Resource for Contests & Competitions
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Presently there are Artist and Writer contests and competitions below. More opportunities for all areas of The Arts and Performing Arts will be added when found.
Poetry Competition closing 31st January 2019 For black writers who are full-time students. Submit up to three poems at least 120 lines total. Prizes include $0 for first place. Prestigious prize and possible publication. Deadline for entries is 31st January 2019.
Fiction Competition closing 31st January 2019 For black writers who are full-time students. Submit up to 20 pages of double-spaced fiction. Prizes include $0 for first place. Prestigious prize and possible publication. Deadline for entries is 31st January 2019.
Poetry Competition closing 30th November 2018 For poems up to 40 lines. Prizes include GBP 100 for first place. GBP 50; GBP 25. Deadline for entries is 30th November 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 1st May 2019 Open to all writers around the world whether published or unpublished, UK or non-UK based. 20 stories will be shortlisted and published in Anthology Volume 12. The winner and 2 runners up will be selected from the shortlist. No theme or subject. All stories must be previously unpublished with max. word count 4,000. Prizes include…
Poetry Competition closing 31st December 2018 Submit up to thee poems up to 108 lines total on any of three topics: 1) The negative effects of communism and socialism on the West; 2) Human rights in China; and 3) The beauty of classical arts. Rhyme and meter are recommended. Prizes include $1,000 for first place. Deadline for entries is 31st December…
Fiction Competition closing 30th November 2018 For ghost stories set in a bookshop, lasting no longer than 20 minutes when read aloud. Prizes include GBP 100 for first place. Deadline for entries is 30th November 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 30th November 2018 Runs Monthly - Short Stories, Flash Fiction and Poetry. Set theme each month. Fifteen pounds prize money for each winner in each category. Prizes include GBP 15 for first place. Plus published on website. Deadline for entries is 30th November 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 31st December 2018 Figures of human form. Figures of life, imagination, history, mythology and allegory. In costume, in none. In lightness, in darkness. In dignity, in shame. Of everyday, of me, of you. Share your FIGURES with words or images. Prizes include $0 for first place. Deadline for entries is 31st December 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 31st March 2019 For animal stories up to 2,000 words. Can be about wild animals, pets, or imaginary beasts. Prizes include $200 for first place. Also possible anthology publication. $100; $50. Also magazine publication. Deadline for entries is 31st March 2019.
Poetry Competition closing 30th November 2018 For poetry collections on the subject of nature/spiritual/environment. Prizes include GBP 0 for first place. Publication and 50 copies. Deadline for entries is 30th November 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 31st December 2018 For poetry manuscripts between 48 and 88 pages. Prizes include $3,000 for first place. Also week-long residency worth $1,500. Deadline for entries is 31st December 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 30th November 2018 For flash fiction on any theme, up to 500 words. Prizes include GBP 300 for first place. GBP 200; GBP 100. Deadline for entries is 30th November 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 2nd January 2019 For stories about families up to 12,000 words (most entries are between 500 and 5,000 words). Prizes include $2,500 for first place. Also magazine publication and 10 copies. $500; $300. Deadline for entries is 2nd January 2019.
Poetry Competition closing 30th November 2018For poems up to 40 lines. Prizes include GBP 1,000 for first place. GBP 300; GBP 200; GBP 50 x 5. Deadline for entries is 30th November 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 30th November 2019With the launch of our Novel Writing Bootcamp, and as a proud sponsor of National Novel Writing Month 2019, November is a huge time for us. And we have some exciting news for you! Upload your book to our November Short Story Writing Contest to be in with a chance of winning $2000 and having…
Fiction Competition closing 31st December 2018We are not concerned with genre distinctions?send us the best you have; we want only for it to be thoughtful, intelligent, and beautiful. Both previously published and unpublished works are eligible, provided that publication does not infringe on previously held rights. 50 page limit; book excerpts welcome. Prizes include $100 for first place. Also publication.…
Nonfiction Competition closing 18th November 2018The prize is open to all forms of creative nonfiction?personal essay, short memoir, literary journalism, etc.; no geographical restrictions. $20 Entry fee also includes a complimentary digital copy. $1,500 goes to the first place winner; $200 for second place. Prizes include $1,500 for first place. $200 for 2nd place, Deadline for entries is 18th November…
Fiction Competition closing 1st June 2019For short stories up to 8,000 words. Prizes include $1,000 for first place. Also publication. Deadline for entries is 1st June 2019.
Poetry Competition closing 31st December 2018For poetry manuscripts of at least 48 pages. Prizes include $2,000 for first place. Deadline for entries is 31st December 2018.
Nonfiction Competition closing 25th November 2018For travel writing between 600 and 800 words on the theme: Out of the Blue. Prizes include GBP 0 for first place. Three-night winter break for two in Lapland. Deadline for entries is 25th November 2018.
Fiction Competition closing 31st December 2018It's Christmas Day - Time for the family to gather for dinner - what can possibly go wrong? See the website for full details of this short story contest. Prizes include GBP 100 for first place. Also published on the website. Deadline for entries is 31st December 2018.
Poetry Competition closing 25th November 2018For poems of any theme or style, up to 125 lines. Prizes include GBP 100 for first place. GBP 25. Also magazine and web publication. Deadline for entries is 25th November 2018.