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hristopher Fielden’s Biennial To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition

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 Full details he 10th To Hull And Back short story competition is open until 30th June 2027 July 2026 saw the launch of the 10th To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition, a biennial writing contest with a humorous twist that celebrates the most imaginative and amazing short stories from writers all over the world. Some highly prestigious writing contests offer huge cash prizes – for example, the BBC award a whopping £15,000 to their winner. What can you win by entering this competition that contends with short story prize giving heavyweights? THE most amazing, innovative and sought after writing prize on the planet. Forget the Pulitzer. THIS is the mother of all writing competitions. Admittedly, I may have slipped into sales-pitch-chaos-mayhem-overdrive-mode whilst writing the opening paragraphs, but I firmly believe that I can live up to expectation. Keep reading to see if you agree... The To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition Ru...
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Canterbury Tales Writing Competition 2026/7: Transformations

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  Full details Introduction The Chaucer Heritage Trust is very excited to launch its tenth annual writing competition for schools and home educated students inspired by the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, considered by many England’s greatest medieval poet. The special theme of the competition is ‘Transformations’ Who can take part? The competition is open to all students of school age including not only those in schools and college communities, but also students who are home educated and in any other young people’s community organisations. The three age groups are: Junior – 5-10 years old Intermediate – 11-14 years old Senior – 15-18 years old Age on 28 February 2027. Competitors must include their date of birth on the entry form. Competition Guidelines Choose ONE of the following: Write a poem or story about a transformation Write a poem or story about change that leads to surprising consequences Write a description of a character who tra...
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Amazng Women's Edition COntest

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  Full details Contest Rules Each entry must incorporate the theme of Local Heroines . From the time of submission, entries become the property of the National Youth Foundation and will not be returned. All students must be in grades K to 8 and live in the United States. Both the text and art must be solely created by the students.  Typed text is preferred, but not required. One book entry per person. Each submission must include one page of art for each page of text, except for the cover, back and dedication pages.  The back and dedication pages are optional. Each book must be between 20 and 30 pages. The cover, dedication and back pages do not count towards this number The book entry must be postmarked by January 11, 2027 An entry form must be submitted with each book entry ( Click here to download form) Individual entry forms must be signed by each student participant and their parent or legal guardian. Students can work individually ...
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he National Poetry Competition

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  Full details Enter the competition  → National Poetry Competition 2026 Judges: Niall Campbell, Malika Booker, Luke Kennard Prizes: First prize £5,000, second prize £3,000, third prize £2,000, commended prizes £500 Run by The Poetry Society since 1978, The National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for an unpublished poem of up to 40 lines, open to all poets worldwide aged 18 or over Entry: £9 first poem, £6 subsequent poems in each submission. Poetry Society members get a free second poem in their first submission  
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he Aluminium Crown short story contest

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 full details Today marks a new era for the great city of Melbourne. After 25 years of incredible architecture and engineering, the Central Business Cube, the CBC, is now complete. Our future downtown is no dome, it is a place of straight lines. Only the most righteous angles will protect our glorious commercial district.   "One of our founders, Robert Russell, dreamt of the Hoddle Grid project, an organised collection of parallel and perpendicular streets that would form the Central Business District, the CBD. This area became the beating heart of the great southern bastion, our city of Melbourne. Russell's dream will be protected forever more, but now in the 3rd Dimension.   I now declare the Central Business Cube officially open for business." - Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Francis 'The Permit' Doyle, 1st of January, 2055 ...
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Th bedford competition

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  Full  details Share your words with us and the world Chance of winning up to £2000 in the short story and poetry main prizes. Separate short story and poetry prize winning categories for those aged 17-25 and for local Bedford residents. For 2026 we are running a Flash Fiction competition in memory of one of the founder members of The Bedford Competition, Philip Carey who passed away earlier this year. All profits will go to Dementia UK , Philip’s chosen charity. See all competition categories and prize money here . Open to writers worldwide. Why enter The Bedford Competition? International recognition. Publication in anthology of shortlisted entries. Judged by acclaimed authors and literary agents. Awards event celebration. Established competition founded in 2012 . How it works S...
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Folk Horror Short Story Contest

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 FUll details riar Press NY is looking for Short Stories in the Folk Horror tradition, previously unpublished and set in any time period/place/culture.  We are looking for beautiful writing, an engaging plot, memorable characters, and that authentic Folk-Gothic atmosphere.  Think: Wickerman, Rosemary’s Baby, The Seventh Sister, The Lottery, Lamb, Slewfoot Grimm’s Fairytales, Starve Acre.   We want NATURE, we want DAMP, we want UNSETTLING, we want RITUALS & FOLKTALES. 5 pp - 30 pp long (2,500 to 15,000 words)   DEADLINE:   1st  October, 2026 ANNOUNCED WINNER:   1st December, 2026 PRIZE:   Publication in Briar Press NY ‘s upcoming Anthology “These Rotted Things,” released Spring 2027 , including Briar Press social media and Goodreads presence, marketing assistance and guiding, all design and publishing of book in digital and soft trade-back. In addition, 3 free copies of the book will be provided to each author. SUBMISSION:   Submit y...
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