by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 3, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 31, 2026 1:00 am – 12:59 pm Geminga is a neutron star so small it was difficult to detect. It was named, in part, for a transcription of gh’è minga, meaning “it’s not there.” With Geminga, Sunspot Lit honors the power of the small. No restrictions on...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 2, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 31, 2026 12:00 am – 11:59 pm The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition is biannual flash fiction contest run by The Ghost Story (TGS), centered on supernatural, paranormal, or magic-realist themes. Twice each year TGS awards $1,000 and publication to the...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 2, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 31, 2026 2:50 am – 2:50 am The Bristol Short Story Prize is organized by the University of Bristol, England. The competition is open to all published and unpublished writers. Entrants must be over 16 years old. Stories can be on any theme or subject and...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 2, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 30, 2026 2:55 pm – 2:55 pm The William Saroyan International Prize for Writing is a biennial literary award jointly organised by Stanford University Libraries in California, USA, and the William Saroyan Foundation. The competition recognises newly...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 1, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 14, 2026 10:08 pm – 10:08 pm The Colorado Prize for Poetry is an international poetry book manuscript contest established in 1995. The contest is open to all themes and genres. Manuscripts must be at least 48 pages and no more than 100 pages. They may be...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jan 1, 2026 | Writing Contests
January 12, 2026 10:00 am – 8:00 pm The Path Not Taken Writing Competition is a creative writing challenge exploring stories about regrets that the main character has had in the past. You can take this theme as broad as you want, but you must keep the main theme...
