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The Ascent Novel Prize and Children’s Book Prize are open for entries. 📖
Submit the opening 3,000 words of your novel, children’s book or YA manuscript, along with a pitch and synopsis, for a chance to win £1,000. 🌟
ascentnovelprize.com/
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The Killer Shorts Short Story Competition 2026 is open for entries. 📖
Submit a horror short story (up to 6,000 words) for a chance to win publication, a Killer Trophy, a Scrivener license, and a professional consultation with author Chris Hicks. 🌟
🔗 killershorts.com/
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The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition is back for 2026 📖✍️
With a first prize of £1,000 plus a free writing course with us, now’s your chance to enter! 🌟 This year’s judge is Daragh Fleming.
Entries are open via Subfolio. 🔗
creativewritingink.co.uk/com…
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The Bedford Competition 2026 is open for entries. 📖
Submit a short story (up to 3,000 words) or poem (up to 40 lines) for a chance to win £2,000 and publication. 🌟
The deadline is 31 October 2026
Full details on their website below. 🔗
bedfordwritingcompetition.co…
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StorySloth’s Bloom Competition is open for entries. 📖
Submit your writing on the theme ‘Bloom’ for a chance to win £50. 🌟
The deadline is 31 May 2026
Full details on their website below. 🔗
storysloth.com/competitions/…
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The Frome Festival Short Story Competition 2026 is open for entries. 📖
Submit a short story (1,000–2,200 words) for a chance to win up to £400. 🌟
The deadline is May 31st, 2026. Full details on their website. 🔗
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The StorySloth 500 Competition is open for entries. 📖
Submit an original short story (max 500 words) for a chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher. 🌟
Deadline: 3rd May 2026. Full details on their website. 🔗
storysloth.com/competitions
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The Moth Short Story Prize is open for entries. ✍️
Open to all writers 16 plus. First prize is €3,000. Enter by 15th June for the chance to win. 🌟
This year’s judge is Wendy Erskine. Full details:
themothmagazine.com/moth-sho…
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Happy Easter from Creative Writing Ink 🐣🌸
We hope the Easter period brings you rest, relaxation, and maybe a little spring writing inspiration too ✍️🌼
We’ll be back on Tuesday as usual. See you then!
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The Scratch A4 1000-word short story competition is now open. ✍️
Enter today to be one of 6 finalists and hear your work read live in Soho this June.
Deadline for entry is 25th April 2026. Submit via their website. 🔗
scratch-books.co.uk/scratcha…
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The Whispering Wisdom Prize Poetry Competition 2026 is open for entries. ✍️
Submit your poem on any theme, 40 lines max, for the chance to win £250.
Deadline for entry is 31st May 2026.
Full details on their website. 🔗
whisperingwisdom.co.uk/compe…
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Canterbury Festival’s Poet of the Year 2026 is now open! ✍️
Accepting poems on any theme and style. Enter today for the chance to win up to £300 and be named Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year. 🌟
Deadline is 1st June, 2026.
canterburyfestival.co.uk/poe…
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The Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2026 is open for entries. ✍️
Submit a poem on any theme for the chance to win up to £1,000 and publication. 📖🌟
Full details on their website.
warepoets.org/competition-20…
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The Henshaw Short Story Competition is open for entries. 📖
Enter a short story on any subject for the chance to win up to £200 and publication. ✍️
Deadline for entry is 31st March 2026.
For full details on how to enter, please visit their website.
henshawpress.co.uk/
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The Reedsy Literary Prize is open from 25th February. ✍️
Enter your short story for the chance to win up to $1,500 publication and more. 🌟
The deadline is 27th May. Full details on their website.
reedsy.com/creative-writing-…
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The Wells Festival of Literature's Writing Competitions will open for entries from 1st April. 📖
Enter today for the chance to win up to £1,000. Deadline for entry is 30th June and 31st July (Young Poets category).
wellsfestivalofliterature.or…
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The John McGivering Writing Prize 2026 and Competition for Younger Writers (12-17) will open for entries on 1 March. 📖
Enter by 1 May 2026 for the chance to win up to £350 and £75 for younger writers. 🌟
Full details on their website.
kiplingsociety.co.uk/news/th…
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The Creative Future Writers’ Award 2026 is open for entries. 💡
Open to underrepresented writers aged 18 living in the UK who have not previously published a book. 📖 This year’s theme is Material. ✍️
Deadline for entry is 5th May. Full details:
creativefuture.org.uk/for-wr…
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Inkspot Publishing’s £500 for 500 Flash Fiction Writing Competition is open for entries. ✍️
Entries should be 500 words (excluding title). 🌟 📖
Deadline for entry is May 17th 2026. Full details on their website.
inkspotpublishing.com/compet…
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FFF competition Thirty-Two is open for entries. ✍️
Submit a flash fiction piece for the chance to win £165 plus publication. 🌟
Deadline for entry is 23rd February.
Full details on the website: freeflashfiction.com/current…
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