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Collated Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.christopherfielden.com\/#Competitions<\/strong><\/a> –\u00a0<\/strong>Regularly updated comprehensive list of fiction and non-fiction contests, including flash, short stories, poetry, novels, essays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/articles\/company-article\/writing-prizes-and-opportunities<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>List of opportunities for writers including contests, mentorship programmes, bursaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/blog.reedsy.com\/writing-contests\/non-fiction\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Non-fiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/blog.reedsy.com\/writing-contests\/novel\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Novels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contests, Awards & Prizes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/anthology-magazine.com\/category\/awards\/<\/strong><\/a> –<\/strong> includes short story, flash, poetry, personal memoir, travel writing, nature writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/bathnovelaward.co.uk\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>adult novel and children\u2019s novel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/bridportprize.org.uk\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>novel, short story, flash, poetry, memoir, bursaries and writers-in- residence programme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bristolprize.co.uk\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>short story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.chickenhousebooks.com\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>Annually, the prestigious Times Chicken House Children\u2019s fiction contest, sometimes other children\u2019s contests and open submission windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk\/breakthrough-writers-programme<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>various mentoring and other opportunities for writers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.fishpublishing.com\/writing-contests<\/strong>\/<\/a> –<\/strong> short story, short memoir, flash, poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/flash500.com\/<\/strong><\/a> –<\/strong> flash, short story, novel opening<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.iaminprint.co.uk\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>(formerly Winchester Writers Festival) \u2013 various including crime\/thriller, historical fiction, romance, sci-fi, children\u2019s, poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/leapfrogpress.com\/2023-contest-information-2\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>novel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.uk\/writingcompetition\/fiction-prize<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>– short story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/mslexia.co.uk\/competitions\/<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>for women writers \u2013 novel, children\u2019s novel, flash, poetry, short story, poetry pamphlet, memoir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/pageturnerawards.com\/2024-award-categories<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>novels, screenplays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/theplazaprizes.com\/about-us\/#<\/strong><\/a> – <\/strong>crime, memoir, short story, poetry, flash<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.scottishartstrust.org\/<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>– short story<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www2.societyofauthors.org\/prizes\/the-soa-awards\/<\/strong><\/a> –<\/strong> various including the McKitterick Prize (1st<\/sup> novel, over 40), Betty Trask (1st<\/sup> novel, under 35),  Paul Torday (1st<\/sup> novel, over 60) short story, poetry, translation, illustrated children\u2019s, travel writing, audio drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/stroudshortstories.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/write-mentor.com\/writing-award-write-mentor\/<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>– children\u2019s novels and picture books<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agents and publishers occasionally run awards for certain groups of writers or specific genres, and publishers also sometimes open up their submission windows to unagented authors, so keep an eye out for these opportunities in the Bookseller and on Social Media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Collated Resources https:\/\/www.christopherfielden.com\/#Competitions –\u00a0Regularly updated comprehensive list of fiction and non-fiction contests, including flash, short stories, poetry, novels, essays. https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/articles\/company-article\/writing-prizes-and-opportunities – List of opportunities for writers including contests, mentorship programmes, bursaries. https:\/\/blog.reedsy.com\/writing-contests\/non-fiction\/ – Non-fiction https:\/\/blog.reedsy.com\/writing-contests\/novel\/ – Novels Contests, Awards & Prizes https:\/\/anthology-magazine.com\/category\/awards\/ – includes short story, flash, poetry, personal memoir, travel writing, nature writing https:\/\/bathnovelaward.co.uk\/ … Continue reading “writing contests”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1255","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1255"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1255\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathrynclarkwriter.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}