Useful sites for writers
For Competitions
Name: Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
Country: UK
Closing date: 31 August
1st prize: £2,500, a free place on the creative writing course
Runners-up: n/a
Entry fee: £18
Word count: Up to 2,000 words
Open theme/subject/genre: see website for categories
Name: Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction
Country: UK
Closing date: September each year
1st prize: £500
Runners-up: n/a
Entry fee: see website
Word count: see website
Open theme/subject/genre: For 2023, the theme is 'music'
Name: BBC National Short Story Award
Country: UK
Closing date: mid-March each year, check website
1st prize: £15,000
Runners-up: £650 each
Entry fee: see website
Word count: 8,000 words maximum.
Open theme/subject/genre
Name: The Bridport Prize
Country: UK
Closing date: 31st March each year
1st prize: £5,000
Runners-up: 2nd £1,000, 3rd £500
Entry fee: £12
Word count: 5,000 words maximum.
Open theme/subject/genre: any
Name: Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition
Country: UK
Closing date: see website
Results announced: see website
1st prize: £1,000, a free creative writing course of the winners choice and publication on our website
Runners-up: £200 each
Entry fee: £9
Word count: 3,000 words maximum.
Open theme/subject/genre
Name: The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize
Country: Europe
Closing date: see website
1st prize: €1,500, a week's residency at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, manuscript assessment and meeting with an editor from The Literary
Consultancy.
Runners-up: €750 to two runners up
Entry fee: check website
Word count: 5,000 words maximum.
Open theme/subject/genre: any
Name: Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award
Country: Ireland
Closing date: see website
Results announced: see website
1st prize: €1,000
Runners-up:
Entry fee: €13
Word count: 3,000 words maximum.
Open theme/subject/genre: any
Name: Moth Short Story Prize
Country: Europe
Closing date: 30 June
Results announced: see website, winners appear in Moth magazine
1st prize: €1,000
Runners-up: 2nd prize a week-long retreat in Circle of Misse in France plus €250; 3rd prize €1,000
Entry fee: €15
Word count: 4,000 words maximum.
Open theme/subject/genre: see website
For Writing Advice and Information
Christopher Fielden
Writers Forum
https://writers-forum.com/
The Book Trust
Creative Writing Ink
http://www.creativewritingink.co.uk
Reedsy
For Self-Publishing Services
Arch Publishing Services
For Publishing
Caroline Vincent
caroline@citystonepublishing.com.
For Short Story Magazines
Story
https://www.theshortstory.org.uk/magazines/index.php4
For Poetry
Orbis International Literary Journal
For Writing Courses
The National Writing Centre of Wales
www.tynewydd.wales
The Novelry
The Open University
https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/creative-writing
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