Once again we have a number of new competitions announced to the UK short story and poetry writing public, we also have 24 ending this month too. You can find the complete listing on the Writing Competition Listings Page.
New Competitions Announced
| Anthony Hecht Prize | Poetry | £1,750.00 | £15.00 | 01/12/2012 | Collection |
| James White Award | Short Story | £300.00 | Free | 16/12/2012 | 6,000 |
| Magma Competition | Poetry | £500.00 | £5.00 | 16/12/2012 | 80 lines |
| Sentinel Competition | Mixed | £150.00 | £5.00 | 20/12/2012 | 1,500 / 50 lines |
| Willesden Herald | Short Story | £300.00 | £3.00 | 21/12/2012 | 7,500 |
| Ballymaloe International | Poetry | £5,000.00 | £7.50 | 31/12/2012 | 50 lines |
| Fellows’ Prize | Poetry | £500.00 | £5.00 | 31/12/2012 | 30 lines |
| John Brooks Award | Non Fiction | £1,000.00 | £20.00 | 31/12/2012 | Full Length |
| What’s Your History | Poetry | £100.00 | Free | 31/12/2012 | 50 lines |
| Writers Bureau Annual Prize | Poetry | £500.00 | £5.00 | 31/12/2012 | 40 lines |
Competitions Ending this Month
As promised I’ve created this post for the last day of October, which means that you have a day to get an entry into the first two of these competitions. Good luck everyone!
| Park Publications | Short Story | £100.00 | £3.00 | 01/11/2012 | 3,000 |
| Global Letter Writing | Letter | £50.00 | Free | 01/11/2012 | 200 |
| Erewash Writers Group | Flash Fiction | £10.00 | Free | 08/11/2012 | 500 |
| Erewash Writers Group Christmas | Short Story | £40.00 | Free | 08/11/2012 | 2,000 |
| Poetry Competition | Poetry | £100.00 | £4.00 | 15/11/2012 | 45 lines |
| Barnet Open Poetry | Poetry | £200.00 | £5.00 | 16/11/2012 | 35 lines |
| Bedford Open Poetry | Poetry | £300.00 | £4.00 | 17/11/2012 | 50 lines |
| Iota Shots Award Pamphlet | Poetry | £100.00 | £14.50 | 19/11/2012 | 16 Pages |
| Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet | Poetry | £500.00 | £25.00 | 29/11/2012 | 24 Pages |
| Café Writers | Poetry | £100.00 | £4.00 | 30/11/2012 | 40 lines |
| Earthlines | Essay | £500.00 | £5.00 | 30/11/2012 | 5,000 |
| Ellenor Lyons Hospices | Short Story | £100.00 | £5.00 | 30/11/2012 | 1,500 |
| Fish Publishing | Short Story | £3,000.00 | £20.00 | 30/11/2012 | 5,000 |
| Park Publications | Short Story | £150.00 | £2.50 | 30/11/2012 | 1,500 |
| Betty Trask Prize | Novel | £25,000.00 | 30/11/2012 | ||
| Café Writers Open Poetry | Poetry | £1,000.00 | £4.00 | 30/11/2012 | 40 lines |
| Cinnamon Press Awards | Mixed | £150.00 | £12.00 | 30/11/2012 | 4,000/40 lines |
| Commonwealth Writers | Short Story | £1,000.00 | Free | 30/11/2012 | 5,000 |
| Ellenor Lions Short Story | Short Story | £100.00 | £5.00 | 30/11/2012 | 1,500 |
| Inktears Short Story | Short Story | £1,000.00 | £6.00 | 30/11/2012 | 3,000 |
| International Aeon Award | Short Story | £1,000.00 | £7.00 | 30/11/2012 | 10,000 |
| New Writer Prose & Poetry | Mixed | £300.00 | £5.00 | 30/11/2012 | 08/09/1913 |
| Sentinel Literary Quarterly | Mixed | £500.00 | £5.00 | 30/11/2012 | 60 lines |
| Somerset Maugham Awards | Book | £6,000.00 | Free | 30/11/2012 | |
| West Country Writers Bursary | Letter | Weekend | Free | 30/11/2012 |
