March 2020: Competition Monthly
23 March 2020
With the current situation in the country with regards Covid-19, many of us will be self-isolating, with time on our hands that we would have used for writing events, conferences, chapter meetings and classes. A lot of our other non-writing activities will also be on hold. This month there are lots of competitions to fill those long days indoors. Stay well and stay sane.
All the best with your writing endeavours.
Click January 2020 and February 2020 for posts detailing further competitions closing in April and May.
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Ongoing Competitions
Retreat West Micro Fiction Competition
Theme: A new prompt is posted on first Monday of each month, 100 words
Prizes: 50% of entry fees
Closing date: One week after the prompt is posted.
Entry: £4
April Competitions
Quiet Man Dave Prize
Theme: Flash fiction and flash non-fiction, 500 words max
Prizes: £1,000 / £200 / £50 in each catergory
Closing date: 17 April 2020
Entry: £5
May Competitions
London Independent Story Prize
Theme: Flash fiction 300 words max; short stories 1,500 words max; screenplay 30 pages max.
Prizes: £100 for flash fic and short story; for screen play Final Draft Software
Closing date: 3 May 2020
Entry: £5 – £15 depending on competition and date
Booksie Flash Fiction Writing Contest
Theme: Use the photo for inspiration, 500 words max
Prizes: $500 / 2 x $100
Closing date: 8 May 2020
Entry: $6.95
Shooter Short Story Competition
Theme: Open, 5,000 words max
Prizes: £400 / £100
Closing date: 31 May 2020
Entry: £7
Creative Future Writers’ Award
Theme: For the under-represented (see eligibility list on site). Short story, 2,000 words max (also poetry)
Prizes: £75, mentorship, Faber course and consultation with publisher / £50, manuscript assessment, Curtis Brown course / £25, manuscript assessment
Closing date: 31 May 2020
Entry: Free
June competitions
Green Stories Novel Competition
Theme: Sustainable Society, novel of 50,000 – 100,000 words. Submit 5,000 – 10,000 plus 1-page synopsis
Prizes: £750 / £500 / £100. Agents from Curtis Brown will read top entries
Closing date: 2 June 2020
Entry: Free
Farnham Flash Fiction Competition
Theme: Open, 500 words max
Prizes: £75 / £25
Closing date: 5 June 2020
Entry: £5
Hastings Literary Festival Short Story Competition
Theme: Open, 2,500 words max
Prizes: £200 / £100 / £50
Closing date: 7 June 2020
Entry: £7.50
Hastings Literary Festival Short Story from BAME Writers Competition
Theme: 5,000 words max
Prizes: £200 / £100 / £50
Closing date: 7 June 2020
Entry: £7.50
Hastings Literary Festival Flash Fiction Competition
Theme: Open, 500 words max
Prizes: £200 / £100 / £50
Closing date: 7 June 2020
Entry: £7.50
Bath Flash Fiction Award
Theme: Open, 300 words
Prizes: £1,000 / £300 / £100
Closing date: 7 June 2020
Entry: £7.50
Aurora Prize
Theme: Short story, open, 2,000 words max (also poetry)
Prizes: £500 + one-year membership of Society of Authors / £150 / one day course
Closing date: 8 June 2020
Entry: £9
Segora Vignette Competition
Theme: Open, 300 words max
Prizes: £100
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Entry: £5
Segora One-Act Play
Theme: Open, max running time 35 minutes
Prizes: £150 / £50
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Entry: £12
Segora Short Story Competition
Theme: Open, 1,500 – 3,000 words
Prizes: £300 / £100 / £50
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Entry: £8
Writers’ Weekend Short Story Competition
Theme: Open, 1,500 – 3,000 words
Prizes: £250, one-year subscription to Writing Magazine, publication in magazine / 2 x one-year subscriptions to Writing Magazine
Closing date: 19 June 2020, 5pm
Entry: £10
Writers’ Weekend Flash Fiction Competition
Theme: Open, 300 words
Prizes: £300 / £200 / £100
Closing date: 19 June 2020
Entry: £10
Writers’ Weekend Opening of a Novel Competition
Theme: Open, first three pages plus 600 word max synopsis
Prizes: £250 / 2 x book prizes
Closing date: 19 June 2020
Entry: £10
Retreat West Themed Flash Fiction Competition
Theme: Music, 500 words
Prizes: £200 / 2 x £100
Closing date: 28 June 2020
Entry: £8
Audio Arcadia Short Story Competition
Theme: Open, 5,000 words max
Prizes: Ten will be chosen for an anthology and authors will receive a percentage of royalties
Closing date: 30 June 2020
Entry: £6.50
Flash 500 Competition
Theme: Open, 500 words max
Prizes: £300 / £200 / £100
Closing date: 30 June 2020 (quarterly)
Entry: £5
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Francesca Capaldi Burgess has been placed or shortlisted in a number of competitions including Winchester Writers’ Conference, Twyford Writers, Chorley & District Writer’s Circle, Retreat West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival, Writing Magazine and The People’s Friend serial competition. She’s had stories and a serial published in magazines worldwide and her third pocket novel was published this month. Her first historical saga, published by Hera Books, will be out on June 10th. Apart from the RNA, she’s also a member of the Society for Women Writers and Journalists. Francesca runs a writing blog with RNA member Elaine Roberts called Write Minds.
