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January Writing Competitions 2025
1. Table Feast Magazine Literary Competitions 2024
2. Gemini Magazine Poetry Open 2025
- Poems can be on any subject, style, or length.
- Entries must be unpublished.
- Poems on personal blogs are acceptable.
- Translations are allowed.
- All entries are read blind.
3. Steinbeck Fellows Program Awards for Writers 2025
4. Sheptons Snowdrops Poetry Competition 2025
5. Colorado Poetry Prize 2024
6. The Bournemouth Writing Prize 2025
7. Champions Educational Foundation Essay Competition 2025
- Original essays only (max 2,000 words, PDF format).
- Include name, institution, and contact details.
- AI-generated content is prohibited.
8. 2025 Zócalo Poetry Prize Honors Poems of Place
- Submit up to three poems as a single Word document
- Include your name, address, phone number, and email in the document
- Submit by email to poetry@zocalopublicsquare.org
9. Pennacle's Pen on Fire Writing Competition and Workshop 2025
Deadline: January 25, 2025Entry Fee: 4,000 NGN (non-refundable)
Prizes:
- Winner: 200,000 NGN cash prize
- Top 2 Picks: Exclusive publication opportunities, including a Manuscript Preparation class worth 900K NGN
Eligibility:
- Must be 15 years or older as of January 2025
- Must be Nigerian
- Open to aspiring and experienced writers, but published writers are not eligible
Submission Process:
- Participants will receive a short story prompt for the first stage
- Only the top 10 will move to the second stage
- All participants will partake in a workshop
Registration:
- Provide basic info, confirm email, and make payment
- A confirmation email and access to the program schedule will be sent upon registration
10. Frontier Poetry's 2025 Hurt & Healing Prize
- 1st Place: $3,000 and publication
- 2nd Place: $300 and publication
- 3rd Place: $200 and publication
- Submit up to three poems in a single file (max 5 pages)
- Submit unpublished poems only
- Include a brief cover letter with a short third-person bio and content warnings
- $20 reading fee for each submission
- Simultaneous submissions allowed (notify if accepted elsewhere)
11. The Nine Dots Prize 2024
- Submit three documents:
- A 3,000-word summary response to the set question (to develop into a 25,000–40,000-word book).
- A 1,000-word outline structure of the proposed book.
- A 1,000-word justification statement on your ability to complete the book in seven months.
- Entries must be in English and submitted as Word/Open Document files (max 5MB).
- Prize:
- Winner receives $100,000 and a book publishing deal with Cambridge University Press.
12. Calibre Essay Prize 2025
- Submit original, unpublished essays (2,000–5,000 words).
- Entries must follow a blind submission process (no author name in the file).
- Format: Word document (.doc/.docx), 1.5 line spacing, 12pt font.
- Entry Fee: AU$30 (non-subscribers), AU$20 (ABR subscribers).
- Submission: Online via the ABR website. Essays may be personal, literary, or experimental. Winners are announced in April 2025.
13. Nieman Fellowship 2025
14. Bristol Short Story Prize 2025
15. Story Unlikely Annual Short Story Contest 2025
16. The Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest 2025
February Writing Competitions 2025
1. St. Gallen Symposium Global Essay Competition 2025
2. South Carolina Creative Sociology Writing Competition 2025
Eligibility: Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in South Carolina colleges/universities (Spring 2025).
Theme: Family Matters – exploring family dynamics, traditions, unity, conflict, and broader societal impacts.
Categories: Poetry (≤40 lines), Short Fiction, or Creative Nonfiction (≤3,000 words).
Requirements: Include a 500-word exegesis linking the work to sociological concepts, theory, or research.
Prizes:- 1st Place: $500
- 2nd Place: $300
- 3rd Place: $200
Deadline: February 3, 2025.
Submit to: creativesoc@coastal.edu (PDF/Word document, blind submissions).
Winners may read their work at a virtual event (March 28, 2025) and be published in Waccamaw: A Journal of Contemporary Literature.
- 1st Place: $500
- 2nd Place: $300
- 3rd Place: $200
3. 3 Minutes Arts Competition 2025
Topic: Plays, stories, or songs suitable for a family audience. Entries must not exceed 3 minutes in performance. Stories have a maximum word count of 500.
Eligibility: Open to all; entries must be in English and family-friendly.
Prizes:- Overall winner: £50.
- Additional prizes may vary depending on the number of entries.
Submission Guidelines:- Original and unpublished works (PDF format for stories, dramas, or lyrics).
- Songs require an mp3 recording and lyrics in PDF format.
- Use plain font (e.g., Arial or Times New Roman), 12-point, double-spaced.
- No personal identification on the manuscript; entries will be judged anonymously.
Submission fee: £6 for the first entry in any category, £3 for subsequent entries.
Deadline: February 15, 2025.
Submit to: Entries must be submitted via the competition's official website.
- Overall winner: £50.
- Additional prizes may vary depending on the number of entries.
- Original and unpublished works (PDF format for stories, dramas, or lyrics).
- Songs require an mp3 recording and lyrics in PDF format.
- Use plain font (e.g., Arial or Times New Roman), 12-point, double-spaced.
- No personal identification on the manuscript; entries will be judged anonymously.
4. 2025 Centre for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP) Book Prize
Deadline: February 15, 2025Entry Fee: FreePrize: $3,000 and publication by Autumn House Press
Guidelines: Submit a manuscript (48-168 pages) in any genre intersecting with poetry, including hybrid work, speculative prose, or translation. Only one submission per person. Manuscripts should be in doc, docx, or pdf format.
Eligibility: Open to writers of African descent, including those with African American, African, or African diasporic experiences. This is for first or second books.
Final Judge: Cameron Awkward-Rich, poet and academic.
Additional Info: Previous winners include Carly Inghram and Jacqui Germain
5. Christopher Tower Poetry Competition 2025
6. The Adeola Oyinlade & Co National Essay Competition 2025
- Original work, max 1500 words, no images/illustrations
- Submit in MS Word format (Times New Roman, size 12, double spaced)
- Well-referenced using OSCOLA style
7. Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition 2025
8. Kelpies Prize for Writing 2025
9. Never Such Innocence Poetry Competition 2025
March Writing Competitions 2025
1. Deep Wild Journal's Waking to the Wild 2025 Student Contest
2. Write on the River Writers Competition 2025
3. The Christopher Salmon Poetry Competition 2025
4. The Plough Poetry Competition 2025
- 1st Prize: £1,000
- 2nd Prize: £500
- 3rd Prize: £250
5. The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025
- 1st Prize: €1,000 + a week at Circle of Misse
- 2nd Prize: €500
- 3rd Prize: €250
- Any number of entries allowed (€15 per poem).
- No line limit.
- Entries must be typed, in English, with no identifying details on the poem itself.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but notify if published elsewhere.
- Translations accepted (author and translator share the prize).
April Writing Competitions 2025
1. Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
2. The Rialto's Nature and Place Poetry Competition 2025
3. 12th Continental Essay Competition 2025
- Essays must include the author's postal, physical, telephone, and email address on the first page.
- Attach a copy of the National ID or Passport and a completed registration form (available at MBS offices or online at www.mbsmw.org or www.arso-oran.org).
- Submit entries via email to mbs@mbsmw.org or by hand to the Malawi Bureau of Standards Head Office in Blantyre.
- Essays should focus on the assigned topic (details available on the competition’s websites).
4. The ISA Essay Competition 2025
Categories:
- Year 5–6
- Year 7–8
- Year 9–11
- Year 12–13
- Sixth form students can write on any topic or genre.
- Younger age groups have specific themes to choose from.
- Originality and creativity
- Style and presentation
- Use of language
- Form and structure
- All entries must be submitted via the online entry form on the ISA website by the deadline.
- File format: PDF or Word document, named as follows: SchoolName_PupilName.
- Essays may be handwritten or typed.
- Essays should be unaided work and must include a final word count at the end.
- Entries may be written in any language, provided an English translation is included.
5. Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Competition 2025
- Essays must be 6,000–25,000 words (excluding footnotes) with Bluebook citations on American law.
- Submissions must be original, unpublished, and written in English.
- Format: Microsoft Word document with footnotes (not endnotes).
- Submit via email to Amanda Fleming at afleming@citizen.org.
- Judging Criteria: Depth of analysis, originality, writing quality, and thoroughness.
May Writing Competitions 2025
1. James Laughlin Award 2025
Deadline: May 15, 2025 (11:59 p.m. ET)Entry Fee: FreePrize: $5,000, week-long residency at The Betsy Hotel, Miami Beach, FL, and distribution of the book to 1,000 Academy of American Poets members
Eligibility: Open to U.S. citizens, residents, or those with certain immigration statuses. Poets must have published one book of poetry (48+ pages) and have a second book under contract for 2026 publication.
Guidelines: Submit a manuscript (48-100 pages) of original poetry in English. Entries must be submitted in PDF format, without the author’s name in the manuscript. No chapbooks or translations. Submissions are via publishers only.
2. Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition 2025
Deadline: May 25, 2025Entry Fee: Varies based on submission category and date.
Prizes:
Grand Prize: $5,000, publication, interview, conference trip, and pitch opportunity.
First Place (per category): $1,000 and publication.Additional cash prizes for 2nd–10th places and discounts, subscriptions, and recognition for top winners and honorable mentions.
Categories: Include poetry, essays, short stories (various genres), humor, and children’s/YA fiction.
Submission Guidelines: Open to original works in 10 categories. Winners will be featured in Writer’s Digest (Nov/Dec 2025 issue) and online.
3. The SADC Secondary School Essay Competition 2025
The SADC Secondary School Essay Competition 2025 invites students from all 16 SADC Member States to submit essays on the topic: "How can innovation enhance SADC industrialization and sustainable economic growth and development?"
Deadline: 31 May 2025
Regional Prizes:1st Prize: USD 1,500 | 2nd Prize: USD 1,000 | 3rd Prize: USD 750
National Prizes:1st Prize: USD 500 | 2nd Prize: USD 300 | 3rd Prize: USD 200
Essays must be submitted via school head teachers. The competition aims to foster regional integration and socio-economic development through innovative thinking.
African Writers Awards 2025
Now in its 8th edition, the African Writers Awards celebrates African storytelling through poetry and short fiction. This year’s theme, “African Pride: A Cultural Narrative,” invites writers to explore heritage, identity, and culture in powerful, original voices. Sponsored by Anthony ‘Penboss’ Onugba, the award encourages authenticity and originality. However, AI-generated or previously published work will not be accepted.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Category: Poetry or Short Story (choose one only)
Eligibility: Open to African writers; previous winners excluded
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: $250 per genre winner
Additional Notes: Stories: 3,000–5,000 words; Poetry: 14 lines minimum
Now in its 8th edition, the African Writers Awards celebrates African storytelling through poetry and short fiction. This year’s theme, “African Pride: A Cultural Narrative,” invites writers to explore heritage, identity, and culture in powerful, original voices. Sponsored by Anthony ‘Penboss’ Onugba, the award encourages authenticity and originality. However, AI-generated or previously published work will not be accepted.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Category: Poetry or Short Story (choose one only)
Eligibility: Open to African writers; previous winners excluded
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: $250 per genre winner
Additional Notes: Stories: 3,000–5,000 words; Poetry: 14 lines minimum
2. Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature 2025
This prize honors the legacy of Wakini Kuria by recognizing excellence in children’s literature by African writers. Now in its 7th edition and sponsored by Nahida Esmail, the award seeks engaging, unpublished stories for readers aged 6 to 12. This year’s theme, “Reclaim Roots, Imagine Futures,” encourages writers to craft culturally rooted yet forward-looking tales.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Category: Children’s Literature (prose only, max 1,200 words)
Eligibility: Writers of African descent; past winners excluded
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: 1st – $200, 2nd – $150, 3rd – $100 + certificates
Additional Notes: AI-generated and previously published work not accepted
This prize honors the legacy of Wakini Kuria by recognizing excellence in children’s literature by African writers. Now in its 7th edition and sponsored by Nahida Esmail, the award seeks engaging, unpublished stories for readers aged 6 to 12. This year’s theme, “Reclaim Roots, Imagine Futures,” encourages writers to craft culturally rooted yet forward-looking tales.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Category: Children’s Literature (prose only, max 1,200 words)
Eligibility: Writers of African descent; past winners excluded
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: 1st – $200, 2nd – $150, 3rd – $100 + certificates
Additional Notes: AI-generated and previously published work not accepted
3. African Teen Writers Awards 2025
Now in its 4th edition, the African Teen Writers Awards encourages young African voices to celebrate culture and identity through the theme “My Culture, My Pride.” Organized by Writers Space Africa, the competition aims to combat negative stereotypes by giving early teens a platform to express themselves through poetry and prose.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Category: Poetry or Prose (one entry per category)
Eligibility: African teens aged 13–16
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: $100 + certificate per category winner
Additional Notes: AI-generated work is not allowed; proof of age will be required for shortlisted writers
Now in its 4th edition, the African Teen Writers Awards encourages young African voices to celebrate culture and identity through the theme “My Culture, My Pride.” Organized by Writers Space Africa, the competition aims to combat negative stereotypes by giving early teens a platform to express themselves through poetry and prose.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
Category: Poetry or Prose (one entry per category)
Eligibility: African teens aged 13–16
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: $100 + certificate per category winner
Additional Notes: AI-generated work is not allowed; proof of age will be required for shortlisted writers
4. Hubert Butler Essay Prize 2025
Inspired by the legacy of essayist Hubert Butler, this UK/EU contest challenges writers to explore profound social and philosophical questions. The 2025 topic draws on Shakespeare’s King Lear, encouraging entrants to tackle questions of autonomy, life, and death.
Deadline: July 4, 2025
Category: Essay (up to 3,000 words)
Eligibility: Citizens or residents of the UK or EU, age 18+
Entry Fee: Not specified
Prizes/Benefits: €1,500 (1st prize); two runners-up receive €500
Additional Notes: 2025 Theme: “Have we no more active rights over life, birth and death?”
Inspired by the legacy of essayist Hubert Butler, this UK/EU contest challenges writers to explore profound social and philosophical questions. The 2025 topic draws on Shakespeare’s King Lear, encouraging entrants to tackle questions of autonomy, life, and death.
Deadline: July 4, 2025
Category: Essay (up to 3,000 words)
Eligibility: Citizens or residents of the UK or EU, age 18+
Entry Fee: Not specified
Prizes/Benefits: €1,500 (1st prize); two runners-up receive €500
Additional Notes: 2025 Theme: “Have we no more active rights over life, birth and death?”
5. HG Wells Short Story Competition 2025
Celebrating storytelling in the spirit of H.G. Wells, this international competition offers prizes for both young and adult writers. The 2025 theme, “The Middle Ground,” invites bold and imaginative takes on contemporary issues or timeless themes.
Deadline: July 8, 2025 (by 11:00 p.m. BST)
Category: Short Story (Theme: The Middle Ground)
Eligibility: Open worldwide; Junior (under 21), Senior (21+)
Entry Fee: £10 (Senior), £5 (Senior students); Junior entries are free
Prizes/Benefits: £1,000 (Junior), £500 (Senior); shortlisted entries published in an anthology
Additional Notes: Entries must be original, unpublished, and under 5,000 words
Celebrating storytelling in the spirit of H.G. Wells, this international competition offers prizes for both young and adult writers. The 2025 theme, “The Middle Ground,” invites bold and imaginative takes on contemporary issues or timeless themes.
Deadline: July 8, 2025 (by 11:00 p.m. BST)
Category: Short Story (Theme: The Middle Ground)
Eligibility: Open worldwide; Junior (under 21), Senior (21+)
Entry Fee: £10 (Senior), £5 (Senior students); Junior entries are free
Prizes/Benefits: £1,000 (Junior), £500 (Senior); shortlisted entries published in an anthology
Additional Notes: Entries must be original, unpublished, and under 5,000 words
6. Joe Ushie Poetry Prize
The Joe Ushie Poetry Prize seeks to honor outstanding Nigerian poets. Entrants can submit up to three unpublished poems, each not exceeding 50 lines. The prize emphasizes originality and the celebration of Nigerian literary talent.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
Category: Poetry
Eligibility: Nigerian citizens aged 18 and above
Prize/Benefits: $500 and potential promotional opportunities through the Joe Ushie Literature Foundation.
The Joe Ushie Poetry Prize seeks to honor outstanding Nigerian poets. Entrants can submit up to three unpublished poems, each not exceeding 50 lines. The prize emphasizes originality and the celebration of Nigerian literary talent.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
Category: Poetry
Eligibility: Nigerian citizens aged 18 and above
Prize/Benefits: $500 and potential promotional opportunities through the Joe Ushie Literature Foundation.
7. Yale Drama Series Playwriting Competition 2026
This globally recognized annual competition is open to emerging playwrights writing in English. It seeks original, unpublished full-length plays with strong narrative and theatrical appeal. The winning manuscript receives not just acclaim but a publishing deal and a professional reading, making it a prime opportunity for breakthrough talent. The theme is open, but plays must not have been previously produced or published.
Deadline: August 15, 2025 (submissions open June 1, 2025)
Category: Full-length stage play (minimum 65 pages)
Eligibility: Open to writers worldwide; only solo-authored submissions accepted; prior winners excluded
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: $10,000 cash prize, publication by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale
Additional Notes: Must be unpublished and unproduced; no musicals, children’s plays, or co-authored scripts allowed
This globally recognized annual competition is open to emerging playwrights writing in English. It seeks original, unpublished full-length plays with strong narrative and theatrical appeal. The winning manuscript receives not just acclaim but a publishing deal and a professional reading, making it a prime opportunity for breakthrough talent. The theme is open, but plays must not have been previously produced or published.
Deadline: August 15, 2025 (submissions open June 1, 2025)
Category: Full-length stage play (minimum 65 pages)
Eligibility: Open to writers worldwide; only solo-authored submissions accepted; prior winners excluded
Entry Fee: None
Prizes/Benefits: $10,000 cash prize, publication by Yale University Press, and a staged reading at Yale
Additional Notes: Must be unpublished and unproduced; no musicals, children’s plays, or co-authored scripts allowed
8. Anthology Short Story Competition 2025
15. Oxford Poetry Prize 2025
The Oxford Poetry Prize is back and ready to crown the next champion of crisp, cutting, unforgettable verse. Hosted by Oxford Poetry, this annual contest invites poets from around the globe to submit a single poem (in English, up to 50 lines). If your lines carry weight, sting, beauty, or bite—this one’s for you.
This year’s guest judge is the acclaimed poet and essayist Rebecca Tamás. Winners not only walk away with serious cash but also earn the prestige of being published in one of the most respected poetry magazines around. Just make sure your words are yours—no AI, no previously published pieces, no exceptions.
- Deadline: August 31, 2025 (midnight UTC)
- Category: Poetry (Single Poem, max 50 lines)
- Eligibility: Open worldwide; 18+
- Entry Fee: £10 per poem
- Prizes:
- 1st Prize: £1,000
- 2nd Prize: £200
- 3rd Prize: £100
- Publication: All winning entries will be published in Oxford Poetry
September Writing Competitions in Nigeria 2025
1. Anthology Flash Fiction Competition 2025
The Writers’ College Annual Short Story Competition 2025
- Deadline: September 30, 2025
- Category: Short Fiction (max 2,000 words)
- Eligibility: Writers worldwide with fewer than four publications
- Entry Fee: Free before June 30, NZ£/£15 afterward
- Prizes/Benefits:
- 1st Prize: NZ$1,000 cash. Additional distinctions include “Highest Honours” and “Honours,” with shortlisted works published on their blog
- Theme-based entries only; one submission per writer
- Judged by award-winning authors
- No AI-generated content permitted
Raleigh Review Flash Fiction Prize 2025
This annual U.S.-based competition champions the art of flash fiction by awarding imaginative, succinct narratives (up to 1,000 words) that resonate emotionally and intellectually. Winners gain publication and gain wider recognition through the magazine’s platform. Submissions from both U.S. residents and international writers are welcome, with U.S.-based winners receiving cash and everyone else acknowledged with publication and subscriptions.
Deadline: October 31, 2025
Category: Flash Fiction (≤ 1,000 words)
Eligibility: Open globally; U.S. winners paid in cash; international winners receive publication and subscription
Entry Fee: $7 USD (fee waived June 1–30; tip jar optional)
Prizes/Benefits:
1st Prize: $300 + publication in Spring 2026 issue
Finalists: $15 + publication; plus 2‑year subscription
Additional Notes:
Submit up to two unpublished stories in one file
No personal identifying info; simultaneous submissions allowed
Staff and board members of Raleigh Review are ineligible
July Writing Competitions 2025
1. Anthology Short Story Competition 2025
September Writing Competitions 2025
1. Anthology Flash Fiction Competition 2025
2024 Writing Competitions
2024 Writing Competitions January
- Defenestrationism's Lengthy Poem Contest 2024
- Gemini Magazine Poetry Prize 2024
- The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies 2024
- Quantum Shorts Flash Fiction Contest 2024
- The Colorado Prize for Poetry 2024
- The Gulliver Travel Grant 2023
- Rattle Chapbook Prize 2024
- Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction 2024 and Phyllis Smart-Young Prize in Poetry 2024
- Pawners Paper's Spoken Word and Poetry Contest 1.0 2024
- Askew’s Word on the Lake Writing Contest 2023
- Story Unlikely Annual Short Story Contest 2024
2024 Writing Competitions February
- Dragonblade Publishing's Write Track Competition 2024
- The Ambroggio Prize 2024
- Harold Morton Landon Translation Award 2024
- The Tower Poetry Competition 2024
2024 Writing Competitions March
- The 2024 New Poets Prize
- Black Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize 2024
- Indignor House Writing Competition 2024
2024 Writing Competitions April
- Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2024
- 2024 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Prize | $12,500
- SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2024 | $4,000 Cash Prizes
- Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest 2024 |$2000+ Cash Prize
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize 2024 | $5,000 Cash Prize
- Poetry International Prize 2024 | $1000 Cash Prize
- 2024 Oversound Chapbook Prize | $1000 and 50 Copies
- The Iowa Poetry Prize 2024
- Own Voices, Own Stories Award 2024 | $2000+ Cash Prizes
- Al Blanchard Award 2024 | $100 Cash Prize And More
- $100 cash award.
- Publication in 2024’s Best New England Crime Stories anthology
- Free admission to the Crime Bake Conference.
- A handsome plaque.
- The winner is not required to attend the conference.
- The Author of Tomorrow Award 2024 | £1000+ Cash Prizes
2024 Writing Competitions May
- The Waterston Desert Writing Prize 2024 | $3000 Cash Prize
- 15th Call for the Casa África Essay Awards 2024 | 2000 Euros Cash Prize
- Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024 | $20,000 Cash Prize
- Academy of American Poets' James Laughlin Award 2024 | $5,000 Cash Prize and Sponsored Residency
- ABA Journal / Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction 2024 | $5,000 Cash Prize
- Academy of American Poets' Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 2024 | $25,000 Cash Prize
- The Yeovil Literary Prize International Writing Competition 2024
- The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing 2024|$10,000 and publication
2024 Writing Competitions June
- Boulevard Emerging Poets Contest 2024 | $1,000 Cash Prize
- Bard College's The Bard Fiction Prize 2025 | $30,000 and Writer Residency
- The Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award 2024 | $25,000 Cash Prize
- Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition 2024
- The Bridport Prize 2024
- 2024 McLellan Poetry Competition
- The Goi Peace Foundation's International Essay Contest For Young People 2024 | $700+ Cash Prizes
- University of Akron Press's Akron Poetry Prize 2024 | $1,500 and Publication
- Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors Short Story Contest 2024 | No Entry Fee
- The Griffin Poetry Prize 2025 | $130,000 Cash Prizes
- The 2024 Poetry London Prize | $8,000 Cash Prizes
- Drue Heinz Literature Prize 2024 | $15,000 Cash Prize and Publication
2024 Writing Competitions July
- The Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2024 | $1,000 Cash Prize
- The Wanjohi Prize for African Poetry | $100, $50
- The HG Wells Short Story Competition 2024 | $1,000+ Cash Prizes and Publication
2024 Writing Competitions August
- The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2024 | Poetry and Short Story
- £5,000 prize money
- (£2,500 for the Poetry Winner, £2,500 for the Short Fiction Winner)
- Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual
- A five-day course from Arvon (Fiction Winner)
- Two online masterclasses with Arvon (Poetry Winner)
- One-year print subscription to Granta (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
- One-year digital subscription to Mslexia (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
- Six-week writing poetry course from Curtis Brown Creative (Poetry Winner)
- Full membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner)
- A course from the Poetry School (Poetry Winner)
- Consultation with Redhammer Management (Fiction Winner)
- Six-week writing short stories course from Curtis Brown Creative (Fiction Winner)
- Full membership to Litopia (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
- One-year Deluxe Subscription to The London Magazine (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
2024 Writing Competitions September
- Rattle Poetry Prize 2024 | $15,000 Cash Prize
- Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest 2024 |$2000+ Cash Prize
2024 Writing Competitions October
2024 Writing Competitions November
2024 Writing Competitions December
- Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry
International Writing Competitions 2023 List
- European Writing Prize 2023
- The prize for the winner will be as follows:
- 50 euros paid via PayPal or bank transfer
- Automatic lifetime membership into The European Society of Literature
- Publication in the following quarterly literary journal of TESL
- Potential talks with literary agents — they may scout the shortlist and winners.
- The prestige associated with being victorious! An unmatched opportunity to get your foot in the burgeoning literary industry of Europe and the Americas.
- Island Prize For African Writers 2023
- International Student Essay Competition 2023
- RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers 2023
- In Profile In Courage Essay Contests 2023
- Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry 2023
- The Elie Wiesel Prize In Ethics Essay Contest 2023
- Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award 2023
- Nine Dots Prize 2023
- Ako Caine Prize For African Writing 2023
- Welkin Writing Prize 2023
I’m running this competition as a thank you to the writing community which has done so much to support both my writing and my freelance work over the past few years. In September 2022, I was lucky enough to receive a DYCP grant from Arts Council England to fund paid research and writing time, and this competition feels like a small thing that I can do to pay forwards my good fortune. As such, the competition is free to enter and I hope it will be a welcoming space for all writers. The competition is open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels. There is a whole universe (or welkin) of possibilities.
- 1st place (£150 + annual membership of Writers' HQ worth £190)
- 2nd place (£75 + AdHoc Fiction book voucher worth £25)
- 3rd place (£50 + a copy of "Deflection" by Roberta Beary)
- Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest 2023
- Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest 2023
- Jack Hazard Fellowship For Fiction 2023
- Zocalo Poetry Prize 2023
Since 2012, the Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize has recognized the U.S. writer of a poem that best evokes a connection to place. Zócalo is currently accepting submissions. The deadline for entries is January 23, 2023 at 11:59 PM PST. There is no fee required to enter the contest.We are on the lookout for that rare combination of creativity and clarity, excellence and evocation. The prize interprets “place” in many ways: A location may possess historical, cultural, political, or personal importance, and may be literal, imaginary, or metaphorical.Our 12th annual winner will be selected by the Zócalo staff, working in conjunction with a poetry prize selection committee. The winner will receive $1,000 and will have the opportunity to deliver their poem at the Zócalo Book Prize event in the spring. Zócalo will also publish the poem on our site alongside an interview with the poet. In addition, we plan to recognize our honorable mention submissions.
- Deep Wild 2023 Graduate Student Poetry Contest
- Global Essay Competition 2023
- Center For African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize 2023
- The Diana Woods Memorial Award 2023
- Christopher Tower Poetry Competition 2023
- The Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize 2023
- Black Caucus of ALA (BCALA) Self-Publishing Literary Awards 2023
- Annual BSFS Poetry Contest 2023
- Please no previously published submissions.
- Winners will receive a cash prize, convention membership and be invited to read their winning entries at Balticon. Attendance at Balticon is not required to win.
- Winning poems will be published one time in the BSFAN, the Balticon convention souvenir book. In addition, a pdf version of the winning poems as they appear in the BSFAN will be available on the Balticon Poetry Contest website. Writers retain all rights to their work. By submitting to the contest, entrants agree to these terms
- Pen America Free Expression Essay Competition 2023
- The Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards 2023
- Stephen Spender Prize 2023
- 2023 Helen Schaible International Sonnet Contest
- The Black Voices in Children’s Literature: Writing Contest 2023
- Winchester Poetry Prize 2023
- The 1729 Book Prize in Poetry 2023
- SURGING TIDE: THE ANNUAL SUMMER WRITING CONTEST
- 2023 Platt Family Scholarship Essay Contest
- 3rd Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures 2023
- The Granum Foundation Prize 2023
- The Yale Drama Series 2023
- Lucky Jefferson Poetry & Prose Summer Contest 2023
- North East Playwriting Award 2023
- Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour 2023
- The Waterford Poetry Prize 2023
- Palette Poetry's Chapbook Prize 2023
- RSL Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction 2023
- Nan Shepherd Prize 2023
- The Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism 2023
- The Masters Review’s Short Story Award for New Writers 2023
- The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction
- Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2023
- Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2023
- The Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award 2023
- The Val Wood Prize for Creative Writing 2023: The Hungry Tide 30th Anniversary Special
- The Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing
- Academy For Teachers: Stories Out of School Flash Fiction Contest 2023
- The Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts 2023
- The Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts 2023
- The Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction, Issue 24
- The New York Labor History Association’s Bernhardt Prize 2023
- Frontier Poetry's Roots and Roads Prize 2023
- Source Writing Prize 2023
- Mslexia Women's Fiction Competition 2023
- The César Egido Serrano Foundation 2023
- The Iowa Short Fiction Award & John Simmons Short Fiction Award 2023
- Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize 2023
- The Peter Poetry Prize 2023
- The National Poetry Competition 2023
- The ServiceScape Short Story Award 2023
- Frontier Poetry's Award For New Poets 2023
- The Benjamin Franklin Essay Competition 2023
- 2024 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize
- Happiful Poetry Prize 2024
- The Poetry.com Contest 2023
- One Teen Story Contest 2023
- 2024 Minotaur Books/Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition
- The Betty Trask Prize 2023
- Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition 2023
- Cafe Writers Poetry Competition 2023
- Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest 2023
- 2023 Information Warfare Essay Contest
- How might the opening salvoes of the next war begin in the information space,and what should be done now to defend against those attacks? How might our adversaries be planning to win without fighting by using information warfare?
- What specific information warfare technologies (offensive and defensive) should the U.S. military be investing in now?
- How can the military recruit, educate, train, and retain the information warriors it needs to prevail in the information environment?
- Are there any recent case studies (that went well or poorly) that can provide lessons to guide strategy, operations, tactics, or acquisition over the next three to five years?
- What role will electronic warfare and emissions control play in the future of naval warfare?
- J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction 2023
- The Sarah Maguire Poetry in Translation Prize 2023
- The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry
- Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2023
- Troubadour International Poetry Prize 2023
- first prize £2,000
- second prize £1,000
- third prize £500
- plus 20 commendeds
- plus – winners & commendeds will be invited to read with judges (live & online) at the Bedford Park Festival ‘Yeats Birthday’ poetry event in June 2024.
- Afritondo Short Story Prize 2024
- The Masters Review Chapbook Competition 2024
- The 2023 Society of Classical Poets International Poetry Competition
- Kinsman Quarterly’s Iridescence Award 2023
- The Fourth Quartets Prize 2023
- 2024 Elizabeth Alexander Creative Writing Award
- The Lyric College Poetry Contest 2023
- The Writivism Literary Prizes 2023
- The Tony Quagliano Poetry Award 2023
- Harbor Editions' Laureate Prize 2024
- Lilith Magazine Annual Fiction Contest 2023
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