My market for you this week turns to poetry and the ‘Writing Times Bimonthly Poetry Competition’. The theme is an open one and there’s no strict word limit. There is an entry fee of £2 and the winning poet will earn £25, publication in the magazine and they’ll also be interviewed for the magazine. Entries…

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This week, I have something for those of you who like to write short, short fiction. Scottish Book Trust hold a monthly flash fiction competition, ‘The 50-Word Fiction Competition‘. Each month they give you a prompt to get you started. There are two categories – the Young Writers Category (below the age of 18) and…

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This week’s market is Chicken House Books. They’re a publishing house specialising in children’s fiction, for children aged 7-18. They used to accept unsolicited manuscripts, but sadly they stopped this a few years ago. However, there are still opportunities for writers to become published with them through their annual Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. The…

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My market for you this week is for a flash fiction competition, ‘Less Than 100 Words‘. It’s held weekly and a prompt is given each week. Entries for under 100 words are invited. The closing date is 6pm (BST) every Friday. Entry is 99p and the prize for the winning story is £20. To find…

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Enormous thanks goes to Sacha Black for this week’s market. Wordhaus literary magazine is holding a writing competition with the theme of ‘Tipping Point’. Winners will have the opportunity of being featured in Wordhaus magazine and on TheWritePractice.com. Sign ups for participation in the competition close Friday, May 15 so you’ll need to get moving.…

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This week’s market comes to you courtesy of Daniel who asked me if I’d include the THINKERBEAT WRITING COMPETITION #2: You’ll need to get your story in soon as the closing date is May 15th 2015, but if you miss it, they’ll soon be another. Keep a check on the website: http://www.thinkerbeat.com There’s no entry…

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My market for you this week is another flash fiction one. Thank you to Sacha Black, yet again, for another great market. ‘Brilliant Flash Fiction‘ magazine holds quarterly competitions with a set theme. The theme for the June competition is: Equality Entries must be receive by 15th June 2015. Entries of up to 300 words…

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The publication I’m bringing you this week is a US magazine called ‘Creative Non-Fiction‘. It describes itself as ‘like jazz—it’s a rich mix of flavors, ideas, and techniques, some of which are newly invented and others as old as writing itself. Creative nonfiction can be an essay, a journal article, a research paper, a memoir,…

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OMG! Yes, my market for you this week is literally ‘OMG‘. It’s a new women’s weekly and as you can gather from the title, it’s one of the more sensationalist ones, with lots of true-life story headlines on the front cover. Here’s one from the first issue – ‘My hubby-to-be was a secret she’. I’m…

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