Deadlines

Feel free to post your submissions for these prizes and magazine deadlines in the forum, and receive feedback before you submit. Themes are open unless otherwise stated. Check submission guidelines carefully.

To submit listings, send details via the Contact Us page, putting ‘Winning Words Listings Submission’ as the subject.

January 2010

10th – The Allan Sillitoe Open Poetry Competition

31st – Kent & Sussex Open Poetry Competition (judge Mimi Khalvati)

31st - National Flash Fiction Day Competition (<100 words)

February 2012:

1st – Countryside Tales Article Competition

14th – Lumen / Camden Poetry Competition

14th – Writers & Artist’s Yearbook Writing Competition (short stories, theme: ‘identity’)

29th – Cheerreader short story competition (up to 2500 words)

29th – Word Gumbo (poetry, short stories, flash fiction, script or non fiction. Theme: Endings)

March 2012

20th – Fish One Page Story Prize (flash fiction)

30th – Fish Poetry Prize

31st – Short Fiction Magazine competition

31st – Moth Magazine Short Story Prize (stories up to 2500 words)

 

April 2012

30th – The Rialto Nature Poetry Competition

May 2012

31st – Bridport Prize (poetry, flash fiction and short stories)

June 2012

1st – Countryside Tales Story Competition (must have a rural theme, 2000 words)

 

Ongoing:

Ambit magazine – poetry and short stories up to 10,000 words

Anon poetry magazine

The Rialto poetry magazine

Cherry Blossom Review (poetry. Every month)

Circalit (short stories. Monthly)

Writers’ Forum Short Story Competition (every month)

Writers’ Forum Poetry Competition (every month)

Global Short Story Competition (every month)

The Telegraph Travel Writing Competition (weekly)

Red Lion Sq Magazine (poetry, electronic updates weekly)

Indigo Rising Magazine (short stories and poetry)

Ear Hustler Magazine (flash fiction and short stories)

The Manchester Review (poetry and short stories)

The Virtuous Mimicry (flash fiction, poetry, short stories and drama)

Symphonie’s Gift (flash fiction and short stories)

Petrichor Machine (poetry, short stories and flash fiction)

Quinc Review (microfiction [<20 words] and short poetry [2 lines])

Ramshackle Review (poetry, flash fiction and short stories)