Rolling Competitions

These rolling competitions are mounted on a continuing basis - monthly, quarterly, etc.

Spinetinglers Short Story Competition
Closing date: 15th of the month.
Prizes:  Cash prizes for the top 5 entries, £100 for 1st place, £50 for 2nd place and £25 for 3rd, 4th and 5th place. 1st place winners are also guaranteed a place in our yearly Anthology.
Entry fee: Free to enter.
Theme: Horror/Thriller.
The competition is held monthly and has a word limit of 5,000.
Find out more on website. spinetinglers.co.uk/ 

Dark Tales Short Story Contest
Closing dates: Last day of each month.
Prizes: £100 plus publication, all other shortlisted stories also published in our high quality anthology.
Entry fee: £5, £10 including tick-sheet critique, £20 including critique and proof edit. Subscribe to the contest for £5 per month and enter two stories for free or one story plus a critique into each contest.
Monthly contest for previously unpublished horror and speculative fiction.
Website: darktales.co.uk

Sentinel Short Story and Poetry Quarterly Competition
Closing dates: 31st Dec, 31st March, 30th June
Prizes: £150, £75, £50, three £10 Highly Commendeds in both categories
Entry fee: short stories, £5, £8 for two, £10  for three, £12 for four; poems, £4; £7 for two, £9 for three, £11 for four, £12 for five.
The competition is for short stories, up to 1,500 words, and poems up to 50 lines
Email: [email protected]
Website: sentinelpoetry.org.uk

The Red Line (rolling competition)
Closing Date: Every two months.
Prizes: £50 for winning entry.
Entry Fee: Free to enter.
Theme: Urban Fiction, Money.
Short stories up to 3,500 words responding to any of the open themes.  Competitions run on a bi-monthly basis.  All short-listed entries receive feedback.  Looking for original and well-written stories from any genre or none.
Find out more on website: overtheredline.com/submissions/

The New Short Story Annual Competition 2013
Closing Date: 25th of each month
Prizes: Monthly winners are published on the websites, promoted and receive a £10/$15 voucher. All entries are considered for publication in The New Short Short Annual 2013, at the end of the year.
Entry Fee: Free.
Description: We welcome original, exciting fiction on any subject (up to 2,000 words)
email: [email protected]
Web: hayley-sherman.co.uk or whoosh-editing.com

Emerald Writing Workshops Flash Fiction
Closing dates: February 28,  May 31,  August 31,  November 30,  December 3, 2012.
Prizes: £65, £20, £15
Entry fee: £1.80, £3.24 for 2, £4.32 for 3
Flash fiction, up to 500 words, set on a train .
Email: [email protected]
This competition runs quarterly, with a
different theme each time.
Visit web site for more details.
emeraldwritingworkshops.co.uk

Five Stop Story Monthly Competitions 2012
Closing date: Last day of each month.
Prizes: Monthly prize of £50 for the winner and all winners, runners up and honorary mentions are published on our website and iPhone and iPad app. Additionally there is a prize of £150 for the top author in our league table at the end of 2012.
Entry fee: £4 for 1 entry, £7 for 2, £8 for 3.
Short stories of up to 3,000 words on any subject or theme.
More details on fivestopstory.com/write

Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
Closing dates: (Semi-annual) July 31st and December 31st, each year
Prizes: Writing Contest First Prize is $500. Second Prize: $250. Third Prize: $100.
Poetry Contest First Prize is $250. Second Prize: $125. Third Prize: $50.
Entry fees: $5(USD) per poem, $10(USD) per short story
Guidelines: The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream. Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand printed. And/or write a short story, five pages maximum length, on any subject or theme, creative writing fiction or non-fiction (including essay compositions, diary, journal entries and screenwriting). Also, must be typed or neatly hand printed.
Multiple poetry and short story entries are accepted.
For more info: dreamquestone.com

Flash 500 Humour Verse Competition
Closing date: This competition is run quarterly with closing dates of 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, 31st December.
Prizes: First: £150, £100, £50
Entry fee: £3 for the first poem, then £2.50 for each poem thereafter
Line Length: Up to 30 lines. The results will be announced within six weeks of the closing date and the three winning entries will be published on the website.
Website: flash500.com/humourverse.html

CheerReader Humorous Short Story Competition
Closing dates: Spring (closing date March 15th), Summer (closing date June 15th), Autumn (closing date September 15th) and Winter (closing date December 15th).
Prizes: €100 (There is now only the one prize, as we decided one big one was beter than three small ones.)
Entry fee: €5.
Theme - anything, so long as it's funny. Word Count - maximum 1500
Full rules and regulations can be found on web site. cheerreader.co.uk

"A Very Short Story Competition"
Closing date: Last day of every month.
Prizes: £50 and the winning entry will be published on the website.
Entry fee: £4.00 per story. The aim of this competition is to provide a platform for writers to expose their talents for telling a big tale in a small way. Entries must not exceed 1,000 words and any theme or genre is accepted. averyshortstory.co.uk/

FlashStories.net Quarterly Short Story Competition
Closing dates: 31st October 2010, 31st January 2011, 30th April 2011.
Prizes: 1st - £500; 2nd - £250; 3rd - £100. All stories published online. Unpublished fiction in any genre up to 500 words. Entry fee: £5 for one story, £7 for two stories, £3 per entry for three or more stories. flashstories.net

Flash500 Quarterly Story Competition
Closing dates: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December.
Prizes will be awarded as follows: First: £300; 2nd £200; 3rd £100.
Entry fee: £5 for one story, £8 for two stories. Optional critiques: £10 per story
Flash 500 is a quarterly open-themed competition. The results will be announced within six weeks of each closing date and the three winning entries each quarter will be published on the competition website. The judge changes each quarter, details on the judge’s page at: flash500.com

Dark Tales Quarterly Short Story Competition
Closing dates: 31st August, 30th November, 28th February, 31st May.
Prizes: 1st - £250; 2nd - £100; 3rd - £50. All stories published in Dark Tales magazine. Unpublished stories up to 5,000 words. Entry fee: £5, £10 with an optional tick-sheet critique, £20 with a critique and edit. Subscribe for four issues of Dark Tales and enter for free. darktales.co.uk

The Pages Quarterly Open Short Story Competition & Anthology
Submission Deadlines: March 31st, June 30th, September 30th & Dec 31st.
Prizes: 1st £60.00, 2nd £40.00, 3rd £20.00. Entry fee: £4.00 Each additional entry: £2.00. Indepth critique: £2.00 Anthology: £4.00.
Stories can be on any subject and in any genre (except children's). Previously published work will be accepted, however please inform us at time of submission where and when it has been published. Entries should not exceed 4,000 words. Full details on website. the-pages.blogspot.com/ 

Ron L Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest
Prizes: every three months: $1,000, $750, $500 plus annual grand prize: $5,000!
Here's an opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required and entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. writersofthefuture.com/

The Poetry Kit Poetry Competition
Prizes: The prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize. There is no set fee to enter but there is a catch! There will be six competitions over the year, each one of two months duration. Entry fee: Donation to the Liverpool Methodist Youth Exchange programme. See website for details. literaturetraining.com/

TXTLIT.co.uk Text Message Competition
Prize: £50.00 monthly.
New competition each month with a different theme. Correct spelling and grammar required, with a maximun text length of 160 characters. Strewth! Is such a thing possible? Entry: £1.00. Vst wbsite 4 dtls: txtlit.co.uk/

The Global Short Story Competition
Monthly cash prize. Entries up tp 2,000 words. Entry fee £5.00.
The organisers say: "The competition is designed to appeal to writers everywhere, from the arid outback of Australia to the baking deserts of Africa, the towering skyscrapers of the United States to the humid cities of Asia, the bustling capitals of Europe to the steamy villages of South America.
What makes this competition different from all the others? Well, for a start we will be marketing it in every country in the world and it will happen every month.
Each month, we will select a winning story to receive a cash prize. The story will also be posted on our website.
At the end of twelve months, each winning story will be considered for an annual cash prize." Get all the gen at: globalshortstories.net/

Envoi International Open Poetry Competitions
Deadline for submissions – 20th February, 20th June and 20th October each year.
Prizes: 1st prize £150, 2nd prize £100, 3rd prize £50. Each winner and three runners up win a complimentary copy with their poem. The three runners up are also awarded an annual subscription worth £15. Entry fee: £3 per poem or five poems for £12. Poems can be in any style, on any theme up to 40 lines. More details on website. cinnamonpress.com/

JBWB Poetry and Short Story Competitions
Prizes: £150 for a short story, £100 for a poem.
Stories up to 2,500 words based on the three pictures on the website, poems up to 30 lines. Entry fees: £4 per story, £3 per poem. For more information go to website. www.jbwb.co.uk

Writers’ Forum Magazine Monthly Poetry Competition
Prizes: 1st £100 plus publication; three runners-up receive a dictionary plus publication. Entry fee: £5 per poem, £7 for two No theme, up to 40 lines. Every entry with SAE receives a free check-box critique. No deadline as the competition is continuous. Details and downloadable entry form at: www.writers-forum.com, or from the magazine, which is available from branches of WH Smith.

Scribble Quarterly Competitions
Ongoing quarterly competitions for short stories, up to 3,000 words
Prizes: £75, £25, £15 in each issue.
Entry fee: £3 (£5 with critique); free for annual subscribers.
There is no closing date: successful stories are published in the next issue.
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.parkpublications.co.uk

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