COMPETITION GUIDE 2020
28 http://www.writers-online.co.uk Writing Magazine - Competition Guide 2020Jessie Bryce Niles Poetry
Chapbook Contest
Poetry collections, 25-34 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 31 OctoberLarry Brown Short Story Prize
Short stories up to 4,000 words
Prizes: $500, 2x$50
Entry fee: $10
Closing date: 31 OctoberLexi Rudnitsky First Book prize
Poetry collections, over 40 pages, by US women
Prizes: $1,000, publication; Italian retreat
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 31 OctoberMcKitterick Prize
For the best fi rst novel, published or
unpublished, by an author aged over 40
Prizes: £4,000
Free entry
Closing date: 31 OctoberPoetry Society National Poetry
Competition
For poems, up to 40 lines
Prizes: £5,000, £2,000, £1,000, 7x£200
Entry fee: £7, £4 each additional
Closing date: 31 October, TBCSunken Garden Chapbook Prize
Poetry manuscripts, 20-36 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 31 OctoberTom Gallon Trust Awards
Short stories, up to 5,000 words, by
authors who have had work published
Prizes: £1,000
Free entry
Closing date: 31 OctoberVern Rutsala Book Prize
Collections of poetry/fl ash, 60-90 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 31 October, TBCWriteidea Short Story Prize
Short stories, 1,000-3,000 words, by writers
from Tower Hamlets
Prizes: Mentoring from Kerry Hudson
Free entry
Closing date: 31 October, TBCNOVEMBER
Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry
Up to 5 poems
Prizes: $1,000
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 1 NovemberBriar Cliff Review Contest
Short stories and essays, up to 5,000 words,
or up to 3 poems
Prizes: $1,000 in each category
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 1 NovemberBrick Road Poetry Contest
Unpublished poetry collections, 50-100 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 NovemberCaledonia Novel Award
e fi rst 20 pages plus 200-word synopsis of
a novel by an unpublished writer
Prizes: £1,500, trophy
Entry fee: £25
Closing date: 1 November, all details TBCCatherine Doctorow Innovative
Fiction Contest
Book-length manuscripts by writers with at
least 3 books of fi ction published
Prizes: $15,000
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 NovemberCommonwealth Short Story Prize
Original, unpublished short stories,
2,000-5,000 words, by writers from fi ve
Commonwealth regions
Prizes: £5,000, £2,500 for each regional winner
Free entry
Closing date: 1 NovemberCutthroat Writing Awards
Up to 3 poems, max 100 lines each, short stories
or creative nonfi ction, up to 5,000 words
Prizes: $1,200, $250 in each category
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 1 November, TBCGabriele Rico Challenge for Fiction
Non-fi ction, up to 5,000 words
Prizes: $1,333
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 1 NovemberJohn Steinbeck Award for Fiction
Short stories, up to 5,000 words
Prizes: $1,000
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 1 NovemberTreehouse Climate Action Prize
Poems that emphasise the vulnerability of our
ecological condition
Prizes: $1,000, $750, $500
Free entry
Closing date: 1 November, TBCWalt Whitman Award
Manuscripts, over 48 pages, by US poets
Prizes: $5,000 plus publication
Entry fee: $35
Closing date: 1 NovemberLondon Independent Story Prize
Short stories, max 1,500 words; fl ash, 300
words; screenplays, max 30 pages
Prizes: £100 for stories and ash, Final Draft
software for screenplays
Entry fee: £7, £5 for ash, £10 for screenplays
Closing date: 1 November, quarterly
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http://www.londonindependentstoryprize.co.ukNilsen Literary Prize
Unpublished novels, novellas or collections,
by unpublished US writers
Prizes: $2,000 and publication
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 1 NovemberRonald Sukenick Innovative
Fiction Contest
Book-length fi ction manuscripts
Prizes: $1,500
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 NovemberScribble Annual Short Story
Competition
Stories up to 3,000 words on the theme of
‘haunted’
Prizes: £100, £50, £25, publication in Scribble
Entry fee: £4
Closing date: 1 November
Tel: 01451 831053
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http://www.parkpublications.co.ukWriters Digest Poetry Awards
Poems, up to 32 lines
Prizes: $1,000, $250, $100; vouchers,
consultations, publication
Entry fee: $25 ($20 before 1 Oct)
Closing date: 1 November, TBCWS Porter Prize
Short story collections, 100-350 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 NovemberOdyssey House Victoria Short
Story Competition
Short stories up to 1,500 words, with a
reference to drugs or alcohol, theme TBC
Prizes: Aus$1,000, $100, $50
Entry fee: $10
Closing date: 2 November, TBCAlice James Award
Unpublished poetry collections by US poets
Prizes: $2,000, publication, $1,000 speaking fee
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 4 NovemberCarve Magazine Prose and Poetry
Fiction, non-fi ction and poetry
Prizes: $1,000 in each category
Entry fee: $17
Closing date: 15 November