COMPETITION GUIDE 2020
Writing Magazine - Competition Guide 2020 http://www.writers-online.co.uk 19Competition Listings
HISSAC Annual Open Short Story
Short stories up to 2,000 words, fl ash fi ction
up to 500 words. No connection to Scotland
is needed either by theme or entrant.
Prizes: £200, £75 and £50 in both categories
Entry fee: £5, £12 for three, £18 for ve
Closing date: 31 July
Tel: 01862 932266
[email protected]
http://www.hissac.co.uk
Ilkley Literature Festival Short
Story and Walter Swan Poetry
Competitions
Short stories, 1,000-2,000 words; poems up
to 30 lines
Prizes: £200 for short stories, £200, £100,
£75 for adult poems, £100, £75, £50 for 18-
25s’ poems
Entry fee: £5
Closing date: 31 July, TBC
Lune Spark Young Writers’ Short
Story Contest
Short stories, up to 1,500 words, by writers
aged 10-13 or 13-16
Prizes: $500, $250, $100; Book Cover Prize,
$100
Entry fee: $15
Closing date: 31 July
London Magazine Poetry Prize
Poems up to 40 lines
Prizes: £500, £300, £200
Entry fee: £10
Closing date: 31 July, TBCNorwich Writers’ Circle Olga
Sinclair Open Short Story
Competition
Short stories up to 2,000 words on the
theme of ‘news’
Prizes: £500, £250 and £100
Entry fee: £9, £7 each subsequent
Closing date: 31 July
Tel: 07585 308604
[email protected]
http://norwichwriters.wordpress.comRed Hen Press Novella Award
Novellas, 15,000-30,000 words
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 31 JulyScribble Annual Article Comp
Articles, up to 1,500 words on the theme
‘My Writing Life’’
Prizes: £50, £25, £15, publication in Scribble
Entry fee: £3
Closing date: 31 JulySeán Ó’Faoláin Short Story Comp
Short stories up to 3,000 words
Prizes: €2,000, week-long at Aman Cara
Writers’ and Artists’ Retreat, €500, 4x€250
Entry fee: €18
Closing date: 31 JulyWinchester Poetry Prize
Poems up to 40 lines
Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250, £100 for a
Hampshire-based poet
Entry fee: £5, £4 for subsequent entries
Closing date: 31 JulyWirral Festival of Firsts Open
Poetry Competition
Poems up to 40 lines
Prizes: £200, 2x£50, £50 for best Wirral poet
Entry fee: £4, £10 for three
Closing date: 31 JulyAUGUST
Buzzwords Open Poetry Comp
Poems up to 70 lines
Prizes: £600, £300, 5 x £50, Gloucestershire
Prize of £200
Entry fee: £4, £10 for 3
Closing date: August, TBCEnter online
http://www.bridportprize.org.ukPoetry
1st prize £5000
Judge Mimi KhalvatiShort Story
1st prize £5000
Judge Nell LeyshonFlash Fiction
1st prize £1000
Judge Nell LeyshonNovel Award
1st prize £1500
Judge Emma HealeyRaising funds for Bridport Arts Centre2020
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