Dreamquest One Poetry and Writing Contest Closing date: 28th December 2019. Prizes: $500, $250, $100 for fiction; $250, $125, $50 for poetry. Entry fee: $10 writing, $5 poetry. Looking for: Stories in any format, max 5 pages; poems, up to 30 lines. Further details: Website: https://www.dreamquestone.com/ Moth Poetry Prize 2019  Closing date: 31st December 2019. Prizes: €10,000, 3 runner-up prizes of x €1,000 plus publication in The Moth. Entry fee: €15 Looking for: a single unpublished poem Website: www.themothmagazine.com Dorset Prize Closing date: 31st December 2019. Prizes: $3,000 cash prize and a week-long residency at MASS MoCA worth $1,500 plus publication. Entry fee: $30 (U.S.). Looking for: Previously unpublished, full-length poetry manuscript with a table of contents. Website: https://www.tupelopress.org/dorset-prize/ Shepton Mallet Snowdrop Festival Poetry Competition Closing date: 31st December 2019. Prizes:  £50, £70, £200. Entry fee: free to Under 18s, £4 per entry 18 and Over. Looking for: Poems with a limit of 30 lines on the subject of 'Snowdrops'. Further details: Three age categories: 11 & Under, 12 to 17, 18 & Over E-mail: yourpoems@sheptonsnowdropfestival.org.uk Website: https://www.sheptonsnowdropfestival.org.uk The €10,000 Moth Poetry Prize 2019 Closing date: 31st December 2019. Prizes: 1st prize €10,000; 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000. Entry fee: €15 per poem. You can enter as many poems as you like. Looking for: A single unpublished poem. Further details: The prize is open to anyone (over 16), as long as the poem is previously unpublished. Website: http://www.themothmagazine.com/ Gemini Magazine Poetry Contest  Closing date: 2nd January 2020. Prizes: $1,000, $100, 4 x $25, and publication. Entry fee: $8 for up to 3 poems. Looking for: Poems of any length and style Website: www.gemini-magazine.com Kay Murphy Prize for Poetry Closing date: 2nd January 2020. Entry fee: $20. Looking for: Up to 3 poems. Prizes: $1,000 and subscription to Bayou Magazine. Website: https://bayoumagazine.org/writing-contests/ Magma Poetry Competition Closing date: 11th January 2020. Entry fee: £5, £4 for second, £3 for third and each subsequent. Looking for: Poems in two categories, up to 80 lines, and up to 12 lines. Prizes: up to 80 lines, £1,000, £300, £150, up to 12 lines, £1,000, £300 and ten £15 special mentions. Website: https://magmapoetry.com/competition/ Colorado Prize for Poetry Closing date: 14th January 2020. Prizes: $2,000 and publication. Entry fee: $28. Looking for: Poetry collections, 48-100 pages. Website: https://coloradoreview.colostate.edu Culpepper's Remedy Poetry Competition 2020 Closing date: 15th January 2020. Prizes: First prize is £100 Second £50 and all poems will be considered for our 2020 anthology. Entry fee: 1 poem £3; 3 poems £6; 5 poems £8. Looking for: For poems of any length on any theme. Further details: Our competition will be judged by poet and editor, Lucy Turnbull of Optimum Magazine. Website: https://culpeppersremedy.wordpress.com/competition -2020/ Poets & Players Poetry Competition 2020 Closing Date: 21st January 2020. Prizes: 1st Prize: £600; 2nd Prize: £200; 3rd Prize: £100. Entry fee: £4 or 3 for £10. Looking for: Unpublished Poems up to 40 lines Further details: Judge Sinéad Morrissey Website: https://poetsandplayers.co/2019/11/16/competition- 2020/ The Fresher Writing Prize - Poetry Closing date: 27th January 2020 Prizes: £200 cash prize. Feedback and advice. Plus a professionally produced recording of your work. Entry fee: £7. Looking for: Up to 42 lines. Further details: Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Children’s etc. Entrants must be over 16 years old on the closing date. Website: https://www.fresherpublishing.co.uk/the- fresher-writing-prize-3/ British Haiku Awards For haiku, haibun and tanka.  Closing date: 31st January 2020. Prizes: £100 for two winning haiku, £100 for two winning tanka, publication. Entry fee: £5 ($8) for up to three haiku or tanka, £1 ($1) thereafter; £5 ($8) per haibun. Website: www.britishhaikusociety.org.uk The 15 Elmbridge Literary Competition 2019/2020 Closing date: 7th February 2020. Prizes: Amounts vary, depending on age of entrant, between £12 and £25 for first prize. See website for more details. Entry fee: None stated. Looking for: Short stories and poems that explore new worlds. Further details: Competition theme is 'New World'. Website: https://www.rcsherrifftrust.org.uk/competitions The Writing Wizardry Competition Closing date: 27th March 2020. Prizes: Books to the value of £150, plus three free copies of the anthology, in which your poem or story will be published. Entry fee: Free. Looking for: A poem or a story of fewer than 500 words by entrants in years 3 - 6. Further details: Your story or poem can be about ANYTHING you like, so let your imagination run wild! Website: https://www.fresherpublishing.co.uk/writing- wizardry-competition/