Page last updated: 06 December 2011
Please note that all comp details are subject to change. Always check the latest rules with the organisers before entering.
2nd March
Cardiff International Poetry Comp
Poems: 50 lines max. Fee: £6. Prizes: £5000/£500/£250/5x£50. Details: web post (incl. SAE) Academi, CIPC11 Entry Form, Mount Stuart House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 5FQ
19th March
Mslexia
2012 Women's Short Story Comp
Story:2,200 wds. Fee: £10. Prizes: £2000 plus 1 week's writers' retreat and day with Virago editor/£500/£250/3x£100. Details: web post Mslexia Publications Ltd, PO Box 656, Freepost NEA5566, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1BR
(Freepost not available for overseas entries).
20th March
Story:300 wds. Fee: €14 online entry. €16 postal entry. Prizes: €1000 and publication/Publication for runners up. Details: web post Fish Flash Fiction Prize, Durrus, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland
30th March
Poems: 200 wds max. Fee: €14 online, €16 postal entries. Prizes: €1000 plus
publication/Publication for runners up. Details: web post Fish Poetry Prize, Durrus, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland
Rider Haggard Short story Comp
Story: 2500 words. Themes: choice of reincarnation, friendship in
adversity and a very modern attitude to other races. Rules: Must meet the following two criteria: a) Entrants are invited to write a short story using the oral tradition of many of
Haggard's stories as if seated at a camp-fire telling the story to friends. b) Begin with this sentence from a Haggard novel: "Across the wide backs of the waves, beneath the mountains, and between the islands, a ship came stealing from the dark in to the dusk, into the dawn."Use one of the themes suggested. (please check the website for
submission criteria too detailed to mention here) Fee: £10 per entry. Prizes: £200 plus
membership of society/2 free memberships of society. Details: web post Roger Allen,
27 Deneholm. Whitley Bay NE25 9AU
30th March
Poems: 200 wds max. Fee: €14 online, €16 postal entries. Prizes: €1000 plus publication/Publication for runners up. Details: web post Fish Poetry Prize, Durrus, Bantry, Co. Cork, Ireland
31st March
The Bristol Short Story Prize 2012
Story: 3000. Fee: £7. Prizes: £1000 + £150 Waterstones gift card/£700 + £100 Waterstones gift card/£400 + £100 Waterstones gift card. Details: web post Bristol Short Story Prize, Unit 5.16, Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol BS4 3EH
Exeter Writers Short Story Competition 2012
Story: 3,000 words. Fee: £4.Prizes: £250/£100/£50 plus publication on our website with an additional Devon Prize of £50 for a story from a Devon writer. Details: Web Post Competition, 4 Albion Place, Exeter EX4 6LH. Closing date 31 March 2012.
Natur Cymru Inspired by Nature Writing Challenge
Article: 1000 wds. Theme: Environmental or wildlife interest in wales. Fee: Free to subscribers of Natur Cymru. Prizes: £500/£500 place on nature writing course at Ty Newydd/Overnight trip for two to Skomer Island/2 hour boat trip for 2 with Dolphin Survey Boats/2 course meal for two in The Glasshouse Cafe in Cilgerran. Details: web email huw.naturcymru@btinternet.com
The Write Place Short Story Comp
Story: 1500 wds. Theme: A modern fairy tale. Fee: £5. Prizes: £100/£75/£50. Details: web post Elaine Everest, 8a Oliver Road, Swanley, Kent BR8 7DY
email elaineeverest@aol.com
Write A Story For Children Comp
Story: 2000 (or may be first 2000 words of novel). Theme: story must appeal to children. Fee: £3 (10 x 2nd class stamps preferred). Prizes: £2000/£300/£200. Details: Web post ACW, Competition Entry, P. O. Box 95, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. PE28 5RL. England
The
Yellow Room Short Story Comp
Story: 2500 wds. Fee: £4 or 3 stories for £10. Prizes: £80/£45/£20. Rules: Both men and women are welcome to enter. Details: web Post The Yellow Room Comp, 1 Blake Close, Bilton, Rugby, CV22 7LJ. Incl SAE for entry form. Postal entries only.