Competitions

The Good Guy Links are jam-packed with writing competitions. Do let us know if you have a competition you would like us to advertise for you.

***Please Note***

Whilst we do our best to screen the competitions we list here, we can't always guarantee the authenticity of the companies and organisations (other than our own of course). So please err on the side of caution when perusing the competition lists, especially where entry fees are involved.

• Albedo
  Cash Prizes and Publication in Albedo One on offer - please visit the website for details.
• Audio Arcadia Science Fiction Competition
  Please visit the website and click on the competition link for full details.
• Bath Short Story Award
  Please visit the website for details.
• Birdport Prize
  Fantastic cash prizes for Poems, Short Stories & Flash Fiction. Please visit the website for details.
• Bridge House Publishing
  Competition/s coming soon Please visit the website for details.
• Bristol Short Story Prize
  Short Story Competition: any theme, max 4000 words. Please visit the website for details.
• Candy Jar Books
  Please visit the website for details.
• Choc Lit Short Story Competition
  Please visit the website for details.
• Cinnamon Press
  Varying Competitions to get the creative juices flowing. Please visit the website for details.
• Claire Wingfield Writing Competition
  Please visit the website for details.
• Comma Press
  Please visit the website for details.
• Curry Mallet Short Story Competition
  Please visit the website for details.
• Dream Quest One
  Poetry & Writing Contest. Cash Prizes. Please visit the website for details.
• Earlyworks Press
  Varying Competitions, worth a look. Please visit the website for details.
• Fish Publishing
  Short Story Competition: any theme/style, 5000 word max. Please visit the website for details.
• Flash 500
  Various competitions - please visit the website for details.
• Frome Festival Short Story Competition
  Frome Festival Short Story Competition - Please visit the website for details.
• Grace Dieu Writers' Circle
  Short Story & Poetry Competitions with Cash Prizes. Please visit the website for details.
• Greenacre Writers
  Cash Prizes for winners/runners up of their Short Story Competition. 2000 words maximum. Please visit the website for details.
• Ink Tears
  £1000 Cash Prize, Short Story Competition. Please visit the website for details.
• JBWB
  Advertising a variety of Short Story & Poetry Competitions - worth a look...
• Literature Wales
  Varying competitions, worth a look.
• London Comedy Writers
  Varying Competitions, worth a look...
• Manchester Writing Competition
  The Manchester Poetry and Fiction Annual Competition offers the chance of a crack at a staggering cash prize of £10,000 to the writer of the best poem and short story submitted. Please visit the website for full details.
• Momaya Press
  Short Story Competition: with Music as the theme. Max 3000 words. Please visit the website for details.
• New Writing North
  Coming Soon. Please visit the website for details.
• Poetry Library
  Varying Competitions of a poetry-type nature. Please visit the website for details.
• Poetry Rivals
  Please visit the website for details.
• Print Express
  Flash Fiction Competition: Free to enter and the winner will receive a £100 Amazon voucher. 150 word max and closes 31st July 2016. Please visit the website for more details.
• Prize Magic
  For anyone fancying a dabble at writing poetry. Lots of competitions, worth a look.
• Prole
  Please visit the website for details.
• Reading Room Cafe Publishing
  Short Story, Unpublished Novel and Poetry Competitions all on one site. Please visit the website for full details.
• Spilling Ink
  Some great prizes to be had from varying comps, check them out.
• Storgy
  STORGY are getting into the Halloween spirit and are launching a short story competition to celebrate all that is eerie, creepy, ominous and spooky. £200 Cash prize for the winner. Closes 21st October 2016. Please visit the website for full details.
• The Oxford Editors
  The Oxford Editors Short Story Prize: Any theme, 4000 word max. Please visit the website for details.
• The Poetry Society
  Varying Poetry-related Competitions.
• The Stringybark Short Story Award
  Please visit the website for details.
• The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
  One of the biggest writing competitions in the UK. Please see the website for full details.
• Txtlit.co.uk Writing Comps.
  Monthly Writing Competition in the form of a text message. Check it out, it's Text-a-lent.
• Unplag Plagiarism Busters Short Story Contest
  Free to enter short story contest, offering a $150 Amazon Gift Card prize. Closes on: 18 August, 2016. Please visit the website for full details.
• Wasafiri
  Wasafiri New Writing Prize: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing. Please visit the website for further details.
• Willesden International Short Story Prize
  Please visit the website for details.
• Winning Writers
  1st Prize: $3000, Short stories, essays or other works of prose: 5000 word max. Please visit the website for details.
• Words With Jam
  1st Prize £300, Three Categories for short stories ranging between 250 - 2500 words. Please visit the website for details.