COMPETITION GUIDE 2020
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COMPETITION
Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize
Prose on the theme ‘Forgiveness and
Retribution’ up to 2,500 words
Prizes: £10,000; £3,000, £2,000
Free entry
Closing date: 1 April
Black Lawrence Press Hudson
Prize
An unpublished collection of poems or
short stories
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 April
Cowles Poetry Book Prize
Poetry collections, 48-100 pages
Prizes: $2,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 April
Four Way Books Levis Prize in
Poetry
Poetry collections, 48-100 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 1 April
Globe Soup Travel Writing
Competition
Unpublished travel writing, up to 1,000
words
Prizes: £1,000 and publication
Entry fee: £8
Closing date: 1 April
Killer Nashville Claymore Award
Unpublished manuscripts with elements of
thriller, mystery, crime or suspense
Prizes: $3,000 prize fund, plus publication
Entry fee: $40
Closing date: 1 April
Orison Books Poetry and Fiction
Prizes
Novels, novellas or fi ction collections of
at least 30,000 words; poetry collections,
50-100 pages
Prizes: $1,500 and publication in each
category
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 1 April, annual
The Pinch Literary Awards
Fiction and non-fi ction, each under 5,000
words; up to 3 poems, any length
Prizes: $1,000 and publication in each
category
Entry fee: $20, $10 each additional
Closing date: 1 April
Red Hen Press Non-Fiction Award
A non-fi ction manuscript, over 150 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 April
Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize
Poetry collections, longer than 48 pages
Prizes: $1,500, $500 and publication
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 1 April
Short Grain Contest
Poetry, max 100 lines, or fi ction, max 2,500
words
Prizes: Can$1,000, $750, $500 and
publication, in each category
Entry fee: $40, international entries $60
Closing date: 1 April
SPR Book Prizes
Books published on Amazon before entry,
never available elsewhere
Prizes: SPR reader review packages on Amazon
Entry fee: $30
Closing date: 1 April
Tusculum Review Poetry
Chapbook Prize
Poetry manuscripts, 20-30 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 1 April
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry
Contest
Highly enjoyable annual competition for
humorous and spoof poetry, up to 250 lines
Prizes: $1,000, $250, ten $100 Honorable
Mentions
Free entry
Closing date: 1 April
Tel: +1 413 320 1847
[email protected]
http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle
Puerto Del Sol Competitions
Fiction and non-fi ction, max 25 pages; up
to 3 poems
Prizes: $500 and publication in each category
Entry fee: $9
Closing date: 2 April
Torch Prize for Creative Non-Fiction
One piece of creative non-fi ction, up to 30
double spaced pages
Prizes: $500 and publication
Entry fee: $23
Closing date: 2 April
Edge Hill Short Story Prize
Published short story collections
Prizes: £10,000, £1,000 Readers’ Prize
Free entry
Closing date: 3 April
Red Planet Prize
New TV series drama scripts
Prizes: Script commission and masterclasses
with award-winning writers
Free entry
Closing date: 3 April
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COMPETITION GUIDE 2020