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 Who it’s for: Unrepresented, unpublished fiction writers in any...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Adventure Writers Competition (AWC) is an annual international writing contest for action-adventure novels open to both unpublished and published authors whose work (if published) hasn’t exceeded the set distribution limit....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...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 28, 2026 | Writing Contests
June 1, 2026 1:39 pm – 1:39 pm The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2026 is organised by Chicken House Books in partnership with The Times. It’s one of the most prestigious international competitions for unpublished and unagented children’s and...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 28, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 30, 2026 4:37 pm – 4:37 pm The Miller Williams Poetry Prize is organised by University of Arkansas Press in honor of the late poet and press cofounder Miller Williams. The prize recognises outstanding unpublished full-length poetry manuscripts and...
