COMPETITION GUIDE 2020
10 http://www.writers-online.co.uk Writing Magazine - Competition Guide 2020The Hal Prize
Fiction and non-fi ction, up to 2,000 words;
poems, no more than a page, by US writers
Prizes: Cash prizes and publication
Entry fee: $5
Closing date: 1 MayJulia Darling Fellowship
Travel fellowship for published/produced
writers living in the north of England
Prizes: £2,000
Free entry
Closing date: 1 May, TBCMalahat Review Far Horizons
Awards
Up to 3 poems, up to 60 lines each; short
stories, up to 3,500 words
Prizes: Can$1,000
Entry fee: International entries$35
Closing date: 1 MayMeyerson Fiction Prize
Short stories, up to 8,000 words, by writers
who have not had a book published
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 May, TBCPeseroff Prize
Up to three poems, any form or content
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $10
Closing date: 1 MayPoetry London Clore Prize
Poetry up to 80 lines
Prizes: £5,000, £2,000, £1,000, 4 x £500
Entry fee: £7, £3 subscribers
Closing date: 1 MayQuestions Writing Prize
Short stories, 1,500-2,000 words by
Australian writers aged 18-30
Prizes: Aus$2,000
Free entry
Closing date: 1 MayRialto Nature and Place Poetry
Competition
Nature poems up to 40 lines
Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250
Entry fee: £7 for the rst poem, £4 thereafter
Closing date: 1 MayRichard Snyder Publication Prize
Poetry collections, 48-96 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $27
Closing date: 1 MayStan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Unpublished full-length poetry collections,
50-70 pages
Prizes: $2,500 and publication
Entry fee: $25
Closing date: 1 MayWriters Digest Self-Published
Book Awards
Fully self-published books in English
Prizes: $8,000; $1,000 for best in each of 8
categories
Entry fee: $125, $99 before 1 April
Closing date: 1 MayShore Scripts Short Film Fund
Short scripts between 3 and 13 pages
Prizes: Production budget of up to $15,000
Entry fee: $50
Closing date: 2 MayLondon 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: 3 May, quarterly
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http://www.londonindependentstoryprize.co.ukStringybark Tales with a Twist
Award
Short stories, up to 1,500 words
Prizes: $350, $250, $125
Entry fee: Aus$14
Closing date: 3 MayStringybark Times Past Award
Short stories, up to 1,500 words
Prizes: $350, $250, $125
Entry fee: Aus$14
Closing date: 3 MayAnthony Cronin International
Poetry Award
Poems up to 40 lines
Prizes: €300, €200, €100
Entry fee: €10
Closing date: TBC, 4 May in 2019Billy Roche One Act Play Award
One act plays
Prizes: €300, €200, €100
Entry fee: €10
Closing date: TBC, 4 May in 2019Colm Tóibín International Short
Story Award
Short stories, 1,800-2,000 words
Prizes: €700, €500, €300
Entry fee: €10
Closing date: TBC, 4 May in 2019Times/Chicken House Children’s
Fiction Comp
For full-length novels, 30,000-80,000
words, suitable for readers aged 7-18
Prizes: Publication deal worth £10,000. All
longlisted writers receive an editorial report
Entry fee: £15
Closing date: 4 MayNick Darke Award
Full-length stage plays
Prizes: £6,000
Free entry
Closing date: 4 MayLeapfrog Press Fiction Contest
Book-length fi ction, over 22,000 words
Prizes: $1,150 advance and publication; $150
for nalists
Entry fee: $33
Closing date: 5 May, TBCWilbur Smith Author of Tomorrow
Adventure stories by writers aged 12-21
(1,500-5,000 words), or under 11 (up to
500 words)
Prizes: £1,000, ages 16-21; £100, 12-15;
£100, under-11s, plus book tokens for school
Free entry
Closing date: 5 MayIota Shots Awards
For short poetry pamphlets, 16-20 pages,
up to 40 lines a page
Prizes: up to two poets will receive 50 copies
of their ‘poetry shots’, published by Templar
Poetry, with launch events and opportunity to
appear at live Templar Poetry events
Entry fee: £17 (£18 online)
Closing date: TBC, 6 May in 2019Booksie Flash Fiction Contest
Flash fi ction, up to 500 words, inspired by
a picture on the website
Prizes: $500, $100
Entry fee: $6.95
Closing date: 8 MayErbacce Prize for Poetry
Up to fi ve pages of poetry
Prizes: Publishing contract
Free entry
Closing date: 8 MayLive Canon International Poetry
Competition
Poems of any length
Prizes: £1,000, £100 Greenwich Prize,
performance and publication for shortlist
Entry fee: £6.50, £12 for two, £16 for three
Closing date: 12 MayAtlanta Review International
Poetry Competition
Up to three poems, any length
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $10
Closing date: 15 MayAtlantis Short Story
Competition
Short stories up to 2,500 words
Prizes: $300, $100, $50, feedback and
publication
Entry fee: $10
Closing date: 15 May, TBC