Last Updated: 30 July 2010
Please note that all details are subject to change. Always check the latest rules with the individual competition organisers.
1st August
The Tony Lothian Biographer's Club Prize
Biography: Proposal of no more than 20 pages, incl. Synopsis, 10 page sample chapter (double spaced, numbered pages), CV and note on the market for the book and competing literature. Fee: £10 (cheques payable to the Biographer's Club. Prizes: not specified. Judges: Matthew Parris, Kate Williams and Benjamin Buchan. Details: web post Anna Swan 119A Fordwych Road, London NW2 3NJ or email anna@annaswan.co.uk
Creative Competitor Descriptive Writing Competition
Descriptive passage: 200 wds max. Theme: based on landscape picture on website. Fee: £2.50. Prizes: £100/£50. Details: web
8th August
The Creative Competitor Announcement Fiction Competition
Fictional Newspaper Announcement: 1200 wds. Fee: £2 (free to creative competitor members). Prizes: £75/£50. Details: Web
16th August
Arvon International Poetry Comp
Poem: 42 lines. Fee: £7. Prizes: £7,500/£2500/£100. Details: web
22nd August
Malton Literature Festival Short Story and Poetry comps
Story: Adults 2000 wds. Children 1000 wds. Poems: Adults 40 lines. Children 30 lines. Fee: FREE to children (children may send in up to 3 entries from either category, or mixed) £4 per story or poem for adults (4 poems £10, 3 stories £10). Prizes: £100/£50/£20 (adults) prizes for children not specified. Details web Entries must be posted to: The Competition Organiser, Malton Literature Festival, Rise Cottage, Broughton Road, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 7BP.
27th August
New Eastborne Writers Short Story Comp
Story: 1500 wds. Theme: The Journey. Fee: £5 or 2 for £7. Prizes: £50/£20/£10. Details: web post New Eastbourne Writers, 58 Coopers Hill, Willingdon, Eastbourne, BN20 9JG
31st August
Aesthetica Creative Works Comp
Story: 2000 wds. Poem: 40 lines max. Images: 300 dpi Fee: £10 (allows up to 2 entries in each category). Prizes: £500 in each category. Details: web post Creative Works Competition, Aesthetica Magazine, PO Box 371, York, YO23 1WL, UK (cheques payable to 'Aesthetica Magazine Ltd' please note that VAT of 17.5% must be added to postal entries)
The Creative Competitor Mystery Fiction Comp
Story: 2000 wds max. Theme: Crime: Must include: Ellie Lacey; a photograph; a stolen jewellery box. Fee: £2.50 (free to members of Creative Competitor). Prizes: £100/£50. Details: Web
Countryside Tales Autumn Poetry Comp
Poem: 40 lines max. Theme: The Countryside in Autumn. Fee: £3. Prizes: £50/£25/£15. Details: web: Post: Park Publications UK., 14 The Park, Stow on the Wold, Cheltenham, Glos GL54 1DX email sales@parkpublications.co.uk
Earlyworks Press Open Short Story Comp.
Story: 8000 wds max. Fee: £5 for up to 4k wds. £10 for 4k-8k words. Prizes: £100 + publication for best entries. Details: web post: Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street , Hastings Sussex TN34 1HL.
Leaf Books Postcard and Travel Writing comp
Travel writing piece (article, story, diary entry): 300 wds max (can be written on postcard but does not have to be). Theme: Travel. Fee: £3 or 4 for £10. Prize: £150 and free copy of Leaf Books writing mag/further prizes of publication and free mags. Details: web post Leaf, Gti, Valleys Innovation Centre, Abercynon, CF45 4SN.
Story: 2000 wds. Flash: 100 wds exactly (incl. title). Fee: Story: £7 first story, £5 others. Young Writers (15-17) and Flash £3. Prizes: story: £500/£250/£100 Young Writers and Flash £50/£20/£30. Please note: Entrants must send 2 copies of each story. Details: web post Legend Writing Award, 39 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, E Sussex TN34 3LB
Novel: 3-4 sample chapters along with personal statement outlining why you would benefit from the bursary. This statement is a key part of the judging process. Fee: FREE. Prizes: £2500 plus publishing contract with Legend Press. Rules: entrants must be aged 16 or over and first-time non-published authors. Only adult fiction is eligible for the prize. Novels must be completed before entry. Details: web email entries to. bitmeadbursary@legendpress.co.uk
Tenby Arts Festival Writing comp
Story: 1500 wds. Poem: 40 lines max. Fee: £4 per story/poem or 2 poems for £6, 3 poems for £8. Prizes: £150/£70/£30 each category. Details: web postWriting Competition, c/o The Swallows, Stammers Lane, Rushy Lake, Saundersfoot, SA69 9PB
Town and Village Short Story Comp
Story: 1200 wds. Theme: A misunderstanding. Fee: £4. Prizes: £100/£30/£10 (plus publication for all three). Details: web post Short Story Competition, Town & Village Community Magazine, 6 Whittle Road, Ferndown Industrial Estate, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 7RU. Cheques are made payable to Page & Pulford Ltd.
Words With Jam Short Story Comp
Story: 2500 wds. Fee: £6 or 2 for £10. Prizes: £300/£100/£50. Judge: Sue Moorcroft. Details: web. post Short Story Competition 2010', Quinn Publications, 2 Malt Kiln Road, Newbiggin, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 0TU, United Kingdom Cheques payable to J Smith. Note: organisers will accept postal entries, but would prefer to receive email entries so they have an electronic copy.