Competitions and Submissions

Deadline: Tue 31 Dec 2024
Location: UK

Arkbound invites UK writers and poets to submit pieces written in or inspired by contemporary landscape style emphasising the relationship between self and place, nature and culture. Word Limit: 4,500. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Dec 2024
Location: UK

A digital extension of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook in both name and ethos, writersandartists.co.uk is a dynamic, free-to-join community platform that’s home to over 70,000 subscribers. The site features hundreds of free-to-view articles and resources that offer essential practical guidance on both the creative and publishing process, as well as insight into careers within the publishing industry itself. Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Dec 2024
Location: International

This year’s New Writers’ Scheme is open to new members. Unpublished writers of romantic fiction in all genres are welcomed. The scheme opens in February each year and can accept only 250 members. Just a few places left on this year's Scheme! Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Dec 2024
Location: International

Shadows on the Stage is a new genre anthology from Forest Publications examining the theme of performance. We are interested in stories told through the lens of genre (horror, fantasy, and science fiction) because genre is a performance in and of itself.  Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Dec 2024
Location: International

Palavro publishes under-represented and diverse authors whose books cover important social or environmental themes.  Read more...

Deadline: Tue 31 Dec 2024
Location: International

Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Competition 2025 has a 1st prize of £400, a 2nd prize £150, and three 3rd prizes of £25, with an additional prize of £50 for the best poem from a WV postcode. International entries welcomed. Read more...

Deadline: Fri 3 Jan 2025
Location: UK

The ScienceWrite Programme, supported by the Royal Society, aims to help early-stage science writers from minoritised backgrounds based in the UK to advance their professional development. Applications are now invited for the 2025 cohort. Read more...

Deadline: Sun 5 Jan 2025
Location: Angus, Scotland

A subsidised two-week residency programme, open to those working across the arts, nationally and internationally, who have urgent projects to address, or require time to focus on a specific area of development in their work. Read more...

Deadline: Mon 6 Jan 2025
Location: England

Looking to develop your writing under the guidance of a published poet? Poetry School is delighted to be partnering with The Literary Consultancy in offering one poet a free Mentoring place from February 2025. Read more...

Deadline: Thu 9 Jan 2025
Location: Scottish Borders

This is a residency for a writer at any stage of their career who is writing a new piece of work for theatre. The successful applicant will receive private use of the Tower Studio, on-site accommodation in one of our cosy Hobbit Pods, and a weekly stipend of £350. Read more...