Fabulist Fiction Contest
Oct 17, 2025
Omnidawn’s Fabulist Fiction Contest, for chapbooks or novelettes, is back. ‘Fabulist’ is interpreted quite widely and this is for work of the unusual length of 7,500 to 17,500 words.
Category: Competitions
Monsters We Made
Oct 3, 2025
Glossy Planet is a new magazine which will run a monthly challenge for short, topical pieces of prose or poetry (1,000 words or two pages). The theme will be announced only shortly beforehand, and the first is ‘Monsters we Made’. First prize $1,000…
October 2025 Competitions
Sep 19, 2025
8 Sept Meeting
Sep 9, 2025
Peter gave a presentation on the benefits, disadvantages and risks of entering competitions (and he does actually recommend it). You can see the presentation, with commentary, below.
September 2025 Competitions
Aug 22, 2025
August Competions
Jul 20, 2025
Another list of writing competitions, with deadlines in August.
National Poetry Competition
Jul 15, 2025
The 2025 National Poetry Competition from the Poetry Society is now open for entries from poets worldwide!
This year’s judges are Denise Saul, Ian Duhig and Susannah Dickey – find out more about them here.
The National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest prizes for a single poem (£5,000) and all entries are judged via an anonymised process, so put your best poem forward!
The deadline for entries is 11:59pm (GMT UK time) on 31 October 2025 and the entry fee is £8 for the first entry and £6 for additional ones.
July Competitions
Jun 20, 2025
Another list of forthcoming competitions.
Michael Round Prize
Jun 1, 2025
The Michael Round Prize is now closed. The winner will be announced at our November meeting.
The competition…
- was free to enter,
- accepted stories up to 1,200 words on the theme ‘Far and Wide’,
- offered prizes of £100 and £50
- was open until 30 September 2025.
The full rules are here.
Forthcoming Competions
May 22, 2025
Another list of writing competitions
Croydon Writers 