🎉 We’re thrilled to announce this year’s Memoir Award results! Congratulations to our winners and a big thanks to everyone who trusted us with their words.

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Our Memoir Award 2026 will open for entries 15 June.

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“The Bridport Prize is an open door… people take notice.”

Writer and former judge Toby Litt on the momentum, reputation and impact of the Bridport Prize.

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Apply for our bursary scheme for a free entry in this year’s competition! More info: bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room/bursaries-for-under-represented-writers/ #WritingOpportunities #WritingPrize #WritingBursary #WritersSupport #LiteraryOpportunities #WritingContest

Announcing the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for New Immigrant Writing. Literary Hub is pleased to announce the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for Immigrant Literature, an annual award given to a first-time, first-generation immigrant author that inclu…

Announcing the winner of the Restless Books 2025 Kellman Prize for New Immigrant Writing.
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Thrilling Updates from the Blog - mailchi.mp/be1c4e8926b1... Find the First Page Cage Quarterfinalists and a story excerpt from our latest issue in this Pulp Mystery newsletter!

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Double the Contests ✨ - mailchi.mp/d0125e20ec04... The Raven Short Story Contest and the First Page Cage remain open for entries!
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Publisher Ginny Grant - Australian Book Lovers Episode 150 has Veronica & Laurie chatting about their favourite topic - Australian authored books - and industry news, events and some John Koenig words. Want to know how to use agnosthesia, tarr...

Or listen to the latest ep on any good podcasting platform.
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You can watch the ep here and learn how to use agnosthesia, tarrion or proluctance in a sentence (thanks John Koenig).
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Contests of All Kinds - mailchi.mp/bda263893c2a... This is the last day to take advantage of our reduced Earlybird entry fee for the 2025 Raven Short Story Contest! Find updates on all of our contests in this Pulp Mystery newsletter!

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The 2026 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing is now open for short story and poetry submissions. This year’s theme: “Echoes.” 🌊

Open to all Australian residents until Sept 30.

Click shorturl.at/Piyy9 to submit!

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Longlists and Throwbacks 🔍- mailchi.mp/23b060235da2... Find the Kingfisher longlist and a throwback to 'Pretty Lies' in this Pulp Mystery newsletter.

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It only takes 500 words 🥊 Details on the First Page Cage in this PulpFemme newsletter!

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Get an ARC of Stella Book 3 🔍 - mailchi.mp/6c9d644cbe1b... Find out how to join our review team for 'Stella Ryman and the Search for Thelma Hu' in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...

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Val Wood Prize | Val Wood Val Wood is the best selling author of over 25 novels and the winner of The Catherine Cookson Prize and alongside Hull Libraries runs the annual Val Wood Prize for Creative Writing.

We're pretty sure Anodyne readers and contributors will have something befitting this prize. Theme is "secrets" and they want private thoughts ro concelaled moments. No fee for prize entry! #writingprize #writingcommunity www.valwood.co.uk/val-wood-prize

Two Contests to Enter this Month 🖋️ - mailchi.mp/afe8ed7cd584... Find details on our Kingfisher Poetry Prize and the First Page Cage in this Pulp Mystery newsletter...

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Memoir bursary applications close this week!

📝 A free entry to our memoir competition
📝 No proof of income required
📝 Applications close 31 July
📝 Limited supply so don't delay
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Competition | HNS 2026 Conference, Maynooth Campus We invite entries for our HNS 2026 First Chapters Competition, which aims to recognise and promote excellence in storytelling and the craft of historical fiction and its sub-genres.

Have a plot brewing? Our First Chapters competition returns! Entries open on 1 August 2025 and closes on 17 November 2025.

For more details, head to: hns2026.com/competition

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Announcing the 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize Longlist! - PULP Literature Flying High We are thrilled to announce the longlist for the 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize! Please find the longlisted authors below, listed alphabetically by [...]

We are thrilled to announce the longlist for the 2025 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize!

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Local to Bristol?

Don't miss the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Launch and Winners' Reception tomorrow, June 28th, at Waterstones, Bristol - Galleries.

Get your free ticket here: bit.ly/3TIoQFU

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The Croydon Writers Michael Round #writingprize is open for entries until 30th September 2025. The theme is “Far and Wide”. 1,200 words max. Free to enter. £100 top prize, plus a year’s free membership of Croydon Writers. They hope to publish an anthology of the best entries. croydonwriters.co.uk

Check out the list here: australasianhorror.com/australian-s...

Best of luck, everyone!

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A purple and yellow graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest. From top to bottom the graphic says: Break out of your shell. Enter our 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest. Opens March 1st, 2025. Deadline June 2, 2025! Enter vis Submittable. Judged by Micole Breit. $2000 Prize plus publication. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/contest or email fiddlehd@unb.ca. In the background is a picture of a freshly hatched chick sitting amongst eggs and in the lower right corner is a picture of Nicole Breit sitting on a couch with a book in her hands.

Don't let the deadline sneak up on you! Submit to our 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest before it's too late!

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Reminders for our Earlybirds - mailchi.mp/ba511f0cc51a... Writers, get your entries in to the Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize by May 15th to take advantage of our reduced Earlybird entry fee!

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The Hummingbird Has Arrived! - mailchi.mp/79cffe202229... Our second flash fiction contest of the year is now open...

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For Fans of Flash Fiction 🖋️ - mailchi.mp/c2c973e3872d... Solving the mystery of which writing contest you should enter next, in this Pulp Mystery newsletter!

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Brown background with white and orange text that reads: ‘What excites me about the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize is the prospect of discovering new voices: new writers and their current concerns. Given the world we're living in, how are new writers responding? I can't tell you what would be outstanding — because that's what I want to learn from you. I want to discover the writing we need to read.’ Romesh Gunesekera Chair 2025

Chair of the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, Romesh Gunesekera, shares what he’s looking for in entries.

Get your poetry, fiction, and life writing ready, then submit: buff.ly/1ykIwFT

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Jhalak Prize 2025 shortlists revealed as founder hails work ‘full of love, hope and joy' The Jhalak Prize 2025 shortlists have been revealed, with prize founder Sunny Singh praising the shortlisted books as “exquisitely crafted, stunning works of literature full of love, hope and joy.”

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Calling all travel #writers - new £10K #WritingPrize www.sherbornetravelwritingprize.com "The first, annual £10,000 Sherborne Prize for Travel Writing will be awarded in 2026 to a published British or European author whose work encourages understanding between peoples and across societies"
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Picture of Noreen Masud, Life Writing judge for the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, with a quote on what she's looking for in entries.

Thinking of entering the 2025 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize? Our Life Writing judge, @NoreenMasud, shares what she’s looking for in entries.

Polish up your piece and submit now: www.wasafiri.org/writing-priz...

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