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Writing Competitions for 2024

Why enter competitions? 

It helps you get seen and gives you a headstart in building a writing portfolio.

What does it mean to build a writing portfolio? 

You might be familiar with this term if you have queried. Often, a publishing house will ask for an example of your portfolio or a ‘writing CV’. So, if you’re writing your debut novel…how do you build a writing portfolio?

Answer: By writing short stories, articles, and poetry and submitting them to anthologies, reviews, competitions, and opportunities. This shows that you are already putting yourself out there and connecting with a readership. This makes you more marketable!

February 

Writers’ & Artists’ Short Story Competition 2024

Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize

March

The L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest – Quarterly deadlines throughout the year

Micropoetry competition 2024: 200 years of creativity 

April

First Pages Prize

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest.

May

The Bath Novel Award 

The Yeovil Literary Prize 

The Bridport Prize 

June

Welsh Poetry Competition 

Short Story Competition – Anthology

July

The Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction 

V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize

Manchester Fiction Prize

August

The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction
 
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 

Aurora Prize for Writing 2024

September

The Lit Paul Cave Prize for Literature

Mslexia Novel Competition

October

Letter Review Prize for Unpublished Books

The Book Edit Writers’ Prize

Marlow and Christie Unpublished Novel Prize


November

Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize 

Leiby Chapbook Contest

Fabuly Writer’s Challenge

December

Daisy Pettles Writing Contest for Women 

Reader Views Literary Awards 

 

Do you want to talk about what you can enter or what to write? Get in touch today! 

Note: It is up to the entering author to check any and all competitions before they enter, and to read the terms and conditions.