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UKWRITERS'COLLEGE TRAINING WRITERS ONLINE SINCE 2005 as published work. What to Submit Story length: Maximum 2,000 words. Word count limit: If your story exceeds the word count by more than 50 words, it will not be considered. Theme for...

August 2026 Deadlines Val Wood Prize for Creative Writing: Short story (1,500 words max) on a set theme. Deadline: August 31, 2026. Prize: £100. Anthology Personal Memoir Competition: Memoir/creative nonfiction. Deadline: August 31, 2026...

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Cranked Anvil Screenshot Ser 2026-0... 12.31.50 2026-1 Play Writing Competition Our NEW quarterly Play Writing Competition is now OPEN for INTERNATIONAL submissions. Radio! Northumberland We have teamed up with UK radio station...

Chalk Circle Short Story Competition 2026 Chalk Circle 1500 Our writing competition makes a creative comeback this year with a new circular flash fiction category guaranteed to get your head spinning! Alongside our Chalk Circle...

Another novel one coming up. Literary leaning. The Caledonia Novel Award 2027 Open to entries: 15 May - midnight GMT 15 October, 2026 Judges: Alice Lutyens and Sabhbh Curran, literary agents at Curtis Brown Top prize: £2,000 and an...

For your Halloween stories-closing soon. 2026 Short Story: Spooky Speculative Fiction Cash Prize: 1st place - $1,250 | 2nd place - $500 Science fiction, fantasy, and horror are all welcome. Contemporary and historical fiction are not...

BPA has a very commercial , genre approach. https://www.bluepencilagency.com/short-story-prize-2026

competition we want entries that show how powerfully a title can inspire a story of its own. THE VAL WOOD PRIZE 2026 THE ANNUAL CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION IS OPEN FOR ENTRIES NOW TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY VISIT...

Novels and stories here. Literary preferred. Scottish Arts Trust Awards for artists and writers worldwide Home | Short Stories | Essays | Novels | Young Adult Novels | Flash Fiction | Landscapes | Portraits Click on a link above to...

OOPs here's a novel one. Need to finish my Kansas crime story for this one. Where every voice counts... Open for entries 1st June to 1st November Breaking into the publishing industry is tough. Self-published authors navigate being both...

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These are on my desktop now. Anyone got anymore? I missed some good deadlines I wanted to enter...:( New Writers Novel Prize 2026 Welcome to the first-ever New Writers Novel Prize, in association with The Novel Factory. We are seeking the...

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