Writing Competitions 2019
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Writing Competitions January 2019
Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing
Short stories with food and drink themes, up to 2,500 words.
Prizes: £10,000
Entry fee: £10 TBC
Closing date: 7 January
http://writ.rs/mogfordprize
The Feature Script Competition
Original feature film scripts for which the writer holds the copyright.
Prizes: Industry accolades
Entry fee: £60
Closing date: 9 January
murray@ukfilmfestival.com
www.ukfilmfestival.com
Bath Flash Fiction Novella in Flash Award
Flash fiction novellas, 7,000 – 18,000 words
Prizes: £300, and two £100 prizes
Entry fee: £16
Closing date: 14 January
http://bathflashfictionaward.com
novella@bathflashfictionaward.com
Exeter Novel Prize
First 10,000 words of a novel not under contract, including a 500 – word synopsis.
Prizes: £500, five £100 runner-up prizes
Entry fee: £18
Closing date: 1 January
Tel: 07722 144357
www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk
creativewritingmatters@virginmedia.com
Bradt Travel Guides – Travelling With Kids Anthology Competition
Travel writing between, 1,000 – 2,000 words of out-of-the-ordinary travel experiences with children.
Prizes: Publication and a small fee for winners.
Entry fee: free
Closing date: 14 January
www.bradtguides.com
hollyparsons@bradtguids.com
Keats-Shelley Prizes
Essays on the Romantics,, up to 3,000 words; poems on a theme TBC, up to thirty lines. Young Romantics prizes for poetry and essays by writers aged 16-18
Prizes: £4,000 prizes fund
Entry fee: £5
Closing date: 15 January TBC
Susanna.seekings@talktalk.net
www.keats-shelley.co.uk
Magma Poetry Competition
Poems on any subject in two categories, up to 80 lines, and up to 12 lines.
Prizes: up to 80 lines, £1,000, £300, £150, up to 12 lines, £1000, £300 and ten £15 plus special mentions
Entry fee: £5, £4 for second, £3 for third, and each subsequent.
Closing date: 15 January TBC
www.magmapoetry.com/competition
The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and Author of Tomorrow Prize for a short story by a writer aged 21
The best published and unpublished adventure novels of the past year.
Prizes: TBC
submissions@wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org
www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org
Cuirt New Writing Prize
Fiction, up to 2,500 words, three poems under 50 lines each.
Prizes: 500 euros in each category
Entry fee: 10 euros
Closing date: 25th January TBC
info@cuirt.ie
http://cuirt.ie
RW First Chapter Competition
Submission package: three chapters, synopsis, letter.
Prizes: submission review and feedback from Sarah Manning
Entry fee: £10
Closing date: 7 January
www.retreatwest.co.uk
Arundel Festival Theatre Trail Writers’ Competition
Short plays between 30 and 40 minutes.
Prizes: £250 for best play. £150 for each shortlisted play.
Entry fee: FREE
Closing date: 31st January
info@dripaction.co.uk
www.dripaction.com
BBC International Playwriting Competition
Radio plays by new and established writers living outside the UK.
Prizes: In each category £2,200 and a return trip to the UK to see the play being recorded for the BBC Word Service
Entry fee: FREE
Closing date: 31st January TBC
http://writ.rs/bbcintlpaywritingcompe...
Caine Prize for African Writing
For short stories, 3,000 – 10,000 words, published by African writers (born in Africa, African nationals, and children of African parents)
Prizes: £10,000, £500 for each shortlisted, anthology publication.
Entry fee: FREE
Closing date: 31st January TBC
info@cainprize.com
www.cainprize.com
Martin Lucas Haiku Award
For original, unpublished haiku.
Prizes: £100, four £25 runner-up, publication in Presence.
Entry fee: £5 for up to five and £1 each additional.
Closing date: 31st January
http://haiku-presence.50webs.com
haikupresence@gmail.com
Comedy Women in Print Prize
Comedy novels by women in two categories: published writers and unpublished writers.
Prizes: £2000 for published writers, £1000 and a free place on the University of Hertfordshire’s MA in creative Writing for unpublished writers.
Entry fee: FREE for published writers, £10 for unpublished writers.
Closing date: 31st January
hello@comedywomeninprint.co.uk
www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk
Fiction Desk Ghost Story Competition
Annual ghost story contest for stories between 1,000 and 7,000 words.
Prizes: TBC last year £500, £250, £100, publication.
Entry fee: TBC
Closing date: 31st January TBC
info@thefictiondesk.com
www.thefictiondesk.com
Mothers Milk Books Poetry Prize.
Poems in line with Mothers Milk Books. Publishing remit: mindful parenting, mothering breastfeeding, family life, home.
Prizes: £125, 2 x £25, £20 book token in children’s category.
Entry fee: Purchase worth at least £5 from Mothers Milk Books.
Closing date: 31st January
Writingprize@mothersmilkbooks.com
www.mothersmilkbooks.com
Georgina Henry Award for Digital Innovation.
For a specific journalistic project by a women journalist.
Prizes: £4,000 prize fund.
Closing date: 31st January
http://womeninjournalism.co.uk
Lancashire Authors Association Flash Fiction Competition.
A story in exactly 100 words.
Prizes: £100
Entry fee: £2 / £5 for three.
Closing date: 31st January
Laa100word@gmail.com
www.lancashireauthorsassociation.co.uk
Prole Laureate Poetry Comp
Poems of any length, style and subject.
Prizes: £200, 2 x £50
Entry fee: £2, £5 for three
Closing date: 31st January TBC
poetrycompetition@prolebooks.co.uk
http://prolebooks.co.uk
Teignmouth Poetry Festival Competition
Poem up to 35 lines.
Prizes: £500, £250, £100
Entry fee: £4, subsequent entries £3
Closing date: 31st January
www.poetryteignmouth.com
Fish Short Memoir Contest
For personal non-fiction, up to 4,000 words.
Prizes: 1,000 euros, publication in annual Fish Anthology, a week at Casa Ana Writers retreat in Andalucía and 300 euros travel expenses, seven honourable mentions 100 euros.
Entry fee: 17 euros, 19 postal.
Closing date: 31 January
info@fishpublishing.com
www.fishpublishing.com
This book might help: https://amzn.to/2Ouayp4
Writing Competitions January 2019
Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing
Short stories with food and drink themes, up to 2,500 words.
Prizes: £10,000
Entry fee: £10 TBC
Closing date: 7 January
http://writ.rs/mogfordprize
The Feature Script Competition
Original feature film scripts for which the writer holds the copyright.
Prizes: Industry accolades
Entry fee: £60
Closing date: 9 January
murray@ukfilmfestival.com
www.ukfilmfestival.com
Bath Flash Fiction Novella in Flash Award
Flash fiction novellas, 7,000 – 18,000 words
Prizes: £300, and two £100 prizes
Entry fee: £16
Closing date: 14 January
http://bathflashfictionaward.com
novella@bathflashfictionaward.com
Exeter Novel Prize
First 10,000 words of a novel not under contract, including a 500 – word synopsis.
Prizes: £500, five £100 runner-up prizes
Entry fee: £18
Closing date: 1 January
Tel: 07722 144357
www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk
creativewritingmatters@virginmedia.com
Bradt Travel Guides – Travelling With Kids Anthology Competition
Travel writing between, 1,000 – 2,000 words of out-of-the-ordinary travel experiences with children.
Prizes: Publication and a small fee for winners.
Entry fee: free
Closing date: 14 January
www.bradtguides.com
hollyparsons@bradtguids.com
Keats-Shelley Prizes
Essays on the Romantics,, up to 3,000 words; poems on a theme TBC, up to thirty lines. Young Romantics prizes for poetry and essays by writers aged 16-18
Prizes: £4,000 prizes fund
Entry fee: £5
Closing date: 15 January TBC
Susanna.seekings@talktalk.net
www.keats-shelley.co.uk
Magma Poetry Competition
Poems on any subject in two categories, up to 80 lines, and up to 12 lines.
Prizes: up to 80 lines, £1,000, £300, £150, up to 12 lines, £1000, £300 and ten £15 plus special mentions
Entry fee: £5, £4 for second, £3 for third, and each subsequent.
Closing date: 15 January TBC
www.magmapoetry.com/competition
The Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and Author of Tomorrow Prize for a short story by a writer aged 21
The best published and unpublished adventure novels of the past year.
Prizes: TBC
submissions@wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org
www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org
Cuirt New Writing Prize
Fiction, up to 2,500 words, three poems under 50 lines each.
Prizes: 500 euros in each category
Entry fee: 10 euros
Closing date: 25th January TBC
info@cuirt.ie
http://cuirt.ie
RW First Chapter Competition
Submission package: three chapters, synopsis, letter.
Prizes: submission review and feedback from Sarah Manning
Entry fee: £10
Closing date: 7 January
www.retreatwest.co.uk
Arundel Festival Theatre Trail Writers’ Competition
Short plays between 30 and 40 minutes.
Prizes: £250 for best play. £150 for each shortlisted play.
Entry fee: FREE
Closing date: 31st January
info@dripaction.co.uk
www.dripaction.com
BBC International Playwriting Competition
Radio plays by new and established writers living outside the UK.
Prizes: In each category £2,200 and a return trip to the UK to see the play being recorded for the BBC Word Service
Entry fee: FREE
Closing date: 31st January TBC
http://writ.rs/bbcintlpaywritingcompe...
Caine Prize for African Writing
For short stories, 3,000 – 10,000 words, published by African writers (born in Africa, African nationals, and children of African parents)
Prizes: £10,000, £500 for each shortlisted, anthology publication.
Entry fee: FREE
Closing date: 31st January TBC
info@cainprize.com
www.cainprize.com
Martin Lucas Haiku Award
For original, unpublished haiku.
Prizes: £100, four £25 runner-up, publication in Presence.
Entry fee: £5 for up to five and £1 each additional.
Closing date: 31st January
http://haiku-presence.50webs.com
haikupresence@gmail.com
Comedy Women in Print Prize
Comedy novels by women in two categories: published writers and unpublished writers.
Prizes: £2000 for published writers, £1000 and a free place on the University of Hertfordshire’s MA in creative Writing for unpublished writers.
Entry fee: FREE for published writers, £10 for unpublished writers.
Closing date: 31st January
hello@comedywomeninprint.co.uk
www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk
Fiction Desk Ghost Story Competition
Annual ghost story contest for stories between 1,000 and 7,000 words.
Prizes: TBC last year £500, £250, £100, publication.
Entry fee: TBC
Closing date: 31st January TBC
info@thefictiondesk.com
www.thefictiondesk.com
Mothers Milk Books Poetry Prize.
Poems in line with Mothers Milk Books. Publishing remit: mindful parenting, mothering breastfeeding, family life, home.
Prizes: £125, 2 x £25, £20 book token in children’s category.
Entry fee: Purchase worth at least £5 from Mothers Milk Books.
Closing date: 31st January
Writingprize@mothersmilkbooks.com
www.mothersmilkbooks.com
Georgina Henry Award for Digital Innovation.
For a specific journalistic project by a women journalist.
Prizes: £4,000 prize fund.
Closing date: 31st January
http://womeninjournalism.co.uk
Lancashire Authors Association Flash Fiction Competition.
A story in exactly 100 words.
Prizes: £100
Entry fee: £2 / £5 for three.
Closing date: 31st January
Laa100word@gmail.com
www.lancashireauthorsassociation.co.uk
Prole Laureate Poetry Comp
Poems of any length, style and subject.
Prizes: £200, 2 x £50
Entry fee: £2, £5 for three
Closing date: 31st January TBC
poetrycompetition@prolebooks.co.uk
http://prolebooks.co.uk
Teignmouth Poetry Festival Competition
Poem up to 35 lines.
Prizes: £500, £250, £100
Entry fee: £4, subsequent entries £3
Closing date: 31st January
www.poetryteignmouth.com
Fish Short Memoir Contest
For personal non-fiction, up to 4,000 words.
Prizes: 1,000 euros, publication in annual Fish Anthology, a week at Casa Ana Writers retreat in Andalucía and 300 euros travel expenses, seven honourable mentions 100 euros.
Entry fee: 17 euros, 19 postal.
Closing date: 31 January
info@fishpublishing.com
www.fishpublishing.com
This book might help: https://amzn.to/2Ouayp4
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