Short Story Competitions Poetry Competitions

Rolling Competitions

These rolling competitions are mounted on a continuing basis - monthly, quarterly, etc.

Dark Tales Monthly Short Story Competition
Deadline: Last day of each month.
Prizes: 1st - £100; 2nd - £50; 3rd - £25. All stories published in Dark Tales magazine. Unpublished stories up to 5,000 words. Entry fee: £3, plus £3 for an optional tick-sheet critique. darktales.co.uk

StoryFeedback.com Monthlt Short Story Competition
Deadline: Last day of each month.
Prizes: 1st - £100; 2nd - £50; 3rd - £25. All stories published online for one month to get feedback from visitors, then optionally in a professionally illustrated anthology. Unpublished fiction up to 3,000 words. Entry fee: £3, plus £3 for an optional tick-sheet critique. storyfeedback.com

The Pages Quarterly Open Short Story Competition & Anthology
Submission Deadlines: March 31st, June 30th, September 30th & Dec 31st.
Prizes: 1st £60.00, 2nd £40.00, 3rd £20.00. Entry fee: £4.00 Each additional entry: £2.00. Indepth critique: £2.00 Anthology: £4.00.
Stories can be on any subject and in any genre (except children's). Previously published work will be accepted, however please inform us at time of submission where and when it has been published. Entries should not exceed 4,000 words. Full details on website. the-pages.blogspot.com/

Meridian Writing Quarterly Short Story Competition
Prizes: First Prize - £100, Second Prize - £50, Third Prize - £25. In addition to Prize Money, all winning authors will receive a firstwriter.com voucher worth $15/£10/E15, allowing them to take out a free subscription to firstwriter.com, providing access to details of hundreds of publishers, literary agents, writing competitions, and magazines.
Quarterly competition for stories of up to 3,000 words, open to both published and unpublished writers. Entry fee for each story is £5.00 GBP. See website for details. meridian-writing.co.uk/competiton

Ron L Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest
Prizes: every three months: $1,000, $750, $500 plus annual grand prize: $5,000!
Here's an opportunity for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy. No entry fee is required and entrants retain all publication rights. All awards are adjudicated by professional writers only. writersofthefuture.com/

The Poetry Kit Poetry Competition
Prizes: The prize is publication on the front page of Poetry Kit where it will be seen by the 10 thousand visitors we have each day, there will also be a few other goodies to show our thanks, but no cash prize. There is no set fee to enter but there is a catch! There will be six competitions over the year, each one of two months duration. Entry fee: Donation to the Liverpool Methodist Youth Exchange programme. See website for details. literaturetraining.com/

TXTLIT.co.uk Text Message Competition
Prize: £50.00 monthly.
New competition each month with a different theme. Correct spelling and grammar required, with a maximun text length of 160 characters. Strewth! Is such a thing possible? Entry: £1.00. Vst wbsite 4 dtls: txtlit.co.uk/

The Global Short Story Competition
Monthly cash prize. Entries up tp 2,000 words. Entry fee £5.00.
The organisers say: "The competition is designed to appeal to writers everywhere, from the arid outback of Australia to the baking deserts of Africa, the towering skyscrapers of the United States to the humid cities of Asia, the bustling capitals of Europe to the steamy villages of South America.
What makes this competition different from all the others? Well, for a start we will be marketing it in every country in the world and it will happen every month.
Each month, we will select a winning story to receive a cash prize. The story will also be posted on our website.
At the end of twelve months, each winning story will be considered for an annual cash prize." Get all the gen at: globalshortstories.net/

Envoi International Open Poetry Competitions
Deadline for submissions – 20th February, 20th June and 20th October each year.
Prizes: 1st prize £150, 2nd prize £100, 3rd prize £50. Each winner and three runners up win a complimentary copy with their poem. The three runners up are also awarded an annual subscription worth £15. Entry fee: £3 per poem or five poems for £12. Poems can be in any style, on any theme up to 40 lines. More details on website. cinnamonpress.com/

JBWB Poetry and Short Story Cometitions
Prizes: £150 for a short story, £100 for a poem.
Stories up to 2,500 words based on the three pictures on the website, poems up to 30 lines. Entry fees: £4 per story, £3 per poem. For more information go to website. www.jbwb.co.uk

Writers’ Forum Magazine Monthly Poetry Competition
Prizes: 1st £100 plus publication; three runners-up receive a dictionary plus publication. Entry fee: £5 per poem, £7 for two No theme, up to 40 lines. Every entry with SAE receives a free check-box critique. No deadline as the competition is continuous. Details and downloadable entry form at: www.writers-forum.com, or from the magazine, which is available from branches of WH Smith.

Secret Attic Monthly Short Story Competition
Enter their monthly Short Story Competition and their monthly Poetry Competition. Entry is free and you can win a prize. The top twenty entries in each competition will be published in a printed booklet. www.secretattic.com/

UK Writing Club Monthly Short Story Competition
Prizes: £200, £100 & £50. Entries up to 2,000 words. Entry fee £5.00. Theme varies. Visit web site for all the guff: www.writingcompetitions.org/

Scribble Quarterly Competitions
Closing date - quarterly competition
Short stories up to 3000 words on any subject. First prize £75, second prize £25, third prize £15. No closing date: competition judged quarterly.
www.parkpublications.co.uk

Lantern Books are looking for entries from around the world on the subject of animal advocacy, vegetarian and environmental issues. 1500 words. Prizes $1,000, $500, $250. Get full details from: http://lanternbooks.com/essay.php.

FirstWriter Poetry Competitions with some great prizes.

Rolling Competitions