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- Multiple Disciplines / May 31, 2019 (deadline)
The Yeovil Literary Prize 2019
Organised by the Yeovil Community Arts Association, The Yeovil Literary Prize is your opportunity to enter four very different categories of writing. Aspiring writers throughout the world should enter..
- Prose / April 15, 2019 (deadline)
2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Australian Book Review welcomes entries in the 2019 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for an original short story. The ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize is..
- Prose / March 19, 2019 (deadline)
The Nelligan Prize For Short Fiction 2019
Organised by the Colorado State University’s Center for Literary Publishing, The Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction is open to writers from all over the world. There are no theme restrictions, but stories..
- Poetry / March 31, 2019 (deadline)
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2019
The Caterpillar is the younger sibling of The Moth, a magazine of poems and stories and art for grown-ups. The Caterpillar is for kids between the ages of 7 and 11(ish), though grown-ups are bound to like..
- Poetry / June 30, 2019 (deadline)
University Of Canberra Vice-Chancellor's Poetry Prize 2019
Organised by the University of Canberra, the prize celebrates the enduring significance of poetry to cultures everywhere in the world and its ongoing and often seminal importance to world literature. It..
- Multiple Disciplines / May 31, 2019 (deadline)
The Bridport Prize 2019
The Bridport Prize is an international creative writing competition established in 1973 by the Arts Centre’s founder Peggy Chapman-Andrews. All entries submitted can be on any subject, and written..
- Prose / May 1, 2019 (deadline)
Bristol Short Story Prize 2019
The Bristol Short Story Prize is an international writing competition that publishes an annual short story anthology as well as giving cash prizes. Stories can be on any theme or subject and are welcome..
- Prose / April 15, 2019 (deadline)
Bath Short Story Award 2019
The Bath Story Award is an international short story competition for published and unpublished writers. Stories can be on any theme or subject but must be original and written in English. They must..
- Prose / January 31, 2019 (deadline)
The Caine Prize For African Writing 2019
The Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. 'An African writer’ is taken to mean someone..
- Multiple Disciplines / January 31, 2019 (deadline)
Puchi Award 2019
La Casa Encendida and Fulgencio Pimentel are pleased to present the third Puchi Award. The competition is open to books in any genre or form: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, novels, comics, illustrated albums,..