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 Full details  The world's best prize for writing on food history How to Enter Conditions of Entry: 2025 Purpose of the Prize The Sophie Coe Prize is awarded annually to the author of an original, informative article or essay on any aspect of food history relating to any period, place, people or culture. The Trustees wish to emphasise the need for originality in the form of new research or new insights, and remind entrants that the Judges are seeking work that combines excellent research with lively writing. 1. Conditions of Entry Authors may submit one entry only in a given year. a. Form Entries must be submitted as  two electronic files: one for the entry, which should have no author-identifying information, and one for the cover sheet. • Files should be formatted to be readable in the latest version of Microsoft Word or other format readable in this programme. PDF files are acceptable.* • Entries from a published source su...

  Full details  Our 2025 International Award opens today,Sunday, December 1st and closes on March 31st at midnight BST. Shortlist judges Lucy Luck and Liv Bignold from C & W Literary Agency. Read the interview with them here First Prize: £1000 Second Prize £300 Third Prize £100 Acorn Award for an unpublished writer £100 £50 in book tokens for Local Prize £9.00 per entry Read the rules here Enter here Short list Judges are Lucy Luck and Olivia Bignold from C & W Agency 2024 BSSA Anthology of winning and shortlisted stories available soon. Share this:  

 Full details  450 words maximum The Plaza Prose Poetry Prize is entering its third year in 2025. We try to recruit the best prose poets in the world to judge your prose poems. We’ve had Maya C. Popa, Carrie Etter, and now we have Nin Andrews. Nin has written 10 collections of poetry, and 6 chapbooks, including The Last Orgasm (2020), Miss August (2017), and Why God is a Woman (2015). She is the recipient of two Ohio individual artists grants, the Pearl Chapbook prize, The Kent State University chapbook contest, and the Gerald Cable Award. Her book, Southern Comfort , was a finalist for the Forward prize in poetry 2010, and her collection, Why God is a Woman won the Ohiona Prize for poetry in 2016. Her poetry has been featured in numerous journals and anthologies including Ploughshares, Agni, The Paris Review, four editions of Best American Poetry, Great American Prose Poems from Poe to the Present , and The Best American Erotic Poems . After her first book, T...

 Full details  1000 words maximum The Plaza Prizes are even bigger and better in 2025. We have the best judges in the world and the cash prizes aren’t too shabby either. You could win £1000 / $1250 and publication, for your flash fiction. Our 2025 judge is flash fiction specialist, and previous winner of The Plaza Microfiction Prize, Barbara Black. Barbara was born in North Vancouver, British Columbia. She has published two collection of cracking short stories: Music From a Strange Planet and Little Fortified Tales (2024). Her writing has been published nationally and internationally. She was a Fiction Finalist in the 2020 National Magazine Awards; Winner of the 2017 Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose Competition; Double Longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize; Winner of both the Federation of BC Writers Literary Contest (Flash Fiction) 2021 and 2022, their Literary Writes Contest (Prose Poem) 2018; and Shortlisted for the 2021 Lorian Hemingway Short ...

Full details   For a travel book by a woman writing in English. The Ilse Schwepcke Prize is an annual award for women’s travel writing in English. An independent jury will select a shortlist and the winning book will be announced in autumn at the International Frankfurt Book Fair. The winning author will receive £5,000. To read more about the Ilse Schwepcke Prize and its sister prize in Germany, the Ilse-Schwepcke-Preis, visit IlseSchwepckePrize.co.uk . ‘I wish,’ Ilse said to a travel writer, ‘I wish I could go with you.’ But they both knew it was impossible. At the time of their meeting, she was already in her late eighties, a director at Haus Publishing, the company set up by her daughter Barbara, using Ilse’s maiden name. Not long after the company started operating, Ilse became the curator of a unique list of travel books inspired by many a journey she had taken – or wished she had. Ilse’s commissions resolutely reflecte...

 Full details  We are now open for submissions for the 2025 pamphlet award. You can read the previous two adjudication here: PAMPHLET AWARD 2022 adjudication poetry pamphlet award 2023 pamphlet adjudication 2024 Please read the guidelines carefully, particularly the need to send your files as PDFs. Please upload your documents using the submit button first and then finish by paying for your entry using the add to cart button. Thank you. We award: 2 authors a publishing contract plus 30 copies. Open to all poets — beginners and established writers. The reading fee is £12 and is processed securely via Stripe. Deadline: 31 March, 2025 . Submit two documents: one of 15–25 poems of up to 50 lines each and the other with your full contact details including name, address and email. Individual poems may have been published online or in magazines provided the writer retains copyright. International entrants welcome. Pamphlets co-authored by two poets are welcome. Please do ...

 Full details  2025 SHORT STORY COMPETITION – INFORMATION AND RULES ‘Making Waves’ COMPETITION TITLE: ‘Making Waves’. Entries are welcome from anyone around the world age 16 and up. ENTRY CLOSING DATE: 12 noon on March 28th 2025, for both postal and electronic entries. Entry forms can be downloaded from the festival website at: www.foweyfestival.com SUBMISSION: There is no minimum word count, however a maximum of 1,500 is applied. NB: If that is exceeded, the entry will be disallowed. All entries can be in any prose style but must be written in English. Postal entries must be submitted as typed manuscripts. Required formatting is double line spacing. Emailed entries are preferred. Please email entries to katie@foweyfestival.com and send postal entries to: The du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival, Short Story Competition, 4 Quiller Couch Way, Fowey, Cornwall PL23 1DN. NB: Each entry sent by post must be accompanied by an entry form. Authors may enter the competition once only. EN...

  Full details  Closing date for receipt of entries is  31 March 2025. The name of the author must not appear on the same page as the poem. It’s not a requirement, but we strongly advise you to purchase a copy of  The Caterpillar. Entries must be in English, typed, with each entry on a new sheet. Entries will not be returned, so make sure you keep a copy. No corrections can be made after receipt, or fees refunded. We will accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us if your poem is accepted elsewhere English translations of work originally written in another language are acceptable, as long as the author and the translator agree to share the prize, should they win   Eligibility The Prize is open to anyone over the age of 16. Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self-published, published online or broadcast. You can enter as as many poems as you like (€15 each poem). There is no line limit....

  Full details  ✨ Submit your story by June 30, 2025, for a chance to win a Galatea Publishing Contract and $300 , a free year of Galatea Unlimited, an Inkitt VIP Badge, and a feature on our Instagram! Share your most heartwarming or thrilling hockey romance and keep readers hooked. 📖 Join the Rinks and Romance Writing Contest, a celebration of love and passion both on and off the ice! 🌟 We encourage writers to submit original stories that blend the intensity of hockey with the depth of romance. Whether it’s a tale of forbidden love, second chances, or rivals-to-lovers, your story should bring the rink to life and captivate readers. 📝 Don’t miss this chance to showcase your work and gain recognition in the ultimate hockey romance showdown! All approved entries to this contest that reach over 1k published words will be displayed on a special shelf in the app.  

 Full details  About the Prize Named in honour of Writers’ Trust co-founders and literary couple Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson, who started the organization in 1976 with the help of a few fellow writers and an aim to encourage a Canadian literary culture at home, the Atwood Gibson Prize recognizes writers of exceptional talent for the best novel or short story collection of the year. The finalists are selected by a three-member, independent judging panel and the $60,000 winner is announced at the annual Writers’ Trust Awards. The prize is part of a $3 million commitment to supporting our nation’s literature by the Balsillie Family Foundation.  

 Full details  Category 2 Short Story Requirement: Maximum 2,000 words Professional Judge: Nikki May Prizes: 1st £625   2nd £275   3rd £150 Entry Fee: £10.50     Category 3 Poetry Requirement: Maximum of 40 Lines Professional Judge: James Crowden Prizes: 1st £625   2nd £250   3rd £150 Entry Fee: £8.00   Category 5 Writing Without Restrictions Requirement: You write it – we’ll read it. Details are in your category Rules Professional Judge: Sarah Hegarty Prizes: 1st £275   2nd £150   3rd £100 Entry Fee: £10.00

 Full details  Wigtown Poetry Prizes General Rules     - Entries open 30 November 2024   - Entries close 7 May 2025 at 12 noon   - Poems may be on any subject   - Poems must not be previously published, accepted for publication or currently entered into another competition. If a poem is published elsewhere after being submitted for this competition, it must be withdrawn from the Wigtown Poetry Prizes, by emailing: mail@wigtownbookfestival.com   - Entrants must be 16 years of age or over   - There is no restriction on the number of entries submitted by each entrant to each category of the competition, providing the appropriate fee is paid   - Alterations may not be made to entries once they have been submitted   - The copyright of each poem remains with the writer. The winners and runners-up must grant Wigtown Festival Company the right to use their winning poems, including...

  Full details  2 are delighted to announce the launch of a multi-disciplinary storytelling competition in conjunction with The Faculty of English at the University of Oxford. Are you an aspiring novelist, playwright or screenwriter? We would love to hear from you. We are looking for talented new voices in fiction and welcome experimental writing as well as work that would appeal to a broad audience, whether on the printed page, the stage, radio, television or the big screen. The Oxford/42 New Writing Prize is open to anyone aged 18 or over living, working or studying in the UK at the closing date for submissions. The winner will receive £1500 along with professional representation by 42. Our expert panel of judges from the worlds of literature, stage and screen includes; Abby Ajayi, creator of “Riches” (ITVX and Amazon) and writer on Emmy nominated “Inventing Anna” (Netflix); Chris Chibnall, creator of “Broadchurch” (ITV), “Doctor Who” Showrunner...

  Full details  Prompt Read our monthly prompt , and craft your story (350 words max) in response. New prompts are released on the 1st of every month.  For extra support, sign up for coaching calls with award-winning writer and FSF co-founder Nathaniel  her   Submit Early, Before The 15th Submit By The 24th For FREE feedback that you can use to revise and resubmit your story before the competition closes on the 24th. The competition is open for entries until the 24th of the month, at 11:59pm PST. Win Prizes & Recognition  Stories are then reviewed alongside our guest judge for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, as well as runner-up. Results are released on the 1st of the next month, at 8:00am PST in our Hall of Fame. Prizes ​ 1st Place - $25 Amazon Gift Card, and writing published in our Hall of Fame! ​ ​ 2nd Place -   $15 Amazon Gift Card, and writing published in our Hall of Fame! ​ ​ 3rd Place - $5 Amazon Gift Card, and writing published...

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 Full details  The contest runs from January 2 0th through April 20th, 2025 The theme of the contest this year is « 2025 » First prize: 500 euro All the stories of the s hort list will be published & released through amazon.com & strange days books. Entry fee: 10 €, (15 per 2 stories, 20 euro per 3 stories) J udges: Writers of the short list vote for the grand prize winner ** RULES OF THE CONTEST * Theme of the contest: 2025. We want stories inspired of this year *Entries must be short stories, of any genre, maximum length is 3, 000 words and must be previously unpublished in a book. Entries must be in English. * The contest closes at midnight UTC on 20th of April *This is an international contest. There is no restriction such as nationality etc of the author, but you have to be 18 years old on the 20 th of January 2025 to enter the contest otherwise there a parental permission needed. * No eyelands.gr or strange day...

 Full details  Casa África launches the 11 th edition of Purorrelato, its  micro-story contest  that aims to promote literary creation that encourages us to feel and think about Africa and to continue showing different realities that approach us to the continent, away from the stereotypes that have marked it for so long. As in previous editions, any person over the age of 18 can participate, with a maximum of three micro-stories per author . Only Casa África staff and winners of previous editions are excluded. The theme is free, although the micro-stories should be related to Africa in some way . The story could take place inside or outside the continent and its degree of relation with Africa could range from a detail to the total protagonism of the story. In addition, the micro-stories must be original, unpublished and must not have won a prize or be pending a decision in other contests or competitions. Participants mu...

 Full details  The competition is open to young people aged between 14-21, attending school, college or university in the UK. 2. Entries must be a minimum of 700 words and no more than 800 words, excluding headings and entrant information. You must answer one of the questions in your age group. 3. Entries must be made via our website www.pitch-mag.co.uk by close of business (17:00) on Wednesday 9th April 2025, using the entry form provided. 4. Using the form provided, please make sure you include your name, age, gender, school, UK region and name of teacher. 5. Entries should be submitted in a word document format (MSWord or similar word processing package). Because the entries are judged anonymously, please don’t include your name or any identifying information on the document you submit. Your entry details will be captured by the submission form. 6. Entries will be disqualified if they: • Don’t comply with the entry requirements, including minimum or maximum word count. • Co...

 Full details  Glenville State University’s Little Kanawha Reading Series is proud to announce its inaugural Chapbook Contest. We invite poets and prose writers to submit works that celebrate and explore the rich cultural tapestry of Appalachia. Content Open to poetry and prose submissions - 15 to 25 pages of poetry or prose   Only one manuscript per genre per author per reading period   Previously published poems, stories, essays, and excerpts may be included in your manuscript. Please provide publication acknowledgements (title of work, where and when published) in the body of your email.   Submissions must embody at least one of the following Appalachian literary features: - Strong sense of place and connection to the Appalachian landscape - Exploration of Appalachian voice - Exploration of Appalachian folklore, myths, or legends - Themes of Appalachian family, community, and/or cultural heritage - Exploration of Appalachian rural life and traditions Pr...

  Full details  How to enter To enter the Tom Grass Literary Prize, please submit your piece of between 1,500 and 3,000 words maximum using the website entry form below. In the subject bar of your submission, please state: Tom Grass Prize, Author name, ‘Title of Piece’. Material should be submitted in a single Word document , in a clear font, point size 12. Please include with the piece a brief one paragraph outline to introduce or give context to it, including reference to your personal background if you consider this relevant. Filenames should follow the form: Author name, ‘Title of Piece.’ The title page should include the author’s contact details. All pages should be numbered and include Author name and ‘Title of Piece’ as a footer or header. In the body of your submission email, no further personal information is needed, other than the material attached and your contact details. The entry must be written in the English Language, i...