Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Wed 26 Aug 2026
Location: England

Shape Arts have partnered up with The Literary Consultancy to offer disabled writers on a low income the chance to have their work professionally read and receive feedback. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 26 Aug 2026
Location: Ghana/UK

Applications are now open for Writing Our Legacy's Covert Talent Development Programme 2026: The Ghana Issue.  Read more...

Deadline: Fri 28 Aug 2026
Location: International

'Leaf Journal On Writing for Young People' is an online conference, this year on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th November 2026, that brings together scholar-practitioners in the field. Our Call for Papers is now open. Read more...

Deadline: Sun 30 Aug 2026
Location: International

For over ten years, The Masters Review's Short Story Award has connected emerging writers with some of the industry’s top literary agents. We’re looking for standout stories—fiction or narrative nonfiction, up to 6,000 words—in a voice that is unmistakably yours. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 31 Aug 2026
Location: International

The prize is awarded annually by Oxford Poetry for a single unpublished poem of no more than 60 lines and is open to poets writing in English around the world age 18 or over. This year there is £3,500 in prizes and our guest judge is Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 31 Aug 2026
Location: International

Aesthetica is looking for the best new writing talent. The £5,000 international literary prize is open to poetry and short fiction entries on any theme, celebrating innovation in content and form. Open to writers of all ages and nationalities. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 31 Aug 2026
Location: International

The Anthology Personal Memoir Competition is open to original and previously unpublished memoirs in the English language by writers of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. There are no constraints on themes or writing styles. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 31 Aug 2026
Location: International

Submissions are invited on any theme or genre except children’s fiction for this year's Chalk Circle Short Story Competition comprising The Chalk Circle 1500 and The Chalk Circle 360. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 31 Aug 2026
Location: International

NAWE HE Committee member Dr Edwin Stockdale is now the editor of Dream Catcher, which is open for submissions of poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction of up to 2,000 words. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 31 Aug 2026
Location: International

Open to new, emerging and established poets from any country. At least one of the winners will be the highest scoring manuscript entered by a poet with no solo collection (full-length or chapbook) previously published. The other winner may have previously published poetry books. Read more...