Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing
Closing date: 13th January 2020.
Prizes: £10,000, 3X£250.
Entry fee: £15.
Looking
for:
Short
stories
with
food
and
drink
themes,
up to 2,500 words
Website:
www.mogfordprize.co.uk/
Magma Poetry Competition
Closing date: 15th January 2021.
Prizes: Prizes: up to 50 lines, £1,000, £300, £150, up
to 10 lines, £1,000, £300 and ten £15 special
mentions.
Looking for: Poems on any subject, two categories,
11- 50 lines, and up to 10 lines
Entry fee: £5, £4 for second, £3 for third and each
subsequent.
Website: https://magmapoetry.com/competition/
Parracombe Prize 2020
Closing date: 31st January 2021.
Prizes: First prize £100; Second prize £50; Two
runner-up prizes £25
Looking for: a short story of no more than 2,020
words.
Entry fee: £5.
Other info: Entries to be a maximum of 2020 words
(not including the title).
Website: https://prize.parracombe.org.uk/
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition
(January 2021)
Closing Date: 31st January 2021.
Prizes: £250 (First), £125 (Second), £75 (Third), £30
x 3 (High commendation), £20 x 3 (Commendation)
and 3 x Sentinel Literary Quarterly paperback (Special
mention).
Looking for: This competition is for original,
previously unpublished poems in English Language,
on any subject, in any style, up to 50 lines long. Poets
of all nationalities living in any part of the world are
eligible to enter.
Entry fees: £5/1, £8/2, £10/3, £12/4, £14/5, £16/7
and £22/10 poems.
Judge: Oz Hardwick.
Enter online or download Entry Form for postal entries
at Website:
https://sentinelquarterly.com/competitions/poetry/ind
ex.htm
Blackwater Press Short Story Contest
Closing date: 31st January 2021.
Prizes: Top ten stories will be published in a
collection. Winners receive two free copies. (We might
be adding a cash prize to this. We are currently
seeking sponsors, and will hopefully have more info in
the next couple of days).
Looking for: Each competition will be themed. Our
first theme is our bird logo. Entrants may approach
the theme however they wish.
Entry fee: $5.
Other info: Word limit: 10,000 max/1000 min.
Web: https://www.blackwaterpress.com/storycontest
Mighty Pens Winter Short Story Competition
Closing date: 31st January 2021.
Prizes: Mighty Pens Certificate of Honour plus a £50
shopping gift card from M&S. In addition you will be
honoured on our web pages and have your work
published in the next Mighty Pens magazine.
Looking for: Entries must be between 500 and 1,000
words excluding title and author’s name and must be
submitted in pdf format. No printed entries please.
Entry fee: £4.00 each (Members £2.00 each) and
there is a maximum of three entries per person.
Other info: Entries must be between 500 and 1,000
words excluding title and author’s name and must be
submitted in pdf format. No printed entries please.
Website: https://www.mightypens.co.uk/mighty-
pens-winter-short-story-competition/
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/
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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