Page Last updated: 08 April 2011
Please note that all details are subject to change. Always check with organisers before entering.
Franco-British Council Short Story Prize
Story: 1500 wds. Rules: for young writers aged 16-25 Theme: Any subject connected with France or the French. Fee: FREE. Prizes: In both cagatories (16-18 and 19-25) 2x£100 plus two Eurostar tickets/£75/£50. Details: web email 1 copy of entry to shortstory@francobritishcouncil.org.uk and post hard copy to: Franco-British Council, 16-18 Strutton Ground, London SW1P 2HP
3rd April
Creative Competitor 300 Word Fiction Comp
Story: 300 wds (excl. title). Fee: £2.50. Prizes: £100/£75/£50. Details: web
25th April
Alan Sillitoe Short Story Comp
Story: 1200 wds. Theme: The headstrong rebel of today (see website for more details). Fee: £3 (but higher donations to Alan Sillitoe Statue Fund welcome). Prizes: £100 and night out in Nottingham/£50/£25. Details: web post The Competition Secretary, 38 Harrow Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7DU
28th April
The Ledbury Festival Poetry Comp
Poem: 40 lines max. Fee: adults: £4.50, then £2.50 for subsequent poems. Young people (12-17 and 11 and under) FREE for first poem, then £1.50 for each subsequent poem. Prizes: 1st prize - writing course at Ty Newydd. Other prizes not specified. Details: web post Ledbury Poetry Festival, Church Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1DH
29th April
Words With Jam First Page Comp
First page of novel: 400 wds. Fee: £5, 2 for £8, or 3 for £10. Prizes: £250/£100/£50. Details: web post: First Page Competition 2011', Quinn Publications, 2 Malt Kiln Road, Newbiggin, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0TU, United Kingdom
30th April
Leaf Books Travel Writing Comp
Fiction/Article/Diary Entry: 300 wds. Theme: Travel Writing. Fee: £3 or 4 for £10. Prize: Free place on Jonathon Lorie's Compass Point, a beginners' travel writing course in London (2 available dates) and publication. Details: web post Leaf Books, GTi Suite, Ty Menter, Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff CF45 4SN
Story: 3000 wds. Theme: Greed. Fee: £8. Prizes: £110/£55. Details: Web (online entry only).
Story: 140 wds (141 incl. title). Fee: £2.50 for single entry, 3 for £5 or 5 for £7. Prizes: £50/£25/£15. Details: Web (comp opens on 1st March 2011)
Southport Writers Circle International Poetry Comp
Poem: 40 lines max. Fee: £3 per poem. Prizes: £200/£100/£50 plus local prizes. (Local entrants with Liverpool and Preston postcodes should mark poems with 'L'.) Details: web post Southport Writers Circle, 18 Ditchfield, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4EQ
Swanwick Writers Summer School Comps
Story: 1000 wds. Story for children or opening of novel for children: 1000 wds. Poem: 40 lines max. Fee: FREE. Prizes: In each category free week at Swanwick/choice of manuscript critique and one years' subscription to Writing Magazine andWriters News/One Years subscription to Writing Magazine and Writers News. Details: web post Fiona Berry, Warners Group Publications, West Street, Bourne, Lincs PE10 9PH.
Poems: 30 lines max. Fee: £3 per poem, 4 for £10, £2 for each subsequent poem. Prizes: £500/£300/£100 young writers prize of £100. Details: web post: Competitions Secretary, 181 Sandridge Road, St Albans, Herts, AL1 4AH
Wannabe A Writer We've Heard Of? Blurb Writing Comp
Blurb: 125 Wds. Theme: Writer a contemporary back cover blurb for one of the classic novels listed on the Wannabe website. Fee: FREE. Prize: Lunch with a top book buyer. Details: web post Write a Blurb Competition, Wannabe a Writer We've Heard Of
Accent Press Ltd, The Old School, Upper High Street, Bedlinog, CF46 6RY. Rules: Entries must be posted and accompanied by official entry form, either available on website or from back of Wannabe A Writer We've Heard Of? book.