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Creative writing prize: The Bedford Competition 2024
01 May 2024
The annual international contest has £1,500 first prizes for short stories and poetry
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Creative writing writing prize: The SI Leeds Literary Prize 2024
The biennial prize for new Black and Asian women writers is for unpublished…30 April 2024
Poetry competition: The Plaza Audio Poetry Prize 2024
The contest is for audio poems up to four minutes long29 April 2024
Poetry prize: The Black in White Poetry Competition 2024
The contest is for poems about the experience of racism in the workplace or in…28 April 2024
Creative writing competition: Pick of the Pops 2024
Victory Radio is inviting song-themed stories and winners will be read on air27 April 2024
Travel writing competition: Intrepid Times Crossings 2024
Enter non-fiction travel writing on the theme of crossings in the international…26 April 2024
Creative writing prize: Bath Children's Novel Award 2024
Win £5,000 in the annual prize for children's and YA writers25 April 2024
Spring Haunts is coming to York
We're excited, and maybe a little scared. Spring Haunts is just a few weeks…24 April 2024
Creative writing prize: The Scratch A4 Competition 2024
The biannual contest is for stories that fit on one piece of A423 April 2024