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 Full details PRIZE £250/$325​​ ​ MULTIPLE ENTRIES You may enter as many stories as you like.  ​ DEADLINE AND FEE Early-Bird Fee £9.00: Deadline 5th December (Midnight London time) Full Fee £11.00: Deadline 15th December (Midnight London time) ​​ TIMELINE Entries will be acknowledged after the 15th December deadline. Winner announced in time for Christmas!​ ​ ANONYMITY All entries are judged anonymously. Please do not put any identifying details in your file or file name. Entries which do will be disqualified. entries are judged anonymously. Please do not put any identifying details in your file or file name. Entries which do will be disqualified. ​ LANGUAGE  All entries must be written in English. ​ Enter Rules ​ Artificial Intelligence Your entry must not be written or edited by A.I.  ​ Subject, Style and Genre Entries must be inspired by Christmas.  Multiple Entries You can submit any number of entries bu...

 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...

 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...

 Full details  The 2025 competition is now open! You can view the 2024 shortlist and winners at this link 2025 Contest will remain open until the 15th of January at midnight BST. The Bournemouth Writing Prize  is an annual international short story and poetry competition. Winners of this writing contest receive personal feedback from industry professionals and there is a cash prize for each category.  Your work will be judged by industry professionals from the publishing world. Run by the staff and students of the MA in Creative Writing and Publishing at Bournemouth University the competition is entering its ninth year. To help the prize continue to grow and reach new audiences, we are proud to partner with The Bournemouth Writing Festival . April 2025 will see the winners and anthology edited and published by the Dorset-based indie publisher Dithering Chaps. This year’s entrants will also be considered for inclusion in the inaugu...

 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 ...

  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 ...

 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 .  

  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...

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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...

 Full details   Welcome to the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025. Open to writers from around the world, we’re offering an increased top prize of £1,100 . The deadline is Friday 31st January 2025 and £1.00 from each entry will be donated to First Story (see here for details of the charity’s work). Read the details below, read our Frequently Asked Questions , or check out the fantastic winners of the 2022 Flash Fiction Competition and the 2024 Flash Fiction Competition . We also have a great Q&A with our head judge Shreya Sen-Handley . Alternatively, head straight to the ENTRY FORM to submit your entry or entries. New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 – At A Glance: Deadline:  23.59 (UK time) on Friday 31st January 2025 Entry Fee:  £10 (one entry), £19 (two entries), £27 (three entries) Prizes:  1 st Place:  £1,100 ; 2 nd Place: £300 ; 3 rd Place: £200 Head Judge: Shreya Sen-Handley  (Author, Columnist, Playwright and Ill...

  Full details  his year the Judge’s Prize for poems of 11 to 50 lines will be judged by AMY ACRE, whose debut collection, Mothersong (Bloomsbury, 2023) was shortlisted for the John Pollard Poetry Prize, and named a Book of the Year in the Telegraph and Financial Times. She runs Bad Betty Press. —— The Editors’ Prize is judged by a panel of Magma Editors and is for poems of up to 10 lines . The prize money for both competitions is the same, so double your chances and try your luck at both! First prize for the Judge’s and Editors’ Prize is £1000, second prize £300 and third prize £150. The three prize-winning poems from each category will be published in Magma and there will also be five special mentions for each of the Judge’s Prize and Editors’ Prize categories. All winning and commended poems will be published online on the Magma website. Winning and commended poets will be invited to read their poems at a Magma Competition event in Spring 2025. Last years’ wi...

  Full details  Fabuly Writer’s Challenge - Calling for Submissions Whether you’re an aspiring writer or an established author, an aesthete, a poet, a novelist, or a self-repressed bookworm, we have a challenge for you. Now is the time to reveal your hidden talents in Fabuly's inaugural writing contest. You'll have until December 15th, 2024 to craft a 2,000-word story on the theme of "An Unexpected Encounter." The grand prize winner, chosen by our panel of judges, will receive 500 USD and have their story published on our website and in the app along with thousands of the best classic literature. Their story will not only be published but also professionally illustrated and produced in an audio format . The winner will also have the opportunity to include a brief biography and a link to their website or preferred social media profile alongside their story on Fabuly’s website. Submission Requirements Word Count: Up to 2,000 words Deadline: Dec...