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The Plough Poetry Prize 2021 is an international open competition for poems in the English language. Deadline: March 31, 2021 This year’s competition will be judged by Roger McGough. Submit unpublished poems on any subject, up to 40 lines in length. Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250 Entry Fee: £5 per poem for online entry. Full details […]
The Voice.Club Flash Fiction Contest is open until January 30, 2021. No fee to enter. Write a story of 350 words or less, inspired by their current prompt “Dawn”. Prizes include Amazon gift cards and possible publication. For full details, visit their website.
The Fantasy Banquet for Bibliophiles is free to enter. Deadline: January 22, 2021 Describe in 1000 words, an imaginary banquet for book lovers, featuring literary characters, real or fictional, alive or dead. First prize is £500 and publication in the quarterly journal. Further information here.
The Guernsey International Poetry Competition is now open. Deadline: January 15, 2021. Kate Clanchy is this year’s judge. There are three categories: Open (18 and over), with a £1000 first prize, Young People’s Category (11-17), and a third category for Channel Island residents (18 and over). Submit up to 14 lines per poem. Entry Fee: […]
Mostly Sunny Skies Bethany Cody is an Adelaide based writer of short stories, flash fiction and poetry. She has received awards in the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Campbelltown Literary Awards, a commendation in the 2018 City of Rockingham Short Story Award, highly commended in the 2020 Shire of Mundaring poetry competition and won in her […]