by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Nov 9, 2026 | Writing Contests
February 2, 2027 (All Day) The Calibre Essay Prize is an annual essay competition hosted by Australian Book Review (ABR), a Melbourne-based literary magazine. First presented in 2007, it is open to non-fiction essays on any subject. There is no set theme. Personal,...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Nov 8, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 31, 2027 (All Day) The Story Unlikely Annual Short Story Contest is a free-to-enter competition hosted by Story Unlikely, a monthly literary magazine. The contest is open to all genres. Fiction and nonfiction are both accepted, including fantasy, science...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Nov 8, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 31, 2027 (All Day) The Exeter Novel Prize is a novel competition hosted by Word Kitchen. It is open to writers anywhere in the world who are not represented by a literary agent at the closing date. Published, self-published and unpublished authors are all...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Nov 7, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 5, 2026 12:36 pm – November 13, 2026 12:36 pm F(r)iction’s Fall 2026 contests are run by F(r)iction, an imprint of the Brink Literacy Project, across three categories: Short Story, Poetry, and Flash Fiction. The magazine looks for experimental,...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Nov 7, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 15, 2027 (All Day) The Win-Win Writing Competition is a charity writing contest hosted by Chawriteable. It aims to get more people writing, raise money for smaller charities, and spread a love of short stories. The 2026 competition is Chawriteable’s first. It...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Nov 7, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 15, 2027 (All Day) The Rattle Chapbook Prize is an annual poetry chapbook competition hosted by Rattle, a quarterly US poetry magazine. Each year, three winning chapbooks are published and sent to every Rattle subscriber with issues of the magazine....
