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The Yale Drama Series 2024

The Yale Drama Series 2024

The Yale Drama Series is an annual competition for emerging playwrights.

Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000 and publication of their manuscript by Yale University Press.
2023-08-15
The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition 2023

The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition 2023

The competition is for original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer. The story can be on any subject, in any style.

Entry fee: 19 € per story.

Prizes:
• 1st prize: 2,000 €
• 2nd prize: 500 €
• Four Runners-Up: 250 €
2023-07-31
Winchester Poetry Prize 2023

Winchester Poetry Prize 2023

The competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over.

Poems may be on any subject and in any form or style.

Entry fees: £6 for first poem and £5 for subsequent poems.

• 1st Prize: £1,000
• 2nd Prize: £500
• 3rd Prize: £250
2023-07-31
Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2023

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2023

You may submit poems on any theme, up to 250 lines each.

Entry fee: $22 per submission of 1-3 poems.

Prizes:
• Tom Howard Prize : $3,000 for a poem in any style or genre
• Margaret Reid Prize: $3,000 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style
• Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $300 each (any style)
2023-09-30
Imagine 2200 – climate fiction short story contest 2023

Imagine 2200 – climate fiction short story contest 2023

The competition is open to anyone aged 18 years or older.

Short stories must be set anytime between today and the year 2200, and show a path to a clean, green, and just future.

The competition is free to enter.

• 1st prize: US$3,000
• 2nd prize: US$2,000
• 3rd prize: US$1,000
2023-06-13
2023 McLellan Poetry Competition

2023 McLellan Poetry Competition

Poems should be of no more than 90 lines, in English, on any subject.

The entry fee is £8 for the first poem and £5 for each subsequent poem submitted on the same form. 

• 1st prize: £1,000
• 2nd prize: £300
• 3rd prize: £100
2023-07-10
The Moth Short Story Prize 2023

The Moth Short Story Prize 2023

The Moth Short Story Prize is an international prize, open to anyone over the age of 16.

You can enter as many stories as you like.

The entry fee is €15 per story.

• 1st prize: €3,000
• 2nd prize: a week-long writing retreat at Circle of Misse in Francel
• 3rd prize: €1,000
2023-06-30