From the competition deadline: Theme: WALLS Word Limit: 2000 words (excluding the title) The Brief: Judges are looking for wise choices of vocabulary, well-structured plotting and description, sparkling dialogue, pace and precision. Although the theme is always selected to represent Norwich you are free to interpret this however you see fit. Your story does...
From the competition website: The Letter Review Prize is an internationally celebrated event, offered every four months in the categories of Short Fiction, Poetry, and Books. We publish our winners, maintain shortlists, submit to The Pushcart, and award over $16,000 USD annually to writers, meaning our prize is among the highest paying literary prizes administered by a literary...
From the competition website: Established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication, the Anthology Short Story Competition is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. There is no restriction on theme or style. Stories submitted must...
From the competition website: Southlands Arts Centre is excited to announce the launch of our annual creative writing competition. We are open for submissions from Sunday, 22nd February. We are taking entries from over 18s and under 18s. There are life writing and fiction categories. Continuing with our tradition the fiction category is themed. This year’s...
From the competition website: Bournemouth has a rich literary heritage. World-renowned writers - from Bram Stoker to Bill Bryson, Mary Shelley to JRR Tolkien, all took inspiration from our seaside oasis on the south coast of Dorset. Originally, Bournemouth was a spa town, attracting people from across the country (and polluted cities!) to use...