Archive: updates

Want to know what is happening with your favourite contests? The answer may be here, somewhere…

July

Annual Contest of the Florence Poets Society (July 15) brought forward to April 15

June

Frogmore Poetry Prize (June 30), brought forward to May 31

# Ledbury Poetry Festival Competitions (June 21), brought forward to May 1

May

The British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition (May 30) now August 31

Northampton Literature Groups’ Open Poetry Competition (May 12) now May 31

Templar Poetry Pamphlet & Collection Competition (May 5) brought forward to April 30

Words Short Story Competition (May 31) now June 30

April

The Alexander Cordell Literature Competition (April 30), now May 31

The CWA Debut Dagger (April 29) brought forward to February 15

The Daily Telegraph and Bayer Science Writer Awards 2008 (April 30) brought forward to March 31

March

Apprenticeships in Fiction; (March 20) now March 31

Blue Butterfly Poetry Competition (March 30), now May 30th

Diagram 5th Innovative Fiction Contest (March 26) brought forward to March 15

Listowel Writers Week (March 2) brought forward to February 29

February

Charnwood Arts miniWORDS Competition (February 16), now May 31

Words by the Water/Mirehouse Poetry Prize (February 23), brought forward to February 15

January

2008 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition (January 22), to February 17

The Northern Rock Foundation Writer’s Award (January 5) – catchy title or what; hardly surprising, it’s now known as the Northern Writers’ Award, with a new deadline of February 1. NB, for writers in the Northern Arts area only. www.newwritingnorth.com

Scottish Community Drama Association (SCDA; January 31): closing date, end of January 2009

Details not yet finalised

Church Poster of the Year Competition (May 31)
posters@congregational.co.uk press@cgins.co.uk
www.congregational.co.uk/posters.html

A Gift of Words (May 31): website closing down March 2008 but may be back online in the summer
PoetsLane@comcast.net www.poetslane.com

Protect the Human Playwriting Competition (May 14)
protectthehuman@iceandfire.co.uk info@iceandfire.co.uk
www.iceandfire.co.uk/protectthehuman

Not running this year

Blinking Eye Publishing Competitions for over 50s (August 7); may be running again in 2009

Bournemouth Literary Festival Short Story Competition (July 31)

Dark Tales Short Story Competition (May 31)

The Litfest Poetry Competition (August 1) is still on hold

The Helen Mullin Award (June 30)

New Writing Ventures (May 31)

Poetry Can Poetry Competition (June 30); maybe in 2009

Rise Londonwide Youth Slam Championship (April 6) maybe next year

Write Right Now Churchill Theatre Annual Play-writing Competition ; replaced by Metamorphosis 08 project; entries now closed.

And may not be running again

Start Chapbook Competition (May 26) ; did not run in 2007 or 2008

Larry Turner Award for Non-Fiction (April 30): all Valley Writers’ Guild competitions suspended

No longer running

January

The 1913 Prize (January 13)
and The 1913 Rozanova Prize (March 13)
http://journal1913.org/prizes.html

The Trollope Society Short Story Prize (January 15) and
The Browning Society Poetry Prize for 9-19 year olds (March 15)

July
The Belmont Poetry Prize

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:

Kings Lynn Writers Circle; Poetry Showcase