markets for writers
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This week’s market is the fantastic Writers Bureau Flash Fiction Competition. They’re currently accepting entries of up to 500 words for their competition. Prizes: 1st: £300 2nd: £200 3rd: £100 All three winners will also win a Writers Bureau course of their choice (worth over £350) Entry fee: £5 per story, £10 for 3 entries…
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This week’s market will suit those of you who like a writing prompt. Scribble magazine is currently accepting entries for its annual short story competition. Your theme is FEAR. Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £50 3rd: £25 The winning entry will appear in the winter edition of Scribble, which will be published during December 2016. Word…
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This week’s market gives all you budding novelists out there the opportunity to have your synopsis and the first 3000 words of your book read by editors at Crooked Cat Publishing. The annual Flash 500 Novel Opening Chapter and Synopsis Competition is now taking entries. Prizes: 1st: £500 Runner-up: £200 Entry fee: £10 Optional…
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This week’s market comes from the US. The organiser contacted me directly to let me know about a flash fiction competition with a difference. The Great Flash Fiction War is a competition that takes place over three days. The prompt for the competition is announced on the 21st October 2016 and you then have the…
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This week, I have a quarterly writing competition for you, so if you don’t quite finish your story in time and miss the current deadline, you can target the next one. The Henshaw Short Story Competition is currently inviting stories for its September competition. Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £50 3rd: £25 Entry fee: £5. Critique:…
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Writing Magazine are holding another of their popular annual writing competitions. Their Adult Fairytale Competition is open for entries for stories of between 1500-1700 words. The closing date is 14th October 2016. The winner will receive £200 and the runner-up £50. Both will see their stories published in Writing Magazine. If you’re a subscriber to…
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This week’s market is a literary magazine, which accepts both unpublished poems and prose. The Moth will consider up to six poems (length not specified on the website) and two pieces of prose (up to 3000 words). You can send your work by post or e-mail. To find out more, see their submission details. They…
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Here’s a short story competition for all those of you who are off on holiday, working on longer works, haven’t the time to compose a lengthy short story or who just simply enjoy the shorter story. The 2016 Exeter Flash Competition is inviting entries into its 250 word story competition. Here are some details for…
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This week’s market has an excellent prompt; as soon as I saw it, all sorts of ideas came bursting into my mind. Brilliant Flash Fiction‘s prompt is ‘It came in the mail‘. Here are the all important details for you: Word limit: 500 words, excluding title Entry fee: None Prizes: 1st prize: 50€ (or equivalent…
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For those of you who like a theme, this week’s short story competition may be just the one for you. Arkbound Short Story Competition is calling for entries on the theme of INSPIRATION. Here are some more details for you: Word limit: Between 500 – 2000 words 1st prize: £100 2nd prize: £50 3rd prize:…
Esther Chilton 