Page Last Updated: 11 April 2011
Please note that all details are subject to change. Please check with comp organisers before entering.
1st May
Alibi TV New Crime Writer 2011
Story: 1000-2500 wds. Theme: Crime story set in your own region. Fee: FREE. Prizes: Trip to Sweden, Kindle, lunch with Alibi and Harper Collins reps, 100 books/Tickets and short break for Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. See website for specific prize details. Details: web
Unbound Press Short Fiction Award
Story: 3000 wds. Fee: £5. Prizes: £250/£125/£50 plus publication and free copy of print anthology for each winner. Details: web post Unbound Press, PO Box 16864 , Glasgow, Scotland, G11 9DJ
5th May
Words With Jam 'what if' comp
Story: 30 wds (yes, 30 three-O words!). Theme: What if? Fee: FREE. Prize: Signed copy of Guy Saville's The Afrika Reich. Details: web
9th May
Biscuit Publishing Short Story Comp
Story: 1000-5000 wds. Fee: £10. Prizes: £1500 (or £500 plus publication of collection or novella with 75 copies)/£300/£150/7x£25 plus publication for all winners. Details: web post Biscuit Publishing Ltd, PO Box 123, Washington, Tyne & Wear, NE37 2YW, United Kingdom.
14th May
Northampton Literature Group Poetry comp
Poems: 40 lines. 3 Categories: Category A free verse. Category B rhyming poetry.Category C humorous poetry. Fee: £3 or 4 for £10 (£3.50 and £10.60 if paid online via paypal). Prizes: A & B categories £250/£150/£50/£10. C category £150/£100/£50. Details: web (or email tricia.archer@tiscali.co.uk) post: Send SAE for entry form to Pat Archer, NLG, 7 Cattle Hill, Great Billing, Northampton NN3 9DU
29th May
Creative Competitor 250 Word writing comp
Story: 250 wds. Theme: Based on picture on website. Fee: £2. Prizes: £100/£75/£50 Details: web
30th May
Ashbourne Lit Fest Poetry Comp
Poems: 40 lines max. Theme: The Arrival. Fee: £3 per poem. Prizes: £100/£50/£25. Shortlisted poems to be exhibited on the Ashbourne Literary Festival poetry trail. Details: web post Ashbourne Arts Ltd, St John's Community Hall, King Street, Ashbourne, DE6 1EA
Story: 2000 wds. Theme: Speculative fiction. Fee: A$9.50 2 for A$17, 3 for $22.50. Prizes: A$500. Rules: open to anyone in the universe but must be in English. Details: web email entries only to judges@stringybarkstories.net
31st May
Story: 3000 words. Fee: £4. Prizes: £100/£50/£25. Details: web
The British Fantasy Society Short Story Comp
Story: 5000 wds. Theme: Any fantastical fiction, incl SF, fantasy, horror, supernatural, fabulation, magic realism, slipstream etc, or any mix of those sub-genres. Fee: £5 (free to BSF members who may enter just once). Prizes: £100/£50/£20, plus 1 yr membership of BSF and publication for 1st and 2nd prize. Details: web post BFS Short Story Competition, 56 Leyton Road, Birmingham, B21 9EE. cheque payable to British Fantasy Society. Note: Please see website for the quite specific formatting requirements as failure to adhere to them leads to disqualification.
Poem: 40 lines max. Fee: £3. Prizes: 75 Guineas/50 Guineas plus yrs subscription for both. Details: web post The Frogmore Press, 21 Mildmay Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1PJ
Frome Festival Short Story Comp
Story: 1000 min. 2200 max. Fee: £5 optional critique £35 extra (cheques payable to Frome Festival Short Story Competition). Prizes: £300/£150/£75 plus prizes for local authors. Details: web email queries to ffshortstorycomp@yahoo.co.uk or send an SAE to Frome Festival Short Story Competition, c/o Frome Library, Justice Lane, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BE tel: 01373 462215
Leaf Books Diary Comp - A Day In The Life
Diary Entry: 500 wds max. Rules: Entries could be from your own diary, a fictional person's diary, a fantasy diary, an historical diary, war diaries, children's diaries or even creature diaries. Fee: £3 or 4 for £10. Prizes: £100 plus free day ticket to Appledore Book Festival and 2 writing books/Commended authors published in anthology. All receive free ebooks. Details: web post: Leaf Books, GTi Suite, Ty Menter, Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff CF45 4SN
Story: 2000 wds. Novel: synopsis and opening chapters 15k max. Poem: 40 lines max. Fee: Novel £10; story £5; poem £5 or 2 for £8 or 3 for £10 Prizes: novel £1000/£250/£100; story/poem £500/£200/£100. Local award of £100 in each category. Details: web post Yeovil Literary Prize Competition, The Octagon Theatre, Hendford, Yeovil BA20 1UX Cheques payable to YCAA Literary Section.