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The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2023/2024
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The Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize is an annual short story competition open to both published and unpublished writers.

The story must be no longer than 6,000 words.

The cost of entry per submission is £10.

The winning author will receive a cash prize of £2,500. Shortlisted authors will each receive £200.
The 2023 John Ruskin Prize
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The competition is open to artists, designers and makers, amateur or professional, aged 18 and over.

The Prize welcomes works in all mediums, including drawing, painting, print, sculpture, photography, textile, animation, mixed media, digital, performance, installation and more.

Entry fees: from £15 to £50.

Five winners will receive prizes totalling £8,000.
Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction 2024
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The competition is open to all writers worldwide, published and unpublished, who are over 16 years.

Entries can be on any theme or subject but must be original and written in English. Maximum length is 250 words.

The entry fee is £7 per story.

• First prize: £2,000
• Second prize: £300
• Third prize: £150
2023 International Poster Competition
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The competition is open to anyone. You may submit a maximum of 8 posters.

The brief is open. Posters may be created specifically for the competition, for a client or as self-promotion.

The competition is free to enter.

• 1st Place: £500
• 2nd Place: £300
• 3rd Place: £100
Environmental Photographer of the Year 2023
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The competition is open to all international photographers, both amateur and professional, and of all ages.

Each entrant may submit up to 3 photographs.

Entry is free.

Prizes:
• Environmental Photographer of the Year: £5,000 cash prize
• Young Environmental Photographer of the Year: Nikon Z Camera + 2 Nikon lenses
Mslexia Women’s Flash Fiction Competition 2023
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The competition is open to women of any nationality from any country.

Submit unpublished complete short fiction of up to 300 words.

Entry fee: £6.

The winner will receive £500. Three additional finalists will each receive £50.
2023 Summer Short Story Award for New Writers
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The competition is open to any writer who has not published a novel or memoir with a major press. 

You may submit previously unpublished fiction or creative nonfiction up to 6,000 words.

The entry fee is $20.

The winner receives $3,000.
5th International Poster Competition 'We want jazz'
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Artists are invited to design a poster on the theme "All that Jazz!".

Entry is free.

• 1st prize: 5,000 PLN
• 2nd prize: 3,000 PLN
• 3rd prize: 2,000 PLN
SPIE International Day of Light Photo Contest 2023
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The competition is open to people from age 13 and up, both amateur and professional photographers.

The theme of the contest is: ''A World of Light: The Vital Role That Light and Light-Based Technologies Play in Daily Life.''

The competition is free to enter.

Prizes:
• 1st prize: US $2,500
• 2nd prize: US $1,000
• 3rd prize: US $500
AMS Weather Band Photo Contest 2023
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Each participant may submit a maximum of two photos of weather, water, and climate from the subtle to the extreme.

The competition is free to enter.

Prizes:
• 1st Prize: $500
• 2nd Prize: $300
• 3rd Prize: $200
• Members choice: $500