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- Prose / June 9, 2019 (deadline)
Bath Flash Fiction Award 2019
With a goal of promoting flash fiction for both writers and readers and to bring the genre to a wider audience, the Bath Flash Fiction Award 2019 is now open for entries. Entries can be on any theme..
- Poetry / July 31, 2019 (deadline)
Winchester Poetry Prize 2019
Organised by Winchester Poetry Festival, the Winchester Poetry Prize aims to surprise and delight. Following its launch in 2016, the Winchester Poetry Prize is now an annual competition. Poems may be..
- Multiple Disciplines / May 15, 2019 (deadline)
Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest 2019
Organised by Ploughshares, an American literary journal, the Emerging Writer’s Contest is open worldwide to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who have yet to publish or self-publish a book. There..
- Prose / July 31, 2019 (deadline)
The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition 2019
The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is an annual short story competition dedicated to one of Ireland’s most accomplished story writers and theorists, sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre. Entries..
- Poetry / July 15, 2019 (deadline)
The Rattle Poetry Prize 2019
The annual Rattle Poetry Prize is organized by Rattle, an American poetry magazine. You may submit up to four poems per entry. Poems may be any length, any style, or any subject. Poems must be written..
- Poetry / July 18, 2019 (deadline)
Ledbury Poetry Competition 2019
The international Ledbury Poetry Festival is the UK’s longest and largest poetry festival with ten days packed with poetry readings, slams, family activities, poetry workshops, conversations, events..
- Poetry / June 21, 2019 (deadline)
McLellan Poetry Prize 2019
Awarded by the Arran Theatre and Arts Trust as part of the annual McLellan Arts Festival, the McLellan Poetry Prize is open worldwide to poems on any subject. Poems should be of no more than 80 lines..
- Prose / June 30, 2019 (deadline)
The 2019 Berlin Writing Prize
The 2019 Berlin Writing Prize is now open for submissions, inviting entries on the theme “The Circus” from both published and unpublished writers resident anywhere in the world. The maximum length..
- Prose / June 30, 2019 (deadline)
The Moth International Short Story Prize 2019
The Moth Short Story Prize is an important date on the literary calendar. Every year, a single judge is asked to choose three winning stories to feature in the autumn issue of The Moth. The Prize..
- Multiple Disciplines / August 31, 2019 (deadline)
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2019
The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an international literary prize that celebrates excellence in Poetry and Short Fiction. It is hosted by the international art and culture publication, Aesthetica..