Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Thu 2 Jul 2026
Location: England

Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) is a fund that supports individuals making a step-change in their creative practice. Ahead of the next round opening in June, Arts Council England has updated its guidance and resources.  Read more...

Deadline: Mon 6 Jul 2026
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland

Three annual awards — of £10,000, £5,000 and £2,500 — are available for authors engaged on their first commissioned works of non-fiction. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 8 Jul 2026
Location: UK

Annual grants of £5,000 to £30,000 each year made to promote literature in communities across the UK. Open to organisations and individuals. Read more...

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: 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

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and provide a platform for publication, the Anthology Short Story Competition is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world.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