markets for writers
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This week’s market is the Evesham Festival of Words Short Story Competition. There is an adult category inviting stories of up to 2500 words. The junior competition (two categories: 8-11 and 12-16) has a word limit of 1000 words. Entry is £5 for adults and it’s free for juniors. The prize in the adult category…
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If you enjoy writing flash fiction, you might like to enter Writing Magazine’s 750-word story competition. Stories are accepted on any theme. You have until 15th April 2017 to enter. Prizes: 1st prize: £200 and publication in Writing Magazine 2nd prize: £50 and publication on the website Entry fees:£5 or £3 for subscribers To find…
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This week’s market is for the poets. Writing Magazine is holding a haiku competition. As their guidelines state, ‘For the purposes of this competition, your haiku should be unrhymed, and written in three lines with five syllables in the first and third lines, and seven in the second. It should involve some reference to the…
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Everyone likes a good laugh so why not enter Writing Magazine‘s ‘Humour short story Competition’? You have until 15th March 2017 to craft your story. Here’s some more information for you: Prizes: 1st place: £200 plus publication in the magazine Runner-up: £50 plus publication on the website Entry fee: £5 but only £3 to subscribers Word limit:…
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This week’s market is an ongoing one. The 1000 Word Challenge sets a new competition every three months. There’s usually a theme. The current competition is as follows: Your story must start with the following direct speech: ‘Stop!’ – Entries up to 1000 words are accepted. The closing date is 28th February 2017. There’s an…
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This week’s market is a fun one. ‘Writing Magazine‘ are holding a dialogue-only short story competition. No descriptive narrative is allowed to accompany the dialogue so you have to let your characters’ words ‘show’ the reader who the characters are and what’s going on. Here are a few more details for you: Prizes: 1st prize: …
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My market this week is for the sci-fi and fantasy writers. Writing Magazine is holding an Other Worlds Short Story Competition. The closing date is 14th December 2016 so you still have time to get your entry in. Here are a few more details: Prizes: 1st: £200 plus publication in Writing Magazine Runner-up: £50 plus publication…
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If you like to be inspired by a theme, then the Chorleywood Adult Writing Competition may be the one for you. They’re currently inviting short stories of up to 800 words on the theme of ‘Food for Thought‘. Here are some more details for you: Prizes: 1st prize: £50 2nd prize: £25 The winning stories…
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This week’s market is brought to you by the wonderful Sacha Black. She’s found an excellent competition for flash fiction lovers. Just 100 words is a daily short story competition with a prize winner picked every day. The prize awarded to the best story is $50. There’s an entry fee of $5 for the first…
Esther Chilton 