All hail Octember, the month of oversized hoodies and soup and pumpkin spice skellington armies. Prepare for hibernation with a story or two, commit to submitting your work to at least one of the huuuuge range of listings below, including calls for submissions for poetry, short stories, flash fiction, novels, novellas, screenplays, writing residencies and funding. Remember to ALWAYS CHECK THE GUIDELINES and join us in our quest to send out 100 Submissions in 2018!
Aphotic Realm
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: Fiction & non fiction: 1000-5000 words / Comics: 12 pages
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘eldritch’
More details and submissions info HERE
Aura Estrada Short Story Contest
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: 5000 words
Prize: $1,500
Entry Fee: $20
Notes: Aura Estrada (1977–2007) was a promising young Mexican writer and student, and the wife of Francisco Goldman. This prize is meant to honour her memory by supporting other burgeoning writers. Aura’s writing, and more about her life, can be found here.
More details and submissions info HERE
Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Festival Competition
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: 40 lines
Prize: 1st prize: £600, 2nd prize: £150, 3rd prize: £50
Entry Fee: £6 for first poem, £3 thereafter
Notes: Eight finalists will be invited to read their poems at the festival, where the winners will be announced.
More details and submissions info HERE
Drunk Monkeys
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: Flash fiction: 1500 words / Fiction: 4000 words / Essays & creative non fiction: 6000 words / Film essays: 1000-5000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘horror’
More details and submissions info HERE
The Last Line
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: 300-5000 words
Payment: $20-40
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: All stories must end with the line: ‘I will visit again if I am ever back this way.’
More details and submissions info HERE
Mselxia Women’s Fiction Awards
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: Flash fiction: 500 words / Short fiction: 300-3000 words / Novella: 5000 words / Children’s novel: 5000 words
Prize: Flash fiction: £500 / Short story: £5,000 / Novella: £1,000 / Children’s novel: £5,000
Entry Fee: Flash fiction: £5 / Short story: £10 / Novella: £15 / Children’s novel: £25
Notes: See individual categories for more information and runner-up prizes
More details and submissions info HERE
The Remembered Arts Journal
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: Open to poetry, short stories, scripts, and creative non-fiction. There are no limits on length or the number of pieces submitted.
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘wish’
More details and submissions info HERE
Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: Min 64 pages
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $25
Notes: Manuscripts are eligible for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize if the author has published at least one full-length collection of original poetry in English (of 48 pages or more with a press run of at least 500 copies).
More details and submissions info HERE
Zoetrope Stories 2018
Deadline: 1st October 2018
Word Limit: 5000 words
Prize: 1st prize: $1,000, 2nd prize: $500, 3rd prize: $250
Entry Fee: $30
Notes: The three prizewinners and seven honourable mentions will be considered for representation by a number of literary agents.
More details and submissions info HERE
ScreenCraft Pilot Launch Competition
Deadline: 3rd October 2018
Word Limit: Single-camera comedy pilot should be no longer than 40 pages. For multi-camera comedy pilots (industry standard format has the dialogue double-spaced throughout the script) the page length should be no longer than 60 pages. Page length for a drama pilot should be no longer than 75 pages. For non-traditional formats (mini-series, web series etc) exceptions to page limits will be accepted.
Prize: $1,000 in each category (drama, comedy, web series) + professional consultation with the ScreenCraft team + personal introductions to Hollywood executives, agents and producers
Entry Fee: $59
Notes: Open to writers who have not earned over $20,000 from professional writing
More details and submissions info HERE
Launch Pad Feature Competition
Deadline: Regular deadline: 3rd October / Late deadline: 25th October 2018*
Word Limit: 5000 words
Prize: 3 x Grand prize winners will be invited the Launch Pad Party to showcase your work and meet with agents, executives and producers
Entry Fee: Regular deadline: $75, Late deadline $85
Notes: Full details of prizes can be found on the Launch Pad website + various competition add ons. [Final deadline extends to Nov 8th with increased entry fees]
More details and submissions info HERE
Emma Press Children’s Poetry
Deadline: 5th October 2018
Word Limit: 3 poems, no longer than 65 lines each, suitable for children aged 8+
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘insects’. Entrants must be a member of the Emma Press Club, which means you must have bought a book or ebook from the Emma Press website in this calendar year (i.e. since 1st January 2018), or already have been accepted into an Emma Press book.
More details and submissions info HERE
Fosseway Letter Writing Competition
Deadline: 5th October 2018
Word Limit: 1000 words
Prize: 1st prize: £25, 2nd prize: £15, 3rd prize: £10
Entry Fee: £3 for first entry, £2 for subsequent entries
Notes: ‘Write a letter to a person who influenced you; they could be your hero, nemesis, inspiration or someone behind a life-changing moment.’
More details and submissions info HERE
National Memory Day Poetry Competition
Deadline: 5th October 2018
Word Limit: 1 page
Prize: 1st prize: £700, 2nd prize: £200, 3rd prize: £100
Entry Fee: £3 for first entry, £2 for subsequent entries
Notes: Theme: ‘memory’
More details and submissions info HERE
TSS Open Submissions
Deadline: 7th October 2018 (do not submit before 1st Oct)
Word Limit: 2000-4000 words
Payment: Selected writers will be published on the website (date tbc) and offered the choice of a chapbook subscription or £20.
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: A few writers will also be offered chapbook publication.
More details and submissions info HERE
Cove Park Subsidised Winter Residencies
Deadline: 8th October 2018
Word Limit: A statement outlining your current practice and what you would wish to work on while at Cove Park (2 pages max)
Prize: Subsidised 1-2 week residencies at Cove Park during December 2018 and January 2019
Cost: £280-602 per week
Notes: Proposals are invited from UK-based artists (individually or in groups) working in any creative discipline who would benefit from time, space and creative exchange on Scotland’s west coast.
More details and submissions info HERE
Great Eighty Challenge (RECURRING)
Deadline: 8th & 22nd October 2018
Word Limit: Exactly 80 words
Payment: Royalties on publication
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Title not included in word count (but limited to 6 words)
More details and submissions info HERE
Anastamos
Deadline: 10th October 2018
Word Limit: Fiction, non fiction and academic papers: 5000 words / Poetry: 5 poems of any length
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘tangible’. Submissions are open to graduate students and professionals.
More details and submissions info HERE
Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition
Deadline: 10th October 2018 (late deadline*)
Word Limit: Full length feature screenplays, TV pilots and short scripts
Prize: Grand prize: $3,000 + industry readings and meetings + screenplay and career consultations, 1st place in each category: $300 + industry readings + screenplay analysis + prize package
Entry Fee: Feature screenplays and TV pilots: $65 / Short scripts and resubmissions: $55
Notes: Final deadline extends until Nov 7th with increased submission fees
More details and submissions info HERE
READ Foundation Writing Competition
Deadline: 10th October 2018
Word Limit: Poems, short stories or first person essays, max 500 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘My education helped me….’ Entries should help inspire the next generation of creatives by telling them all about the role education played in their own lives.
More details and submissions info HERE
Pilcrow & Dagger
Deadline: 11th October 2018
Word Limit: Fiction, non fiction & essays: 5000 words / Poetry: up to 1 page
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘Do you remember?’ – memoir or memoir-like submissions
More details and submissions info HERE
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition
Deadline: 12th October 2018 (late deadline*)
Word Limit: Feature-length screenplays, short scripts and teleplays
Prize: Features: $5,000, Short films & teleplays: $1,000
Entry Fee: Features: $60 / 60 min teleplays: $55 / Short films & 30 min teleplays: $50
Notes: Extended deadline Nov 2 with increased entry fees
More details and submissions info HERE
Crowvus Christmas Ghost Story Competition
Deadline: 12th October 2018
Word Limit: 4000 words
Entry Fee: £3 for 1 entry, £5 for 2
Notes: The anthology will include the 1st placed children’s entry, 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the adult section, and 6 highly commended stories. Everyone who has a story in the anthology will receive a free copy when it is published.
More details and submissions info HERE
Futurescapes Writing Contest
Deadline: 12th October 2018
Word Limit: 8000 words
Prize: 1st prize: $2,000, 5 runners up: $500
Entry Fee: First entry is FREE, second entry is $24
Notes: Theme: ‘cities of promise’. Futurescapes is seeking stories set in a near-future city where significant strides have been made toward addressing the complex intersection of homelessness, mental health, and drug and sex trafficking.
More details and submissions info HERE
NUHA Foundation Blogging Prize
Deadline: 13th October 2018
Word Limit: Articles of between 600-1500 words on a themed topic (see below)
Prize: 1st Prize: $2,400, 2nd Prize: $1,200, 3rd Prize: $400
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Submissions must be on one of the following topics:
- “Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” – Stephen R. Covey. Do you agree?
- “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Discuss.
- “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” – Victor Hugo. Discuss.
- Discuss the following excerpt from Warsan Shire’s poem Home: “you have to understand, / that no one puts their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than the land”
More details and submissions info HERE
At Sea Writing Residency
Deadline: 15th October 2018
Word Limit: 5000 words + synopsis
Prize: A week’s residency in Margate + £250 expenses
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Open to writers under the age of 30 who are working on a novel
More details and submissions info HERE
Blink Ink
Deadline: 15th October 2018
Word Limit: 50 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘uninvited guests’
More details and submissions info HERE
Breve New Stories
Deadline: 15th October 2018
Word Limit: Short stories: 1500-5000 words / Flash fiction: 600 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Authors can submit a maximum of two pieces at a time (can be two short stories, two flash fictions or one of each)
More details and submissions info HERE
ProjectCanvasBook Handwritten Contest
Deadline: 15th October 2018
Word Limit: Submit a short poem or piece of prose (think flash fiction) – but in your own handwriting
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Write out your submission then take a picture and email. Feel free to illustrate your piece as well! If you don’t decorate it though, don’t worry – submissions will be judged mostly on the actual writing. A handful of winning submissions will be published on the Project Canvas website/blog.
More details and submissions info HERE
Forge Flash Fiction Competition
Deadline: 18th October 2018
Word Limit: 1000 words
Prize: $500
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Optional $5 donation
More details and submissions info HERE
Hampshire Libraries 100 Words For 100 Years Competition
Deadline: 19th October 2018
Word Limit: 100 words
Prize: 1st prize: £50, 2x runners up: £25 each
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: On a First World War theme, exactly 100 words in length to mark the centenary of the end of the war Finalists will be published in a commemorative booklet.
More details and submissions info HERE
Jessie Kesson Fellowship 2019
Deadline: 19th October 2018
Word Limit: 2000 word sample of your work + CV + cover letter
Prize: A month’s residency at Moniack Mhor (March 4-26th 2019) + £350 weekly stipend
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: The fellowship is open to established writers (fiction and non-fiction). To be eligible for the fellowship applicants must have published at least one novel, one short story collection, one poetry pamphlet or had one professional production of their work staged. It is also essential that applicants have experience of delivering workshops or working with children and young people and/or community groups. The Fellowship is open to UK based writers and international writers. The winning writer will have the opportunity to deliver three or four creative writing workshops based on or inspired by Jessie Kesson’s life and work in local schools, libraries or community centres, take a role in hosting a public evening event in the form of a reading or lecture, and have the option to contribute one piece of work to Moniack Mhor at the end of the residency.
More details and submissions info HERE
Litro
Deadline: 19th October 2018
Word Limit: Short fiction, flash/micro fiction, and nonfiction of up to 4000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘freedom’
More details and submissions info HERE
Constellate Literary Journal
Deadline: 20th October 2018
Word Limit: Poetry: up to 5 poems / Short fiction/non fiction: 4000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘home’
More details and submissions info HERE
Eyelands Book Awards
Deadline: 20th October 2018
Word Limit: Full-length books of fiction (novels or novellas up to 500 pages), short story collections and poetry collections (up to 250 pages)
Prize: A five-day holiday in Athens plus a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards
Entry Fee: $30
Notes: Theme: ‘home’
More details and submissions info HERE
Troubadour International Poetry Prize
Deadline: 22nd October 2018
Word Limit: 45 lines
Prize: 1st prize: £2,000, 2nd prize: £1,000, 3rd prize: a week-long creative writing course at the Arvon centre of your choice
Entry Fee: £6 for first poem, £4 thereafter
Notes: Further prizes for runners up. All prizewinners will be invited to read at coffee-house poetry on 26 Nov 2018.
More details and submissions info HERE
Nonbinary Review
Deadline: 24th October 2018
Word Limit: Fiction and creative non fiction: 5000 words / Flash fiction: 1000 words / Poetry: up to 3 pages
Payment: NonBinary Review pays 1 cent per word for fiction and non fiction, and a flat fee of $10 per poem
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘Dante’s Inferno‘
More details and submissions info HERE
Sixfold Winter 2018
Deadline: 24th October 2018
Word Limit: 5,000 words of fiction, 1-5 poems
Prize: $1,000
Entry Fee: $5
Notes: Stories are submitted into 3 rounds of voting by participating writers (more on how it works here).
More details and submissions info HERE
Pitch DHH Literary: York
Deadline: 25th October 2018
Word Limit: Cover letter + synopsis + the first 3 chapters/5000 words of a novel
Prize: Successful writers will be invited to pitch DHH Literary agents on 1st December in York
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: You may only approach one agent on the team.
More details and submissions info HERE
Hedge Apple
Deadline: 25th October 2018
Word Limit: Fiction, poetry, nonfiction (no stated limit)
Payment: Contributors will receive a complimentary copy of their work, if it’s published in print.
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘horror’
More details and submissions info HERE
Screencraft Action & Thriller Screenplay Contest
Deadline: 25th October 2018
Word Limit: Feature-length action and thriller screenplays
Prize: 1st Prize: $1,000, 2nd prize: $500 (prizewinning entries will also receive an introduction to Hollywood producers and executives + meeting with literary agent + WriterDuet Pro screenwriting software)
Entry Fee: $69
Notes: The top 10 submissions will be recommended to a network of over 60 producers, managers, agents and executives.
More details and submissions info HERE
The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction
Deadline: 26th October 2018
Word Limit: Fiction and non fiction: 2500 words (less than 2000 words is preferred) / Poetry: max 3 poems
Prize: £500
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘scent’. All entries must include a cover letter which states the author’s name, address, email, contact number, and story title. 10 shortlisted authors will be featured in an ebook anthology published by Comma Press.
More details and submissions info HERE
Sum
Deadline: 26th October 2018
Word Limit: 2000-6000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘dyad’
More details and submissions info HERE
Retreat West Flash Fiction Prize
Deadline: 28th October 2018
Word Limit: 500 words (title not included)
Prize: 1st Prize: £350, 2nd prize: £200, 3rd prize: £100, Shortlist: £15
Entry Fee: £8
Notes: All winning and shortlisted stories will be published in the annual anthology.
More details and submissions info HERE
Retreat West Short Story Prize
Deadline: 28th October 2018
Word Limit: 1500-5000 words (title not included)
Prize: 1st Prize: £400, 2nd prize: £250, 3rd prize: £150, Shortlist: £20
Entry Fee: £10
Notes: All winning and shortlisted stories will be published in the annual anthology.
More details and submissions info HERE
Everything Other World
Deadline: 30th October 2018
Word Limit: 5000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Stories must begin with this sentence: “Whenever my daughter used to say, ‘It’s okay, Mommy. Go back to sleep,’ I always knew there would be trouble.” Stories must contain an ‘other world’ element.
More details and submissions info HERE
Mags4Dorset Short Story Competition
Deadline: 30th October 2018
Word Limit: 1000 words
Prize: 1st prize: £300, 2nd prize: £100
Entry Fee: First entry: £5, subsequent entry: £3
Notes: Theme: ‘plastic nightmare’. If over 100 short stories are received, mags4dorset will donate £100 to the registered charity, Surfers Against Sewage.
More details and submissions info HERE
Zimbell House Publishing: Temple of Athena
Deadline: 30th October 2018
Word Limit: 3500-20,000 words
Prize: All contributing authors will receive a free copy of the book in softcover. Authors that are chosen for the anthology will not be paid nor receive royalties for their submission.
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Zimbell House Publishing is holding open submissions for short stories that celebrate Athena. Your story must be from Athena’s point of view. Submissions of both short stories and novellas to this anthology are welcome. Each author may submit up to three (3) unique works – submitted separately.
More details and submissions info HERE
Bare Fiction Prize
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Flash fiction: 500 words / Short story: 3000 words / Poetry: 40 lines
Prize: In each category: 1st prize: £500, 2nd prize: £200, 3rd prize: £100, 2x highly commended: £25
Entry Fee: Flash fiction: £6 / Short story: £8 / Poetry: £5 (£2 discount on entry fees in each category for subscribers)
Notes: 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize winners will be published in the Spring 2019 issue of Bare Fiction Magazine and on the Bare Fiction website.
More details and submissions info HERE
Black River Chapbook Competition
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 16-36 pages of short fiction or poetry
Prize: $500 + 10 copies of the book
Entry Fee: $15
More details and submissions info HERE
Cannon Poets Sonnet or Not 2018 Poetry Prize
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 14 lines
Prize: 1st prize: £500, 2nd prize: £250, 3rd prize: £125
Entry Fee: £5 for first entry, £2.50 thereafter
Notes: You may choose any one of the traditional sonnet forms, or experiment with alternative 14 line forms perhaps using half rhyme, metarhyme or blank verse.
More details and submissions info HERE
Eric Gregory Awards
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Up to 30 poems
Prize: £20,000
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Open to poets under the age of 30 by March 31 2019 and a British resident
More details and submissions info HERE
Flash 500 Novel Opening & Synopsis Competition
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Opening chapter up to 3000 words + one page synopsis
Prize: 1st prize: £500, runner up: £200
Entry Fee: £10
Notes: Optional critique for £25
More details and submissions info HERE
Film Daily Screenwriting Contest
Deadline: 31st October 2018 (regular deadline*)
Word Limit: Feature film scripts (max 120 mins), short film scripts (max 30 mins), TV pilot scripts (max 55 mins)
Prize: $300 in each category + professional screenwriting software + one hour facetime with industry professionals
Entry Fee: $20 ($10 for students)
Notes: This competition is dedicated to underrepresented narratives such as disability, mental health, LGBTQI, race, class, religion, and more. [*Final deadline extends until Dec 31st with increased submission fees.]
More details and submissions info HERE
Glimmer Train Short Story Award For New Writers
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Most entries run from 500 to 4,000 words, but any lengths up to 12,000 are welcome
Prize: 1st prize: $2,500 + publication in Glimmer Train Stories + 10 copies, 2nd place: $500*, 3rd place: $300* [*Or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies of that issue]
Entry Fee: $18
Notes: Open only to emerging writers who haven’t had fiction appear in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Previous online publication is fine.)
More details and submissions info HERE
NAWG Open Writing Competition
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Short stories: 500-2000 words / Poetry: 40 lines
Payment: 1st prize: £200, 2nd prize: £100, 3rd prize: £50
Entry Fee: £5 per entry (or £10 for 3 poems)
More details and submissions info HERE
Our Loss Anthology
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 8000 words
Payment: Net profits will be shared between the final published writers and artists
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: loss/pain. Writers can submit up to 5 pieces.
More details and submissions info HERE
The Plough International Poetry Prize
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Open Competition for a poem up to 40 lines. The Ronald Duncan Short Poem Competition – maximum length 10 lines
Prize: 1st prize: £1,000, 2nd prize: £500, 3rd prize: £250
Entry Fee: £5
More details and submissions info HERE
Poetry Society 2018 National Poetry Competition
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 40 lines (not including title)
Prize: 1st prize: £5,000, 2nd prize: £2,000, 3rd prize: £1,000, 7x commendations: £200
Entry Fee: £7 for the first poem, £4 thereafter
Notes: Poetry Society members (including those joining at time of submission) get a free second poem, with subsequent poems at £4.
More details and submissions info HERE
Puerto del Sol: The Absence Issue
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Poetry: up to five poems / Prose: up to 10,000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: ‘For Issue 54, Puerto Del Sol is seeking submissions that engage the theme of absence. Engage the fact of its ever-presence and show how it can define and concern. We are interested in negative space, blank maps, ghosts and the partial. We are interested in what cannot always be measured in a world that constantly seeks to count and quantify. Send us formal engagements of absence and accounts of exile. Send us the vanished, the unrecognizable. Answer the question, what’s missing? Show us your ghosts.‘
More details and submissions info HERE
Solidago
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Poetry (no limit) / Fiction and non fiction: 10,000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: Theme: ‘initiation’
More details and submissions info HERE
Southword Fiction Chapbook Competition
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 10,000-15,000 – submissions could be a novella, a long short story, several short stories, a collection of flash fiction, or a mix of stories and flash
Prize: €250 advance + 10 copies of the chapbook
Entry Fee: €25
More details and submissions info HERE
Tin House Online
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: Poetry: 30 lines / Flash fiction: 1000 words / Lost & Found essays*: 3000 words
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes: *Lost & Found features short essays (3000 words or fewer) examining under-read, overlooked, or otherwise “lost” books which—for reasons personal, political, artistic, or otherwise—deserve to be found again.
More details and submissions info HERE
Tom-Gallon Trust Award
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 5000 words
Prize: 1st prize: £1000, runner up: £500
Entry Fee: FREE
Notes:The winner must have had at least one short story accepted for publication. The winner must have serious writing ambitions. The submission should be traditional, not experimental, in character.
More details and submissions info HERE
Txtlit (RECURRING)
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 160 characters
Entry Fee: Submissions are made by text message. You will be charged for one standard text by your network operator.
Notes: Themed (check website for details) – send your story as a text message from a UK mobile phone to our new number 07537 432 432
More details and submissions info HERE
The Writing District Competition (RECURRING)
Deadline: 31st October 2018
Word Limit: 3000 words
Prize: $50
Entry Fee: FREE
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
Writers’ Forum Short Story Contest (RECURRING)
Deadline: Rolling
Word Limit: 1000-3000 words
Prize: 1st prize: £300, 2nd prize: £150, 3rd prize: £100
Entry Fee: £6 (£3 for subscribers)
Notes: Optional feedback for £5. This is a rolling competition which means that entries received after one issue’s cut-off point are simply placed in the next contest.
More details and submissions info HERE
Check out our 100 Submissions in 2018 challenge here!
NOTE: We’ve mainly included listings that offer payment or prizes here, as an added impetus, but there are huuuundreds more literary mags and submissions opportunities out there that reward you with publication, which is absolutely nothing to be sniffed at, and is a great way to build your ‘writer’s CV’ and prove your mettle. Check out Submittable, Duotrope or The Submission Grinder for wider listings of more lit mags and calls for submissions – or, y’know, google “list of literary magazines” and you should be busy for the next zillion years…
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