Kishboo magazine short story competition
Ongoing short story competition – stories must be no more than 2,000 words
Entry fee: £3
First prize -£50 , runner- up f £25
Closing date: 20 April
First Crediton Short Story Competition
Stories on the theme GENERATIONS
- 16/18* or over – a maximum of 3,000 words. Prize £50 & a night’s stay at the Lamb Inn, Sandford. Runner-up: £20.
- 12 to 16/18* – a maximum of 1,000. First prize – £25 book token, second prize – £10 book token.
- 5 to 7 or 8 to 11 – a maximum of 500. first prize for each age group – £20 book token, second prize – £10 book token
*for the purpose of this competition adults are 18 years & over and those aged 16-18 not in full-time education. Top stories in each group published on www.creditoncommunitybookshop.co.uk
Closing date: 24 April
The Bath Short Story Competition
The competition is international, up to 2200 words.
First prize £1000, 2nd prize £200, 3rd prize £100. Local prize of £50 in book tokens sponsored by Mr B’s Emporium of Books, Bath and The Acorn Award, a £50 prize for an unpublished writer
Entry fee: £8
Closing date: 27th April
No particular theme, up to 4,000 words.
First prize is £1,000 plus a £150 Waterstones gift card, 2nd prize is £700 plus a £100 Waterstones gift card and 3rd prize is £400 plus a £100 Waterstones gift card.
Entry fee: £8 for each story entered.
Closing date: April 30
Up to 4,500 words on the theme of nature
Prize: £50
Entry fee: looks to be free
Closing date: 30 April
Senior Travel Expert City, Town or Village Writing Competition
Up to 750 words by 16 years and over on any city, town or village, factual or fiction
Entry: free
Prize of £100 to the author of the best entry.
Closing date: 30 April
Writing Competitions Reinvented
Poetry and short story competition
Short story: any subject; length 750 to 3,000 words; previously unpublished work. Entry fee: £12 . One entry per person
Poetry: any subject; poetry or prose poetry; maximum 42 lines; previously unpublished work; Entry fee: £7 per poem.
First Prize £2,000 (for each competition)
Closing date: 30 April 2015
Stories of up to 10,000 words.
First prize – £500 + trophy, second – £150, third – £100. In addition, CreativeWritingMatters has announced: The Trisha Ashley Award for the best humorous story – £200 + trophy.
Entry fee: £8
Closing date 30 April 2015
