Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location: Connemara, Co. Galway

The Irish Writers Centre is thrilled to announce the third year of our partnership with Notre Dame Kylemore. Four writers will be awarded with a fully catered five-day residency opportunity from Monday March 30 to Friday April 3, 2026 (four nights), 2026 in the beautifully restored Notre Dame Kylemore on the grounds of Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, Co. Galway.  Read more...

Deadline: Fri 12 Dec 2025
Location: Milton Keynes

The Annual GOTH Symposium takes place on Friday 15 May 2026 in Milton Keynes and welcomes scholars from within and outside The Open University for productive interdisciplinary discussion and debate. Proposals are invited for presentations focusing on any aspects of gender and/or otherness in creative writing or pre-modern drama, literature and visual culture.  Read more...

Deadline: Fri 12 Dec 2025
Location: Online

This online conference will be an interdisciplinary, cross-period, and global exploration of the role and impact of women’s writing, which is dedicated to the discussion of a broad range of women’s writing from any time, period, and place. Thursday 15 to Friday 16 January 2026, Online. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 12 Dec 2025
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth

An annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 15 Dec 2025
Location: Wales

The National Writing Squad is a unique opportunity for 14 young emerging writers in Wales aged 16-18 to develop their craft, connect with professional mentors, and be part of a vibrant creative community. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 20 Dec 2025
Location: South West England

Are you a writer based in the South West? Do you have a play you would like to share? As part of its ELEVATE programme, Exeter Northcott Theatre’s annual script window is returning in which writers can submit plays to be read by the Northcott’s artistic team. Read more...

Deadline: Sun 21 Dec 2025
Location: International

InterAct Stroke Support seeks short stories (no more than 1000 words) in any genre that are positive stories that can be read in the sensitive environment of a hospital setting. Open to anyone, including non-UK applicants, over 16 years. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 31 Dec 2025
Location: International

The 2025 Visible Mag Contemporary Art Essay Prize looks for unexpected insights on art and culture today. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 31 Dec 2025
Location: International

Entrants are invited to submit the first 5 pages of their novel and a 250-word synopsis. There is no set theme or style of writing. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 31 Dec 2025
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland

AM Heath have launched a biennial adult novel prize to honour the much-loved double Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel, who died in 2022.  Read more...