Congratulations
William Alderson: short-listed for the Fenland Poet Laureateship for 2015
Gail Dendy, ‘Highly Commended’ for Rina. In The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award (formerly the European Union Literary Award)
Still Time To Enter
Poetry
April 30
Grey Hen Poetry Competition
For women over 60
Grey Hen Press, PO Box 450, Keighley, W Yorks BD22 9WS
April 30
Southport Writers’ Circle International Poetry Competiton 2015
Southport Writers’ Circle, 22 Melling Road, Southport, PR9 9DU
www.swconline.co.uk
April 30
# Ver Poets Open Competition 2015
Competitions Secretary, 181, Sandridge Road ,
St Albans, Herts AL1 4AH
April 30
# Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2015
The Competition Secretary,,
21 Trinity Road, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7DB
warepoets_competition@hotmail.co.uk
www.poetrypf.co.uk/comps/ware15.pdf
New In
Other
June 5
The Novella Award 2015
The Redmonds Building, Brownlow Hill, Liverpool L3 5UG
thenovellaaward@ljmu.ac.uk
www.thenovellaaward.com
June 29 (tbc)
Bradt Annual Travel Writing Competition.
www.bradtguides.com/travelwriting
Deadline Diary
Poetry
May 31
David Burland Poetry Prize 2015
Anna Burland Services
39 High Street, Wolverhampton WV11 1ST, England, UK;
00 44 (0) 121 554 4268
annaburland@btconnect.com o
www.davidburlandliteraryservices.com
May 31
THE FROGMORE POETRY PRIZE 2015
21 Mildmay Road, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1PJ
May 31st
The London Magazine’s Poetry Competition 2015
Opens April 1
The London Magazine’s Short Story Competition 2014,
11 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 5EL.
competition@thelondonmagazine.org
http://thelondonmagazine.org /
June 7
June 21 for online entries
Back Room Poets’ First International Competition
http://backroompoets.weebly.com
June 19
Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition 2015
Festival Office, 8 Orange Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2JA
www.canterburyfestival.co.uk
June 30
Poetry Space Competition 2015
21 Davis Close, Barrs Court, Bristol BS30 7BU
susan@poetryspace.co.uk www.poetryspace.co.uk
www.poetryspacecompetition.blogspot.com
July 2
Four Corners 2015 International Poetry Competition
www.stx.ox.ac.uk/50/fourcorners
July 6
19th Mere Literary Festival Biennial Open Poetry Competition
MLF, Lawrences, Old Hollow, Mere, Wilts. BA12 6EG
July 17
Second Light Open Poetry Competition for long and short poems by women
Dilys Wood, 3 Springfield Close, East Preston, West Sussex, BN16 2SZ
www.secondlightlive.co.uk/downloads/comp15.pdf
August 1
Carillon Magazine
Charity Sonnet Competition
Short Stories
May 31 (was June 30)
Pen & Ink Designs Spring Writing Competition
www.penandinkdesigns.co.uk/competitions.html
June 30
Writersreign Short Story Competition
compentry@writersreign.co.uk
www.writersreign.co.uk/
Poetry & Short Stories
May 31
The Bridport Prize 2015
International Writing Competition for Poetry, Short Story, Flash Fiction
and the Peggy Chapman-Andrews Award for a First Novel
Kate Wilson, Competition Administrator, The Bridport Prize,
PO Box 6910, Bridport, Dorset DT6 9BQ
Multi Genre
May 31
The Yeovil Prize
Liz Pike, YCAA, The Octagon Theatre, Hendford, Yeovil BA20
enquiries@yeovilprize.co.uk
www.yeovilprize.co.uk
June 16
Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition 2015
& Mslexia Women’s Pamphlet Competition 2015
www.mslexia.co.uk
June 26
The Impress Prize for New Writers
(Impress Books at the University of Exeter)
Impress Books, Innovation Centre, University of
Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RN
richard@impress-books.co.uk
www.impress-books.co.uk
July 24
Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Nisha Obano, Wasafiri,
The Open University in London,
1-11 Hawley Crescent, London NW1 8NP
http://www.wasafiri.org/prizes.asp
July 31
HISSAC Annual Open Short Story & Flash Fiction Competition 2015
20 Lochslin Place, Balintore, Easter Ross, Scotland IV20 1UP
Other
Ongoing
NAWG ‒ Writing Competition ‒ 100 Word Mini-Tales
www.nawg.co.uk/3805/