by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jun 5, 2026 | Writing Contests
August 31, 2026 12:00 am – 11:59 pm The Cranked Anvil Quarterly Flash Fiction Competition invites writers to submit original, unpublished flash fiction of up to 500 words on any theme or genre. Run by Cranked Anvil, an independent press and digital publishing...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jun 4, 2026 | Writing Contests
August 21, 2026 11:59 pm – 11:59 pm The Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Literary Festival Poetry Competition is open for submissions. This year, the theme of the competition is New World. Entrants must be over 18 and from the island of Ireland, or resident in...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jun 4, 2026 | Writing Contests
July 31, 2026 5:00 pm – 11:59 pm The Cranked Anvil Quarterly Short Story Competition invites writers to submit original, unpublished short fiction of between 501 and 1,500 words on any theme or genre. Run by Cranked Anvil, an independent press and digital...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jun 3, 2026 | Writing Contests
July 31, 2026 11:00 am – 11:59 pm The Precocious Prize for Fantasy is run by Precocious Press, an independent publishing imprint based in Brighton, UK. The competition invites writers to submit original, unpublished short fiction in the fantasy genre, including...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jun 3, 2026 | Writing Contests
July 31, 2026 5:00 am – 11:59 pm The Protopian Prize is a new fiction contest that invites writers, storytellers, and dreamers to imagine futures that are neither flawless nor catastrophic—but workably better than today. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin Kelly,...
