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 Full details  ABOUT THE FESTIVAL The Hastings Book Festival celebrates writers and lovers of the written word - a welcoming and open place for everyone. Our first festival took place in August 2018, and has now become a regular and welcomed event on the local calendar. ​ Every book, story and person is unique -  very much like Hastings  - and the festival will give you the time and freedom to pause, think, connect, and be inspired. ​ We are an escape for the explorers and a catalyst for the curious – welcome to our Festival! ​ our aims To advance education by promoting and providing affordable opportunities for the appreciation, understanding and enjoyment of literature and the arts. ​ To promote and run a book festival and outreach activities primarily in Hastings and St Leonards. ​ To develop, promote and deliver a programme of activities to encourage local writers to develop their craft. ​ To work within the local community...

  Full details  Welcome to our 2025 writing competitions The categories and prizes are as follows: The main Hastings Book Festival Writing competition is for writers of short story and poetry and can be on any theme. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world. The Sussex Prize is for writers living in East and West Sussex and one will be chosen from the shortlisted entries of each of the categories for the main competition. The Founder's Prize is for emerging writers living within a 20-mile radius of Hastings and St Leonards-on-Sea. It is for works of creative non-fiction and the theme is ' REFLECTIONS '. This will be limited to one entry per person with a maximum of 50 entries overall. how to enter Please read our RULES page  for details of how to format and upload your entry (or entries) and use our dedicated entry forms to enter.    ​ SHORT STORY enter here (max 2500 words)   POETRY  enter here (max 40 lines) ...

  Full details  Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award The International Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Created in 1989, The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation has its own Constitution, Officers and independent Board of Trustees. Each year, The Foundation administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. The competition is designed to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30, and offer them the recognition and encouragement that might lead to a successful career in television scriptwriting. Entrants are asked to create a completed half-hour to one-hour English-language television drama script. The award winner receives $2,500.   See site for full regulations.    

 Full details  The Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize seeks to discover talented writers on contemporary art. The winner of the Prize receives £1,000, their review is published on  Burlington Contemporary  and they have the opportunity to publish a review of a future contemporary art exhibition in  The Burlington Magazine .  Since its foundation in 1903  The Burlington Magazine  has considered the art of the present to be as worthy of study as the art of the past. The Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize advances our commitment to the study of contemporary art in the magazine and on  Burlington Contemporary . Designed to encourage aspiring writers, the Prize promotes clear, concise and well-structured writing that is able to navigate sophisticated ideas without recourse to over-complex language. The Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize is generously funded by the Thistle Trust. ...

  Full details  In partnership with St Mungo’s Mirrorball, we are excited to launch our call for emerging poets to apply for  Clydebuilt 18.  Edwin Morgan was an internationalist, writing across forms, themes, and languages and yet he was also very much a Glasgow-based poet; it is with this spirit that St Mungo’s Mirrorball designed the Clydebuilt Verse Apprenticeship Scheme. Founded in 2007, the scheme provides intensive support for poets at an early stage of their writing careers, encouraging a greater dialogue between them and more experienced practitioners. Mentors have included poets such as Niall Campbell, John Glenday, Miriam Gamble, J. L. Williams, Gerry Cambridge, Gerry Loose, Liz Lochhead, Gerrie Fellows, A. B. Jackson, and Alexander Hutchison. The scheme recruits up to four poets who are yet to have a first full-length collection published (not counting pamphlet publication) and are not currently receiving any support with their developm...

  Full details  Deadline: Tue 30 Sep 2025 Dithering Chaps is a Dorset-based, not-for-profit publisher of poetry chapbooks (30-60 pages). Our submissions window is open for ten-page samples of your work. Open to writers worldwide. We choose the best submission received by each of our two annual cut-offs (end-March, end-September) for publication. In addition, we plan to publish the work of one previously unpublished poet who has made it to our longlists. We give brief, constructive feedback to all those submitting, whether accepted for publication or not. Submission Fee: £10 Find out more here Deadline: Tuesday 30th September 2025  

  Full details  What’s On Explore our events, celebrating writing at its best all year round. Our Spring Festival opens its doors to children from Cambridge and beyond with a FREE children’s festival.  

  Full details   Winchester Poetry Prize 2025 opens Thurs 3rd April - 11:59am UK time closes Thurs 31 July - 11:59pm UK time 1st prize: £1000 2nd prize: £ 500 3rd prize: £250 The Kathryn Bevis Prize will be awarded for the best poem entered by a Hampshire-based poet.   ​Judge: Fiona Benson ​ Entry fee: £6 for first poem, £5 for subsequent poems Closing Date: 31 July 2025 (11:59pm UK time)   The longlist will be announced mid September, with winners announced  live at a special prize-giving ceremony as part of Winchester Poetry Festival at The ARC, Winchester on Sunday 12 October 2025.  Winning and commended poems will be published in a competition anthology that will be available on the day. ​​ Winchester Poetry Prize is generously sponsored by: ​ ​ ​     The Kathryn Bevis Prize is generously sponsored by: ​ ​ ​     All the information you need to enter the Winchester Poetry Prize is on thi...

 Full details  May Grants 2025 We're pleased to announce the first round of grant funding will support projects, people, and organisations that align with three key areas:  Creative Education, Creative Communities, and Creative Individuals. We will begin accepting grant applications through Submittable on Thurs 1 May 2025 and will close Sat 31 May 2025. Applications will reopen in September for Round 2. Click here to view our Grants Information Packet. *Please note that we are providing draft versions of the application so that applicants can prepare before filling out the form on Submittable between May 1st to May 31st. Applicants are not meant to fill out the draft forms below nor send in the application via email.* Creative Education Draft Application Form Creative Communities Draft Application Form Creative Individuals Draft Application Form ‍ Creative Education For our inaugural round of grant funding in creative education, we are seeking applications from pe...

 Full details  The deadline for receipt of all entries is  July 31  at 4 pm (GMT) . Entries will only be accepted through  Submittable. Entries can be on any subject, theme or genre. Entry fee:  £12 per entry . You can submit multiple entries as long as each entry is paid for individually and includes a separate entry form. Maximum word count is  3,000 words. All entries are judged anonymously. Please  do not include your name, address, phone number, email, website, social media details , etc. on the short story document or in the file name as this will result in disqualification. Formatting your short story: Your story must be written in English. A maximum of 3,000 words. No minimum. Title not included in the word count. Please submit a typed story in Arial or Times New Roman, 12pt, black. Double spaced. Include a front page which details the title of story and the word count ONLY.  The author’s name should not be included anywhere ...

 Full details  The Society of Authors’ and the  Goethe-Institut London s’ biennial Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation. The Goethe-Institut Award for New Translation was founded in 2010 and is presented by the Society of Authors and the Goethe-Institut London every two years. This translation prize is aimed at new and emerging translators based in the UK and Ireland, whose literary translation work has not yet been published in print. The winner is awarded €1,000 and is invited to attend the Leipzig Book Fair (usually held in March each year), including a place at the International Translators’ meeting organised by the Literary Colloquium Berlin. Entry is open to UK and Irish nationals and those who have been resident in the UK or Ireland for the past three years. The Goethe-Institut Award is now open for submissions. Please submit your translation of the Der Beste Tag Seit Langem extract by Jana Volkmann available on the web site via the o...

 Full details  A £1,000 Prize for the best unpublished short story of the year. We are grateful to ALCS for their support of the Prize. The 2026 Prize The RSL V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize seeks to find the best unpublished short story of the year. The 2026 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is now open for entries and will close on  Thursday 28 August at 5pm . This year’s judges are Kirsty Gunn , Anjali Joseph , and Tom Vowler .  Please ensure you have read and understood the V.S. Pritchett Prize Eligibility and Guidelines  prior to entering. Submit Your Entry Entries for low-income writers The RSL is committed to increasing accessibility and supporting writers of all incomes. As such, we are offering 50 free entries to low-income writers based in the UK. To apply for a free...

 Full details  The 2025 Poetry London Prize is now open Winners will be notified by the end of September 2025 First Prize £5,000 Second Prize £2,000 Third Prize £1,000.  Submissions Open: March 15. Closing Date: June 30 The judge of the 2025 Prize is Victoria Kennefick . Victoria Kennefick is a writer, poet, editor and teacher. Her debut collection,  Eat or We Both Starve  (Carcanet Press, 2021), won the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize and the Dalkey Book Festival Emerging Writer of the Year Award. It was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Costa Poetry Book Award, Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry and the Butler Literary Prize. Her second collection, E gg/Shell  (Carcanet Press, 2024) was a Poetry Book Society Choice for Spring 2024 and BBC  Poetry Extra  Book of the Month for Marc...

 Full details  Think you’ve got a story worth telling? The Writers' College Short Story Competition is your chance to prove it! We're on the lookout for fresh, original voices in fiction. Open to unpublished writers or those with fewer than four publications, from any country. Win cash prizes, industry recognition, and a chance to impress our expert judges.  

 Full details  “Making the unsexy irresistible.” We take a relaxed approach to how you might interpret this theme and encourage you to get creative! Please note the following rules around permissible content: all characters must be fictional: no fan fic . When submitting your story, you will be asked to select a single category that best describes your story from one of the six categories below (the overall winner may be chosen from any category). You can find more details in the F.A.Q. and Competition Rules . Once you are ready you can submit your entry via the ‘Submit Now’ button. READ THE F.A.Q. READ THE RULES SUBMIT NOW All characters must be consenting adults.  

  Full details  Theme 2025 Theme: The Middle Ground Winners to be announced Sunday 16th November. For further information, please read the rules and FAQs below. If you cannot find the answer to your query there, you can email  hgwellscompetition@ gmail.com Enter Competition Rules 2025 How to Enter Events & workshops FAQs Competitions: — Overview The Margaret and Reg Turnill Competition & Senior Writing Competition The Margaret and Reg Turnill Competition for young writers of 21 years and under, for which the prize winner receives £1,000, and a competition for the over 21s which offers the Grand Prize of £500. The Margaret and Reg Turnill Competition for young writers of 21 years and under, for which the prize winner receives £1,000, and a competition for the over 21s which offers the Grand Prize of £500.  

 Full details  The 2025 To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition The 9th To Hull And Back short story competition is open until 30th June 2025 July 2024 saw the launch of the 9th To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition, a biennial writing contest with a humorous twist that celebrates the most imaginative and amazing short stories from writers all over the world. Some highly prestigious writing contests offer huge cash prizes – for example, the BBC award a whopping £15,000 to their winner. What can you win by entering this competition that contends with short story prize giving heavyweights? THE most amazing, innovative and sought after writing prize on the planet. Forget the Pulitzer. THIS is the mother of all writing competitions. Admittedly, I may have slipped into sales-pitch-chaos-mayhem-overdrive-mode whilst writing the opening paragraphs, but I firmly believe that I can live up to expectation. Keep reading to see if you agree... ...