Weekly
Write on Site
Flash Fiction
Takes place every Saturday 5.30pm (GMT)
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Monthly
TxtLit.co.uk
Maximum of 154 characters
Prize: £50
Writers' Forum
Short Stories, Poetry
Global Short Story Competition
Maximum of 2000 words
1st prize: £100
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Quarterly
Scribble
Ongoing, no closing date
Short Stories, Poetry, Articles
First prize: £75
Dark Tales
Short stories, maximum of 5000 words
1st prize: £500
Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers
First prize: $1200
Flash 500
Maximum of 500 words
1st prize £250
Flash Stories
Max 500 words
First prize: £500
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March deadlines
Fish Publishing Writing Contests
Flash fiction: 20 March 2011
Poetry: 30 March 2011
June deadlines
Bridport Prize
Short stories, flash fiction, poems
September deadlines
The Asham Award
Short story prize for unpublished women writers
Maximum of 4000 words
1st prize: £1000
Poole Literary Festival
New Media Writing Prize
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
October deadlines
Raspberry & Wine
Max 4000 words
First prize $300
Leaf Books Tiny Weeny Writing Competition
No longer than 140 characters
Win £75 & magazine subscription
Leaf Books New Write About Writing Competition
300 words on a theme provided on the website
First prize: £75
Rome Short Story Competition
Between 1000 and 2000 words
First prize: €100
November deadlines
Brighton COW Short Story Competition
Max 3000 words
First prize: £100
Fish Publishing Writing Contests
Short stories of up to 5000 words
First prize: €3000
The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes
Short stories up to 2000 words, novellas up to 20 000 words,
poems of 40 lines or a collection; essays, articles, interviews up to 2000 words
First prize: £300
Cool Dog Short Story and Poetry Prizes
Short stories up to 3000 words on A Funny Thing Happened...
Poetry up to 40 lines on Life's a Beach
First prize: £100
December deadlines
The Willesden Herald Short Story Competition
Short stories up to 7500 words
First prize: £300
Biscuit Publishing
Short Stories, Flash Fiction
First prize: £1500
Meridian Writing Short Story Competition
Max 3000 words
Firs prize: £100
