Christopher Tower Poetry Competition 2019 Closing date: 1st March 2019. Prizes: £3,000, £1,000, £500, 4 x £250. Winners' schools receive £150 and winners are eligible to attend a Tower Poetry Summer School worth £500. Free entry. Looking for: Poems by poets aged 16 to 18 on the subject of 'Underwater'. Website: http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/competitions/2019/ Poetry Business New Poet's Prize 2019  Closing date: 1st March 2019. Prizes: Mentoring, publication, a place on an Arvon residential course in 2019/20 and more. Entry fee: £8. Looking for: Pamphlets by young poets between 16 and 22 Email: office@poetrybusiness.co.uk  Website: http://www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/newpoetsprize/ Girton College Humanities Writing Competition 2018-19 Closing date: 15th March 2019. Prizes: The prize fund, which may be divided between several winners, consists of £200 cash and £200-worth of books from Cambridge University Press. This competition is an opportunity for research and writing beyond the curriculum, using one or more of five selected objects from the Lawrence Room as a focus. It is aimed at any student in Year 12 (or equivalent) with an interest in the Humanities. Essays or creative responses (such as dramatic monologues or short stories) are equally welcome. We are looking for the ability to connect different areas of knowledge, to think about details and to communicate clearly. Email: comp@girton.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/humanities-writing- competition/ Evesham Festival of Words 2019 Short Story Competition  Closing date: 22nd March 2019. Prizes: £150 Entry fee: Free Looking for: Short stories up to 500 words (juniors aged 8- 11) and 1,000 words (juniors aged 12-15) , excluding the title. Email: info@eveshamfestivalofwords.com Website: http://eveshamfestivalofwords.org The Wilbur Smith Author of Tomorrow Prize Closing date: Opens 4th March - 31st May 2019. Prizes: Total £1,000 over various categories. Free entry. Looking for: published, unpublished and young (age 21 and under) authors alike. Website: https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/ The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition Closing date: 1st June 2019. Prizes: See website. Entry fee: Not stated. Open to students orn between 2 June 2000 and 2005. Looking for: The theme for 2019 is A Connected Commonwealth. Further info: The competition is open to all citizens and residents of the Commonwealth aged 18 and under. Website: https://thercs.org/youth-and-education/ Ghost Stories Closing Date: Open All Year Round For Prizes see website. Ghost Stories - we've all heard them and we've all been scared by them at one time or another. They can be terribly scary or simply funny, but either way they have been an attention-grabbing form of storytelling for centuries and leave people wondering whether what they've heard is fact or fiction! CLICK HERE… Poetry Idol Closing Date: Open All Year Round Who do you idolise? Is it your mum or dad? Your best friend? Your brother or sister? Perhaps there is a famous person, from a sports or film star to an author or musician that you admire and aspire to be like. Why are they your favourite person and why do they inspire you? CLICK HERE… Teen Poets Closing Date: Open All Year Round Teen Poets invites young adults aged 13+ to write a poem. If you're a teen, your voice needs to be heard and this is the place to get your message across! CLICK HERE… Pet Poetry Closing Date: Open All Year Round Write about your pet, your favourite animal or create a creature! Perhaps you'd like to write from an animal's point of view or about conservation? We can't wait to read your animal- inspired poems! Open to young writers aged 4-18 years old. CLICK HERE…