Last Updated: 31 October 2011
Please note that all details are subject to change. Always check with comp organisers for the most up to date details before sending your entries.
1st December
The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize
Poetry: ms: Min 50 pages, max 85 pages. Fee: postal: 15 (or $25 in US) online $27. Prizes: £1750 (or $3000 in US), paid in May 2012. Details: web UK, Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize (Guidelines & Application Form), 29A, Carr Hill Road, Upper Cumberworth, Huddersfield, HD8 8NW (see website for details of US postal address)
12th December
West Country Writers Short Story
Comp
Story:1200 wds.Theme: Entries can be on any theme but must mention Jane Austen at least once. Fee: £5. Prize: £50. Details: Web post Diney Costeloe, Glebe House, Shipham, Winscombe, Somerset, BS25 1TW (entries must be accompanied by a WCWA entry form, available from the website or by sending SAE to Fiona McAughey, Trevean, Yeolmbridge, Launceston, PL15 8NJ -please note this is a different address to the one
for entries.)
16th December
Willesden Herald Short Story Comp
Story: 7500 wds. Fee: £3. Prizes: £300 plus much sought after Willesden Herald mug/2 x £150. Judge: Roddy Doyle. Details: web
18th December
Story: 1400 wds. Theme: No theme but must have some link to Australia. Fee: A$9.50 for 1 story, A£17 for 2 stories, A$22 for a maximum of 3 stories. Prizes: A$300/A$125/A$50 each winner will also receive a certificate, publication and free copy of the anthology. Details: web
31st December
Canadian Short Screenplay Comp
(Please note that for this comp there is a 'I Missed
The Deadline' date of 31st January 2012 for online entries only)
Screenplay:15 mins/pages max. Fee: CAD $25. Prizes: CAD $1,500.00 prize, accreditation to attend the 2012 Yorkton Film Festival (including complimentary shuttle ground transportation from Regina airport to Yorkton and one (1) ticket to attend the Golden Sheaf Awards gala event), an Apple iPad, personalized Writer's Block crystal award and additional prize package TBD and subject to availability from competition sponsors/See website for other prizes too numerous to mention. Details: Web post The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, c/o Year of the Skunk
Productions, 1914 Hamilton Street, PH#104, Regina, SK, S4P 3N6,Canada.
Poems:30 lines max. Fee: £5. Prizes: £500/£300/£200. Rules: entrants
may submit no more than 3 poems each. Entries must be accompanied by entry
form, which is downloadable from website. Details: Web
Julia Hughes, The English Association, University of Leicester, LE1 7R
Longworth Editors Short Story Comp
Story: 3000 wds. Theme: Journey. Fee: £10. Prizes: £250/2x£100. Details: web email competitions@longwortheditors.com
Poem: 45 lines. Fee: FREE. Prize: £150. Details: web
The Red Telephone Young Adult Novel Comp
Novel: 1st 5000 wds, 500 wd synopsis, 50 wd bio. Theme: aimed at young adults. Fee: £10. Prizes: Publication/full critique/part critique. Details: web
Walkopedia Travel Writing Comp
Travel Writing: 1200 wds. Theme: A walk or hide. Fee: FREE. Details: web
Words Mag Open Short Story Comp
Story: 2000 wds. Fee: £3. Prize: Winner takes all. Details: web post WORDS (December), PO Box 13574, London W9 3FX
Poetry: 40 lines. Fee: £5. Prizes: £300/£200/£100. Judge. Alison Chisolm. Details: web
Writers Village Short Story Comp
Story: 3000 wds. Fee: £10. Prizes: £250/£100/£50/£20 plus free entry of story into next round. Note: All entrants, whether they win or not, will receive a free critique. Details: web post Village Guild, The Old School House, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9DP, UK.