Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Wed 5 Nov 2025
Location: International

Entries (300 words max) must be set before 1960 (Historic Houses setting optional). Read more...

Deadline: Sun 9 Nov 2025
Location: International

Each fall, The Masters Review opens submissions for novel excerpts (must be under 6,000 words) from emerging writers worldwide. No limitations on genre, though we are primarily interested in literary fiction. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 12 Nov 2025
Location: UK

The Teacher Development Fund supports partnerships between arts organisations and groups of 6–10 primary schools, to work together to embed arts-based approaches in classrooms. Grants of up to £165k available. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 15 Nov 2025
Location: International

Sunspot, an international magazine, invites entries of novelette-length works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and graphic novels up to 29,000 words.  Read more...

Deadline: Sun 16 Nov 2025
Location: International

The International Book & Pamphlet Competition is a short collection competition run annually by The Poetry Business. Now in its fourth decade, this is the most prestigious competition of its kind, and has launched the careers of many well established and successful poets. This year's judge is Kim Moore. Deadline extended by 2 weeks to 16 November. Read more...

Deadline: Sun 16 Nov 2025
Location: International

The New Poets Prize is a short collection competition for writers between the ages of 17 and 24 (inclusive). This prize is run alongside the renowned International Book & Pamphlet Competition organised by The Poetry Business. Deadline extended by 2 weeks. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 17 Nov 2025
Location: UK

Funded by the Jerwood Foundation, Arvon is pleased to announce the Jerwood Arvon Writer Residencies, a new talent development programme for emerging writers. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 17 Nov 2025
Location: International

To mark the 50th anniversary of P G Wodehouse’s death in 2025, the P G Wodehouse Society (UK) has launched its second essay prize competition open to everyone, everywhere. A prize of £750 will be awarded to the winner of the competition. Read more...

Deadline: Thu 20 Nov 2025
Location: England

This fund supports individual creative and cultural practitioners to focus on their development and take them to the next stage of their practice. Round 24 opens for applications on Thursday 23 October 2025 at midday. Read more...

Deadline: Sun 23 Nov 2025
Location: International

Poems (max 40 lines) are invited from any poet in the world who is over 18 years of age writing in English. This year's sole judge is Jessica Mookherjee. Read more...