April 2019: Competition Monthly

...‘Change’. 1,500 words max. Prize: Aus$100 / $50 Closing date: 19 July 2019 Entry: Free Details Brentwood Writers’ Circle ‘100’ Competition Theme: ‘100 years ahead’. Exactly 100 words Prize: £50...

March 2020: Competition Monthly

...  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:...

September 2019: Competition Monthly

...A week after to prompt is posted (14 October for the next one) Entry: £4 Details   NAWG 100 Word Mini-Tale Competition Theme: Open, 100 words exactly Prize: £75 /...

Competition Monthly: September 2020

...Competition Theme: New prompt on first Monday of each month, 100 words exactly Prizes: 30% of entry fees and publication / 20% of entry fees and publication / free entry...

February 2019: Competition Monthly

What’s in a title?   Titles are important. You need something that will catch the judge’s eye and interest before they even start on the story. Long, rambling titles might...

October 2018: Competition Monthly

...Entry: £10 Details Lancashire Authors’ Association Open Flash Fiction Competition Theme: Flash in exactly 100 words Prize: £100 Closing date: 31 January Entry: £2 / 3 for £5 Details  ...

April 2021: Competition Monthly

When it comes to writing competitions, the saying ‘rules are meant to be broken’ isn’t at all helpful One of the most basic elements of competition participation is following the...

February 2020: Competition Monthly

...2019 and January 2020 for posts detailing further competitions closing in March and April.   *   Rolling Competitions Writer’s Forum Short Story Contest Theme: Open, 1000 – 3,000 words...

Competition Monthly: May 2021

Looking at more competition rules and why it’s important to follow them To reiterate what I wrote last month, it’s amazing how often competition rules are ignored. Is it because...

April 2018: Competition Monthly

...Closing date: Next closing date 30 June 2018 Entry: £5 Details   100 Word Mini-Tales Competition Theme: Open Prize: £75 / £25 Closing date: Each round closes when 100 entries...

March 2019: Competition Monthly

A Bumper Crop of Competitions for Spring Not only is there another abundance of competitions as we approach spring, but there’s a preponderance of short story contests to get stuck...

June 2018: Competition Monthly

...Flash a Famous Phrase, Wells Festival and Writing Magazine. She’s had stories and a serial published in magazines worldwide and in three anthologies, including Diamonds and Pearls and 100 Stories...