All the top writing contests.

The competition is open to all essayists writing in English.

Entries must be a single non-fiction essay of 2,000 and 5,000 words.

Each entry must be accompanied by an entry fee of AU$30.

The winner will receive AU$5,000. The runner-up will receive AU$3,000. Third place will receive AU$2,000.

The competition is organized by Overland, an Australian literary and cultural magazine.

This is a prize for original pieces of short fiction written in English, up to 3000 words in length.

Entry fee: $12 AUD for subscribers and $20 AUD for non-subscribers.

The winner will receive $5,000 AUD. Two runners-up will each receive $750 AUD.

The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for a single unpublished poem.

The competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over.

The entry fee is €16 per poem.

• 1st prize: €6,000
• 3 runner-up prizes of €1,000
• 8 prizes of €250 for commended poems

The competition is open to original, unpublished poems in English of 40 lines or fewer.

Entry fee: €7 per poem.

• 1st Prize: €2,000
• 2nd Prize: €500
• 3rd Prize: €250

The competition is open to anyone aged 13 and over.

There are three categories:
• Short Story – submission fee: $15, 1st prize: $1,000
• Poetry – submission fee: $10, 1st prize: $300
• Flash Fiction – submission fee: $10, 1st prize: $300

You may submit one humor poem written in English, up to 250 lines in length.

The competition is free to enter.

• 1st prize: $2,000
• 2nd prize: $500
• 3rd Prize: $250
• 10 honorable mentions, $100 each

The competition is open to anyone over the age of 18.

Writers may submit micro pieces (fiction, nonfiction, or hybrid narratives), each of 250 words or fewer.

Entry fees:
• up to 2 micros: $14,
• up to 4 micros: $22.

The grand prize winner will receive $1,000.

To enter the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize, submit an unpublished short story in English, up to 6,000 words. The entry fee is £11 per submission. The winning author will receive a cash prize of £2,500. Shortlisted authors will each receive £200.

The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over. International entries are welcome.

All poems must have a title and must not exceed 40 lines in length. Entries can be on any subject.

The first poem submitted costs £8. Subsequent entries in the same submission cost £6 per poem.

• 1st prize: £5,000
• 2nd prize: £3,000
• 3rd prize: £2,000