Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Thu 22 May 2025
Location: International

Submissions of previously unpublished poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction and memoir are invited from writers currently enrolled in a postgraduate program in any university across the globe.  Read more...

Deadline: Mon 26 May 2025
Location: International

Poems on any and every subject are invited from poets from across the globe. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 30 May 2025
Location: Melbourne, Australia

Hosted by the University of Melbourne, the Australasian Association of Writing Programs (AAWP) 2025 conference takes place on 3-5 December 2025. Abstracts for presentations and panels around the theme of Movement & Stasis are invited. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 30 May 2025
Location: UK

The competition is open to poetry written in English, unpublished and of no more than 40 lines long. There is no specified theme.  Read more...

Deadline: Sat 31 May 2025
Location: International

The Award is open to unrepresented and unpublished authors for a novel in any adult fiction genre written in English. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 31 May 2025
Location: International

This £500 award is for the highest placed writer aged 60+ across poetry, short story, novel or flash fiction. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 31 May 2025
Location: Gloucestershire

Prose and poetry submissions on the theme of Edges are invited. Entrants must be aged 16+ and live, work or study in Glos./S.Glos. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 31 May 2025
Location: UK

Presence, Britain's leading haiku journal, is seeking haiku (including senryu), tanka, haibun, other haiku-related poetry, and relevant essays for its July issue. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 31 May 2025
Location: International

The Bath Novel Award is a £5,000 international prize for emerging authors of adult and YA manuscripts in every genre. The prize is open to writers of every age, gender, nationality and residency who are unagented, unpublished, self-published or independently published without advance. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 31 May 2025
Location: International

The Bridport Prize 2025 is open to submissions of poetry, short stories, flash fiction and novels. This year features the new Never Too Late Award for writers 60+ highlighting the hidden talent of older writers who often struggle to be seen. Read more...