The competition is organized by the Aesthetica Magazine, an international art and culture magazine. The competition is open to anyone.

There are two categories: Poetry and Short Fiction.

Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines. Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words.

There is no theme to the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award. You are welcome to submit work on any subject.

Both Poetry and Fiction entries should be written in English.

We are keen to encourage quality submissions, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.