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Creative writing prize: Anthology Personal Memoir Competition 2025
Win a €500 first prize and publication in Anthology magazine10 February 2025
Poetry competition: Wigtown Poetry Prizes 2025
The Wigtown Prize is worth £1,500 to the winner07 February 2025
Short story prize: Eyelands International Short Story Competition 2025
Win a first prize of €500 for a story on this year's theme of '2025'06 February 2025
Poetry prize: Ver Poets Open Poetry Competition 2025
The annual contest has a £600 first prize05 February 2025
Poetry prize: Artemesia Arts Poetry Competition 2025
This year's competition will be judged by Jo Bell04 February 2025
Creative writing prize: Bluepencil Agency First Novel Award 2025
Win a £1,000 first prize plus an introduction to a literary agent31 January 2025
Poetry competition: Wales Poetry Award 2024-25
The international contest sponsored by Literature Wales is inviting entries31 January 2025
Creative writing competition: The Desperate Literature Prize 2025
The winner will receive €2,000 and two runners up will each receive €1,00030 January 2025
Creative writing competition: Purorrelato 2025 Micro-story Contest
The competition from Casa África is for micro-stories related in some way to…29 January 2025