Monthly and Ongoing contests
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Monthly Contests
Added on 21/8/10
Competition
The IMLC Monthly Logline Contest is free to enter, but the best reason to enter is for fun and to give yourself insight into a producer's perspective.
Deadline: 25th of every month
Competition
The IMLC Monthly Logline Contest is free to enter, but the best reason to enter is for fun and to give yourself insight into a producer's perspective.
Deadline: 25th of every month
Added on 1/1/10
Competition
Cazart runs two competitions a month, one for short stories and one for flash fiction.
Deadline: 26th of every month
Competition
Cazart runs two competitions a month, one for short stories and one for flash fiction.
Deadline: 26th of every month
Competition
Ladder Writers is a creative writing website where by climbing the ladder you become eligible to become a paid critter or contest judge.
Deadline: End of every month
Ladder Writers is a creative writing website where by climbing the ladder you become eligible to become a paid critter or contest judge.
Deadline: End of every month
Competition
The monthly Global Short Story Competition is proving a success - and now we have the backing of internationally renowned author Bill Bryson OBE.
Deadline: End of every month
The monthly Global Short Story Competition is proving a success - and now we have the backing of internationally renowned author Bill Bryson OBE.
Deadline: End of every month
Competition
The goal of The Writers Circle is quite simply to improve your writing and perhaps (if you're not one already) get you one step closer to being a publisher author.
Deadline: End of every month
The goal of The Writers Circle is quite simply to improve your writing and perhaps (if you're not one already) get you one step closer to being a publisher author.
Deadline: End of every month
Competition
Storyfeedback's monthly short story contest has a top prize of £100.
Deadline: End of every month
Storyfeedback's monthly short story contest has a top prize of £100.
Deadline: End of every month
Competition
The Dark Tales has a top prize of £100 and with a maximum word count of 5000, you have more scope for development of your own Dark Tale.
Deadline: End of every month
The Dark Tales has a top prize of £100 and with a maximum word count of 5000, you have more scope for development of your own Dark Tale.
Deadline: End of every month
Added on x/9/09
Call for Scripts - find place on site
Each month Artists Anonymous brings together the best in new writing, directing and performing talent to showcase three 10 minute pieces of new theatre.
Deadline: End of every month
Call for Scripts - find place on site
Each month Artists Anonymous brings together the best in new writing, directing and performing talent to showcase three 10 minute pieces of new theatre.
Deadline: End of every month
Added on 16/11/09
Competition
Complaint Letter has been set up to provide a platform for airing your complaints whether it is about the weather, a product, your employer. Every month we will select a ‘Star Letter’ and the author will receive a small prize of £30.
Deadline: monthly
Competition
Complaint Letter has been set up to provide a platform for airing your complaints whether it is about the weather, a product, your employer. Every month we will select a ‘Star Letter’ and the author will receive a small prize of £30.
Deadline: monthly
Added on 4/4/10
Competition
Smories.com is a free website for kids to watch little films of new stories being read by other kids. There is a monthly price of £1000 for the best story submitted.
Deadline: Monthly
Competition
Smories.com is a free website for kids to watch little films of new stories being read by other kids. There is a monthly price of £1000 for the best story submitted.
Deadline: Monthly
Added on 17/5/10
Competition
Tell Tales is looking for short stories to publish online. Stories can be of any genre and style. We’re looking for authentic and original storytelling that is compelling and exciting.
Deadline: End of Every Month
Competition
Tell Tales is looking for short stories to publish online. Stories can be of any genre and style. We’re looking for authentic and original storytelling that is compelling and exciting.
Deadline: End of Every Month
Added on /10/10
Call for Submissions
Friction Magazine and Journal is a new online space for creative writing and non-fiction published by the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts and edited by the students on the MA and PhD programmes in creative writing at Newcastle University.
Deadline: 15th of every of month.
Call for Submissions
Friction Magazine and Journal is a new online space for creative writing and non-fiction published by the Newcastle Centre for Literary Arts and edited by the students on the MA and PhD programmes in creative writing at Newcastle University.
Deadline: 15th of every of month.
Added on 3/12/10
Competition
Creative Writing Ink are looking for short stories or poetry . with a winner will be selected every month.
Deadline: End of Every Month
Competition
Creative Writing Ink are looking for short stories or poetry . with a winner will be selected every month.
Deadline: End of Every Month
Added on 10/12/10
Competition
Avery Short Story writing competition was launched to provide a platform for writers to tell a big tale in a small way.
Deadline:End of Every Month
Competition
Avery Short Story writing competition was launched to provide a platform for writers to tell a big tale in a small way.
Deadline:End of Every Month
Added on 24/1/11
Call for Submissions
EMG-zine are seeking well-written material of interest to writers, artists and crafters in the fantasy and science fiction genres.
Deadline:1st of every month
Call for Submissions
EMG-zine are seeking well-written material of interest to writers, artists and crafters in the fantasy and science fiction genres.
Deadline:1st of every month
Added on 4/12/11
Competition
Writing East Midlands has teamed up with Lincolnshire Echo to offer you the chance to have your work published in the weekly paper.
Deadline: 25th of every month
Competition
Writing East Midlands has teamed up with Lincolnshire Echo to offer you the chance to have your work published in the weekly paper.
Deadline: 25th of every month
Added on 5/2/12
Competition
Five Stop Story is pleased to announce its short story competition for stories of 1,500 to 2,500 words.
Deadline: End of every month
Competition
Five Stop Story is pleased to announce its short story competition for stories of 1,500 to 2,500 words.
Deadline: End of every month
Ongoing Opportunities and Submissions
Added on 22/7/10
Opportunity
SCRIPT THIS… is a fantastic forum for writers to experiment, be creative and ultimately experience their work on stage to assist in the development of their writing and a fun way to develop an audience of theatre goers who enjoy drama.
Deadline: ongoing
Opportunity
SCRIPT THIS… is a fantastic forum for writers to experiment, be creative and ultimately experience their work on stage to assist in the development of their writing and a fun way to develop an audience of theatre goers who enjoy drama.
Deadline: ongoing
Added on 21/8/10
Call for Submissions
ScriptSpace is a new writing initiative brought to you by SpaceWorks, the resident theatre company at The Space, Mudchute.
Deadline: Ongoing
Call for Submissions
ScriptSpace is a new writing initiative brought to you by SpaceWorks, the resident theatre company at The Space, Mudchute.
Deadline: Ongoing
Added on 1/10/09
Call for Submissions
BRAND Literary Magazine, edited by Nina Rapi, is now accepting submissions for Issue 5, to be launched at South Bank in July.
Deadline Summer: 31st March
Deadline Winter: 30th September
Call for Submissions
BRAND Literary Magazine, edited by Nina Rapi, is now accepting submissions for Issue 5, to be launched at South Bank in July.
Deadline Summer: 31st March
Deadline Winter: 30th September
Added on 1/10/09
Competition
Do you have what it takes to create a cult... er I mean write science fiction. Then the L. Ron Hubbard Writer's of the Future wants to hear from you!
Deadlines: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, 31st December
Competition
Do you have what it takes to create a cult... er I mean write science fiction. Then the L. Ron Hubbard Writer's of the Future wants to hear from you!
Deadlines: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, 31st December
Added on 2/11/09
Call for Submissions
The eclectic tastes of the editors of Blood Lotus welcome submissions from both established and emerging writers. Writing on all subjects will be considered
Deadlines: ongoing
Call for Submissions
The eclectic tastes of the editors of Blood Lotus welcome submissions from both established and emerging writers. Writing on all subjects will be considered
Deadlines: ongoing
Added on 2/11/09
Competition
New Fairy Tales are looking for original fairy tales, in traditional short story format and in other formats such as poetry, flash fiction and comic strip. We are also looking for illustrations that are inspired by fairy tales and the land of Faërie.
Deadline: ongoing
Competition
New Fairy Tales are looking for original fairy tales, in traditional short story format and in other formats such as poetry, flash fiction and comic strip. We are also looking for illustrations that are inspired by fairy tales and the land of Faërie.
Deadline: ongoing
Added on 3/2/10
Competition
"Fabulate" is a project designed to combine the skills and ideas of authors and writers from around the world, to produce a collaborative story every participant can jointly claim credit for.
Deadline: ongoing
Competition
"Fabulate" is a project designed to combine the skills and ideas of authors and writers from around the world, to produce a collaborative story every participant can jointly claim credit for.
Deadline: ongoing
Added on 9/2/10
Competition
Albedo One is Ireland's longest-running and foremost magazine of the Fantastic. Since 1993, we have published stories of both Irish and international authors which push at the boundaries of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
Deadlines: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, 30th November
Competition
Albedo One is Ireland's longest-running and foremost magazine of the Fantastic. Since 1993, we have published stories of both Irish and international authors which push at the boundaries of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.
Deadlines: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, 30th November
Added on 25/3/10
Competition
Short stories are wanted for Aversion, a new quarterly horror and speculative fiction e-zine.
Deadline: 31st January, 30th April, 31st July and 31st October
Competition
Short stories are wanted for Aversion, a new quarterly horror and speculative fiction e-zine.
Deadline: 31st January, 30th April, 31st July and 31st October
Added on 6/4/10
Call for Submissions
The First Line love the fact that writers around the world are inspired by their first lines, check it out.
Spring Issue Deadline: February 1st
Summer Issue Deadline: May 1st
Fall Issue Deadline: August 1st
Winter Issue Deadline: November 1st update
Call for Submissions
The First Line love the fact that writers around the world are inspired by their first lines, check it out.
Spring Issue Deadline: February 1st
Summer Issue Deadline: May 1st
Fall Issue Deadline: August 1st
Winter Issue Deadline: November 1st update
Added on 15/4/10
Competition
Twisted Tails is a competition specifically designed to satisfy our craving for stories of the ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ type. While we’re not necessarily looking for a devastating denouement, what we do hope for is to be surprised. It’s as simple as that. The surprise itself can be as gentle or as traumatic as you like – hopefully we won’t see it coming!
Deadline: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December
Competition
Twisted Tails is a competition specifically designed to satisfy our craving for stories of the ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ type. While we’re not necessarily looking for a devastating denouement, what we do hope for is to be surprised. It’s as simple as that. The surprise itself can be as gentle or as traumatic as you like – hopefully we won’t see it coming!
Deadline: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December
Added on 21/5/10
Competition
Flash500 competition! When it comes to prizes, it often seems as though flash fiction is the poor relation of competitions. The time seems right to inaugurate a flash fiction competition where the prize money reflects the skill required to encapsulate an entire story in just 500 words.
Deadline: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December
Competition
Flash500 competition! When it comes to prizes, it often seems as though flash fiction is the poor relation of competitions. The time seems right to inaugurate a flash fiction competition where the prize money reflects the skill required to encapsulate an entire story in just 500 words.
Deadline: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December
Added on 22/8/10
Competition
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition offers top prize of £150 4 times a year.
Deadline:31st January, 30th April, 31st July 30th September
Competition
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition offers top prize of £150 4 times a year.
Deadline:31st January, 30th April, 31st July 30th September
Added on 19/9/10
Competition
FlashStories.net, where you can win £500 for your short story of up to 500 words.
Quartly Deadline: 31st October, 31st January, 30th April, 31st July
Competition
FlashStories.net, where you can win £500 for your short story of up to 500 words.
Quartly Deadline: 31st October, 31st January, 30th April, 31st July
Added on 11/10/10
Opportunity
Bare Bones Nights was set up by Rebecca Adamson to provide a platform for exciting young and emerging directors and playwrights to develop new work in partnership.
Deadline: Ongoing
Opportunity
Bare Bones Nights was set up by Rebecca Adamson to provide a platform for exciting young and emerging directors and playwrights to develop new work in partnership.
Deadline: Ongoing
Added on 19/12/10
Competition
The aim of Next Best Page is to produce a highly collaborative and innovative piece of theatre by uniting 52 voices to tell one story over 2011.
Deadline: Weekly deadlines for all of 2011
Competition
The aim of Next Best Page is to produce a highly collaborative and innovative piece of theatre by uniting 52 voices to tell one story over 2011.
Deadline: Weekly deadlines for all of 2011
Added on 13/1/11
Competition
Once every quarter, CheerReader have a short story competition. It has to be amusing, witty, funny, or whatever other word you may care to choose.
Deadline: 15th March, 15th June, 15th September, 15th December
Competition
Once every quarter, CheerReader have a short story competition. It has to be amusing, witty, funny, or whatever other word you may care to choose.
Deadline: 15th March, 15th June, 15th September, 15th December
Added on 25/1/11
Call for Submissions
Hip Mama is a reader written zine. It is a beautiful, honest and daring of the readers who write for us that makes hip Mama what it is. Hip Mama accepts written pieces from 250 to 1500 words.
Deadline: 28th February, 31st May, 31st August, 30th November
Call for Submissions
Hip Mama is a reader written zine. It is a beautiful, honest and daring of the readers who write for us that makes hip Mama what it is. Hip Mama accepts written pieces from 250 to 1500 words.
Deadline: 28th February, 31st May, 31st August, 30th November
Added on 3/2/11
Competition
This short story competition is run on a quarterly basis with a £250 top prize.
Deadline: 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, 31 December
Competition
This short story competition is run on a quarterly basis with a £250 top prize.
Deadline: 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, 31 December
Added on 13/5/11
Competition
Flash 500's new Humour Verse Competition fill s the void for humour verse competitions with decent prize money,
Deadline: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December
Competition
Flash 500's new Humour Verse Competition fill s the void for humour verse competitions with decent prize money,
Deadline: 31st March, 30th June, 30th September and 31st December
Added on 28/11/11
Competition
Your travel writing could earn you £1,000. That's the prize for the Telegraph's 'Just Back' article of the year. The weekly prize is £200 in the currency of your choice.
Deadline: Weekly
Competition
Your travel writing could earn you £1,000. That's the prize for the Telegraph's 'Just Back' article of the year. The weekly prize is £200 in the currency of your choice.
Deadline: Weekly
Added on 4/12/11
Call for Submissions
NewsRevue is a Guinness World Record holder for longest running sketch show, and the clue is in the name – all about the news! We've got an open submissions policy. We need sketches for up to four performers, character monologues, medleys and solos, the more topical the better!
Deadline: Ongoing
Call for Submissions
NewsRevue is a Guinness World Record holder for longest running sketch show, and the clue is in the name – all about the news! We've got an open submissions policy. We need sketches for up to four performers, character monologues, medleys and solos, the more topical the better!
Deadline: Ongoing
Added on 9/1/12
Competition
Want to see your story published in Writers' Forum? Three great prizes every issue 1st £300, 2nd £150, 3rd £100 All types of story are welcome, be it crime, comedy, romance, thriller, literary, twist in the tail, horror, SF
Deadline: Rolling Deadline - late entires are placed in the next contest.
Competition
Want to see your story published in Writers' Forum? Three great prizes every issue 1st £300, 2nd £150, 3rd £100 All types of story are welcome, be it crime, comedy, romance, thriller, literary, twist in the tail, horror, SF
Deadline: Rolling Deadline - late entires are placed in the next contest.
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