Award-winning playwright and fiction author, Christopher Mlalazi, shares his unique approach to writing a novel and making sure he reaches that last page. It is easy to say I want to write a novel, but actually doing so, especially for writers who are still starting out with the craft, isMore
Deadline: July 30, 2025 Entry fee: €18 About the competition Established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication, the Anthology Short Story Competition is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world.More
Deadline: July 15, 2025 Entry fee: $30 About the competition The Rattle Poetry Prize is organized by Rattle, an American poetry magazine.The eventis open to poets of any nationality writing in English. You may submit up to four poems per entry. Poems may be any length, any style, or any subject. PoemsMore
Deadline: June 30, 2025 Entry fee: €15 About the competition The Moth Short Story Prize is an international prize, open to anyone from anywhere in the world as long as their story is original and previously unpublished. The winners are chosen by a single judge each year, who reads theMore
Deadline: June 30, 2025 About the competition The award is open to writers who have published a novel or a book-length collection of fiction with a reputable book publisher, or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in magazines or journals of national distribution. Digital-only publication and self-publication doMore
Deadline: June 30, 2025 Entry fee: $25 About the competition The International Amy MacRae Award for Memoir is given to an exceptional work of memoir writing. The contest was created in celebration of the life of the Amy MacRae and in support of her living legacy to improve the outcomes of womenMore
Deadline: June 30, 2025 About the competition The Hastings Book Festival has 3 writing competitions for short stories (max 2,500 words), poetry (max 40 lines) open to all and creative non-fiction for writers within a 20 mile radius of Hastings (max 1,000 words). The main Hastings Book Festival prize entryMore
Deadline: June 30, 2025 Entry fee: £40 About the competition The Page Turner Awards are an annual international writing competition based in the UK, open to writers from around the globe. There are multiple categories: unpublished writers (Writing Award & Mentorship Award), published authors (Book Award), and screenwriters (Screenplay Award). This writingMore
Deadline: June 30, 2025 Entry fee: £6 About the competition These competitions are an integral part of the Wells Festival of Literature. The competitions are open to everyone. All entries must be in English. There are four categories: At the time of entry, the work submitted must not have been enteredMore
Deadline: June 2, 2025 Entry fee: $20 About the competition Salamander 2025 Fiction Prize is open for submissions. Salamander Magazine’s annual fiction contest accept submissions of short stories up to 30 pages or 7500 words from May 1 – June 1. Previously published works and works accepted for publication elsewhereMore