Deadline Day: send your poems by 23.59 on 15th July: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-compe... - £1,000 top prize - 10% to charity - head judge: JLM Morton #poetrycompetition

Delighted to say that my previously unpublished Sad Gay Divorce Poem, “Obligatory Sex Poem,” has been longlisted for the New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026! Thank you, @newwritersuk.bsky.social! newwriters.org.uk/100-word-202... open.substack.com/pub/sadgaydi...

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“Brilliantly crafted, this thought-provoking story lingers, revealing new layers with repeated readings.” Honoured (and shocked!) my 100-word frozen moment story has come #1 out of 800 in the @newwritersuk.bsky.social contest. (The end may not be what you think) newwriters.org.uk/100-word-202...

Celebrating two 100-word story shortlist wins from @newwritersuk.bsky.social and tadpolepress.com. Contests aren’t my only focus, but I enjoy the schedule, guidelines, & community of these. Congrats, all! (And now to revisit/find homes for these micros, started in @smokelong.bsky.social workshops.)

New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026 - Results - NewWriters.org.uk

New Writers 100-Word Writing 2026 winners plus the honourable mentions and shortlisted and longlisted entries.

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New Writers 100-Word Writing Comp 2026 Results Winner (£1,000): "Guangzhou Sees First Snow In 67 Years" - China Daily, January 24, 2016 by Jaime Gill Runners-up (£100): Fallout - Letty Butler Kintsugi - Lucy Grace Love and Kitchens - Jack Barrie The oldest art - Natasha Wielogórska Big congrats!

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We're delighted to announce the award-winning poet JLM Morton as Head Judge for the New Writers Poetry Competition 2026. Submit your best poems (up to 42 lines) by 15th July for the chance to win £1,000 and publication. Full details: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-compe... #Poetry #PoetryCompetition

Big congratulations to the winners of the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026. Full results here: newwriters.org.uk/flash-result... 1st place: Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social 2nd place: Jay McKenzie 3rd place: Teodora Vamvu Thank you to everyone who entered! #flashfiction

The New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026 is open for entries. Info: newwriters.org.uk/100-word-com... Deadline: 30th April 2026 Entry Fee: £10 Prizes: 1st: £1,000; 4x Runners-up: £100 each Word Limit: 100 words Charity: 10% of entry fee proceeds donated to Duchenne UK (duchenneuk.org)

** Deadline alert: 31 Jan 26 ** Link: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... - Top prize: £1,100 - 10% of entry proceeds donated to charity (funzi.org.uk and @firststory.bsky.social) - 300 words Send us your brilliant flash fiction! #flashfictioncompetition #flashfictioncontent #writingcompetition

We're delighted to announce the winners of our recent Historical Flash Fiction Competition: newwriters.org.uk/historical-f... Thanks to all who entered (10% of the entry proceeds were split between @firststory.bsky.social & www.funzi.org.uk). #historicalfiction #flashfiction #writingcompetition

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026 is open to entries. newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... Top prize: £1,100. Deadline: 31st Jan 2026 10% of proceeds donated to charity, split between @firststory.bsky.social and the Funzi & Bodo Trust #writingcompetition #flashfiction

Thank you Goldfinch Novel Award 2025 & James Mustelier for picking my novel as a runner-up. Congrats to the winner Anna Kemp, & @dorit-dscarlett.bsky.social & Jess Fitch. Thanks also to my writer buddies @delgeo14.bsky.social & @juliusolofsson.bsky.social for your brilliant thoughts & advice.

London Writers Award now open, great prizes, lovely people and different categories. Also details available in different formats. Details in link below. Please share :) www.spreadtheword.org.uk

Writers of historical fiction, check out our new comp: newwriters.org.uk/historical-f... Deadline: Wednesday, 5th November 2025 Top Prize: £500 Word Limit: 300 words Charity: 10% of proceeds to First Story & the Funzi & Bodo Trust Get involved! #writingcommunity #historicalfiction

Excited to see my 100-word story "Shoulder Season" shortlisted here, a micro started in a @smokelong.bsky.social workshop. And congrats to the all of the winners & finalists, including some SmokeLong Fitness Workshop pals! @newwritersuk.bsky.social newwriters.org.uk/competitions...

Can't believe my flash 'FLOUR CHILD' received second place (!?!?!) and to see 'RECONNECTION' was shortlisted in the @newwritersuk.bsky.social 100-word writing competition. Deeply honored and proud to be in a list with so many writers I admire ❤️ newwriters.org.uk/competitions...

Competitions aren't really my thing. But! I'm in the top 10 for the @newwritersuk.bsky.social 100 word story competition! Honoured (and surprised!) for my tiny story to be swanning around with these stunning 100 worders by these brilliant people. Congrats, all! 🥳✍️🤩👏 newwriters.org.uk/competitions...

Possibly the best Friday ever - I saw my eldest off to prom and found out I won first place in the @newwritersuk.bsky.social 100-word writing competition 2025. Eeek. tinyurl.com/3vn7463w

Shortlisted! newwriters.org.uk/competitions... Congrats to the winners + @smokelong.bsky.social pal @alisonwassell.bsky.social for a top 10 place! Her story's so powerful. Submit to @newwritersuk.bsky.social, and support 2 charities, for disadvantaged UK students and combatting poverty in Kenya.

We're very pleased to announce the winners of the New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2025. Check out the winning entries here: newwriters.org.uk/competitions... Thank you to everyone who entered & congratulations to the winners and those on the shortlist and longlist. #writingcompetition

Check out this brilliant short story comp with a unique prize... the deadline is coming up fast: 30 June 2025: www.christopherfielden.com/to-hull-and-... #writingcompetitions #recommended

To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition

Christopher Fielden's To Hull And Back humorous short story competition. A humorous writing contest, awarding the greatest literary prize.

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🏍️ TO HULL AND BACK IS OPEN 🏍️ The 9th To Hull And Back humorous #shortstory competition is open for entries 🎉 - Closes 30th June 2025 - £10 early-bird entry fee, £12 standard - 2,500 words - Top prize £1,000 - Shortlist published in anthology Details: www.christopherfielden.com/to-hull-and-...

The New Writers Poetry Competition 2025 is now open! Details here: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-compe... Deadline: 17th July 2025 Entry Fee: £10 (£18 for two or £26 for three) Prizes: 1st: £1,200; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £150; 4th to 6th: £50 each Head Judge: Katrina Moinet #poetrycompetition #welovepoetry

The Aurora Prize for Writing 2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉 Send us your short stories and poetry for the chance to win: £500 cash prize, feedback from a literary agent, free Society of Authors' membership, WEMCONF tickets and more! 😱🚨 Deadline: 6th August 2025 at 11.59 pm. Enter here 👉 bit.ly/AURORAPRIZE

Congratulations to Raw Lit's contributor Katrina Moinet, whose poetry book 'Portrait of a Young Girl Falling' made the shortlist of Wales Book Of The Year! Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award nation.cymru/culture/vote...

Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People's Choice Award

The Wales Book of the Year Award celebrates talented Welsh writers who excel in a variety of literary forms in both Welsh and English. There are four categories in both languages – Poetry, Fiction, Cr...

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This June, we're going to hold your hand and kick your butt through starting, middling and finishing your novel. Also! The best writing community this side of the internet. OBVIOUSLY. Aww yeah! Come write some amazing words with us ❤️ See the full line up here writershq.co.uk/the-writers-...

Last call for entries... deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Wednesday, 30th April 2025: newwriters.org.uk/100-word-com... Prose or poetry welcome from anywhere in the world. #writingcommunity #writingcompetitions

I was pleased as punch to place second in the @newwritersuk.bsky.social 2023 poetry contest with The Fork, a serious meditation on cutlery🍴now included in a new 2025 Anthology dishing up so many amazing poets. Humbled and honored! newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is... #writing #poetrycommunity

We're delighted to present the inaugural New Writers Anthology: newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is... It features a selection of prize-winning and shortlisted stories, poems and book reviews from the competitions we ran between 2022 and 2024. We hope you enjoy it! #newwriters #writinganthology

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 results, picked by Shreya Sen-Handley, are out: Winner (£1,100): First Kiss by Garglestone 2nd (£300): Confetti Letter by Chris Cottom 3rd (£200): The Injecting Capital of Europe by Lisette Abrahams Full results: newwriters.org.uk/competitions...