27 September 2010

Upcoming Deadlines for Short Story Writers

Short story competitions with a deadline on 30 September.
[Please see Competitions page for more recent updates]


Asham Award for unpublished female writers
Maximum of 4000 words
1st prize: £1000

Flash 500
Maximum of 500 words
1st prize £250

Dark Tales
Maximum of 5000 words
1st prize: £500

Chorley Writers' Competition
Maximum of 1500 words
1st prize: £100

Longworth Editors Short Story Competition
Maximum of 3000 words
1st prize: £250

Meridian Writing Short Story Competition
Maximum of 3000 words
1st prize: £100

Yellow Room Autumn Short Story Competition
Maximum of 2500 words
1st prize: £80

Leaf Books Micro-Fiction Competition
Maximum of 300 words
1st prize: £150

Fleeting Magazine Competition
Poems of up to 40 lines, flash fiction, short stories of up to 2500 words
1st prize: £100


Also, don't forget these monthly competitions:

Global Short Story Competition
Maximum of 2000 words
1st prize: £100

TxtLit.co.uk
Maximum of 154 characters
Prize: £50

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