Welcome to the most comprehensive list of creative writing competitions, short story competitions, and various events for writers.

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The most common type of writing competitions on our list are short story competitions, but we also feature opportunities for poetry, flash fiction, essays, and full manuscripts. We hope there is something here to satisfy every taste :)

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october

23oct1:00 am12:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Beartooth Anthony’s Halloween Campfire Story ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: N/A Top Prize: Snow Peak GigaPower Backpacking Stove

23oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short FictionUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 6,000 Top Prize: £500 and publication

24octAll DayFree to enter! Yay!SCARY FLASH FICTION Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 350 Top Prize: $50 / $25 Amazon Gift Cards

26octAll Day10 Words of Woe Writing ContestSubmit a 10-word story that breaks our heartsInternational Entry Fee: $3 Max word count: 10 Top Prize: $100

30octAll DayFree to enter! Yay!Jane Austen's House Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 500 (fiction, letter writing), 30 lines (poetry) Top Prize: Publication, publicity, free pass to Jane Austen's house

30oct1:00 am1:00 amPort Stephens Literature AwardsAustralia Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: $300

30oct1:00 am11:59 pmF(r)iction Writing ContestInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: 7,500 (short stories), 1,000 (flash fiction) , 3 pages (poetry) Top Prize: $1,000

31octAll DayThe Bedford International Short Story and Poetry AwardsInternational Entry Fee: £6 Max word count: 3,000 (short story), 40 lines (poetry) Top Prize: £500

31octAll Day#FlashFiction101International Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 101 Top Prize: Publication / Entry into annual competition / Professionally recorded reading of your work as part of a 2021 digital series.

31oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Young Walter Scott PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: £500 travel and research grant to explore historical places in the UK

31oct1:00 am11:59 pmSentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 50 lines Top Prize: £250

31oct1:00 am11:59 pmFree to enter! Yay!Pressfuls 2020 Fantasy Short Story ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $50 and publication

31oct1:00 am1:00 amWenlock Olympian Society Flash Fiction CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 1,000 Top Prize: £150

31oct1:00 am1:00 amMinds on Fire Open Book PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: 90 pages Top Prize: $1,500, publication, and 30 author copies

31oct1:00 am1:00 amThe ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust AwardInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: £1,000

31oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!The PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for FictionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $15,000

31oct1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineCranked Anvil Short Story CompetitionQuarterly Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: £150 and publication

31oct1:00 am1:00 amBlack River Chapbook CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: Full manuscript (16-36 pages) Top Prize: $500 and publication

31oct1:00 am1:00 amCinnamon Press Literature AwardInternational Entry Fee: £16 Max word count: 5,000 (prose), 50 lines (poetry) Top Prize: Publication

31oct1:00 am1:00 amOvacome Writing CompetitionOvarian Cancer Support SocietyUK Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: £250

31oct1:00 am1:00 amGinkgo Prize for EcopoetryInternational Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: £5,000

31oct1:00 am1:00 amBenjamin Saltman Poetry AwardInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $3,000 and publication

31oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Go Green Prize Short Story ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 10,000 Top Prize: $100 and publication

31oct1:00 am1:00 amWOW! Women On Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay ContestInternational Entry Fee: $12 Max word count: 1.000 Top Prize: $500, publication, interview, and gift card good for one item from CreateWriteNow's Store

31oct1:00 am1:00 amCBC Short Story PrizeCanada Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: $1,000 and publication

31oct1:00 am1:00 amThe Barbellion PrizePromoting ill and disabled voices in writingInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) Top Prize: £600

31oct1:00 am1:00 amBenjamin Franklin House Literary PrizeUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: £750 and publication

31oct9:00 am11:59 pmFree to enter! Yay!Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) 6th annual Fall Fiction Short Story ContestUSA Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,500 Words Top Prize: Publication, possible scholarship

november

01nov12:00 am12:00 amMoved OnlineSeventh Drapers Guild Short Story ContestUSA Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: $100

01novAll DayFree to enter! Yay!National Writing Competition for serving prisoners and those on probationUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: Cash prize and certificate (value unknown)

01nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Commonwealth Short Story PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: £5,000 and publication

01nov1:00 am1:00 amShooter Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £3 Max word count: 100 lines Top Prize: £150 and publication

01nov1:00 am1:00 amJohn Steinbeck Award for FictionInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $1,000

01nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!THE NINA RIGGS POETRY AWARDInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) Top Prize: $1,000

01nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Taco Bell Quarterly Creative Writing EventNow Open for Volume 4International Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: Publicaiton

01nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Caledonia Novel AwardInternational award for unpublished and self-published novelistsInternational Entry Fee: £25 Max word count: Full manuscript (at least 50,000 words) Top Prize: £25

01nov1:00 am12:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Flash fiction challenge: Visioning a Better World Beyond the PandemicInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,250 Top Prize: €300

01nov1:00 am1:00 amGotham Book PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $50,000

01nov1:00 am1:00 amGabriele Rico Challenge for Creative NonfictionInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $1,333

01nov1:00 am1:00 amCatherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction PrizeUSA Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: $15,000 and publication

01nov1:00 am1:00 amEdwin Markham Prize for PoetryInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: no limit (?) Top Prize: $1,000

11nov12:00 am12:00 amHumorous Flash Fiction Writing ContestPakistan Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,000 Top Prize: PKR 10,000

11nov1:00 am1:00 amGlobe Soup Autumn Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 50 lines Top Prize: £1,000

13nov1:00 am1:00 am'Isolation' Short Story Competition Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: $1,000

15novAll DayThe Perugia Press Writing Prize for WomenInternational Entry Fee: $27 Max word count: Full manuscript (45-85 pages) Top Prize: $1,000, publication, mentoring

15novAll DayThe Masters Review Chapbook Award for Emerging WritersInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: Full manuscript (25-40 pages) Top Prize: $3,000 and publication

15novAll Day2020 Voyage YA Short Story AwardInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $3000 and publication

15novAll DayWriters Online Crime Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £6 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £100 and publication in Writing Magazine

15novAll DayFrontier Poetry AwardsInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: $5000 and publication

15novAll DayFree to enter! Yay!ISAAC : Tell a Tech Tale, Spin a Sci-VerseInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: $400

15nov1:00 am1:00 amThe TripFiction ‘Sense of Place’ Creative Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 3,000 Top Prize: £300 and a critique from judge

15nov1:00 am1:00 amWordsmiths Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: £500

16nov1:00 am1:00 amNeilma Sidney Short Story PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: 3,000 Top Prize: $5,000 and publication

16nov1:00 am1:00 amJudith Wright Poetry PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: 80 lines Top Prize: $6,000

21novAll DayNYC Midnight Micro Fiction ChallengeMicro Fiction ChallengeInternational Entry Fee: $24 Max word count: 250 Top Prize: $3,000 and feedback from judges

24nov1:00 am1:00 amBlue Pencil Agency Pitch PrizeCompetition for unagented writers of fictionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 500 Top Prize: One on one meeting with literary agent

26novAll DayFree to enter! Yay!THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITIONTo encourage and reward writingInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 40 lines (poetry), 500 words (stories) Top Prize: £100 and publication

27nov1:00 am1:00 amWales Poetry AwardInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 70 lines Top Prize: £250 and a place on a residential course at Literature Wales’ Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre

27nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!The New Media Writing PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) Top Prize: £1,000

28nov1:00 am1:00 amEast Riding Festival of Words Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £4 Max word count: 45 lines Top Prize: £500

30novAll DayFree to enter! Yay!Better Than Starbucks 2020 Sonnet ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: ? Top Prize: $350 and publication

30novAll DayMoved OnlineThe Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: €7 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: €2,000, publication, a week\'s residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre

30novAll DayBath Children's Novel AwardInternational prize for emerging children's novelistsInternational Entry Fee: £28 (sponsored places available for writers on a low income) Max word count: Full manuscripts (no maximum) Top Prize: £3,000

30nov1:00 am11:59 pmTravel Short Story CompetitionLet's Travel with Words International Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: £1,000

30nov1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineSoundwork Monologue CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: monologue of up to ten minutes Top Prize: Recording by professional actor and production for inclusion on Soundcloud and the Soundwork website

30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts JournalismInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 800 Top Prize: £3,000 and publication

30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Somerset Maugham AwardsUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: £5000

30nov1:00 am1:00 amAnthology Magazine Poetry PrizeInternational Entry Fee: €10 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: €500 and publication

30nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!The Brunel International African Poetry PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 30 lines Top Prize: £3000

30nov1:00 am1:00 amCinematic Short Story Writing CompetitionSeeking great prose stories that have cinematic adaptation potentialInternational Entry Fee: $49 Max word count: 20,000 Top Prize: $1,000

30nov1:00 am1:00 amCafé Writers Open Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £4 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £1,000

30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Jacques Maritain Prize for NonfictionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) Top Prize: $500

30nov1:00 am1:00 amWOW! Women On Writing Fall 2020 Flash Fiction ContestInternational Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 750 Top Prize: $400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate

30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Charles Causley International Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £7.50 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £2,000 plus a 1 week writing residency at Cyprus Well, Charles Causley’s former home in Launceston

30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Melita Hume Poetry PrizeUK Entry Fee: £15 Max word count: 100 pages Top Prize: £2,000 and publication

december

01decAll DayThe Breakwater Fiction ContestInternational Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 4,000 Top Prize: $1000 and publication

01decAll DayFree to enter! Yay!The International Law and Technology Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,000 Top Prize: £1,500 and publication

01dec1:00 am1:00 amWomen's National Book Association Writing ContestInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: 3,000 (fiction), 2,500 (creative nonfiction), 750 (flash), 5 pages (poetry) Top Prize: $250 and publication

01dec1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Language Evolves Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: £400 and publication

01dec1:00 am1:00 amTHE LATIN PROGRAMME POETRY PRIZEInternational Entry Fee: £12 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £250

01dec1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Brooklyn Nonfiction PrizeBrooklyn Film & Arts FestivalInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: $500 and publication

03dec1:00 am1:00 amInk your Thoughts Global Writing ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: No limit Top Prize: Publication

04decAll DayFree to enter! Yay!The Sunday Times Audible Short Story AwardThe richest prize for a single short story in the English languageInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 6,000 Top Prize: £30,000

06decAll DayFree to enter! Yay!MINI SAGA COMPETITION: Write a story in 50 wordsInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 50 Top Prize: £25 Love to Shop card, which can be spent in Marks and Spencer, Debenhams, Boots, Argos, Fat Face and over 80 other shops

07dec1:00 am1:00 amMslexia Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: £2,000

10dec(dec 10)1:00 am07jan(jan 7)11:59 pmWild Atlantic Writing Awards (WAWA) - Flash Fiction and Creative NonfictionFlash fiction and creative nonfiction awardsInternational Entry Fee: €10 Max word count: 500 Top Prize: €500

12decAll DayDaisy Pettles Women’s Writing ContestAwards and ResidencyInternational Entry Fee: $45-$0. Applicants with FINANCIAL HARDSHIP may apply for a full or partial fee waiver Max word count: 20 pages Top Prize: $1000 Cash Grant Award and 1 month of expense-free living at the Daisy Pettles Writer’s House (a $2,500 value)

14decAll DayWriter's Digest Short Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: $3,000, publication, paid trip to the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference

15dec1:00 am1:00 amThe Monadnock Essay Collection PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $30 Max word count: Full manuscript (50,000 to 60,000 words) Top Prize: $1,000

15dec1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!International Competition for an Illustrated Children’s Book ProjectInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 5,400 Top Prize: €2,500

15dec1:00 am1:00 amThe Roswell Award International Short Science Fiction Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: $500

15dec1:00 am11:59 pmFree to enter! Yay!Page Turner's Short Story ContestUSA Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 15,000 Top Prize: $50

16dec1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Janus Literary Story PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $4 Max word count: 1,000 Top Prize: $400 and publication

19dec10:00 am6:00 pmFree to enter! Yay!Poetry and Short Fiction - Call for submissionsCanada Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript (26 pages) Top Prize: Publication

20dec1:00 am1:00 amCodhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry AwardInternational Entry Fee: $30 Max word count: Full manuscript (48-70 pages) Top Prize: $1000 and 25 copies of book

21decAll DayWild Words Winter Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: 1,000 Top Prize: Publication and a 1-1 mentoring session

21decAll DayFree to enter! Yay!Women's History Scotland Essay PrizeUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 10,000 Top Prize: £100 and publication

31decAll DayThe Society of Classical Poets 2021 Poetry CompetitionOrganised by the Society of Classical Poets based in New YorkInternational Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 108 lines Top Prize: $1,000

31decAll DayRiver Stix Microfiction ContestInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: 500 Top Prize: $1,000

31decAll Day"Ordinary People" Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 3,000 Top Prize: £100 and publication

31decAll DayFree to enter! Yay!The Griffin Poetry PrizeOne of the most generous poetry prizes in the worldInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $65,000

31dec1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineThe Moth Poetry PrizeInternational Entry Fee: €15 Max word count: No line limit Top Prize: €6,000

31dec1:00 am11:59 pmITS Groups Children’s Fiction and Novel CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 500 Top Prize: Book illustration (£600 value) + video animation of the story (£3000 value)+ £200 + Publication

31dec1:00 am1:00 amThe Tampa Review Prize for PoetryInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: Full manuscript (100 pages) Top Prize: $2,000 and publication

31dec1:00 am1:00 amDevon and Cornwall International Novel PrizeInternational Entry Fee: £15 Max word count: 5,500 Top Prize: £2000, a trophy and online publishing contract

31dec1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineFree to enter! Yay!Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $10,000

31dec1:00 am1:00 amWrite From The Heart Micro Fiction CompetitionA monthly Micro Fiction Competition with a differenceInternational Entry Fee: $2 Max word count: 100 Top Prize: A share in total prize pool

january

01janAll DayFree to enter! Yay!Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry AwardInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 10 pages Top Prize: $500 and publication

01jan1:00 am1:00 amThe 2020 Exeter Novel PrizeInternational Entry Fee: £18 Max word count: 10,000 Top Prize: £500

01jan1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!St. Martin’s Minotaur/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: Publishing contract with a $10,000 advance

06janAll DayThe Henshaw Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £6 Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: £200 and publication

06janAll DayThe Mogford Prize for Food and Drink WritingInternational Entry Fee: £15 Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: £10,000

14jan1:00 am1:00 amThe 2021 Colorado Prize for PoetryColorado State UniversityInternational Entry Fee: $28 Max word count: 100 pages Top Prize: $2,000

15janAll DayThe Calibre Essay PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $5,000

15janAll DayEllen Meloy Fund Desert Writers AwardInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: 10 pages Top Prize: $5,000

17jan1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Women's Prize Trust Novel Discoveries PrizePrize for women who have started a novelUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: First 10,00 words of your novel + synopsis Top Prize: £5,000

18janAll DayFree to enter! Yay!The Nine Dots Prize International Writing Competition$100,000 to write a short bookInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 40,000 Top Prize: $100,000 (!)

20jan1:00 am1:00 amMagma Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 50 lines Top Prize: £1000

26jan1:00 am1:00 am8th Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: $5 Max word count: 5 Top Prize: $750 and publication

31janAll DayFree to enter! Yay!The Canterbury Tales Writing CompetitionPromoting the Life and Works of Geoffrey ChaucerInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 500 words Top Prize: £300

31janAll DayThe Kent and Sussex Poetry Society Open CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £1,000

31jan1:00 am1:00 amCranked Anvil Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: £150 and publication

31jan1:00 am1:00 amFirst Chapter CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 3,500 Top Prize: Submission package (cover letter, synopsis and first three chapters) review and feedback from judge Sam Jordison

31jan2:01 pm2:01 pmFree to enter! Yay!Caine Prize for African WritingInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 10,000 Top Prize: £10,000

february

01feb1:00 am11:59 pmAccenti Magazine Writing ContestCanada Entry Fee: $30 Max word count: 2000 Top Prize: $1000

05febAll DayTHE 16th ELMBRIDGE LITERARY COMPETITIONInternational Entry Fee: £5. Under 18s free. Max word count: 1,500 (short fiction), 30 lines (poetry) Top Prize: £250 and publication

12febAll DayFree to enter! Yay!Writers' & Artists' Short Story CompetitionFree annual short story competitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: Publication and residential writing course

14feb1:00 am1:00 amHippocrates Prize for Poetry and MedicineInternational Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: 50 lines Top Prize: £1000

26febAll DayThe CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £12 Max word count: 3,500 Top Prize: £500

april

01apr1:00 am1:00 amWergle Flomp Humor Poetry ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 250 lines Top Prize: $2,000

may

31may1:00 am1:00 amTo Burn the Cloth Essay ContestUSA Entry Fee: Entry requires purchase of book - $5.99 Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: $1,000

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