COMPETITION GUIDE 2020
Writing Magazine - Competition Guide 2020 http://www.writers-online.co.uk 15VS Pritchett Memorial Prize
Unpublished short stories between 2,000
and 4,000 words
Prizes: £1,000 plus publication in RSL
Review and Prospect online
Entry fee: £5
Closing date: 28 June, TBC
Audio Arcadia Short Story
Competition
Short stories up to 5,000 words
Prizes: Anthology publication, royalties
Entry fee: £6.50
Closing date: 30 June
Aura Estrada Short Story Contest
Short stories, up to 5,000 words, theme TBC
Prizes: $500 and publication
Entry fee: $20 for US/Can/Western
European entrants; otherwise free
Closing date: 30 June
Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Card
Competition
Biannual competition for greetings card
poems
Prizes: $350, $200, $100
Free entry
Closing date: 30 June
Boston Review Annual Poetry
Contest
Up to 10 pages, of up to 5 poems
Prizes: $500 and publication
Entry fee: $20 for US/Can/Western
European entrants; otherwise free
Closing date: 30 June
British Czech & Slovak Association
Short stories and non-fi ction, up to 2,000
words, exploring the links between Britain
and the Czech/Slovak Republics at any
time. e suggested, but optional, theme
for 2020 is ‘sporting’
Prizes: £400, £150, publication in the British
Czech & Slovak Review
Free entry
Closing date: 30 June
British Fantasy Society Short
Story Competition
For any kind of fantasy short stories, horror,
sf, magic realism etc, up to 5,000 words
Prizes: £100, £50, £20, plus year’s
membership of BFS and publication BFS
Horizons
Entry fee: £5, free for BFS members›
Closing date: 30 June, TBC
Divine Chocolate Poetry Comp
For poems on a chocolatey theme, ‘Where
does the chocolate journey begin?’, in two
kids’ and one adults’ categories
Prizes: Divine chocolate, goodies, book
tokens
Free entry
Closing date: 30 June, TBC
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Short fi ction collections by writers with a
record of publication
Prizes: $15,000
Free entry
Closing date: 30 JuneEarlyworks Press Flash Fiction
Flash fi ction, up to 100 words
Prizes: £100; cash and books
Entry fee: £5, £20 for up to 6
Closing date: 30 JuneEarlyworks Press Poetry
Competition
Poems, up to 40 lines
Prizes: £100; cash and books
Entry fee: £5, £20 for up to 6
Closing date: 30 JuneFlash 500 Competitions
Flash fi ction, up to 500 words
Prizes: £300, £200 and £100
Entry fee: £5, £8 for two
Closing date: 30 June, quarterly, 30 Sept, 31 DecHenshaw Short Story Competition
Quarterly competition for short stories up
to 2,000 words, any theme
Prizes: £200, £100, £50
Entry fee: £6
Closing date: 30 June, quarterly, 30 Sept, 31 DecHidden Review Arts
Playwrighting Award
Full-length, unpublished and unproduced
play scripts
Prizes: $1,000 and a script in hand reading
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 30 JuneImpress Prize for New Writers
Full-length debuts from unpublished
fi ction and non-fi ction writers. Submit
book proposal and sample chapter totalling
no more than 6,000 words
Prizes: £500 and publication by Impress Books
Entry fee: £25
Closing date: 30 June, TBCL Ron Hubbard Writers of the
Future
Quarterly competition for fantasy and SF
short stories
Prizes: $1,000, $750, $500 each quarter;
overall $5,000 for best of year
Free entry
Closing date: 30 June, quarterly, 30 Sept and
31 DecLascaux Prize for Flash Fiction
Short stories, up to 1,000 words; up to 3
per entry
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $15
Closing date: 30 JuneMarystina Santiestevan First
Book Prize
Poetry collections, 48-90 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 30 JuneMoth Short Story Prize
Short stories up to 5,000 words, any theme
Prizes: First €3,000; second, writing retreat at
in France and €250; third, €1,000
Entry fee: €15
Closing date: 30 JuneNew Millennium Writing Awards
Fiction and non-fi ction, up to 7,499 words,
fl ash fi ction, up to 1,000 words, up to three
poems, total fi ve pages max
Prizes: $1,000 in each category
Entry fee: $20, $35 for two, $45 for three
Closing date: 30 JuneNorth Street Book Prize
Self-published books, max 200,000 words,
in the following categories: mainstream and
literary fi ction, genre fi ction, creative non-
fi ction & memoir, poetry, children’s picture
book, graphic narrative
Prizes: $5,000 overall winner, $1,000
category winners, $250 honorable mentions
Entry fee: $65
Closing date: 30 June
Tel: 1 413 320 1847
[email protected]
https://winningwriters.com/northPoetry Book Awards
Independently or self-published poetry books
Prizes: £200, £100, £50
Entry fee: £25
Closing date: 30 JunePreservation Foundation
biographical non-fi ction contest
Biographical non-fi ction, 1,000-10,000
words
Prizes: $200, $100
Free entry
Closing date: 30 JuneScribble Quarterly Short Story
Ongoing quarterly competitions for short
stories, up to 3,000 words
Prizes: £75, £25, £15 in each issue
Entry fee: £3 (£5 with critique); free for
annual subscribers
Closing date: 30 June, Quarterly
Tel: 01451 831053Sentinel Literary Quarterly
Poetry Competition
Poems up to 50 lines
Prizes: £250, £100, £50, £30 x 3, £15 x 3
Entry fee: £5, discounts for more
Closing date: 30 June, quarterly, 30 Sept, 31
Dec