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 full details and under The Octo Books Competition is being run by independent children's publisher Octo Books, and is inviting entries from Rising Authors (aged 7-17) and Adult Storytellers.  Entries may be up to 800 words, on the 'Hidden Worlds' theme, and must be original and unpublished. Winners will be published online and receive prize bundles.  

  FUll details   Tell a Story in Exactly Six Words Win $100 cash + Publication in the next Anthology Free to enter • Open worldwide 2026 Six Word Wonder Contest Deadline: 30 September 2026 • Midnight PST “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” — The most famous six-word story ever told SUBMIT YOUR SIX-WORD STORIES NOW

 F ull Details o enter the Anthology Nature Writing Competition, submit an original, previously unpublished work, written in English with a maximum of 1,500 words. Adapted, revised or otherwise reworked versions of previously published material are not eligible for entry. There is no limit to the number of entries you can submit. Each submission will require a separate entry form and will be subject to a separate entry fee. There is no age limit. In order to minimise administrative costs and maintain affordable fees, please note that entry fees are non-refundable. Submissions will be judged on their emotional impact, creativity, and the ability to captivate the reader.  Once selected, the winner will be contacted by email or telephone. Copyright remains with the author but  Anthology  reserves the right to be the first to publish or arrange a broadcast of selected works.  The use of Generative AI is not permitted for e...

 FUll Details you want a reader to buy your book or an agent to offer you representation, then it only makes sense to have a stunning first page. That's what the First Page Challenge is all about—we're open to fiction or narrative nonfiction, short stories or full-length manuscripts.  Our judge, Michelle Barker, will be asking herself one question: how likely am I to turn this page and keep reading? First place: $700 CAD Second place: $200 CAD Third place: $100 CAD All three finalists win publication on the Chopping Blog and receive complimentary access to one of our craft books. The Finer Points • Entry is $5 CAD • One page: double-spaced, 12-point font • Multiple submissions accepted • Original, unpublished, unrepresented work only • Once you've paid, send your docx/pdf to editors@darlingaxe.com • Submission deadline: September 30 Check out the 2025 winner here . And the 2024 winner here . And the 2023 winner here . And the 2022 winner ...

  FUll Detials e Climate Playwriting Prize 2026 will uncover the most exciting new plays about the climate crisis, and support them to find their audiences.  We believe that playwrights have a vital role to play in the conversation around the climate. Theatre is a space for animating audiences, forming communities, and experimenting with form; a space for processing the past, articulating the present, and imagining the future. In order to surface the breadth and diversity of new stories about this planetary moment, the Climate Playwriting Prize is an open invitation to playwrights to respond creatively to this subject matter. Regional and touring theatre is playing a vital role in engaging audiences, and we are partnering with organisations all around the country to deliver workshops to writers, unlocking how they might want to tell their climate story. This moment is marked by rising temperatures, escalating impacts of change on communities and ecosystems, but ...