Creative writing competitions that close soon

Put your bank holiday to good use by getting in entries for these writing competitions that close on 31 May

• Frome Festival Short Story Competition

Stories between 1,000 and 2,200 words. Prizes: £300, £150, £75

Website: www.fromefestival.co.uk/short-story-competition

• The Bridport Prize

Stories up to 5,000 words; poems up to 42 lines. Prizes: £5,000, £1,000, £500

Flash fiction up to 250 words. Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250

Website: www.bridportprize.org.uk

• The Yeovil Literary Prize

Novel, 15,000 words. Prizes £1,000, £250, £100

Short story up to 2,000 words. Prizes £500, £200, £100

Poetry up to 40 lines. Prizes: £500, £200, £100

Website: www.yeovilprize.co.uk

• Garden Museum Writing Competition

Garden-inspired memoir up to 2,500 words: Prize £2,500

Website: www.gardenmuseum.org.uk

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