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- Prose / January 31, 2020 (deadline)
Winter Short Story Award 2020
The Masters Review, an American literary magazine and book publisher, is inviting entries to the Winter Short Story Award 2020. We don’t have any preferences topically or in terms of style. We’re..
- Poetry / May 1, 2020 (deadline)
Nature And Place Poetry Competition 2020
The competition is organised by The Rialto magazine in association with the RSPB, BirdLife International and the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Poems are invited to deal with any aspect of nature..
- Poetry / March 1, 2020 (deadline)
Hippocrates Prize For Poetry And Medicine 2020
Now in its 11th year, the Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine is an annual international award for an unpublished poem on a medical subject. Poems must be no more than 50 lines in length and not..
- Prose / April 20, 2020 (deadline)
Bath Short Story Award 2020
The Bath Story Award is an international short story competition for published and unpublished writers.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..
- Multiple Disciplines / January 23, 2020 (deadline)
Puchi Award 2020
La Casa Encendida and Fulgencio Pimentel are pleased to present the fourth Puchi Award. The competition is open to books in any genre or form: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, novels, comics, illustrated..
- Prose / January 1, 2020 (deadline)
The 2020 Nature Of Cities Prize For Urban Flash Fiction
This contest, organised by The Nature of Cities, aspires to promote green cities around the globe; cities that are resilient, sustainable, livable, and just. The prize asks you to imagine and explore visions..
- Prose / January 13, 2020 (deadline)
Arts Quarter Short Story Prize
The Arts Quarter Prize is about encouraging writers to produce the best work possible and providing a platform for it in their books. For the Short Story Prize entries can be on any theme. Word limit..
- Poetry / December 31, 2019 (deadline)
The Society Of Classical Poets 2020 Poetry Competition
Organised by the Society of Classical Poets, the 2020 Poetry Competition welcomes entries containing meter (beginners and students may simply count syllables). Rhyme and other traditional techniques are..
- Poetry / December 31, 2019 (deadline)
The Tampa Review Prize For Poetry
Organised by Tampa Review, The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry is given annually for a previously unpublished book-length manuscript. Some or all of the poems in the collection may have appeared in periodicals,..
- Multiple Disciplines / January 31, 2020 (deadline)
BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition 2020
Hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, the International Radio Playwriting Competition invites applicants to write a radio play of approximately 53 minutes in length, on a subject of their..