Competitions, open now.
(Do check the relevant websites for details and updates.)
—
Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition 2013 // short story // 15 Jul 13 — in aid of a hospice.1
HG Wells // short story // 20 Jul 13
Wasafiri // poetry, fic, life writing // 26 Jul 13
Earlyworks Press // flash // 31 Jul 13
HISSAC // short story // 31 July 131
Ink Tears // flash // 31 Jul 13
Seán Ó Faoláin // short story // 31 Jul 13 (open May 13)1
Wells // poetry, short story // 31 Jul 13
Costa // short story // 2 Aug 13, 4pm (open 1 Jul 13)
Stringybark // flash and micro // 26 Aug 13
The writing competition // flash // 28 Aug 13
Manchester // short story // 30 Aug 13, 5pm1
Aesthetica // poetry, short fiction // 31 Aug 13
Erewash // short fiction // 26 Sep 13
Sunday Times EFG // short fiction // 27 Sep 13
Harry Bowling // novel, flash // 30 Sep 13
Prolitzer // short fiction // 30 Sep 13
NAWG // short story, poetry // 31 Oct 13
The Yellow Room Flash // flash // 31 Oct 13
Fish // short story // Nov?
The New Writer // short story, microfiction, poetry // 30 Nov 13
Writers’ Village // short story // 30 Nov 13
Quantum shorts // flash // 1 Dec 13
West Country Writers // short story // 9 Dec 13
Willesden Herald // short story // 20 Dec 13 (opens 1 Aug)
Write 4 Autism // short story // 31 Dec 13
Words Magazine // short story // 31 Dec 13
Fish Memoir // Memoir // Jan?
The Fiction Desk // flash // opens 1 Oct 13, closes 31 Jan 14, announces late Feb 14.
Bath // short story // opens 1 Nov 13
Asham — Jun 14? —
1 I’ve entered.
If you submit to the same comps as me, do nudge me on Twitter or leave a comment here and I’ll watch for your name in the shortlists and winners!
I really need to write some new stuff then!
Me too — but I’m being really careful at the moment, trying to slow cook everything before submission.
Me too, but ironically my Stories for Home piece was written, edited and subbed in < 2hrs.
I just saw that on your blog — well done, brilliant cause!