Wild Words Winter Solstice Writing Competition Closing date: 21st December 2018. Prizes: Overall winner: A Wild Words one-hour 1-1 mentoring session, online publication.  Two other shortlisted entries may also be published on the Wild Words website. Entry fee: £7.00. Looking for: Prose or poetry up to 1,000 words with a new theme each solstice. Email: hello@wildwords.org  Website: http://www.wildwords.org/competition  Forestry Commission Writing Competition 2019 Closing date: 14th January 2019. Prizes:  £2500; Unique access to our nation’s forests; Promotional support and a platform to share your work; Development opportunities. Entry fee: None. Looking for: Prose, fiction or fact. Only one application can be submitted from an individual. Further info: Applicants must be aged 18 or over. Email: centenary@forestryengland.uk Website: https://www.forestryengland.uk/100/writers BradtTravel Guides - Travelling With Kids Anthology Competition Closing date: 14th January 2019. Prizes: inclusion in a new book - provisionally titled Travelling with Kids. Free entry. Looking for: Travel writing between 1,000 and 2,000 words of out-of-the-ordinary travel experiences with children. Email: hollyparsonstebradtguides.com  Website: https://www.bradtguides.com/articles/ Keats-Shelley Essay Prize Closing date: 14th January 2019. Prizes: £4,000 prize fund. Entry fee: Free. Looking for: Essays on the Romantics up to 3,000 words. Email: susanna.seekings@talktalk.net Website: https://www.keats-shelley.org/ Fish Short Memoir Contest Closing date: 31st January 2019. Prizes: 1st: €1,000. 2nd: Week on a writers’ retreat at Casa Ana, La Alpujarra, Spain, + €300.3rd: €200. The best 10 memoirs will be published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2019. Entry fee: €17, €19 postal. Looking for: personal non-fiction, up to 4,000 words honourable mencions €100