Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year Competition
June 7, 2017Writing contestsName: Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year CompetitionWord Count: 60 linesEntry Fee: £5Prize: £375Eligibility: Writers from any part of the worldClosing Date: June 19, 2017Submission for the 2017...
Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize
May 31, 2017Writing contestsName: Miami Book Fair/de Groot Prize Country: USA Word Count: 17,000-40,000 Entry Fee: $50 Prize: $6,000 Eligibility: Writers from any part of the world. Closing Date: June 30, 2017 Miami...
Rattle Poetry Prize 2017
May 30, 2017Writing contestsName: Rattle Poetry Prize 2017 Country: USA Word Count: None Entry Fee: $20 subscription fee Prize: $10,000 Eligibility: Anyone Closing Date: June 15, 2017 They say writing is not...
The Random Thoughts Submission
May 29, 2017Writing contestsName: The Random Thoughts Submission Country: Nigeria Word Count: 800 Entry Fee: Free Prize: #30,000 Eligibility: Nigerians living in Nigeria Closing Date: June 27, 2017 There...
Inkitt Novel Competition 2017
May 27, 2017Writing contestsName: Inkitt Novel Competition Country: USA Word Count: Varies Entry Fee: Free Prize: $500 and publication Eligibility: Anyone who writes in English language Closing Date: June 24, 2017 Inkitt is...
Winners of O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 Announced
May 25, 2017Writing contestsThe winners of O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 have been announced. The winning list comprises twenty stories from both emerging and established writer. Selections had been drawn from the pool of...
The 2017 Caine Prize for African Writing Shortlist Announced
May 24, 2017Writing contestsThe Caine Prize for African Writing has announced its shortlist for 2017 contest. This year’s shortlist comes with admiration and wonder as a 22 year old is shortlisted for the prize – that is...
Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2017 Regional Winners Announced
May 23, 2017Writing contestsSubmission for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2017 was phenomenal. There were over 6,000 entries from 52 commonwealth nations. And from this bulk of submissions, commonwealth Short...
Pitch to Jacana Media
May 16, 2017Writing contestsName: Pitch to Jacana MediaCountry: South AfricaWord count: book lengthEntry fee: FreePrize: Royalty for publicationEligibility: Writers all over the worldClosing Date: July 14, 2017 A lot of...
Black Letter Media Short Story Competition
May 15, 2017Writing contestsName: Black Letter Media Short Story CompetitionCountry: South AfricaWord count: 2000-6000 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: Winner — R5000, 2nd runner-up — R1500, 3rd runner-up R500Eligibility: Writers...
The Okike Prize for Literature
May 10, 2017Writing contestsName: The Okike Prize for LiteratureCountry: NigeriaWord count: 1500 words (max for prose), 1000 words (max for poetry), 3000 words (max for drama)Entry fee: FreePrize: #50,000 for each...
Brittle Paper’s African Literature Writing Contest
July 8, 2016Writing contestsName: African Literature Writing ContestWord count: 300 – 350 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: $100Eligibility: Africans and non-AfricansOrganizer: Brittle PaperClosing Date: 15 July 2016 To...
Mash Stories Competition 2016
June 30, 2016Writing contestsName: Mash Stories Competition 2016Word count: 500 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: $100Eligibility: Any nationalityClosing Date: 15 July 2016 Do you have what it takes to make a story from random...
The Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
June 27, 2016Writing contestsName: The Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary ExcellenceCountry: USAWord count: full-length fiction novelEntry fee: freePrize: $10, 000Eligibility: African-AmericanClosing Date: August 15The...
Casa África Flash Fiction Competition
June 25, 2016Writing contestsName: Casa África Flash Fiction CompetitionCountry: SpainWord count: 250 wordsEntry fee: Free Prize: €500Eligibility: Any nationalityClosing Date: 1 July 2016 Casa África wants stories that will...
The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition
June 24, 2016Writing contestsName: The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story CompetitionCountry: IrelandWord count: 3000Entry fee: €15 per storyPrize: €2,000, €500 and €120 publication fee for four shortlisted stories.Eligibility: Any...
The RL Poetry Award 2016
June 23, 2016Writing contestsName: The RL Poetry Award 2016 Country: India Word count: 8 – 10 poems Entry fee: Free Prize: Publication Eligibility: Any nationality Closing Date: 15 August, 2016 Rules: You can submit...