Award is a well-established international writing competition designed to encourage creativity in young writers aged 8 to 12. Entries are judged on imagination, originality, and writing style, giving children the...

The Welkin Writing Prize

January 2, 2026 11:32 pm – 11:32 pm The Welkin Writing Prize is an annual competition for microfiction up to 100 words. It is free to enter and aims to be a welcoming space for all writers. The competition is open to all forms of narrative prose (fiction and...