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Poetry competition: The Briefly Write Poetry Prize 2024
The free-entry competition is for short poems up to ten lines16 July 2024
Creative writing competition: Free Flash Fiction Competition Twenty-Three
Win a £150 first prize for flash fiction between 100 and 300 words15 July 2024
Poetry prize: The Waltham Forest Poetry Competition 2024
This year's contest is for poems on the theme of 'Friendship'14 July 2024
Creative writing prize: Southam Book Festival's Flash Fiction Competition 2024
The annual 100-Word Story flash fiction contest is inviting entries13 July 2024
Poetry prize: The National Poetry Competition 2024
Win a £5,000 first prize for a single poem in The Poetry Society's annual…12 July 2024
Creative writing prize: Cranked Anvil Flash Fiction Competition 2024
The next deadline in the quarterly contest is 31 August 202411 July 2024
Poetry prize: The Morecambe Poetry Prize 2024
Morecambe Poetry Festival is running its first poetry competition in…10 July 2024
Writing competition: Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers Prize 2024
Win a £10,000 book deal in the contest for underrepresented romance writers09 July 2024
Poetry competition: The Cheltenham Poetry Festival International Poetry Prize…
Now in its second year, the contest will be judged by Roy McFarlane09 July 2024