• Competition Deadline: Oxford Flash Fiction Prize

    From the competition website:   1st Prize: £1000 / 2nd Prize: £200 / New Voice Prize: £200 / 3rd Prize: £100 / Hidden Element Prize £100 Shortlisted entrants will be offered publication in our end of year anthology.   Enter here.

  • Competition Deadline: Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

    From the competition website:   Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines. Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words. Works published or entered elsewhere are accepted. We accept works on any theme. You may enter the Award as many times as you wish, although each work requires a fee and new...

  • Competition Deadline: Best in Rural Writing Contest

    From the competition website:   Contest submissions may be previously published, and will also be read within 3-4 months of submitting with an eye towards publication on the site, as well as the forthcoming Best in Rural Writing print anthologies. (Note: shortlisting in the contest does not automatically secure a place in the anthology, unless selected as...

  • Competition Deadline: The Observer / Redstone Press Postcard Story Prize 2026

    From the competition website:   Open to writers of all ages and backgrounds. A postcard is a simple thing: image on one side, writing on the other. But the relationship between image and text can be complex and teasing. Postcards always tell a story of some kind and are often glimpses into larger stories, inklings...

  • Competition Deadline: Plough Short Fiction Contest

    From the competition website:   Plough is thrilled to announce its inaugural annual short fiction contest, open to writers anywhere in the world. The winning writer will receive a two thousand dollar award and the winning story will be published in Plough. In addition, up to three finalists will receive two hundred and fifty dollars as...