From Kudos 77
Change of Deadline
Decanto Poetry Competition (August 31) now October 3
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/masquepublishing
Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize (October 15) brought forward to September 30
Lifebytes…Real Stories of Online Dating extended from June 15 to September 15
bookeditors@lifebytesbook.com www.lifebytesbook.com
Town & Village Community Magazine (July 27) now August 31
The James White Award (August 30) now January 31;
www.jameswhiteaward.com
Not running this year
Black Rose Writing Contest (August 30)
BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition (September 5);
yes, it was a one off.
The Jo Cowell Award (September 19); members only this time
Evolve Beyond Violence Nonfiction Essay Award (September 1); USA
Faringdon Online Poetry Competition (September 21); maybe next year
Knaphill Village On-Line Open Poetry Competition (September 30)
Lace & Blade (August 1); USA
Mace & Jones Short Story Competition (August 31); maybe next year
Not a Muse Anthology (September 2); Overseas
Open Poetry International Sonnet Competition (October 31)
Jack Rosenthal Memorial Short Story Competition (August 31); due to ill health of organizer
TLS Poetry Competition (September 12)
No longer running
Fish Publishing: Short Histories; Fish-Knife Competition; Criminally-Short Short Histories; Micro-Fiction Showcase
NB, still running: Fish International Poetry Prize; One Page Story Prize;
Fish International Short Story Prize
info@fishpublishing.com www.fishpublishing.com
The Petra Kenney Memorial Poetry Competition
After 28 years:
SCIENCE FICTION WRITERS OF EARTH
28th ANNUAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION (October 30)
www.flash.net/~sfwoe
Seafield Writing Competition
Too Write; no longer any website
Change of deadline
Raymond Carver Short Story Award (May 31): was March 31
Literal Latte Short Shorts Awards (June 7), now June 30
McLellan Poetry Award 2009 (August 9) now July 31
Make It Or Break It Awards (July 18) now June 8
Penumbra Poetry & Haiku Contest (June 30) now October 1
Sefton Writing Competition (September 3) now October 9
Details not yet finalised
The Verity Bargate Award 2009 (July 6): probably Autumn
www.sohotheatre.com/writers/verity4.htm
Battle of the Bards Poetry Contest (July 15)
and Weekender Challenge (May 19-20)
www.writelink.co.uk
Not running this year
Ashby Arts Festival Song Writing Contest (July 20)
Bournemouth Literary Festival Short Story Competition (July 31)
The British Computer Society Short Story Competition (June 29)
The Joan Dalton Memorial Competition (July 31)
Derwent Writers Open Short Story Competition (June 30)
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival Literary Contest (June 30) – and no website
Havant Literary Festival Open Poetry Competition (July 18)
Manchester Royal Exchange Bruntwood Playwriting Competition (June 13)
Paramount Publishing Short Story Competition (May 31)
Sefton Short Film Festival (June 30)
St Louis Poetry Center’s Best Poem Contest (May 31)
Twyford Writers Short Story Competition (August 30)
No longer running
Lunchhour stories (June 30); publishers have had to close down
www.lunchhourbooks.com
Poetry Writers’ Yearbook Competition (June 30); no longer being published
Start Chapbook Competition (May 26)
2008
Change of deadline
Ashby Writers’ Club
Mary Gornall Memorial Short Story 2008 Competition (October 31): now November 15
www.ashbywritersclub.co.uk
Details not yet finalised
N/A
Not running this year
The Arthur Conan Doyle Prize For New Fiction (November 30): likely to be biennial
www.portsmouthcc.gov.uk/living/10396.html
And may not be running again
N/A
No longer running
The British Computer Society Short Story Competition (June 29); one off: 50th Anniversary
The Bursledon Players One Act Play Competition (September 30) – inundated with good entries….
Camelot Foundation’s 4Front Awards (September 18); foundation closed in March
Marchmont Films Feature Script Scheme (September 30)
Quill-Pen.Net Press (September 30) - Press no longer running either; considering they spelt writes ‘wright’s, perhaps not altogether surprising
David T.K. Wong Short Story Award (September 30) ended in 2007.
Rumour has it…
but we have been unable to verify: no response; nothing on website; no email address etc.
So if any of you have latest details about the following, please advise:
Tonbridge Poetry
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