Writers\' Forum - 04.2020

COMPS NOW OPEN

The Nick Darke Award
Closes 4 May
Stageplay script: min 45 mins
(no max) plus 1-page synopsis.
Rules: age 16-plus. Prize: £6000.
Details: see http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/
nickdarkeaward

Brick Lane Bookshop
Short Story Prize
Closes 15 May
Story: 1000-5000 words. Fee:
£10 (25 free entries to low income
writers). Prizes: £1000; £250;
£100; publication. Details: see
bricklanebookshop.org

Raymond Carver
Short Story Contest
Closes 15 May
Shortstory: 1000-7500 words.
Fee: $15 Prizes: $2500 total
fund. Details: see http://www.carve-
zine.com/raymond-carver-contest

COMPS CLOSING SOON

15 APR

Australian Book Review’s
Elizabeth Jolley Story Prize
Shortstory: 2000-5000 words.
Fee: AU$25 (non-subscribers) or
AU$15 (subscribers and full-time
students). Prizes: $12,500 total
fund. Details: see http://www.australian-
bookreview.com.au/prizes-pro-
grams/elizabeth-jolley-story-prize

17 APR

Manchester Metropolitan

University QuietManDave

Prize

Flashfi c t i o n : 500 words max.

Flash non-fi ction: 500 words

max. Fee: £5; sponsorship availa-

ble. Prizes: £1000; £200; £50 in

each category. Details: please

see www2.mmu.ac.uk/qmdprize

20 APR

Bath Short Story Award

Story: 2200 words max. Fee:

£8. Prizes: £1200; £300; £100;

£50 local prize; £100 for unpub-

lished writer. Details: see http://www.

bathshortstoryaward.org

30 APR

BeaconFlash Monthly

500-word Competition

Story: max 500 words. Theme:

‘The female assassin’. Fee: £3

(optional critique £5). Prizes:

nine-round comp with £500-plus

total. Judge: Gareth Davies.

Details: see beaconlitblog.word-

press.com/500-word-competition

Bristol Short Story Prize

Story: 4000 words max. Fee:

£9. Prizes: £1000; £500; £250;

17 x £100. Judge: Kate Johnson

(chair). Details: see http://www.bristol-

prize.co.uk/rules

Claudia Ann Seaman

Award for Young Writers

Non-fi ction/Story: 1800 words

max. Poem: 80 lines max. Prize:

$200. Rules: ‘high school’ stu-

dents (age 14-18) worldwide only.

Details: see http://www.polyphonylit.

org/submission-guidelines

Craft Short Fiction Prize

Shortfi c t i o n : 5000 words max.

Fee: $20. Prizes: $2000; $500;

$300; publication. Details: see

http://www.craftliterary.com/short-fi c-

tion-prize

with writer, editor and

competition judge Morgen Bailey

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