COMPETITION GUIDE 2020
20 http://www.writers-online.co.uk Writing Magazine - Competition Guide 2020Sydney Hammond Memorial
Short Story Competition
Short stories, up to 1,000 words, on the
theme ‘if only...’
Prizes: Aus$250; anthology publication
Entry fee: Aus$10
Closing date: 1 AugustLondon 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: 2 August, quarterly
[email protected]
http://www.londonindependentstoryprize.co.ukTS Eliot Prize
First poetry collections, published in the
UK this year
Prizes: £25,000, 10x£1,500
Free entry
Closing date: 2 AugustConstance Rooke Creative Non-
Fiction Award
Creative non-fi ction, 2,000-3,000 words
Prizes: Can$1,000
Entry fee: International entries $45
Closing date: TBC, was 5 Aug in 2019Costa Short Story Award
Short stories, up to 4,000 words
Prizes: £3,500, £1,000, £500
Free entry
Closing date: 5 August, TBCOver The Edge New Writer of
The Year
Poetry (three poems of up to 40 lines or one
of 100 lines); short stories, up to 3,000 words
Prizes: €1,000 in cash prizes (€300 each for
winning poet and short story writer, €400 for
the overall winner), publication for winning
poet, plus readings at Over the Edge
Entry fee: €10, €7.50 for each of multiples
Closing date: 7 August, TBC1/2 K Prize
Prose, under 500 words, in any genre
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 15 AugustBroadside Poetry Prize
Two poems, 10-30 lines each
Prizes: $500
Entry fee: $12
Closing date: 15 AugustOmnidawn Open
Poetry collections, 40-120 pages
Prizes: $3,000 and publication
Entry fee: $27
Closing date: 17 AugustDreamquest One Poetry and
Writing Contest
Stories in any format, double spaced, max 5
pages; poems, up to 30 lines
Prizes: $500, $250, $100 for writing
category; $250, $125, $50 for poetry
Entry fee: $10 writing, $5 poetry
Closing date: 15 August
Tel: 1 773 633 9179
[email protected]
http://www.dreamquestone.comIowa Prize for literary non-fi ction
Book length literary non-fi ction, 40,000-
90,000 words
Prizes: Publication by University of Iowa
Press under a standard contract
Entry fee: $10
Closing date: 15 AugustRoom Poetry Contest
Up to 3 poems, max 150 lines total
Prizes: $500, $250, $50 and publication
Entry fee: International entries $42
Closing date: 15 AugustBodley Head/FT Essay Prize
Essays up to 3,500 words by writers
between 18 and 35
Prizes: £1,000, £500, publication
Free entry
Closing date: TBC, 16 August in 2019Retreat West Novel Prize
Unpublished novels
Prizes: Retreat West publishing contract and
£500 advance, MS critique and editorial report
Entry fee: £15
Closing date: 18 AugustElyne Mitchell Writing Award
Fiction or non-fi ction, up to 2,500 words,
on the Australasian rural experience
Prizes: Aus$1,000, $500
Entry fee: $15
Closing date: 22 August, TBCRobert Graves Prize
Open competition for poems up to 40 lines
Prizes: Winners will be published in POEM
magazine
Entry fee: £5, £3 each additional
Closing date: 23 August, TBCBiographers’ Club Tony Lothian
Prize
An uncommissioned biography by a fi rst-
time biographer. Submit a proposal of no
more than 20 pages, including synopsis,
sample chapter (both double-spaced), CV,
sources and a note on the market for the
book. Mandatory entry form available on
the website.
Prizes: £2,000
Entry fee: £15
Closing date: TBC, 30 August in 2019
Tel: 0207 359 7769Fischer Prize
Poems, up to three pages, by US poets
Prizes: $1,000 plus $500 travel to awards
ceremony; 5x$200 plus $100; $500 for best
entry from a Colorado poet
Entry fee: $10
Closing date: 30 AugustThomas Paine Award
Unpublished book-length political writing
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $22
Closing date: 30 AugustAesthetica Creative Writing
Short stories up to 2,000 words, poetry up
to 40 lines. Any theme, form or style
Prizes: £1,000 for winners in each category,
publication in Creative Writing Annual,
a year’s subscription to Granta, books
courtesy of Bloodaxe Books and Vintage, a
consultation with Redhammer Management
for the ction winner, full membership of
e Poetry Society for the poetry winner
Entry fee: £12 per poetry submission; £18
per short ction submission
Closing date: 31 August
Tel: 01904 629137
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http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/creative-
writing-awardAutumn House Poetry Chapbook
Poetry chapbooks, 15-30 pages
Prizes: $1,000 and publication
Entry fee: $20
Closing date: 31 AugustBlue Mesa Review Summer
Competition
Fiction and non-fi ction, up to 6,000 words;
up to 3 poems
Prizes: $500 in each category
Entry fee: $12
Closing date: 31 AugustCinnamon Pencil Mentoring
Competition
10 poems, two short stories or the fi rst
10,000 words of a novel
Prizes: A place on the Cinnamon Pencil
mentoring scheme
Entry fee: £12
Closing date: 31 August, TBCDiana Woods Memorial Award in
Creative Non-fi ction
Essays, up to 5,000 words; biannual
Prizes: $250 plus publication in Lunch Ticket
Free entry
Closing date: 31 August, (and 28 Feb)Exeter Flash Competition
Flash fi ction up to 750 words
Prizes: £200, £100, £50
Entry fee: £6
Closing date: 31 August, TBC