The Henshaw Competition
Closing Date: 31st March 2021.
Prizes: 1st £200, Second £100, Third £50.
Entry fee: £6 by PayPal or by cheque to G. Jennings.
Optional Critiques: a further £12.
Entry Requirements: A short story on any subject up
to 2000 words
Results: Announced by 30th April 2021
Wining stories will be published on the Henshawpress
website. Winners and Authors of commended stories
will be offered the opportunity of inclusion in our next
Anthology later this year.
Website: http://henshawpress.co.uk
Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition
Closing date: Early Bird - 30th April 2021 or Deadline
- 31st July 2021.
Prizes: Winner - €500 and the chance to see their
work published in a future issue of Anthlogy.
Looking for: Original, unpublished short stories
Entry fee: Early Bird - 30th April 2021 - €10;
Deadline - 31 July 2021 - €15.
Website: https://anthology-magazine.com
Bristol Short Story Prize
Closing date: 5th May 2021.
Prizes: 1st prize is £1,000, 2nd prize is £500, 3rd
prize is £250. 17 further prizes of £100 will be
presented to the remaining shortlisted writers.
Looking for: Stories can be on any theme or subject
and are welcome in any style including graphic, verse
or genre-based (Crime, Science Fiction, Fantasy,
Historical, Horror, Romance, Children’s etc..).
Entry fee: £9 per short story.
Other info: The competition is open to all writers
around the world whether published or unpublished,
UK or non-UK based. Entrants must be over 16 years
old on the closing date.
Website: https://www.bristolprize.co.uk/rules/
The Moth Short Story Prize 2021.
Closing date: 30th June 2021.
Prizes: 1st - €3,000: 2nd - a weeks retreat at Circle
of Misse in France plus €250, 3rd - €1,000.
Looking for: An unpublished piece of prose or poetry
from anyone over 16. See website for further details.
Entry fee: €15 per story.
Website: https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-
page.asp?ID=8227&page=26
San Francisco Writers Conference
Closing date: 18th September, 2021.
Prizes: $250, 2x$100; consultations
Entry fee: $30 per entry.
Looking
for:
Adult
Fiction;
Adult
Nonfiction
(including
memoir; Children’s/YA Books* Poetry.
Website:
https://www.sfwriters.org/2021-writing-
contest-overview/
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Short Story Competitions
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