Competition deadline: 30th April 2019 Stories entered for the competition should be 250 words or less and can be on any topic. The stories do not have to be associated...

Competition deadline: 1st March 2019 The Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, an annual competition for unpublished writers, opens to submissions on 1 January 2019. Initially made possible by an Arts Council...

Competition deadline: 15th February 2019 The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award is the richest prize for a single short story in the English language, worth £30,000 to the winner....

Competition deadline: 31st January 2019 Everyone must have a memoir. Go for it! Write a piece of your life, send it to Fish. This contest is a opportunity to have...

Competition deadline: 4th March 2019 The White Review Short Story Prize is an annual short story competition for emerging writers. Established with support from a Jerwood Charitable Foundation Small Grant...

Competition deadline: 15th January 2019 At the Short Story Project, we understand writers, we understand writing. Our mission is to empower you by connecting you with your readers, helping you...

Competition deadline: 28th February 2019 The competition includes two awards: The international Scottish Arts Club Short Story Competition is open to writers worldwide aged over 18 years, by 1 September...

Competition deadline: 21st December 2018 Bridge Eight Press is now accepting full-length fiction manuscripts for the inaugural Bridge Eight Fiction Prize. The prize includes $1,000* and publication as our featured...

Competition deadline: 21st December 2018 Over the course of our long history, The London Magazine has published short stories by some of the most acclaimed writers of the form, from...

Competition deadline: 15th December 2108 LitMag is a print journal of fiction, poetry and nonfiction, a home for award-winning, emerging and unknown writers. LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction...