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Magma 2020/21 Poetry Competition

Magma 2020/21 Poetry Competition

Magma’s Poetry Competition has two contests, one for short poems of up to 10 lines, and one for poems of 11 to 50 lines.

The entry fees are £5 for the first poem, £4 for the second and £3.50 for the third and each subsequent poem.

• Editors' Prize (poems of up to 10 lines)
1st prize: £1,000
2nd prize: £300
3rd prize: £150

• Judge's Prize (poems of 11 to 50 line)
1st prize: £1,000
2nd prize: £300
3rd prize: £150
2021-01-15
2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short fiction. There are no restrictions on setting, genre or theme.

Entrants must be citizens of a Commonwealth country.

The overall winner receives £5,000. There will be five winners, one from each region (Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, Caribbean, Pacific). Regional winners each receive £2,500.

The competition is free to enter.
2020-11-01
The Roswell Award international short science fiction story competition

The Roswell Award international short science fiction story competition

Writers ages 16 and older from around the world are invited to submit science fiction stories to the Roswell Award. Stories must be original, be 1,500 words maximum and 500 words minimum and have a science fiction theme.

The competition is free to enter.

Prizes:
1st place: $500
2nd place: $250
3rd place: $100
2020-12-15
2021 Caine Prize for African Writing

2021 Caine Prize for African Writing

The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary award for the best short story by an African writer, published in the English language. 'An African writer’ is taken to mean someone who was born in Africa, or who is a national of an African country, or who has a parent who is African by birth or nationality.

There are no entry fees.

The winner will receive a cash prize of £10,000.
2021-01-31
The 2020 New Media Writing Prize

The 2020 New Media Writing Prize

The judging panels are looking for great storytelling (fiction or non-fiction) written specifically for delivery and reading/viewing on a PC or Mac, or a hand-held device such as an iPad or mobile phone. It could be a short story, novel, documentary, or poem, using words, images, film, or animation, with audience interactivity.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will receive a cash prize of £1,000.
2020-11-27
Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon #4

Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon #4

Writers are invited to create and submit a short story consisting of 20 paragraphs. Owl Canyon Press provides paragraphs #1 and #20, and the writer creates the other 18 paragraphs.

There is no submission fee during the first month of the contest (August) and a $25 fee for the final month of the contest (September).

• 1st prize: $1,000
• 2nd prize is $750
• 3rd prize is $500
2020-09-30
The Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize Competition 2020

The Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize Competition 2020

The Financial Times and The Bodley Head have launched their annual essay prize for young writers. The competition is open to anyone between 18-35 years old.

Entry is free.

The winner will receive £1,000. Two runners-up will win £300 cash each.
2020-09-24