by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | May 6, 2026 | Writing Contests
June 15, 2026 11:31 pm – 11:31 pm The Anne Brown Essay Prize is an annual literary award run by Wigtown Festival Company, organisers of Scotland’s National Book Town festival. The prize celebrates the art of the essay, welcoming work on any subject from...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Apr 14, 2026 | Writing Contests
February 25, 2027 12:00 am – 11:59 pm The Next Generation Short Story Awards is accepting unpublished short stories and poems of less than 5,000 words for the 2027 awards year. It is open to all authors worldwide, including first-time writers, who have an...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Apr 13, 2026 | Writing Contests
February 12, 2027 12:00 am – 11:59 pm The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is currently accepting published books, unpublished manuscripts, galley copies, and advanced reader copies which have a copyright/release date of 2025, 2026, or 2027 from independent...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Apr 13, 2026 | Writing Contests
December 31, 2026 5:12 pm – 5:12 pm Every year, Reneé Bibby (an American flash / short story writer) runs a competition to see who can acquire the most literary rejections in a calendar year. Inspired by Kim Liao’s Lit Hub article “Why you Should Aim for 100...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Apr 13, 2026 | Writing Contests
November 30, 2026 10:37 pm – 10:37 pm The Bath Children’s Novel Award is an international prize for children’s fiction by emerging authors — defined as unagented writers who are unpublished, self-published, or independently published without an...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Apr 12, 2026 | Writing Contests
November 30, 2026 8:53 pm – 8:53 pm The Anthology Travel Writing Competition is run by Anthology, an Irish luxury lifestyle magazine, and is open to writers of any nationality worldwide. The competition invites original, non-fictional, previously unpublished...
