Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Thu 9 Jul 2026
Location: UK

New Views is a teacher-led programme, aimed at English and Drama teachers, with full support from the National Theatre. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 17 Jul 2026
Location: UK

London Writers Centre supports the creative talents and careers of writers, storytellers and poets from London and across the UK. To shape our work over the coming years, we want to hear directly from the people in our community - about your practice, your experience, and what would make the biggest difference to you. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 20 Jul 2026
Location: International

The Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize seeks to discover talented writers on contemporary art. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 20 Jul 2026
Location: Cornwall

Are you a writer aged 11-16 years? We are looking for young writers in any genre or form to be part of our mentoring programme and take your writing to the next level. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 20 Jul 2026
Location: Cornwall

Two fully funded places are available for Writing Stones, a five-day writing retreat with Wyl Menmuir in West Penwith, Cornwall, running September 7–11, 2026. The deadline to apply for a funded place is July 20th. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 27 Jul 2026
Location: International

Entries are invited for this year's Ledbury Poetry Competition judged by Andrew McMillan. First Prize is £1000 cash and a week’s poetry course with Arvon, with cash prizes for runners-up. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 29 Jul 2026
Location: Scotland

Looking to take the next step in your writing career? Love the sound of mentoring, tailored support, a bursary and a writing retreat to help you along the way? Applications now open for the 2027 New Writers Awards. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 31 Jul 2026
Location: UK

The Alfred Fagon Award is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, permanently resident in the UK, for the best original, new stage play in English. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 31 Jul 2026
Location: International

Established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication, the Anthology Short Story Competition is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 31 Jul 2026
Location: International

Bending The Arc publishes poems, stories and features that bend the arc of the possible towards a thriving future on earth. Thrutopian writing imagines ways through to a world we could live in and be glad to leave to future generations. Read more...