by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 7, 2026 | Writing Contests
October 1, 2026 12:00 am – 11:59 pm The Scribes Prize is an annual micro-fiction competition run by Fairfield Scribes, the team behind the magazine ScribesMICRO. It welcomes any genre of fiction, creative nonfiction, or prose poetry (but not line poetry) written...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 7, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 30, 2026 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm The Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction is an annual competition organised by Dzanc Books, an independent non-profit literary publisher, recognising daring, original, and innovative novels. Contest fees support both the prize fund...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 6, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 30, 2026 12:13 pm – 12:13 pm The Moth Nature Writing Prize is an international competition run by The Moth Magazine that aims to encourage and celebrate nature writing. The prize is awarded annually to an unpublished piece of prose or poetry that...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 6, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 13, 2026 5:00 pm – 11:59 pm The BPA Short Story Award is run by the Blue Pencil Agency, a UK-based editorial and literary agency, with the aim of discovering emerging short fiction writers who may go on to write novels. The competition is open to...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 6, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 5, 2026 12:00 pm – 12:00 am The Southam Book Festival Flash Fiction Competition is an annual 100-word story contest run as part of the Southam Book Festival, held each October in Southam, Warwickshire. Each year a judge selects a required keyword that...
by APPADy49EnKCNyK12BKsB@ | Jul 5, 2026 | Writing Contests
September 5, 2026 9:00 am – 9:00 pm The McNeile Writing Competition is organised by Clapham Writers, a South West London writing charity, in honour of the late Penelope McNeile. Run in association with the Clapham Book Festival, it is open to unpublished and...
