So, 2020 is here and the new decade has started with a continent on fire and the threat of World War III, and that means this could maybe be the last chance writers have to get their writing recognised and published before the world actually ends. Featuring prominent guest judges and offering US$1500 across five prizes, the contest delivers exciting new fiction from writers all over the world. There are 14 prizes available, with 500 for the Collection HQ Prize. This prize, run by Brick Lane Bookshop, is open to all UK residents for original short stories between 1,000 and 5,000 words. Many of these novel writing competitions are very prestigious, and highly likely to lead to agent representation and / or publication. WOW! By continuing to browse this site you are consenting to our cookie policy. All profits from the sales of the Anthology will be donated to a youth centre organisation []. You just have to submit your poem to us to info@creativewritingink.co.uk with Creative Writing Ink Monthly Competition in the subject line. Its four walls are, roughly, a Crime, a Mystery, an Enquiry and a Conclusion with an Element of Satisfaction in it.. Deadline is 15th February 2020. Judges: Mona Arshi & Mark Doty Prizes: 2,000, 1,000, 500. Submit short stories of up to 3,000 words. Competition deadline: 27th July 2020 The Primadonna Festival brings together writers, editors, readers, publishers, artists, Competition deadline: 16th July 2020 The Michael Mullan Cancer Fund is seeking entries for their. Prizes: 5,000, 2,000, 1,000. Prizes include cash awards and the opportunity to meet famous figures from the industry. Theme: My generation What characterises your generation? The finalists and a selection of the best stories from the year will also be published in an Anthology. Go get submitting! Winners receive 1000. Novel Writing Competition List. The illustrated childrens book should be in English or Polish. All rights reserved. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Prizes: 1,000, 500, 250. If you have a question about these competitions, please contact the competition organisers by clicking the website link in each listing. Stories must be no more than 2500 words if youre entering the adult contest (there are shorter word counts in the junior categories). Check out their website for information. The Adroit Prizes For Poetry And Prose. Entry fee: 3 for one story and 5 for two stories First prize is 50. Theres an entry fee of 10 and a maximum word limit of 2000. (LogOut/ Closing Date: Last date of every month. An 8 entry fee and first prize is 1000. Smokelong was one of the original names for flash fiction (read a story in the amount of time it takes to smoke a cigarette), and Smokelong Quarterly are one of the all time literary big hitters in this field. Judges: Simon Armitage and Jade Cuttle. Unfortunately, we cannot assist with queries on external competitions. Winners of the 89th Annual competition will be announced in our Special 100 Years of Writer's Digest issue (December 2020). The Henshaw Short Story Competition is open until September 30, 2020. Think Mad Max, The Road, The Book of Eli, Snowpiercer, World War Z, I Am Legend, The Hunger Games, Stake Land, 12 Monkeys and Escape from New York all rolled into one gigantic apocalyptic burrito. The fiction prize will be awarded to the best short story of up to 2500 words, and is open to international writers aged 16 or over. There are also a number of free entries available for more information about these, check out the website using the link above. Change), You are commenting using your Google account. Prizes: 250, 100, 50, 30 x 3 [], The International Competition for an Illustrated Childrens Book Project CLAIRVOYANTS 2020 is open until December 15, 2020. We look for literary fiction and mainstream fiction, including science fiction. The Masters Review Winter Short Story Award isprize that recognises the best fiction from todays emerging writers. The entry fee is US$28. Entrants should submit a collection of poems. Book Pipeline: Unpublished The Unpublished competition is exclusively for unpublished manuscripts across 6 categories of fiction and nonfiction: Young Adult, Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Mystery / Thriller, Literary, Outsider / Experimental, Nonfiction. Deadlines for the competitions vary, with some differences in entry fees depending on whether you enter before, early, regular, or late/final deadlines. There are also 17 further prizes of 100 for all shortlisted writers. The winner will receive 500. Open to anyone 18 years or over who is a resident of the UK. Judge: Pascale Petit First prize is 250 and a place on the writing course of your choice at Literature Wales Ty Newydd Writing Centre, a Seren Book [], The Latin Programme Poetry Competition 2020 is open until December 1, 2020. First prize is AU$2000. Open theme, up to 1,000 words. Submissions for the contest open on August 15 and run until October 15 2020. The deadline for entries is March 1st2020. Submissions must be no more than 750 words long and there is a US$25 fee to enter. Maximum length of 4000 words. The entry fee is US$40 and the deadline for submissions is April 1st2020. AFF currently offer writing competition categories for screenplays, teleplays, short screenplays, digital series scripts, stage plays, and fiction podcast scripts. There is an entry fee of US$5 to enter and a maximum word limit of 10,000. Entry is free flash fiction, novellas/novelettes, longform fiction or essays, and any combination thereof. Adult, young adult (YA) and middle grade (MG) novels, novellas, and short story collections are accepted. For our part here atNothing in the Rulebook, were here to help writers do just that and hopefully get their work out there before the ice caps melt, the food runs out, and the air raid sirens start. Sister writing competition to the TSS flash fiction prize. The theme of the competition is: Be Careful What You Wish For! Literary publisher and resource for writers Brink Literacy project (formerly Tethered By Letters) run this tri-annual publication,F(r)iction, an art and literature imprint that is distributed around the world. First prize for the short story contest is US$1000 and there is an entry fee of US$18. This contest seeks the finest work that incorporates the uncanny. Deadline is 15th May 2020. Prizes: 5000, 2000, 1000. Deadline: Typically the end of April. The organisers accept traditionally published, e-published and manuscript novels. International writing prize for writers of all stripes and nationalities. Online Intermediate Creative Writing Course, Online Creative Writing Course for Children (8-11). International open competition founded in 1973. Poems can be any length and follow any form. Open theme. Submit poems on the theme of what tomorrow brings, up to 50 lines. No entry fee. The winner will receive 2,500, with manuscript feedback and literary agent introductions for those shortlisted. Closing date for writing submissions is February 13th2020 and all submissions must be unpublished prose of 2000 words or fewer. Prizes: 200, 100, 50 Entry Fee: 6 The winning entries will also be published on the Henshawpress website and in an anthology. It comes from The Chaucer Heritage Trust. Free to enter. Women On Writing Contests are now open. The first prize for both the poetry and flash fiction contests is US$300 and there is a US$10 entry fee. We have gathered a list of the best Novel Writing Competitions in 2020 / 2021 for unpublished / unagented authors. All types of writing are welcome for this writing contest with prizes up to 150 for the winners. Entry fee is 8. Theme: My companion, my best friend. All applicants should submit their original unpublished work of short fiction or nonfiction, 5,000 words or fewer, to be considered. Nikon Photo Contest 2020-2021. Submit historical fiction, it can be in any form: prose, poetry, drama, fictional diaries, letters or reportage. The Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative. There is an entry fee of 7 until March, at which point it increased to 9. Novels can be in any genre for adults or young adults. Prize: Recording by professional actor and production for inclusion on Soundcloud and the Soundwork website. Theme: Poetry with a Sense of Place They accept all forms and styles of poetry. Were looking for poetry, up to 40 lines. Mystery prizes for runners up! Youll need to use all your narrative skills to paint a scene, define a character and tell a story, while still keeping your dialogue realistic and flowing. The competition has a thirty-nine year history of literary excellence, and Lorian Hemingway and her small judging panel are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard. Winners receive cash prizes, with first place receiving a one-week stay in the organisers 1909 charming retreat house in the legendary Hamptons, New York. The competition is open tooriginal, unpublished and unbroadcastshort stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer. Winners receive 500 and consideration by Literary Agents. Each year a question or quote exploring Franklins relevance in our time is open for interpretation. Competitions deadline: 21st September 2020 The Mslexia Fiction & Memoir Competition 2020 is now open Competition: The Moth Nature Writing Prize Competition deadline: 15th September 2020 Richard Mabey, one of the UKs foremost nature writers, will Submit short stories of up to 2,500 words. Deadline for submissions is March 20th and there is a 5 fee to enter. Well be looking to slice the anthology into THREE sections: BEGINNING, DURING and AFTER. This years [], The East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition is open until November 28, 2020. Submit stories up to 3,500 words. Deadline: 31 October 2020 The competition comes from Ovacome, the national ovarian cancer support charity. Entries are welcomed for unpublished stories written in English. How you use the phrase is completely up to you. Submit up to 1,500 words. If youd like to add a writing competition to our list then pleasefeel free to contact us! Submit up to 100 lines, any style/subject. There is a grand prize of US$2000 on the table, with monetary prizes also available to all finalists wholl be published in the June edition of the journal. Submit short stories (max 2500 words) on the theme of language evolution. Submit your short fiction (of no more than 5000 words) by March 31st 2020 to have a shot at scooping the 500 awarded to the winning story (or 250 awarded to the runner up). Yay! (LogOut/ Theyre looking for poems written in the English language that engage with the climate crisis, words that will ignite our global conscience. Each category winner will receive 1,000 cash, e-publication by New Welsh Review on their New Welsh Rarebyte imprint and a positive critique by leading literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown. They are looking for the best in international contemporary poetry. Winners and highly commended stories [], The Reflex Fiction Flash Fiction Competition is a quarterly international competition for stories between 180 and 360 words. Competition deadline: 31st July 2020 The competition is UK based but International entries are welcome. Books that have been self-published will be considered unpublished if fewer than about 200 copies were printed. Writing.ie has been made possible by support from The Arts Council and Foras na Gaeilge.We are also delighted to be associated with Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.Part of theInkwell Group. The winner receives US$ 50 and publication on Reedsys Medium blog. Any support or donations you are able to give - however small - makes a huge difference and help us keep our rulebook open. We have not included any Submit poems of up to 50 lines. Three winning scripts will be selected for fully staged performances during the Fringe Festival in October. DEADLINE: 10/15/20 Writers Digests newest competition, the Personal Essay Awards, is currently accepting entries. The winner of this annual award will receive US$5000 and an interview inWriters Digest. The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest is one of the most renowned fiction contests in the world. There is a limit of 1000 words for entries of flash fiction submitted before the final deadline of May 24th. Max word count is 2000 and there is an entry fee of 20 to enter. The maximum word count is 500, not including [], The 2021 St. Martins Minotaur/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition is open until January 1, 2021. Amateur playwrights world-wide are invited to submit unpublished one-act plays. The contest is limited to only the first 50double-spacedpages of unpublished English-language manuscripts containing elements of thriller, mystery, crime, or suspense NOT currently under contract. More here. Theres a 36 entry fee and deadline for entries is February 29th 2020. Free to enter. Plays must be no longer than 30 minutes long. Select publishers and agents get first look at the top selections for each category, including LGR Literary Agency, [], The WriteTime Short Story Competitions are open to writers aged over 60. Deadline is May 4th2020. Women On Writing Q1 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest Deadline: October 31, 2020 Submit creative nonfiction essays on any topic (200 1000 words) and in any style. Visit the website for information about upcoming deadlines. Submissions must be no longer than 6000 words. The Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest. For this award, any genre or theme of short story is accepted. Novels must be the entrants original work and at least 50,000 words in length. 15oct12:00 am 15nov12:00 am Free to enter! The preferred length of manuscripts is between 60 and 100 pages. Theres a US$15 entry fee and a US$300 prize available. The maximum word limit is 2000 words, which includes both titles and any subheadings. For American citizens with books published in the calendar year (or scheduled to be published) no self-published books will be accepted. No attribution, no description just tell the folks at Writers Online what was said. Monthly prize is AUD$30. Any style or theme. 1st Place: $400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Submit fiction or non-fiction, 1,000-1,500 words. Four categories in poetry (max 42 lines); short story (max 5,000 words); flash fiction (max 250 words) and the Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel (max 8,000 words from opening chapters plus 300 word synopsis). Entry Fee: 3 per poem or 8 for three. The Grindstone Literary Writing Competitions are now open. (LogOut/ Entry fee is US$15 and first prize is US$2000. 50 long-listed authors will be offered publication in a print anthology and they will receive a free copy. On our website February 13th 2020 and the entry fee: 3 per poem or 8 for three for. 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