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May 7
The Wigtown Poetry Prizes
Online entry only; over 16s
Wigtown International Prize: £1500; Runner-up: £200. Fee: £10
Wigtown Scots Prize: £500; Runner-up: £200. Fee: £8
Wigtown Scottish Gaelic Prize: £500; Runner-up: £200. Fee: £8
Dumfries & Galloway Fresh Voice Award. Fee: £10
Alastair Reid Pamphlet Prize: 30 copies of a pamphlet of your work. Fee: £25
Festival: September 6 – 5 October 5
Judges: Lesley Benzie; Elissa Hunter-Dorans; Hugh McMillan; Tom Pow
Ware Poets Open Poetry Competition 2025
Prizes: £800, £400, £200, and the Ware Sonnet Prize (£200)
Anthology for winners and commended poets
(£4.00, post free: pre-ordered).
Prizegiving at Ware Arts Centre, or online, Friday, July 11
Fee: £5 per poem Length: up to 50 lines
Deadline: 30 April
Sole judge: Hannah Copley
Entry form available at https://warepoets.org
or SAE: The Competition Secretary, Ware Poets Competition,
25 Southbrook Drive, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 0QJ
or email: warepoets_competition@hotmail.co.uk
January 31
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition
The Competition Administrator, Sentinel Literary Quarterly
120 Warland Road, London SE18 2ET
https://sentinelquarterly.com/competitions
Poetry & Short Stories
January 21
Cúirt New Writing Prize 2022
www.cuirt.ie/cuirt-new-writing-prize-2022/
Overseas
Short Stories
December 10
Irish Imbas Celtic Mythology Short Story Competition
http://irishimbasbooks.com/irish-imbas-celtic-mythology-short-story-competition/
Other
December 15
0 New Media Writing Prize
Interactive fiction or non-fiction written specifically for digital delivery
December 10
@ Amnesty International York Short Story Competition
Theme: ‘Borders’.
borderscompetition@gmail.com
http://yorkamnestyuk.blogspot.co.uk/p/competition.htm
July 31
Settle Sessions National Competition
http://settlesessions.blogspot.co.uk/p/blog-page.html
January 31
GRIST BOOKS POINT OF VIEW COMPETITION 2015 (sic)
Calling all amateur and published writers! Grist Books are delighted to announce that they are publishing a collection of 5 books in 2016 simply titled ‘I’, ‘You’, ‘He’, ‘She’, ‘It’.