Photo Flash Challenge Closing date: 9th December 2018 Prizes: Retreat West £25 Gift Card which can be used against the cost of courses and critiques. The winner will also receive one free entry into a Quarterly Themed Flash Competition. In addition, the story will be published on the Retreat West website. Entry fee: No stated. Looking for: Write a short story based on the photo on the website. It must be no more than 300 words (excluding the title, and fewer words is fine). You can write on any theme/genre but no children’s stories and nothing explicit please. Website: https://www.retreatwest.co.uk/photo-flash- challenge-4/ 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  Retreat West Themed Flash Fiction Competition Closing date: 30th December 2018. Prizes: Winner - £200; Runner-Up Prize x 2: £100. Entry fee: £8 for 1 entry. Looking for: Flash fiction. Word count: Max 500. Further info: Theme: Running Away. Website: http://www.retreatwest.co.uk/ Romance Writing Short Story Contest - Annual Winter Writing Competition Closing Date: 31st December 2018 23:59 GMT Prizes: Top Prize: Amazon Kindle e-Reader, Course e-gift voucher and a beautiful collection of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales. The winner and any runners-up will be announced in February 2019 on our extra special blog post. Entry fee: Free. Theme: Retelling of the Snow Queen. Looking for: Romantic retellings of 500 words (or 2,500 characters). Further info: The winner and any runners-up will be announced in February 2019 on our extra special blog post. Website: www.WriteRomanceFiction.com/winter-writing- competition Thriller Writing Short Story Contest - Annual Winter Writing Competition Closing date: 31st December 2018 23:59 GMT. Prizes: Top Prize: Amazon Kindle e-Reader, Course e-gift voucher and a beautiful collection of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales. The winner and any runners-up will be announced in February 2019 on our extra special blog post. Entry fee: Free. Theme: Retelling of the Snow Queen. Looking for: Suspense short story of 500 words (or 2,500 characters). Further info: The winner and any runners-up will be announced in February 2019 on our extra special blog post. Website: www.WriteFictionBooks.com/winter-writing- competition Magic Oxygen Literary Prize Closing date: 31st December 2018. Prizes: £1,000, £300, £100, two £50 highly commendeds in each category. A tree is planted for every entry Entry fee: £5 Looking for: Short stories up to 4,000 words, poetry up to 50 lines https://www.magicoxygen.co.uk/molp/ The Henshaw Short Story Competition Closing Date: 31st December 2018 Prizes: 1st £100, 2nd £50, 3rd £25 Entry fee £5 by PayPal or by Cheque to G. Jennings Optional Critiques a further £10 Entry requirements: A short story on any subject up to 2000 words. Further info: Results announced by the end of January 2019. Prizes winners published on the Henshawpress website and in our next Anthology Email: editor@henshawpress.com Website: http://henshawpress.co.uk Audio Arcadia's General Fiction Short Story Competition Closing date: 31st December 2018. Prizes: Anthology publication, royalties. Entry fee: £5.50. Looking for: Short stories up to 5,000 words. Further info: Entrants must be aged 18 plus. Email: info@audioarcadia.com Website: http://www.audioarcadia.com/competition/  Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing Closing date: 7th January 2019. Prizes: £10,000. Entry fee: £10.00. Looking for: Short stories with food and drink themes, up to 2,500 words. Website: https://www.mogfordprize.co.uk/how-to-enter/ 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:  In addition to their entry being published in the book (together with a short accompanying biography and photo), each entrant will receive a small fee, and 2 free copies of the book. Looking for: Travel writing between 1,000 and 2,000 words of out-of-the-ordinary travel experiences with children. Free entry Email: hollyparsonstebradtguides.com Website: https://www.bradtguides.com/articles/cat/competitions/post/ The Roswell Award for short science fiction by adults Closing date: 28th January, 2019. Prizes: First - $500; Second - $250; Third - $100; and Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award - Dual publication in Artemis Journal and Hollywood NOW site plus $100. Entry fee: None. Looking for: Stories that must be original, unpublished, and 1,500 words or fewer. One submission per author. Further info: Open to adults (18+) worldwide. Website: http://www.lightbringerproject.org/science-fiction- contests Lancashire Authors' Association Open Flash Fiction Competition Closing date: 31st January 2019. Prizes:  £100. Entry fee: £2. Looking for: A story in EXACTLY 100 words (excluding title). Further info: Email: laa100word@gmail.com Website: http://www.lancashireauthorsassociation.co.uk/Open_Comp. html Northern Writers Awards Closing date: 1st February 2019. Prizes: up to £40,000 in awards. Free entry. Looking for: For works in progress by new writers in Yorkshire, the North East and North West, whether poetry, prose, children's prose, biography, life writing, or literary non-fiction. Submit up to 5,000 words or 30 poems. Email: info@newwritingnorth.com Website: http://northernwritersawards.com ChipLitFest Short Story Competition Closing date: 7th February 2019. Prizes: Top Prize:  £500; Other Prizes: £100, £50. Top 3 stories will be read by a professional at a ChipLitFest event over the festival weekend in April 2019. Entry fee:  £5 up to 3,000 words, £8 up to 5,000 words. Looking for: Short stories up to 5,000 words. Further info: Stories of any genre accepted. Website: https://www.chiplitfest.com/ Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2019 Short Story Competition Closing date: 13th February 2019. Prizes: a place on a retreat at Arvon Clockhouse. Free entry. Looking for: Stories up to 2,000 words on any theme. Email: cornpetitionepbloomsbury.com  Website: www.writersandartists.co.uklcompetitions Spotlight Books Poetry and Fiction Competition Closing date: 24th February 2019. Prizes: Six writers will be selected and given 1:1 editorial support to shape their manuscripts. The six writers will be published in individual small books with international distribution. Entry fee: Free. Looking for: Fiction: 8,000-10,000 words; Poetry: 40-45pp. at 20 lines/page. Please note this competition is only open to writers from under-represented backgrounds-those who face barriers due to mental health, disability, identity or social circumstance. Website: https://www.creativefuture.org.uk/spotlight-books/ Fish Flash Fiction Contest Closing date: 28th February 2019. Prizes: 1st - €1,000; 2nd - €300; 3rd - Online Writing Course with Fish Entry fee: €14 (€8 subsequent entries). Looking for: For flash fiction, up to 300 words. Email: info@fishpublishing.com Website: http://www.fishpublishing.com/competition/flash- fiction-contest/ Crime Writers Association Margery Allingham Short Story Competition Closing date: 28th February 2019. Prizes: £500. Entry fee: £12. Looking for: Short stories 3,500 words based on Margery Allingham's definition of a mystery. Email: secretary@thecwa.co.uk  Website: www.thecwa.co.uk!ShortStory/rules.htn  Fish Flash Fiction Prize Closing date: 28th February 2019. Prizes: 1st: €1,000; 2nd: €300; 3rd: Online Writing Course with Fish. Top ten stories will be published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2019. Entry fee: €14 (€8 subsequent entries). Website: http://www.fishpublishing.com/competition/flash- fiction-contest/ 2019 Bristol Short Story Prize  Closing date: 1st May 2019. Prizes: 1st prize - £1,000, 2nd prize - £500, 3rd prize - £250. 17 further prizes of £100 will be presented to the remaining shortlisted writers. All shortlisted writers will receive 2 free copies of the anthology. Prizes will be sent to any writer on the shortlist who is unable to attend the awards ceremony. Entry fee: £9 per entry. Looking for: Stories up to 4,000 words. 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, Romance, Children’s etc..) . Further info: The winner and 2 runners up will be selected from the shortlist and announced at an awards ceremony in October 2019. Email: enquiries@bristolprize.co.uk Website: https://www.bristolprize.co.uk The To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition Closing date: 31st July 2019. Prizes: 1st £1,000, your head on the cover of a book and the opportunity to star in the winner's video, riding a Harley Davidson to Hull; 2nd £500; 3rd £250; 3 x Highly Commended £100; 14 x Shortlisted £50. Entry fee: Early bird until 30th April 2019: £11 for one story, £18 for two stories and £22 for three stories. Then, until 31st July 2019: £13 for one story, £21 for two stories and £26 for three stories. Looking for: Short stories, 2,500 words max. No limitation on style or genre, but must contain some element of humour. Further info: Entries accepted from anywhere in the world. All short listed and winning writers published in the To Hull And Back Anthology, released on Hulloween (31st October). Website: https://www.christopherfielden.com/short-story- competition/