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Creative writing competition: The Surrey New Writing Prize 2024
The theme of this year's competition is People and Artificial Intelligence04 April 2024
Creative writing competition: Mo Siewcharran Prize 2024
This year's competition for unpublished BAME writers is for fantasy fiction03 April 2024
The Waltraud Field International Celebration Poetry Competition 2024
The contest celebrates 60 years of the Crewe and District Writers' Circle02 April 2024
Creative writing prizes: Hastings Book Festival 2024 Competitions
Win first prizes of £250 in the poetry and short story categories01 April 2024
Creative writing prize: WOW Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest 2024
The quarterly competition is for essays by women writers on any subject30 March 2024
Creative writing prize: Channel Islands LGBTQ+ Writing Competition 2024
Entries on LGBTQ+ themes are invited from writers from the Channel Islands29 March 2024
Poetry competition: The Rattle Poetry Prize 2024
The annual competition has a $15,000 first prize for a single poem28 March 2024
Creative writing prize: The Dorothy Dunnett/HWA Short Story Competition 2024
The contest for short historical fiction has a £500 first prize27 March 2024
Wells Festival of Literature 2024 International Competitions
There are categories for short stories, poems, book for children and young poets26 March 2024