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Premio Carlo Annoni

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 Full details Art. 2 PARTICIPANTS It is opened to any individual interested in the topic, with no age restrictions. Art. 3 REGISTRATION FEE We don’t require a registration fee. Art. 4 PLAYS There is no length or character numbers limitation. Plays can be submitted in Italian and  English . An award will be assigned to one play in each language. ART. 5    THEME OF THE COMPETITION Carlo Annoni  International Playwriting Prize accepts plays on topics affecting the LGBTQ+ community, and the promotion of diversity in love, society, politics and culture in the time of the gender fluidity. Art. 6 PARTICIPATION RULES When submitting your play, please state clearly the author’s name, their email address and a phone number for any further communication. Submission must be sent by email only to: info@premiocarloannoni.eu . Art. 7 DEADLINE Deadline for submissions is 30th APRIL 2025. THE AWARD CEREMONY WILL BE IN SEPTEMBER 2025 AT THE PICCOLO TEATRO, V...

Floris Books: The Kelpies Prize for Writing 2025

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 Full details  o enter the Kelpies Prize for Writing, you must submit the following using our online entry form: 1. The first five chapters of a book for children , either fiction or non-fiction, OR a whole picture-book story 2. A synopsis or summary of the book 3. A short piece of writing (1,000–3,000 words) for children beginning with either of these phrases: It seemed like such an ordinary day… OR I opened the door and found… 4. Some information about you We welcome entries to the Kelpies Prizes from people whose backgrounds are not well represented in children’s books , including under-represented ethnic backgrounds, disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, minority faith, care-experienced, working class or low income backgrounds. (Note: entrants must live in Scotland.) Read our guidelines for full details of what we’re looking for, and don’t forget to check the terms and conditions . The deadline for entries is midnight, Friday 28 February 2025.  We look for...

Deptford Literature Festival

 Full details  We’re seeking London-based writers, poets, artists, arts and community organisations to apply to be part of the 2025 Deptford Literature Festival  programme. Deptford Literature Festival celebrates the diversity and creativity of Deptford and Lewisham through words, stories and performance. We are looking for three to five events to add to the Deptford Literature Festival Programme, created by writers , poets, artists, and arts/community organisations based in London, with a preference towards those based in Deptford and the borough of Lewisham, and/or delivering activity with clear connections to the area. Each chosen event or activity will have access to up to £750 to make their event happen. These activities could include: writing workshops, readings, community engagement, performances, talks, walks, participatory sessions, cross-arts activity, local heritage activity, or any literature-related activity that you think will connect with ...

Lincoln Book Festival

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  Full details  About Lincoln Book Festival Lincoln Book Festival has history at its heart. The annual literary festival celebrates the finest history writing and historical fiction and is set in the spectacular English cathedral city of Lincoln. From its Roman remains, the Norman Castle and Gothic Cathedral to the Georgian Minster Yard, Lincoln is a place where history seeps from every stone. The Historic City of Lincoln In 1215, an original of Magna Carta was brought to the city and today Lincoln Castle is the only place in the world where the great charter can be seen side-by-side with an original of the 1217 Charter of the Forest. Thousands of years of history can still be seen in the fabric of the city, known as the ‘Birthplace of the Tank’ due to its engineering heritage from the early 20th ...

Budleigh Salterton Festival

 Full Details  About our Literary Festival Situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on East Devon’s World Heritage Site, the Jurassic Coast, Budleigh Salterton hosts the most outstanding literary festival in South West England. As a registered charity, our mission is to celebrate books and their authors and promote the art of writing and the enjoyment of reading in our East Devon community and in our local schools. Wholeheartedly supported by the local community, who embrace the variety of events and workshops, this is a literary festival which offers delights few other festivals can match. For more information, click here .  

Davinia Andrew-Lynch (Children's)

  Full details  I joined Curtis Brown in 2023 and represent children’s/YA writers and illustrators across the genres, and a growing list of commercial adult fiction. A complete 90s child with a love of film and TV, I’ve been shaped by the storytelling of the time - big, bold and pacy but with characters you can't help but love. I’m looking for stories that smack you between the eyes, capture your heart, make you laugh (no matter the story or genre) and genuinely reflect the world in which we live. Above all, I want to give writers and illustrators the space to tell the stories that they want to tell. Prior to CB, I founded and ran boutique agency Andlyn and was formerly a film/TV agent. I also co-founded, in conjunction with Faber Children's, the FAB Prize which aims to discover unpublished children's writers and illustrators from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds (www.fabprize.org). Please send submissions to  dalsubmissions@curtisbrown.co...

I matter poetry Contest

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Edinburgh Short Story Awards

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  Full details  The Prizes First Prize £3,000 Second Prize £500 Third Prize £250 Publication is offered to authors of the top twenty stories in The Edinburgh Anthology, published annually. The Scottish Arts Club will present one year free membership of the Club to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and Isobel Lodge winners. The First Write Award Open to unpublished writers worldwide Prize: £300 plus publication An opportunity for unpublished writers to shine, get noticed and get published. We know how hard it is to get on the publishing ladder. We are eager to find those undiscovered talents, the writers living anywhere in the world who are producing artful, insightful, engaging, entertaining, thrilling or emotionally driven stories. We will run a parallel selection process for unpublished writers to give these stories the best opportunity to shine. Unpublished means that the writer has not received payment for any work of fiction or won publication in a book or magazine as a res...

Women's Poetry Competition 2024

 Full details  Your Poems This competition is open to unpublished poems of any length, on any subject. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems. Prizes 1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250 Unpublished Poet Prize*  is an additional award for the best unpublished poem by an unpublished poet: £250. The four winners, plus sixteen additional finalists will have their poems published in the March 2025 issue of Mslexia . Deadline The deadline for all entries is 23.59GMT, 9 December 2024. Results Entrants will be notified of the outcome of their entry in February 2025. The winner and finalists will be announced on 1 March 2025.  How to Enter Add the entry fee to your basket and proceed through the checkout (you will be asked to set up, or sign in to you Mslexia account during the process). Once the order is completed you'll be taken to a 'Submit' page where the entry form is located. You can submit at a late...

The Frogmore Poetry Prize

  Full details  The Frogmore Poetry Prize (sponsored by the Frogmore Foundation) was founded in 1987 and has been awarded annually since then. The Prize money is currently 250 guineas but the true Prize is the kudos of joining a select band of winners which includes Caroline Price, John Latham, Tobias Hill and Mario Petrucci. Many leading poets – Carole Satyamurti, Pauline Stainer, Linda France, Paul Groves, John Mole, Sophie Hannah, Elizabeth Bartlett and Susan Wicks among them – have adjudicated the Prize and all winners have been published in the pages of The Frogmore Papers . Submission guidelines HERE .  

Edinburgh Essay Award

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  Full details Edinburgh Essay Award 2025 Enter here from 1 October 2024 to 28 February 2025 Open to witers worldwide First Prize £1,000 Announcing a new non-fiction prize for features, memoirs, travelogues, philosophical reflections or insightful analyses of historic or contemporary issues. Shortlisted and longlisted stories will be revealed by 10 August 2025. All entrants will be informed. Winners will be announced at the Edinburgh Essay Awards Lunch to be held at the Scottish Arts Club in Edinburgh in September Entry Fee; £10 per essay Bursaries for free entry available for skilled, under-represented writers worldwide, apply now . First prize — £1,000 Second Prize — £500 Thrid Prize — £250 Publication will be offered to top 15 essayists in volume 1 of our journal of inspired writing, The Edinburgh Essays. ...

Tidelines Book Festival

  Full details  Tidelines Book Festival is a community-run charitable trust bringing world-class literary events to Ayrshire at affordable prices. The aim of Tidelines is to encourage involvement with and participation in literature in all its forms. We aspire to reach as wide an audience as possible, particularly those who might not readily think of the written word as entertainment or might lack confidence in engaging in cultural activity. The Festival was first established in 2013 following a great idea by local Ayrshire man John Steele and runs over one weekend in late September at the Harbour Arts Centre  on Irvine’s historic harbourside. Alongside the main festival Tidelines also runs a schools programme, organising free author visits to local schools within North Ayrshire’s most deprived areas, to encourage engagement with reading and literacy. We also run ad hoc community events, such as free creative writing workshops for those at ...