January 2025

Fish Publishing Short Memoir Prize

Word Limit: 4,000

Closes: 31 January 2025

Results: 1 April 2025; Anthology published: July 2025

Entry Fees: €20; €14 subsequent entries
(Optional Critique €56)

Prizes:
1st: €1000
 2nd & 3rd: Writing Course (online) + € 300;
Best 10 memoirs published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2025
Judge: Ted Simon
Online writing courses in short story, flash fiction, poetry and memoir;

and full range of editorial services for writers, see www.fishpublishing.com

Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Open Poetry Competition 2025

Judge: Kit Fan
40 lines maximum per poem
Open to anyone aged 16 or over, from anywhere in the world
Deadline 31 Jan 2025
Seven Prizes from £1000 to £50 plus publication in annual ‘Folio’ anthology
Entry £5 per poem; 3 or more poems £4 each
Details atwww.kentandsussexpoetry.com

Limnisa Short Story Competition

Don’t just dream about it—write your way to paradise

The annual Limnisa Short Story Competition is open for submissions

*Maximum. 1500 words

Deadline: February 2nd, 2025

*Stories in English

*Theme: ‘August Blue’

*Contribution: Free. But please share the competition and follow us on social media

Win a writing holiday with your sort story.

Read the rules: www.limnisa.com