Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Thu 17 Apr 2025
Location: UK

This is a full fee scholarship award to the Poetry School / Newcastle University MA in Writing Poetry for an outstanding UK-based applicant who is currently underrepresented in the poetry world. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 18 Apr 2025
Location: Harrogate

The Jane Gregory Bursaries have been created to ensure access to the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival and to develop opportunities for readers and writers of all backgrounds. Read more...

Deadline: Sun 20 Apr 2025
Location: South West England

Nurturing, welcoming, affordable writing retreats at beautiful countryside locations. Aimed specifically at writers in South West England. Led by Joelle Taylor, Nikita Gill, Rachel Long, Anthony Anaxagorou and many more world class facilitators. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 21 Apr 2025
Location: North of England

The Alfred Bradley Bursary Award is an opportunity for writers based in the North of England who are new to writing for audio. It offers a £5,000 bursary to the winner as well as the chance of a Radio 4 Drama commission. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 22 Apr 2025
Location: UK

The 2025 First Graphic Novel Award is for debut authors at any age, 18+: comics creators, cartoonists, or writers and artists who have not previously had a full-length graphic novel published. Open to creators over 18, of any nationality, resident in the UK.  Read more...

Deadline: Tue 22 Apr 2025
Location: UK, Republic of Ireland, British Overseas Territory

The Women’s Prize for Playwriting was founded in 2019 to champion and produce plays by female and non-binary writers, campaigning for a fairer and more equitable industry. Win up to £20,000, their largest ever first prize. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 23 Apr 2025
Location: Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland

Our new six-month development programme offers two playwrights based in Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland the chance to transfer their skills from playwriting to screenwriting.  Read more...

Deadline: Fri 25 Apr 2025
Location: UK

The Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers prize was set up in 2020 by writer Natasha Carthew to create opportunity for working class nature writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Read more...

Deadline: Sat 26 Apr 2025
Location: UK

Submissions are invited for the Scratch A4 Summer '25 1000 word short story competition, exploring the rich and exhilarating possibilities of the short, short story and culminating in an event in Soho in June. Read more...

Deadline: Wed 30 Apr 2025
Location: International

The Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize is now open for submissions of short and full-length plays with topics concerning the LGBTQ+ community worldwide, including love, diversity and identity in a time of gender fluidity. Read more...