Mayday, mayday, we’re all still in lockdown, so let’s escape through the magic of FICTION.
Join our #Submit2020 challenge and set your sights on some juicy, delicious, tantalising May submission deadlines.
We’ve put together over 80 writing competitions, opportunities, and excellent things with deadlines in May 2020, many of them free-to-enter, many with cash prizes.
So what are you waiting for? Get stuck in and get submitting!
Atlanta Review International Poetry Contest
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Line Limit: not stated
Prize: $1,000
Entry fee: $15 for up to 5 poems
Notes: 20-ish shortlisted entries will also be published in the contest issue
More details and submission info HERE
The Broken City
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: 3,000 words
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: The Wild West
More details and submission info HERE
Bloodbath Lit: The Vampires Issue
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction: 2,000 words / Poetry: 40 lines
Payment: £30
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Vampires
More details and submission info HERE
Counterclaim
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: 10 pages of fiction, non-fiction or poetry
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: New beginnings/starting afresh
More details and submission info HERE
Erbacce Prize for Poetry
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: 5 pages of poetry
Prize: 1st prize: A publishing contract with erbacce press + a perfect-bound collection of poetry + 20% royalties / 2x runners-up: either a perfect bound book or a high quality chap-book under similar terms as the winner
Entry fee: FREE
More details and submission info HERE
The First Line
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: 300-5,000 words
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Stories must begin with the chosen first line: The door was locked
More details and submission info HERE
HYBRID Future//Tense: Love
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: 2,000-15,000 words
Payment: 2½¢ per word (maximum $100 per story)
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: What will love look like in the future?
More details and submission info HERE
Halfway Down the Stairs
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction: 5,000 words / Non-fiction: 3,000 words / Poetry: 500 words
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Upside down
More details and submission info HERE
Iron Faerie Villains Anthology
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: 2,500-7,000 words
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Iron Faerie Publishing are looking for horror, fantasy and paranormal romance stories about fairytales as told from the villain’s perspective
More details and submission info HERE
The Lorraine Williams Poetry Prize
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: Up to 3 poems, 10 pages total
Prize: $1,500 + an expenses-paid trip to Athens, Georgia, to give a public reading with the judge
Entry fee: $15
More details and submission info HERE
Molly Keane Creative Writing Award
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: 2,000 words
Prize: €500
Entry fee: FREE
More details and submission info HERE
Montreal International Poetry Prize
Deadline: 1st May 2020 (*early deadline)
Line Limit: 40 lines
Prize: $20,000
Entry fee: $20
Notes: *Deadline extends to 15th May with increased fees
More details and submission info HERE
The 2020 Moon City Poetry Award
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: A poetry collection of at least 48 pages
Prize: $1,000 + publication + royalty contract with Moon City Press
Entry fee: $25
More details and submission info HERE
Nature and Place Poetry Competition
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Line Limit: 40 lines
Prizes: 1st prize: £1,000 / 2nd prize: £500 / 3rd prize: £250
Entry fee: £7 for first poem, £4 thereafter (max 6 poems)
Notes: Theme: Nature and place
More details and submission info HERE
New Voice in Poetry Prize
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: 2 recorded audio poems
Prize: £250
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: The New Voice in Poetry Prize is a brand new competition for emerging spoken word poets and performers who are yet to publish a full collection of work. The prize is open to 18-35 year-olds based in the UK
More details and submission info HERE
The Peseroff Prize Poetry Contest
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: Up to 3 poems
Prize: $1,000
Entry fee: $10
Notes: The winner and finalists will be published in the spring issue of Breakwater Review
More details and submission info HERE
Poetry London Prize
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Line Limit: 80 lines
Prizes: 1st prize: £5,000 / 2nd prize: £2,000 / 3rd prize: £1,000
Entry fee: £8 (£4 for Poetry London subscribers)
Notes: There are a number of free entries for low-income writers
More details and submission info HERE
The Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: CV + 1 page cover letter + complete fiction manuscripts of at least 45,000 words
Prize: $10,000 advance + publication
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Candidates must be first-generation residents of their country
More details and submission info HERE
Remastered Words
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Word Limit: 5,000 words
Prizes: 1st prize: £75 / 2nd prize: £50 / 3rd prize: £25
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Winning stories will be produced as an audio work by Remastered Words and created into an audio anthology. Authors will receive a 30% share of the royalties that will be split between the winners. Stories must be inspired by this year’s chosen theme.
More details and submission info HERE
Script Pipeline Screenwriting Contest
Deadline: 1st May 2020 (*early deadline)
Word Limit: 1,000 words
Prize: 1st prize: $25,000 + long-term industry circulation + script development / Runner-up: $2,500
Entry fee: $60
Notes: *Deadline extends to 15th May with increased entry fee
More details and submission info HERE
Unbound Anthology of Irish Working Class Voices
Deadline: 1st May 2020
Requirements: Memoirs of up to 2,500 words + 500 personal statement
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: The anthology is looking for 16 new and emerging writers from a working-class background from all over the island of Ireland
More details and submission info HERE
Liars’ League London
Deadline: 3rd November 2019
Word Limit: 800-2,000 words
Prize: A public reading of your story + mp3 & YouTube recording
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Mystery & Suspense – high tension and twist endings, strange goings-on and unsettling encounters, noirish puzzles and domestic dramas. Accepted stories will be read by a professional actor on the 9th of June 2020.
More details and submissions info HERE
JKP Writing Prize
Deadline: 3rd May 2020
Requirements: Original, own-voices essays on the theme of Trans Everyday of 1,500-3,000 words
Prize: £150
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: The JKP prize is open to unpublished/unagented writers who identify as trans and/or non-binary.
More details and submission info HERE
Mavis Batey Essay Prize
Deadline: 3rd May 2020
Word Limit: 5,000-6,000 words
Prize: £250 + free membership of the Gardens Trust for a year
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Garden history
More details and submission info HERE
John Yorke Story: Bursary for Women in Video Games
Deadline: 4th May 2020
Requirements: To apply for the bursary, email [email protected], explaining why you’re the perfect person to take this opportunity
Bursary: 80% bursary towards a place on the Story for Video Games online course
Entry fee: FREE
More details and submission info HERE
The Nick Darke Award
Deadline: 4th May 2020
Requirements: A full length stage script (45 minutes minimum)
Prize: £6,000
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Open to UK and European writers
More details and submission info HERE
London Reader
Deadline: 4th May 2020
Word Limit: 5,000 words or up to 3 poems
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Stories from the lockdown
More details and submission info HERE
Power Play
Deadline: 4th May 2020
Requirements: A 500 word proposal for a new play set and staged site-specifically in a real nail bar/beauty salon, approximately one hour in length with a small cast + 300 word bio
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: This opportunity is open to female-identifying or non-binary writers
More details and submission info HERE
Disturbing the Body
Deadline: 7th May 2020
Word Limit: 8,000 words
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Entries must be speculative autobiography on the theme of bodies going wrong and how we narrate our own experiences
More details and submission info HERE
1000 Words Heard for INARA
Deadline: 8th/22nd May 2020*
Word Limit: 1,000 words
Prize: Winning stories will be narrated by a professional voice actor and published at BIBLIOPHONE
Entry fee: £4 donation to the charity INARA, who arrange medical support for war-wounded children around the world
Notes: *Donations must be received by 8th of May but the deadline for stories is not until the 22nd of May
More details and submission info HERE
Booksie Flash Fiction Contest
Deadline: 8th May 2020
Word Limit: 500 words
Prizes: 1st prize: $500 / 2x runners-up: $100
Entry fee: $6.95
Notes: Entries must be inspired by a picture prompt on the Booksie competition page
More details and submission info HERE
RTÉ Short Story Competition 2020
Deadline: 8th May 2020
Word Limit: 1,800-2,000 words
Prizes: 1st prize: €3,000 / 2nd prize: €2,000 / 3rd prize: €1,000 / 7x runners-up: €250
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: The competition is open to people over 18 years of age who are Irish,
or resident in Ireland. All 10 short stories will be broadcast in a season of new writing on RTÉ Radio 1 in the autumn.
More details and submission info HERE
Pure Slush: The Tyranny of Bacon
Deadline: 10th May 2020
Word Limit: 50-1,000 words
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Submissions must include bacon in some form. Even just the mention of the word bacon is fine.
More details and submission info HERE
Untitled: Voices
Deadline: 12th May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction: 2,000 words / Scripts & poetry: up to 50 lines
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Untitled: Voices seeks pieces written by underrepresented writers during the current lockdown or as a reaction to the worldwide pandemic.
More details and submission info HERE
Live Canon International Poetry Prize
Deadline: 13th May 2020
Line Limit: Any length
Prizes: 1st prize: £1,000
Entry fee: £6.50 for 1 / £12 for 2 / £16.00 for 3 / £20 for 5 / £35 for 10
More details and submission info HERE
Mairtin Crawford Award
Deadline: 13th May 2020
Requirements: Poetry: 3-5 poems (60 lines each) / Short stories: 3,500 words
Prizes: (in each category) 1st prize: £1,000 + 3-night stay at The River Mill writing retreat / Runner-up: £250
Entry fee: £6
More details and submission info HERE
Austin Film Festival Screenplay & Teleplay Competition
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Requirements: Feature screenplays: 90-120 pages / Teleplays: 22-70 pages
Prizes: Screenplay: $5,000 / Teleplay: $1,000
Entry fee: Screenplay: $70 / Teleplay: $60
Notes: See website for specific category information
More details and submission info HERE
Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Word Limit: 1,000-5,000 words
Prizes: 1st prize: £1,000 / 2nd prize: £250 / 3rd prize: £100
Entry fee: £10
Notes: The winners and longlisted entrants’ stories will be published in the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize anthology in October 2020
More details and submission info HERE
Full Metal Horror 3: The Unknown
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Word Limit: 2,000-7,000 words
Payment: $10 + author copy
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Sci horror, cosmic horror, and bizzaro horror
More details and submission info HERE
Cast of Wonders: Banned Book Week
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Word Limit: Young adult fiction of up to 6,000 words
Payment: $.08 per word
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Banned books
More details and submission info HERE
Cow Creek Chapbook Prize
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Requirements: 15-30 pages of poetry
Prize: $1,000 + 25 author copies
Entry fee: $15
More details and submission info HERE
The Fieldstone Review
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Requirements: Up to 5 poems or 2 pieces of fiction/creative non-fiction
Prize: The best submission will receive $100
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Plastic identities
More details and submission info HERE
Grain Magazine
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction & literary non-fiction: 3,500 words / Poetry: up to 6 pages
Payment: $50 per page (up to $250)
Entry fee: FREE
More details and submission info HERE
Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Line Limit: 40 lines (up to 2 poems per entry)
Prizes: 1st prize: $1,500 / 2nd prize: $300
Entry fee: $20 (includes a copy of Ruminate)
More details and submission info HERE
Luna Station Quarterly
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Word Limit: 500-7,000 words
Payment: $5
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Luna Station Quarterly publishes speculative fiction written by women-identified authors
More details and submission info HERE
Ploughshares Emerging Writers’ Contest
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction & non-fiction: 6,000 words / Poetry: 3-5 pages
Prizes: $2,000 in each category
Entry fee: $20
More details and submission info HERE
The Prophecy Creek Award in Speculative Fiction
Deadline: 15th May 2020
Requirements: An original, unpublished book-length work of speculative fiction
Prize: $1,000 + publication
Entry fee: $20
More details and submission info HERE
Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize
Deadline: 17th May 2020
Line Limit: 1-3 poems, up to 3 pages total
Prize: $1,000
Entry fee: $15
Notes: Entrants must be under 40 years of age
More details and submission info HERE
Pilgrimage Press
Deadline: 17th May 2020
Word Limit: Prose: 6,000 words / Poetry: up to 6 poems
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Edges & borders
More details and submission info HERE
The Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition
Deadline: 20th May 2020
Word Limit: 1,000-2,000 words
Prize: The winning story will be recorded as an audiobook by multi-award winning and best-selling Austen narrator Alison Larkin, published worldwide and promoted for all to hear
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Inspiration
More details and submission info HERE
Sick Cruising Anthology
Deadline: 20th May 2020
Word Limit: 2,000 words
Payment: $20 + 1 copy of the anthology
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: All stories must be a response to the anthology prompts
More details and submission info HERE
Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
Deadline: 24th May 2020
Word Limit: 10,000 words
Prizes: 1st prize: $2,000 / 2nd prize: $500 / 3rd prize: $250 / 2x editors’ choice: $125
Entry fee: $17
Notes: The winning stories will be read by three literary agents
More details and submission info HERE
A3 Review
Deadline: 23rd May 2020
Word Limit: 150 words
Prizes: The two winning entries from each month’s contest will be published in Issue #13 of The A3 Review in early October 2020. Winners will also receive contributor copies and Writing Maps. Three overall winners of the March till August contests will receive cash prizes: 1st = £250, 2nd = £150, 3rd = £75
Entry Fee: £3
Notes: Theme: Human
More details and submission info HERE
SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction
Deadline: 24th May 2020
Word Limit: 1,000 words
Prizes: 1st prize: $2,000 / 2nd prize: $200 / 3rd prize: $100
Entry fee: $15.50 for up to 2 stories
Notes: All finalists will be published and receive $50
More details and submission info HERE
Live Canon First and Second Collections Competition
Deadline: 25th May 2020
Requirements: First or second poetry collections of 35+ poems (40+ pages)
Prizes: 3 books will win a publication contract with Live Canon
Entry fee: £12
Notes: 6 books will be longlisted in each category
More details and submission info HERE
Grindstone International Poetry Prize
Deadline: 28th May 2020
Line Limit: 40 lines
Prizes: Grand prize: £500 / Runner-up: £200 / 4x shortlisted poems: £50
Entry fee: £8
Notes: Optional feedback is available for an additional £8
More details and submission info HERE
Wigtown Poetry Prize
Deadline: 29th May 2020
Line Limit: 40 lines
Prizes: Wigtown prize: £1,500 / Wigtown Scots prize & Wigtown Scottish Gaelic prize: £500 / Runner-up in each category: £200
Entry fee: £6.50 for 1 (each subsequent entry after the first three costs £5)
Notes: Several other prizes are available, and those entering Wigtown Scottish Gaelic and Wigtown Scots categories can also submit their poems to be considered for the Wigtown Prize free-of-charge.
More details and submission info HERE
Lucent Dreaming Short Story & Poetry Contests
Deadline: 30th May 2020
Word Limit: Short fiction: 2,000-7,500 words / Poetry: 56 lines
Prizes: 1st prize: £100 / 2nd prize: £50 / 3rd prize: £25
Entry fee: £4 or FREE for low-income writers
Notes: Winners will also receive a fiction/poetry bundle and limited edition merch
More details and submission info HERE
Deadman’s Tome
Deadline: 30th May 2020
Word Limit: 4,000-6,000 words
Payment: $10
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Horror and dark fiction based on true crimes or serial killers
More details and submission info HERE
Riptide Climate Matters Anthology
Deadline: 30th May 2020
Word Limit: Poetry: up to 3 poems (max 40 lines each) / Fiction, science writing & life writing: 3,000 words
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Questioning capitalism
More details and submission info HERE
-1000 Below: Flash Prose & Poetry Contest
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction: 1,000 words / Poetry: up to 1 poems, 40 words each
Prize: 1st prize: $500 / 2nd prize: $250 / 3rd prize: $50
Entry fee: $10
Notes: All submissions will be considered for publication
More details and submission info HERE
Apparition Lit
Submission period: 15th – 31st May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction: 1,000-5,000 words / Poetry: up to 5 poems, 2 pages max
Payment: Fiction: $0.03 per word (min $30) / Poetry: $30
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Redemption. Apparition Lit is seeking original, unpublished speculative fiction and poetry.
More details and submission info HERE
3Elements Review
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction: 3,500 words / Poetry: up to 2 pages
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Entries must include the following three elements: Lobe, parrot, half-life
More details and submission info HERE
Bath Novel Award
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: The first 5,000 words of a novel + 1 page synopsis
Prize: £3,000
Entry fee: £28 (free sponsored places available)
Notes: The contest is open to unpublished, self-published and independently published writers worldwide
More details and submission info HERE
Blue Pencil Agency First Novel Award
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: The first 5,000 words of a novel + 300 word synopsis + cover letter
Prize: £1,000 + agent introduction
Entry fee: £20
Notes: The Award is open to unrepresented and unpublished authors for a novel in any adult fiction genre
More details and submission info HERE
Bridport Prize
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word Limit: Poetry: 42 lines / Short stories: 5,000 words / Flash fiction: 250 words / Novels: 5,000-8,000 extract from the opening chapters + 300 word synopsis
Prizes: Poetry & Short stories: 1st prize: £5,000, 2nd prize: £1,000, 3rd prize: £500, 10x highly commended: £100 / Flash fiction: 1st prize: £1,000, 2nd prize: £500, 3rd prize: £250, 3x highly commended: £100 / Novels: 1st prize: £1,500, Runner-up: £750, 3x shortlist: £150
Entry fee: Poetry: £10 / Short stories: £12 / Flash fiction: £9 / Novel: £20
Notes: Longlisted novel entrants will be asked to submit 15,000 words for the next stage of the judging process. Shortlisted entrants will be asked to submit 30,000 words for the final stage of the judging process.
More details and submission info HERE
Creative Future Writing Award
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word Limit: Fiction: 4,000 words / Poetry: 42 lines
Prizes: Platinum: £75 + mentorship + online course + professional consultations / Gold: £50 + manuscript assessment + online course / Silver: £25 + manuscript assessment / Bronze: Coaching + mentoring / Highly commended: critique /
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: Tomorrow
More details and submission info HERE
The Frogmore Poetry Prize
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Line Limit: 40 lines
Prizes: 1st prize: 250 guineas + 2 year subscription / 2nd prize: 75 guineas + 1 year subscription / 3rd prize: 50 guineas + 1 year subscription
Entry fee: £4
Notes: All shortlisted poems will appear in number 96 of The Frogmore Papers (September 2020)
More details and submission info HERE
Full Fat Collection – Trois
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: A collection of up to 40 poems (approx 60 pages)
Prize: The winner will be published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press and receive 100 copies of their collection
Entry fee: £25
More details and submission info HERE
Live Theatre
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: Full-length play scripts (60 mins or longer)
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Writers must be currently based in the UK or Republic of Ireland.
More details and submission info HERE
The Lord Whisky Sanctuary Fund Poetry Competition
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Line Limit: 40 lines
Prizes: 1st prize: 30% of total entry fees / 2nd prize: 10% / 3rd prize: 5% (50% of proceeds will go towards the work of the sanctuary)
Entry fee: £5
Notes: Poems should have a connection to any of the following: the natural world; people and animals; rescue animals; the work of a sanctuary
More details and submission info HERE
MinK2020 – City of Dreams
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word Limit: Flash fiction: 500 words / Poetry: 14 lines
Prizes: £25 in each category
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Submission is open to writers who live in Buckinghamshire (Milton Keynes’ home county) or in the neighbouring counties of Northamptonshire or Bedfordshire.
More details and submission info HERE
NAWG Flash Fiction Competition
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word limit: 100 words (exactly)
Prizes: 1st prize: £100
Entry fee: £3 (or £5 for 2)
More details and submission info HERE
Oversound Chapbook Prize
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: Poetry manuscripts of 15-30 pages
Prize: $1,000 + 25 copies
Entry fee: $18 (includes a subscription to Oversound)
More details and submission info HERE
Pint-sized Plays 2020 Competition
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: Short plays of 5-10 minutes capable of being staged in a pub, suitable for 2-3 actors
Prize: The six winning scripts and four runners up will be performed at the Script Slam on September 26th 2020. The scripts will be judged by the audience and there will be two prizes: for Best Script and Runner Up, together with a certificate for the third place. The performances will also be judged by a professional theatre director and awards made for the best performances.
Entry fee: £5.50
More details and submission info HERE
Shooter Short Story Competition
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word Limit: 5,000 words
Prizes: 1st prize: £400 / Runner-up: £100
Entry fee: £7 (£10 for 2)
More details and submissions info HERE
Thanet Writers Short Story Competition 2020
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Word Limit: 500-5,000 words
Prizes: 1st prize: £1,000 / Longlist: £10
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Entries must be set in Thanet and be weird, strange, or unusual in some way. Writers must also have some form of connection to Thanet to submit.
More details and submissions info HERE
Well Review Editions: Call for Essays
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: A 2-3 page outline of your proposed essay + a 10 page writing sample
Entry fee: FREE
Notes: Essays will be published in a new pamphlet series in 2020
More details and submissions info HERE
Welsh Poetry Competition
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Line Limit: 50 lines
Prizes: 1st prize: £500 / 2nd prize: £250 / 3rd prize: £100
Entry fee: £6 for first poem, discounts for multiple entries
Notes: 17 runners up will also be published online and in a future anthology
More details and submissions info HERE
Yeovil Literary Prize
Deadline: 31st May 2020
Requirements: Novels: Synopsis and opening chapters up to 15,000 words total / Short stories: 2,000 words / Poetry: 40 lines / Writing without restrictions: n/a
Prizes: Novels: 1st prize: £1,000, 2nd prize: £250, 3rd prize: £100 / Short stories & poetry: 1st prize: £500, 2nd prize: £200, 3rd prize: £100 / Writing without restrictions: 1st prize: £200, 2nd prize: £100, 3rd prize: £50
Entry fee: Novel: £12 / Short stories: £7 / Poetry: £7 for 1, £10 for 2, £12 for 3 / Writing without restrictions: £5
More details and submissions info HERE
Ad Hoc Fiction (RECURRING)
Deadline: Various (weekly)
Word Limit: 150 words
Prize: Free entry to the Bath Flash Fiction Award
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Entries must include the prompt word (see website for latest deadline). Once submissions are closed, entries are published for public voting on the Ad Hoc site.
More details and submissions info HERE
Third Word Press Great Eighty Challenge (RECURRING)
Deadline: Rolling
Word Limit: Exactly 80 words
Prize: Royalties on publication
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Title not included in word count (but limited to 6 words).
More details and submissions info HERE
Faber Academy QuickFic (RECURRING)
Deadline: Weekly (new prompt every Friday)
Word Limit: 250 words
Prize: A selection of books
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Stories must be in response to a weekly prompt posted each Friday at 9.50am
More details and submissions info HERE
If you have a writing competition or opportunity to add to our June listings, contact [email protected] before the 31st of May.
Please note: We rarely list contests with an entry fee of over £20 (with the exception of scriptwriting and chapbook competitions) unless they also offer free entries for low income writers.
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