These rolling competitions are mounted on a continuing basis - monthly, quarterly,
etc.
TXTLIT.co.uk Text Message Competition
Prize:
£50.00 monthly.
New competition each month with a different theme. Correct spelling and grammar required, with a maximun text length of 160
characters. Strewth! Is such a thing possible? Entry: £1.00. Vst wbsite 4 dtls: txtlit.co.uk/
The Global Short Story Competition
Monthly cash prize.
Entries up tp 2,000 words. Entry fee £5.00.
The organisers say: "The competition is designed to appeal to writers everywhere, from the arid outback of Australia to the
baking deserts of Africa, the towering skyscrapers of the United States to the humid cities of Asia, the bustling capitals of
Europe to the steamy villages of South America.
What makes this competition different from all the others? Well, for a start we will be marketing it in every country in the
world and it will happen every month.
Each month, we will select a winning story to receive a cash prize. The story will also be posted on our website.
At the end of twelve months, each winning story will be considered for an annual cash prize." Get all the gen at: globalshortstories.net/
Envoi International Open Poetry Competitions
Deadline for submissions – 20th February, 20th June and 20th October each year.
Prizes: 1st prize £150, 2nd prize £100, 3rd prize £50. Each winner and three runners up win a complimentary copy with their poem.
The three runners up are also awarded an annual subscription worth £15. Entry fee: £3 per poem or five poems for £12. Poems can
be in any style, on any theme up to 40 lines. More details on website. cinnamonpress.com/
JBWB Poetry and Short Story Cometitions
Prizes: £150 for a short story, £100 for a
poem.
Stories up to 2,500 words based on the three pictures on the website, poems up to 30 lines. Entry fees: £4 per story, £3 per
poem. For more information go to website. www.jbwb.co.uk
Dark Tales Monthly eContest.
A monthly competition for the best new speculative and horror
fiction, to be published online and in Dark Tales. The deadline is always the last day of each month. The winning entrant -
note that you do not have to be a UK resident - will receive £50 as well as publication on the Dark Tales website and in the
print magazine. The entry fee is just £1.50. A tick-sheet critique can be obtained for an extra £3.
NOTE: Dark Tales is temporarily closed for submissions.
PrimeProse Flash Fiction Award
The quarterly deadlines are midnight 31st March, 30th June,
30th September, and 31st December.
The PrimeProse Flash Fiction Award is a quarterly competition for original, previously unpublished fictional works of less than
500 words, in English, in any style or genre. The winners will receive cash prizes (1st prize 60 GBPounds minimum), but each and
every entrant will receive a critique of his or her work. Entry fee 6GBP for one entry, 11GBP for three. Enter by email (pay by
PayPal), or if in UK another option is to enter by post (pay by UK cheque). Full details from: www.primeprose.co.uk, [email protected]
Writers' Forum Short Story Competition
Deadlines are: 5th day of every month.
Prizes range from a minimum 1st prize £300, 2nd prize £150 and 3rd prize £100 with an annual trophy and a cheque for £1,000 for
the best story of the year. The competition is open to all nationalities but entries must be in English. Any entries missing a
deadline will be automatically moved forward to the next competition.
Rules: All types of story are required: humour, horror, erotica, crime, romance and science fiction. The preferred length is
1,500 to 3,000 words. Entries must be typed or computer printed on one side of the paper with good margins and double spaced. No
hand-written entries can be accepted. Manuscripts must be numbered and the cover sheet should contain the entrant's name,
address, phone number, title of the story and number of words. By entering, authors will have been deemed to offer first
publication rights and the rights to appear in any future anthology of Writers Forum. A reading fee of £10 (subscribers to
Writers' Forum pay only £7). All entries receive an individual critique. Further deatails and entry form from:
Writers' Forum
Writers’ Forum Magazine Monthly Poetry Competition
Prizes: 1st £100 plus publication; three
runners-up receive a dictionary plus publication. Entry fee: £5 per poem, £7 for two No theme, up to 40 lines. Every entry with
SAE receives a free check-box critique. No deadline as the competition is continuous. Details and downloadable entry form
at: www.writers-forum.com, or from the magazine, which is available from branches of WH
Smith.
Secret Attic Monthly Short Story Competition
Enter their monthly Short Story Competition
and their monthly Poetry Competition. Entry is free and you can win a prize. The top twenty entries in each competition will be
published in a printed booklet. www.secretattic.com/
UK Writing Club Monthly Short Story Competition.
Prizes: £200, £100 & £50. Entries up to 2,000 words. Entry fee £5.00. Theme varies. Visit web site for all the guff:
www.writingcompetitions.org/
Scribble Quarterly Competitions
Closing date - quarterly competition
Short stories up to 3000 words on any subject. First prize £75, second prize £25, third prize £15.
No closing date: competition judged quarterly.
www.parkpublications.co.uk
Lantern Books are looking for entries from around the world on the subject of animal advocacy,
vegetarian and environmental issues. 1500 words. Prizes $1,000, $500, $250. Get full details from: http://lanternbooks.com/essay.php.
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