The Long Light Poetry Prize
Entry $12 · Closes 31 Oct
Single poems up to 60 lines. First prize $1,500 and publication in the winners' anthology.
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Writing contests now open
Around 140 competitions across poetry, fiction, essay and screenwriting. We list the fee, prize and deadline plainly, and flag every free-to-enter award.
Harbour Short Story Award
Entry $15 · Closes 20 Jan
Stories to 6,000 words, judged blind by a rotating panel of three writers.
First Draft Screenplay Competition
Entry $30 · Closes 5 Mar
Feature-length screenplays. Winners receive industry reads and a development meeting.
Flash Season
Free entry · Closes 12 Dec
Flash fiction under 500 words, no fee, open worldwide.
Memoir in Miniature
Entry $10 · Closes 28 Feb
Personal essays to 2,000 words on a set theme announced each autumn.
The Debut Manuscript Award
Entry $25 · Closes 14 Jun
Unpublished novel manuscripts, with the winner receiving a full editorial report.