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 Full details  A poetry competition open to young people across Hampshire in three age categories:  4 to 7 years  8 to 11 years  12 to 16 years Theme for Hampshire Young Poets 2025: Friendship   “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.”  Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey ​ In 2025, people across the world are celebrating the birthday of Hampshire author Jane Austen, who was born 250 years ago. Jane had many friends and often wrote about friendship in her novels. Inspired by Jane, her life and the stories she wrote, you are invited to explore the theme of ‘Friendship’ – we want to read about what friendship and your friends mean to you. ​ Write a poem of no more than 14 lines on this theme and send it to us for a chance to be one of the winning poets announced at the awards ceremony on: Saturday 11 October 2025, at The Arc, Winchester as part of Winchester Poetry Festival     Comp...

 Full details  Contest guidelines below. READ CAREFULLY . Failure to do so may result in disqualification! Please note that we have additional perks and leeway for MEMBERS , highlighted in GREEN , granting access to special content and bonuses in the submission process, plus it helps keep the lights on and pay all yee writers! Speaking of 'Members', (Imagine some yokel hollering from the back of a city council meeting, "Point of clarity!") we have two terms that you should note the difference: "Subscriber" means our free, basic subscription. "Member" means our paid, annual membership. Boom, now you're informed. Why submit to us?       - WE PAY WRITERS FAIRLY. It’s hard work writing good stories, and you deserve to get paid. Or maybe you don’t and you’re just duping us? Regardless, we pay 8 cents a word (with a $500 cap), and 2 cents a word for reprints.       - NO SUBMISSION FEES. Nobody's getting rich off $3 ...

  Full details  Share your words with us and the World. Welcome to… THE BEDFORD COMPETITION, a nonprofit group, runs annual international short story and poetry competitions for anyone in the world over 17 years of age. There are prizes totalling £4,600 and all winning and shortlisted stories and poems are published as an anthology. SHORT STORY & POETRY COMPETITION MAIN PRIZES – £1500 2nd PRIZES – £300 3rd PRIZES – £200   CYGNATURE SHORT STORY & POETRY PRIZES  – £200 The University of Bedfordshire is sponsoring the  Cygnature Prizes for young writers aged 17-25 yrs   BEDFORD SHORT STORY & POETRY PRIZES – £100 All submissions are entered in the Main Prize. Latest News Don’t miss your opportunity to support a local Bedford writer who is hosting the launch of  Rose Diell’s  new book at th...