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Tennessee Williams Very Short Fiction Contest Deadline: 15 October 2026 The Saints and Sinners LGBTQ Literary Festival invites writers from all over the globe, at any stage of their career, to submit original, unpublished very short stories. Submissions across all genres are welcome, provided...

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This is for very kind of story. And one of our Litopians won first prize in the sci Fi last year. https://www.iaminprint.co.uk/competitions-2026/

ProWritingAid is running a competition for the first 5k of an unpublished novel. Rather big prizes: 50K USD for the winner and (as far as I can make out) 5K for five runner ups. I think there's a fee if you don't subscribe to their service. I had a quick look at the judges in the panel, and...

Musicians and fiction writers access the same people and often it;s related to genre. So why no sell audiobooks alongside new music. Together with gamers the AI overlords dont stand a chance. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/11/spotify-music-streaming-companies

https://www.globesoup.net/2025-flashback-fiction-challenge?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=685b3cd9121cd74f7a9a6683&ss_email_id=685bad133c97b37993ba5448&ss_campaign_name=Win+%C2%A31%2C000+in+Our+Flashback+Fiction+Short+Story+Challenge%21&ss_campaign_sent_date=2025-06-25T08%3A03%3A26Z

April Challenge: Write One Perfect Sentence starting with "The split second before I hit . . . " Thank you for your entries! Now it is time to vote! How to vote: Click on the ^ arrow to the right of the entry you wish to vote for. (Don't click twice or you delete your vote). You can vote for...

New blog post by Michael James Treacy One Day in April Thinking back to 2022… a quartet of grandchildren: Jack (nine years), Jacob (eight years), James (six years) and Sophie (four years) came for a play day. Spring sunshine was on offer, so we spent much of the time outdoors where an...

The Bridport Prize, famous for 'discovering' Kate Atkinson, and which includes categories for poetry, short story, novel and flash fiction, closes 31 May. This year it includes a Never Too Late Award for writers of 60+ which, it says, 'unlocks the hidden talent of older writers'. It applies...

Thank you to all who entered and all who voted. :) So many brilliant interpretations of "Marching". Here are the Results! Equal First Place with 6 points: “Let me clue you in: it comes between February and April, and you’re gonna do it up and down this damn yard until I tell you to stop...

https://www.writing.ie/writing-comps/free-flash-fiction-competition-27/

I was trying to come up with a way of thinking about (too much) well meaning but not always on point feedback. Especially prevalent when you submit to a competition and the poor readers have to come up with something to say in their feedback... A quiver of bromides Proposed definition...

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Ok, it's me! Hannah! Your new mod for the One Perfect Sentence! As it's March, our theme is Marching. Why/When/Where/Who: Your choice in One Perfect Sentence. The rules are simple: Each entry must be ONE sentence only, as defined by the basic rules of English grammar. We will notice if you...

What do you guys think of Writer's of the Future? Did anyone submit here and get anywhere? I'm thinking of writing a short story for the next cycle....

VAL MCDERMID JUDGES THE 2ND "CRIMEBITS" PRIZE FOR BEST OPENING TO A CRIME BOOK Ends on Thu, Mar 13, 2025 11:59 PM MAKE YOUR FIRST PAGE COUNT... Building on the successful book CRIMEBITS selected and introduced and judged by LEE CHILD, published as a paperback in the UK and USA November 1...

https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/childrens-articles/graphic-novel-competition