COMPETITION GUIDE 2020
26 http://www.writers-online.co.uk Writing Magazine - Competition Guide 2020Raven Short Story Contest
Fiction, 250-2,500 words
Prizes: Can$300
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 15 OctoberSequestrum New Writers Awards
Fiction and non-fi ction, up to 12,000
words; poems, up to 3, max 50 lines each
Prizes: $400, $100, $25, both categories
Entry fee: $15
Closing date: 15 OctoberSteve Kowit Poetry Prize
Poems, any length
Prizes: $1,000, $250, $100, and publication
Entry fee: $15
Closing date: 15 OctoberVoices Israel Reuben Rose
Poems, up to 41 lines
Prizes: $500, $150, $50
Entry fee: $6
Closing date: 15 October, TBCDinesh Allirajah Prize
Short fi ction, 2,000-6,000 words, theme tbc
Prizes: £500 and publication by Comma
Press and on the Northern Soul website
Free entry
Closing date: 25 October, TBCRetreat West Flash Fiction Prize
Fiction, up to 500 words
Prizes: £350, £200, £100, £15 for shortlisted
Entry fee: £8
Closing date: 27 October, TBCRetreat West Short Story Prize
Short stories, 1,500-5,000 words
Prizes: £400, £250, £150, £20 for shortlisted
Entry fee: £10
Closing date: 27 OctoberVanderMey Nonfi ction Prize
Non-fi ction, up to 5,500 words
Prizes: $1,500
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 27 OctoberCinnamon Press Literature Award
10 poems, 2 stories or 10,000 words of a novel
Prizes: Publishing contract
Entry fee: £16
Closing date: 30 OctoberMinds on Fire Open Book Prize
Poetry collections, 48-90 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 30 OctoberMomaya Poetry Competition
Poems on the theme of ‘touch’
Prizes: £70, £35, £20, and publication
Entry fee: £7 ($9)
Closing date: 30 OctoberBarbellion Prize
Books in any style or genre, self or
traditionally published, about life with
long-term illness or disability
Prizes: £600
Free entry
Closing date: 31 OctoberBenjamin Saltman Poetry Award
Poetry collections, 48-96 pages
Prizes: $3,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 31 OctoberBlue Light Books Prize
Poetry manuscripts, 48-75 pages
Prizes: $2,000 and publication
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 31 OctoberBradt ‘New Travel Writer of the
Year’ Competition
Travel writing, 600-800 words, containing a
phrase TBC, by unpublished travel writers
Prizes: A holiday and article commission
Free entry
Closing date: TBC, 6 October in 2019Cannon Poets Sonnet or Not
For 14-line poems that in some way refl ect
the sonnet form, or not
Prizes: £500, £250, £150, up to ten £10
Entry fee: £5, subsequent entries £2.50
Closing date: TBC, 31 Oct in 2019CBC Short Story Prize
Short stories, up to 2,500 words, by
Canadian citizens or residents
Prizes: Can$6,000, 4x$1,000
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 31 OctoberCharles Causley Poetry Comp
Original, unpublished poems on any
subject up to 40 lines
Prizes: £2,000 and writing residency at
Cyprus Well, £250, £100, 5 x £30
Entry fee: £7, £4 each subsequent
Closing date: 31 October TBCCraft Flash Fiction Contest
Short stories up to 1,000 words
Prizes: $1,000, 4x$250, and publication
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 31 October, TBCElixir Press Poetry Award
Poetry collections, over 48 pages
Prizes: $2,000 and publication
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 31 OctoberHonickman First Book Prize
Poetry collections, over 48 pages
Prizes: $3,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 31 OctoberDeborah Rogers Foundation
Writers Award
Between 20,000 and 25,000 words of a
prose WIP by a fi rst-time author
Prizes: £10,000, £1,000 for runners-up
Free entry
Closing date: 31 October, TBCEarlyworks Press Short Story
Short stories in two categories: up to 4,000
words, and up to 8,000
Prizes: £200; cash and books
Entry fee: £5 for up to 4,000 words; £10 for
4,000-8,000
Closing date: 31 OctoberEric Gregory Trust Fund Awards
For a published or unpublished volume of up
to 30 poems by a UK author aged under 30
Prizes: A share of up to £24,000
Free entry
Closing date: 31 OctoberFinishing Line Press Open
Chapbook Award
Chapbook poetry collections, 16-35 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $15
Closing date: 31 OctoberFlash 500 Novel Opening
Chapter & Synopsis Competition
Novel opening, up to 3,000 words, and synopsis
Prizes: £500, £200
Entry fee: £10
Closing date: 31 OctoberIndiana Review Creative Non-
Fiction Prize
Creative non-fi ction, up to 5,000 words
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 31 OctoberJames Hearst Poetry Prize
Up to 5 poems
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $23
Closing date: 31 OctoberRiver Teeth Literary Non-Fiction
Creative non-fi ction, 150-400 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $27
Closing date: 31 OctoberSow’s Ear Poetry Review Contest
Up to fi ve poems
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 31 OctoberVassar Miller Poetry Prize
Poetry collections, 50-80 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 31 October, TBC