Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Thu 4 Dec 2025
Location: Inverness-shire, Scotland

Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre invites established UK-based writers working in fiction, poetry, non-fiction, song-writing, or playwriting to apply for the 2026 Jessie Kesson Fellowship, receiving time and space to develop their work.  Read more...

Deadline: Fri 5 Dec 2025
Location: Leeds

Poetry@Leeds invites proposals for Poetry's Environments, an international conference, taking place in Leeds from June 9-11 2026. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 5 Dec 2025
Location: International

Carrier Bag Press seeks short experimental writings of any form or genre for a collective publication that explores the relationship between form and content. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 5 Dec 2025
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland

The RSL Christopher Bland Prize is an annual award of £10,000 for a debut novelist or non-fiction writer first published in any form aged 50 or over. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location: International

This year's Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition is now open. Categories: Single Poem (judged by Liz Berry) and Poetry Pamphlet (judged by Imtiaz Dharker). Read more...

Deadline: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location: Connemara, Co. Galway

The Irish Writers Centre is thrilled to announce the third year of our partnership with Notre Dame Kylemore. Four writers will be awarded with a fully catered five-day residency opportunity from Monday March 30 to Friday April 3, 2026 (four nights), 2026 in the beautifully restored Notre Dame Kylemore on the grounds of Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, Co. Galway.  Read more...

Deadline: Fri 12 Dec 2025
Location: Milton Keynes

The Annual GOTH Symposium takes place on Friday 15 May 2026 in Milton Keynes and welcomes scholars from within and outside The Open University for productive interdisciplinary discussion and debate. Proposals are invited for presentations focusing on any aspects of gender and/or otherness in creative writing or pre-modern drama, literature and visual culture.  Read more...

Deadline: Fri 12 Dec 2025
Location: Online

This online conference will be an interdisciplinary, cross-period, and global exploration of the role and impact of women’s writing, which is dedicated to the discussion of a broad range of women’s writing from any time, period, and place. Thursday 15 to Friday 16 January 2026, Online. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 12 Dec 2025
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth

An annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, evoking the spirit of a place. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 15 Dec 2025
Location: Wales

The National Writing Squad is a unique opportunity for 14 young emerging writers in Wales aged 16-18 to develop their craft, connect with professional mentors, and be part of a vibrant creative community. Read more...