Page Last updated: 05 September 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 September

Creative Competitor Last Line Fiction Writing Comp

Story: 1500 wds. Theme: leading up to last line stated on website. Fee: £2.50. Prizes: £100/£75/£50. Details: web 

Scribble Themed Short Story Comp

Story: 3000 wds. Theme: The Visitor (please do not use the theme as your title). Fee: £5 first story, £4 for subsequent entries. Prizes: £100/£50/£25. Details: web post: Park Publications, 14 The Park, Stow On The Wold, Cheltenham, Glos., GL54 1DX

Unbound Press Best Novel Award

Novel: 1st 10,000 wds. Fee: £20. Prizes: £500 and publication/£250 and publication/details critique for honorable mentions. Details: web post Unbound Press, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland, G11 9DJ

10th September

Fantasy Book Review Fantasy Short Story comp

Story: min 2000 wds, max 5000 wds. Theme: Fantasy. Fee: FREE. Prizes: Apple iPad/2x Amazon Kindles/every entrant receives free ebook of Frank P Ryan's The Snowmelt River. Rules: Strictly one entry per person only. Details: web   email entries to fantasyshortstorycompetition@fantasybookreview.co.uk Subject: FBRFSSC

19th September

Baz Productions 'Poet in Residence' comp

Poem: 40 lines max. Rules: must include Iambic pentameter in some way. Fee: £5 first poem and £1 per poem hereafter. Prize: Poet in Residence place with Baz Productions. Details: web

20th September

Creative Competitor Suspenseful Fiction comp

Story: 2000 wds. Theme: Based on paragraph on website. Fee: £4. Prizes: £300/£200/£100. Details: web

21st September

The Glass Woman Prize

Story: 50-5000 wds. Fee: FREE. Prizes: $500/$100/$50 + optional online publication. Details: web  email glasswomanprize@gmail.com (postal entries no longer accepted).

24th September

Aber Valley Arts Novel, short story and poetry comps

Novel: 150 wd outline plus first 1500 wds. Novel must be set in Wales. Story: 3500 wds. Poem: max 60 lines. Theme for short story and poetry comps: Action. Fees: novel £3. Story £1.50 or 3 for £3. Poem £1 or 3 for £2. Prizes: novel; chance of publication by Accent press (subject to work being considered good enough) and one to one workshop with Catrin Collier. Story; £80/£45/£30. Poetry; £50/£30/£15. Details: web post Undercurrents, 15 Graig y Fedw, Abertridwr, Caerffili, CF83 4AQ

30th September

Beak Books novel and songwriting comp

Novel: 1st 3 chapters. Song: 3 mins max (and to include mandatory lyrics as stated on website). Fee: £8 for novel. FREE for songwriting comp. Prizes: £80/£60/£40 in novel comp. No prize for songwriting comp though entrants will have link to their site and chance to charge for downloads. Details: web

Fleeting Magazine Poetry and Fiction Prize

Story: 1500 wds. Poetry: 40 lines max. Fee: £1. Prizes: 1 yr subs to Fleeting Mag/3 mnths subs x 2 runners up. Details: web

Leaf Books Open Comp 2011

Anything (incl any sort of writing - poem, prose etc - graphic novel, cartoon strip.): 1000 wds, 4 A4 pages or 2 A3 pages. (Must be able to be printed in mag, so sending a sculpture might not work). Fee: £4 or 3 entries for £10. Prizes: £100 plus several writing related books. Details: web post:Leaf Books Ltd, GTi Suite, Ty Menter, Navigation Park, Abercynon, RCT, Wales, U.K. CF45 4SN 

Mslexia Women's Novel Comp

Novel: 1st 5000 wds (but novel should be completed before you enter and be at least 50,000 wds). Fee: £25. Prize: £5000. Details: Web post Women's Novel Competition, Mslexia Publications Ltd, PO Box 656, Freepost NEA5566, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1BR 

The Society of Women Journalists Life Writing Comp

Non-fiction/Life Writing: 3000 wds. Fee: £7. Prizes: £3000/£1000/£500. Details: web (email entries only)

The Yellow Room Short Story Comp 

Story: 2500 wds Fee: £4 or 3 for £10. Prizes: £80/£45/£20. (cheques payable to J M Derrick) Rules: Both men and women are welcome to enter. Entrants may pay online, but all entries must be sent by post. Entry: web  post: The Yellow Room Competition, 1 Blake Close, Bilton, Rugby CV22 7LJ