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Current Month

December

sun15dec11:59 pmsun11:59 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedInkWellness Writing Contest 2024CategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count3,000 Top PrizePublished in our 2024 Edition

mon16dec3:23 pmmon3:23 pmCompletedGlobe Soup 2024 Short Story CompetitionCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£8 Max word count8,000 Top Prize£2,000

thu19dec7:35 pmthu7:35 pmCompletedNarratively 2024 Memoir PrizeCategoryMemoirInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count7,000 Top Prize$3,000 and publication

sat28dec10:44 pmsat10:44 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!Repeating EventVirtual EventThe Future Scholar Foundation Short Story CompetitionShort story competition for elementary and middle school studentsCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count350 Top Prize$25 Amazon Gift Card

tue31dec12:00 amtue11:59 pmCompletedKiller Shorts Horror Short Story CompetitionCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee$30 Max word count6000 Top PrizePublication, Career Mentorship Call, Scrivener Writing Software, Book Brush 1 Year Gold Membership, trophy

tue31decAll DayThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedStories of Inspiration - Non-Fiction EssaysOpen Submissions Throughout 2024CategoryEssay,Non-fictionInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count2,000 Top PrizePublication

tue31dec12:02 amtue12:02 amThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedArkbound Writing CompetitionExploring Scottish Natural Landscapes, Cultural Heritage, and Environmental PreservationCategoryPoetry,ProseUnited KingdomEntry FeeFree Max word count4,500 Top PrizeCopy of book. Monetary prize TBD.

tue31dec9:00 amtue11:59 pmCompletedDo Wha(TS) WriteCategoryFlash Fiction,Short FictionInternationalEntry Fee$3 Max word count1000 Top Prize$200

tue31dec12:00 pmtue11:59 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedElizabeth Alexander Creative Writing AwardInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count7500 Top Prize$500

tue31dec6:05 pmtue6:05 pmCompletedVirtual EventThe Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Unpublished BooksAll entries are considered for publication, submission to the Pushcart Prize, and for further anthologies.CategoryNon-fiction,Poetry,Short Fiction,Unpublished BooksInternationalEntry Fee$15 - $25 Max word countDepends on category (check organizer's website) Top Prize$1,000 and publication

tue31dec10:52 pmtue10:52 pmCompletedIrish Haiku Society – International Haiku CompetitionCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee€3 Max word count17 syllables Top Prize€200

January

wed01jan6:50 pmwed6:50 pmCompletedThe Eunice Williams Nonfiction PrizeCategoryEssay,Non-fictionInternationalEntry Fee$9 - $15 Max word count5,000 Top Prize$400

mon06jan12:07 ammon12:07 amCompletedShepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival 2025 Poetry CompetitionTHEME: TREASURES OF NATURECategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£4 Max word count30 lines Top Prize£300

mon13jan4:43 pmmon4:43 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedDiscoveries 2025 Women’s Novel PrizeCategoryNovelUK & IrelandEntry FeeFree Max word count10,000 + synopsis Top Prize£5,000 and offer of representation from Curtis Brown Literary Agency

tue14jan4:05 pmtue4:05 pmCompletedThe 2025 Colorado Prize for PoetryCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee$28 Max word count100 pages Top Prize$2,500 honorarium and publication by the Center for Literary Publishing

wed15jan12:15 amwed12:15 amThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedDolors Alberola Poetry PrizeCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count800 verses or lines Top PrizeTranslation, publication, copies of book, royalties

wed15jan10:23 amwed12:00 amCompletedThe Bournemouth Writing Prize 2025CategoryPoetry,Short StoryUnited KingdomEntry Fee£10 Max word count30 lines (Poetry); 3000 words (short story) Top Prize£500 and publication

wed15jan2:50 pmwed2:50 pmCompletedStoryBottle Co. Short Story ContestCategoryShort StoryUSAEntry Fee$15 Max word count10,000 Top Prize$1000

wed15jan5:59 pmwed5:59 pmCompleted2025 Rattle Chapbook PrizeCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee$30 Top Prize$5,000 and 500 author copies of the published chapbook

fri17jan11:59 pmfri11:59 pmCompletedJerboa Lit's Inaugural 48-Hour Flash Fiction CompetitionCategoryFlash FictionInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count500 Top Prize$1,000

tue28jan1:57 pmtue1:57 pmCompletedThe 2025 Calibre Essay PrizeCategoryEssayInternationalEntry Fee$30 Max word count5,000 Top Prize$5,000 and publication

tue28jan3:41 pmtue3:41 pmCompletedThe 12th Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry CompetitionCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee€5 Max word count50 lines Top Prize€750

tue28jan10:44 pmtue10:44 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!Repeating EventVirtual EventThe Future Scholar Foundation Short Story CompetitionShort story competition for elementary and middle school studentsCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count350 Top Prize$25 Amazon Gift Card

fri31jan12:00 amfri11:59 pmCompletedThe Screw Turn Flash Fiction CompetitionCategoryFlash FictionInternationalEntry Fee$15 Max word count1,000 Top Prize$1,000

fri31jan12:01 amfri11:59 pmCompletedThe Geneva Writers Group Literary Prize 2025CategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee25 CHF Max word count1500 words (Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction); 15 lines (poetry) Top Prize100 CHF plus 1 free GWG workshop in 2025, publication, invitation to open mic night

fri31jan3:17 pmfri3:17 pmCompletedSmall Harbor Publishing Laureate PrizeCategoryFull ManuscriptInternationalEntry Fee$25 Max word count80 pages Top Prize$500, publication, and 20 copies of book

fri31jan3:26 pmfri3:26 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedCheshire Prize for Literature 2024/25CategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word countDepends on category (check organizer's website) Top PrizePublication

fri31jan5:18 pmfri5:18 pmCompletedFiction Factory First Chapter + Synopsis Competition​CategorySynopsisInternationalEntry Fee£18 Max word count5,000 Top Prize£500 + an appraisal

fri31jan5:29 pmfri5:29 pmCompletedMagma Poetry CompetitionCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£5 Max word count50 lines Top Prize£1,000

fri31jan6:15 pmfri6:15 pmCompletedKent and Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£5 Max word count40 lines Top Prize£1,000 and publication

fri31jan6:29 pmfri11:59 pmCompletedGeminga Contest 2025CategoryFlash Fiction,Micro Fiction,Poetry,Short FictionInternationalEntry Fee$5 Max word count100 Top Prize$100 and publication

fri31jan6:40 pmfri6:40 pmCompletedWOW! Creative Nonfiction Essay ContestCategoryNon-fictionInternationalEntry Fee$12 Max word count1,000 Top Prize$500, publication, interview, and gift code good for one item from CreateWriteNow's Store

fri31jan8:00 pmfri8:00 pmCompletedThe 47th Nimrod Literary AwardsCategoryPoetry,Short StoryInternationalEntry Fee$25 Max word count7,500 (fiction); 3-10 pages (poetry) Top Prize$2,000 and publication

fri31jan10:27 pmfri10:27 pmCompletedBristol Short Story Prize 2025CategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£12 Max word count4,000 Top Prize£1,000

fri31jan11:23 pmfri11:23 pmCompletedNew Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025CategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£10 Max word count300 Top Prize£1,100 and publication

fri31jan11:29 pmfri11:29 pmCompletedStory Unlikely's Annual Short Story ContestCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count4,000 Top Prize$1,500 and publication

fri31jan11:35 pmfri11:35 pmCompletedRotten: A Valentine's ContestCategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee$10 Max word count5000 Top Prize$200

February

sun02feb6:19 pmsun6:19 pmCompletedBath Flash Fiction Award 2025CategoryFlash FictionInternationalEntry Fee£9 Max word count300 Top Prize£1,000

sun02feb7:54 pmsun7:54 pmCompletedThe Masters Review Winter Short Story Award for New WritersCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count6,000 Top Prize$3,000 and publication

mon03feb11:11 pmmon11:11 pmCompletedMichael Waters Poetry PrizeCategoryPoetryUSAEntry Fee$30 Max word count100 pages Top Prize$6,000 and publication

thu13feb12:00 amthu11:59 pmCompletedNext Generation Indie Book AwardsCategoryFull ManuscriptCanadaEntry Fee$75 Max word countNo limit Top Prize$1500

fri14feb11:11 pmfri11:11 pmCompletedRhys Davies Short Story CompetitionCategoryShort StoryUnited KingdomEntry Fee£8 Max word count5,000 Top Prize£1,000 and publication

sat15feb5:24 pmsat5:24 pmCompletedMurder Squad Short Story CompetitionCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£8 Max word count1500 Top Prize£100 cash prize and winner certificate

sun23feb10:00 amsun10:00 pmCompletedFFF Competition Twenty-SixCategoryFlash FictionInternationalEntry Fee£3.95 Max word count300 Top Prize£150

sun23feb7:05 pmsun6:00 pmCompletedBook a Break Flash Fiction CompetitionCategoryFlash FictionInternationalEntry Fee€8 Max word count500 Top PrizeFour-night stay for two people in Aix en Provence, France

mon24feb10:58 pmmon10:58 pmCompletedThe Elmbridge Literary CompetitionCategoryPoetry,Short StoryInternationalEntry Fee£8 (free for under 18s) Max word count1500 (short story); 30 lines (poetry) Top Prize£250

thu27febAll DayCompletedNext Generation Short Story AwardsA not-for-profit international awards program for authors of short stories.CategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee$25 Max word count5,000 Top Prize$500 and publication

fri28feb12:00 amfri11:59 pmCompleted7th Annual First Thousand Words Contest by Writerwerx UniversityCategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee$10 Max word count1,000 Top Prize$1,100 in cash and prizes, your book 20,000 book lovers, award badge, winning author featured annually in contest promotions.

fri28feb12:00 amfri11:59 pmCompletedRigel 2025 Contest for Authors and ArtistsCategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee$5 Max word count1,500 (short stories); 14 lines (poetry); 6 pages (graphic novels) Top Prize$100 and publication

fri28feb12:00 pmfri12:00 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedVoice.club Monthly Flash Fiction ContestCategoryFiction,Flash Fiction,Short Fiction,Short StoryInternationalEntry FeeFREE Max word count350 Top Prize$25

fri28feb2:14 pmfri2:14 pmCompletedThe Margery Allingham Short Mystery CompetitionCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£18 Max word count3,500 Top Prize£500

fri28feb2:19 pmfri2:19 pmCompletedEmerging Author Dagger Crime Novel CompetitionCategoryNovelInternationalEntry Fee£42 Max word count3,000 (novel opening) + 1,500 (synopsis) Top Prize£500

fri28feb2:52 pmfri11:59 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedWrite or Flight - The World's First Reality Show For WritersCategoryMemoirInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count2000 Top Prize$10,000 book advance

fri28feb2:57 pmfri2:57 pmCompletedAWP Award Series 2025CategoryFull ManuscriptInternationalEntry Fee$30 Max word countDepends on category (check organizer's website) Top Prize$5,500 and publication

fri28feb2:58 pmfri2:58 pmCompletedEdinburgh Essay AwardOpen to writers worldwide and essays on any topicCategoryEssayInternationalEntry Fee£10 Max word count2,000 Top Prize£1,000

fri28feb3:03 pmfri3:03 pmCompletedEdinburgh Short Story Award 2025Open to unpublished writers worldwideCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£11 Max word count2000 Top Prize £3,000

fri28feb3:09 pmfri3:09 pmCompletedEdinburgh Young Adult Fiction PrizeFor Novels and Graphic NovelsCategoryNovelInternationalEntry Fee£25 Max word count5,000 Top Prize£1,500

fri28feb3:30 pmfri3:30 pmCompletedSTAR Award for Published Women's Fiction AuthorsCategoryFull ManuscriptInternationalEntry Fee$60 Max word countNo limit (60,000 words minumum) Top Prize$500

fri28feb4:19 pmfri11:59 pmCompletedCranked Anvil Quarterly Flash Fiction PrizeCategoryFlash FictionInternationalEntry Fee£5 Max word count500 Top Prize£100

fri28feb5:00 pmfri5:37 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedBridge House Annual AnthologyCall for submissionsCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count5000 Top PrizePublication (24 stories selected)

fri28feb5:28 pmfri5:28 pmCompletedTHE 2025 NEW ENGLAND READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS CONTESTCategoryNovel,NovellaInternationalEntry Fee$30 Max word count80,000 Top PrizeStory & Character Development Coaching by Jeannie Moon of Five Harbor Literary

fri28feb6:35 pmfri11:59 pmCompletedWOW! Winter 2025 Flash Fiction ContestCategoryFlash FictionInternationalEntry Fee$10 Max word count750 Top Prize$400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate

fri28feb8:22 pmfri8:22 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedThe Canterbury Tales Writing CompetitionCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count500 Top Prize£300 for winner and £1000 for their school library

fri28feb10:44 pmfri10:44 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!Repeating EventVirtual EventThe Future Scholar Foundation Short Story CompetitionShort story competition for elementary and middle school studentsCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count350 Top Prize$25 Amazon Gift Card

March

sat01marAll Daytue01aprCompletedSinister Sanctuaries Short Story ContestThe Elegant Literature Award for New WritersCategoryFeatured event,Short StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree (for Elegant Literature members) Max word count2000 Top Prize$3,000, 10 cents per word, publication, and free enrollment in the New Novelist Accelerator program

sat01mar11:32 amsat11:32 amThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedPilgrimages Travel Writing Competition 2025CategoryMemoir,Non-fiction,Short StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count1800 Top Prize$300

sat01mar5:10 pmsat5:10 pmCompletedEthos Literacy Annual Short Short Story ContestCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee$10 Max word count100 Top Prize$200

sat01mar8:35 pmsat8:35 pmCompletedWeatherglass Novella Prize 2025CategoryNovellaInternationalEntry Fee£20 Max word count40,000 Top Prize£500 and publication

sat01mar10:53 pmsat10:53 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedThe Curae Prize 2025A literary award just for writer-carersCategoryNon-fiction,Poetry,Short FictionInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count4,000 (short fiction, non-fiction); 40 lines (poetry) Top Prize£250, publication, mentoring session with literary agent Jo Williamson

mon03mar12:02 ammon5:00 pmCompletedGutsy Great Novelist Chapter One PrizeCategoryNovelInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word countNo limit Top Prize$1000

mon03mar4:49 pmmon4:49 pmCompletedBardsy’s 2025 Anthology Contest: First ChaptersCategoryNovelUSAEntry Fee$20 Max word count2500 Top Prize$1,000

wed12mar5:00 pmwed12:00 amThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedLove Letter To My Toxic Trait ChallengeCategoryLetterInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word countNo limit Top Prize $85, 1 month African Voices Fellowship Subscription, free Writer’s Handbook, Featured Author Spotlight

sat15mar7:12 pmsat7:12 pmCompletedPerkoff Prize 2025CategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee $15 Max word countDepends on category. Check with organizer. Top Prize$1,000

mon17mar11:57 pmmon11:57 pmCompletedThe Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize 2025CategoryShort StoryUnited KingdomEntry Fee£10 Max word count5,000 Top Prize£1,000

fri28mar10:44 pmfri10:44 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!Repeating EventVirtual EventThe Future Scholar Foundation Short Story CompetitionShort story competition for elementary and middle school studentsCategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count350 Top Prize$25 Amazon Gift Card

fri28mar11:48 pmfri11:48 pmCompleted​Red Shed Poetry Competition 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£3.50 Max word count40 lines Top Prize£100

fri28mar11:56 pmfri11:56 pmCompletedThe Plough Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£5 Max word count40 lines Top Prize£1,000

sun30mar10:47 pmsun10:47 pmCompletedRhina Espaillat Poetry AwardCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee$7 Max word count50 lines Top Prize$2,000 and publication

mon31mar12:00 ammon12:00 amCompletedBath Short Story Award 2025CategoryShort StoryInternationalEntry Fee£9 Max word count2,200 Top Prize£1,000

mon31mar12:00 ammon11:59 pmCompletedThe E. H. P. Barnard Spring Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryUnited KingdomEntry Fee£2 Max word count400 Top Prize£150 and a poem video, professionally performed and produced

mon31mar12:04 ammon12:04 amCompletedThe London Magazine Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£10 Max word count40 lines Top Prize£500

mon31mar1:00 ammon11:59 pmCompletedFirst Writing Competition Judged by AICategoryFull Manuscript,Unpublished BooksInternationalEntry Fee$30 Max word count80,000 Top PrizePublication

mon31mar9:46 ammon11:59 pmCompletedThe Dark Poets Prize - Edition IIICategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee£5 Max word count250 Top Prize£500

mon31mar1:44 pmmon11:59 pmCompletedThe Letter Review Prize for PoetryCategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee$15 Max word count70 lines Top Prize$333

mon31mar1:47 pmmon1:47 pmCompletedThe Letter Review Prize for Short FictionCategoryFiction,Short Fiction,Short StoryInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count5000 Top Prize$333

mon31mar1:51 pmmon11:59 pmCompletedThe Letter Review Prize for NonfictionCategoryEssay,Memoir,Non-fictionInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count5000 Top Prize$333

mon31mar1:54 pmmon11:59 pmCompletedThe Letter Review Prize for BooksCategoryChapbook,Essay,Fiction,Full Manuscript,Memoir,Non-fiction,Novel,Novella,Poetry,Prose,Short Fiction,Short Story,Unpublished BooksInternationalEntry Fee$25 Max word count5000 Top Prize$333

mon31mar2:51 pmmon2:51 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedDeborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award 2025CategoryFull ManuscriptUK & IrelandEntry FeeFree Max word count20,000 Top Prize£10,000

mon31mar3:28 pmmon3:28 pmCompletedThe Clay Reynolds Novella PrizeCategoryNovellaInternationalEntry Fee$20 Max word count50,000 Top Prize$1,000 advance, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book

mon31mar3:33 pmmon3:33 pmCompletedLouise Bogan Award for Excellence in PoetryCategoryPoetryUSAEntry Fee$25 Max word count120 pages of poetry Top Prize$1000, twenty copies of published book, and assistance in marketing the book

mon31mar8:51 pmmon8:51 pmThis event is FREE to enter! Yay!CompletedThe Tom Grass Writing PrizeCategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry FeeFree Max word count3000 Top Prize£1,000

mon31mar8:24 pmmon8:24 pmCompletedInception 2025 ContestCategoryMultiple categoriesInternationalEntry Fee$5 Max word count250 (prose); 25 lines (poetry) Top Prize$100 and publication

mon31mar10:32 pmmon10:32 pmCompletedThe Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2025CategoryPoetryInternationalEntry Fee€15 Max word countNo limit Top Prize€1,000, publication, and a week at Circle of Misse in France

mon31mar11:19 pmmon11:19 pmCompletedLittle Kanawha Reading Series Chapbook ContestCategoryPoetry,ProseUSAEntry Fee$10 Max word count25 pages Top Prize$200, publication, author copies of book, invitation to be a featured reader at the Little Kanawha Reading Series

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