From the competition website: In our quest to offer authors a stage for their work, we are excited to be hosting our 2026 Short Story Competition. First Prize: £1000 (GBP) Second Prize: £500 (GBP) Third Prize: £250 (GBP) 5 Runners-up Prizes of £50 (GBP) Prizewinning stories will be published in the MTP 2026 Anthology (print book...
From the competition website: The RSL V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize seeks to find the best unpublished short story of the year. The 2027 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is now open for entry until Monday 22 June at 5pm. Please ensure you have read and understood the V.S. Pritchett Prize Eligibility and Guidelines prior to entering. ...
From the competition website: The 2026 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open. The seventeenth edition of the prize is now open for original entries and entries in translation across Fiction, Life Writing, and Poetry. Enter here.
From the competition website: Top prize- £500 Length of story: max 3,000 words Entries should be as a Word document. All types of stories are welcome (excluding Children’s and Young Adult Fiction). Entry Fee: £7.00 (£13 for 2 stories, £18 for 3 stories) Entry fee plus optional critique: £35.00 Winning stories will be published on this...
From the competition website: Got a potential page-turner inside you? Then polish up your prose and send your entry to this year’s Short Story Competition. First prize is £750, while second and third-place winners will receive £300 and £200 respectively. There is also a special prize of £100 in the category for best local...