Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Sun 15 Mar 2026
Location: Online

Running for 26 years, the BCLT Summer School is a vibrant, tried and tested format for the professional development of literary translators. It provides an opportunity for translators to work on their craft and network with fellow translators, editors and publishers from around the world. Read more...

Deadline: Sun 15 Mar 2026
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland

Entries are invited for The 2026 Forward Prizes for Poetry. Four categories. £17,000 in prizes. Free to enter. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 16 Mar 2026
Location: London/Online

Curtis Brown Creative have announced that former CBC students and bestselling authors Jack Meggitt-Phillips (The Beast and the Bethany) and Jennie Godfrey (The List of Suspicious Things) will be sponsoring places on its flagship Writing Your Novel courses in 2026. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 16 Mar 2026
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland

Since its launch in 2009, the Papatango Prize has changed the new writing landscape. Writers discovered through the Prize have won BAFTAs, and more while thousands of others have benefitted from our unmatched commitment to provide feedback and other resources. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 16 Mar 2026
Location: UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands

The 2026 BBC National Short Story Awards with Cambridge University (NSSA) and BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University (YWA) have opened for submissions. Deadlines from 16 March 2026. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 27 Mar 2026
Location: International

Austin Film Festival script competitions have a 32-year history of opening doors for emerging writers by providing meaningful opportunities, mentorship, and real access. Deadlines from 27th March 2026. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 27 Mar 2026
Location: International

Poems (max 40 lines) are invited for this year's Red Shed Poetry Competition. Open to anyone aged 16 or over. Sole adjudicator: Anne Caldwell. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 30 Mar 2026
Location: Scotland

Open to poets under 30 who were born, raised or currently live in Scotland and have not yet published a full-length collection, the Edwin Morgan Poetry Award rewards outstanding promise with a £20,000 prize. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: International

Dithering Chaps is a Dorset-based, not-for-profit publisher of poetry chapbooks (30-60 pages). Our submissions window is open for ten-page samples of your work. Open to writers worldwide. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Mar 2026
Location: International

Poems (max 60 lines) are invited from writers worldwide. No restriction on theme or style. Judge: Billy Collins. Read more...