I submitted to the @unchartedmag.bsky.social Horror Challenge! Publication + $500! Judged by Uncharted Editors. Details here: www.unchartedmag.com
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Upload success screen for the NYC Midnight 500-word fiction challenge 2025
Always a wonderful feeling to submit! Despite despairing at the genre assignment, I have to say I rather adore my story in all its darkness!
Thanks @nycmidnight.bsky.social for pushing me out of comfort zone as always!
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Are you working on the next big story?
Don't miss out on The Novelry's latest competition. Submit 3 pages of your manuscript for the chance to win £75,000.
Details here: bit.ly/3IikrqN
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P G Wodehouse Society (UK) Essay Prize. £750 prize for essays 3k-7k. Entries now being invited. See website for T&Cs.
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Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award; for emerging non-American writers under the age of 30, no fee, win $2,500. See website for T&C.
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The Jericho Prize for unpublished and self-published Black-British picture book writers is now open. Closing date 30th April 2025. See website for further details.
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Take Ten, Chesil Theatre’s new writing festival is open to script submissions on the theme of Angels. Closing date 1st June. See website for guidelines.
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www.chesiltheatre.org.uk/taketen.html...
Submit an article relating to the history of the Midlands and be in with a chance of winning £400, plus publication in journal. The deadline for entries is 31st October 2025. See link for details.
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Playwrights still time to apply to the Glitch (managed by The Vault Creative Arts) for playwriting award. £2k and fully produced play based at Waterloo, London. For T&Cs see website.
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www.theglitch.london/development?...
Poetry School - London based. Scholarship opportunity for underrepresented poets - Poetry MA. Closing date 17th April. Email- MA@poetryschool.com for more information.
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Calling romance writers for adult literary love WIP tales. Applications open until 9th April. See website for T&C and instructions.
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Cymera. Scottish writers short-fiction competition for Sci-fi, Fantasy and horror. Must be over 14. Deadline 30th March. See website for more details.
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Creative Futures Writers Award for underrepresented writers.
Three categories, Fiction, Poetry and CNF. Closing date 18th May 2025. See website for more information/eligibility. Free to enter.
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www.creativefuture.org.uk/for-writers/...
For anyone looking for #writingcomps lists, found a handy one on Insta by ScarlettInk #amwriting #querying #writers
What do you call a street where only writers live?
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A writers’ block!
Bad jokes aside, we certainly hope the words are flowing for you today. And don’t forget to send those brilliant #shortstories our way: bit.ly/3ZjmdN8
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