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| Category: | Poetry |
| Closes: | 24th January 2025 |
| Fees: | $0 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | $1,000 for first place. |
| Details: | For a poem by a US writer that best evokes a connection to a place. |
| Country: | United States |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Closes: | 26th January 2025 |
| Fees: | $35 for one entry. AU$28 or US$18 with early bird discount. |
| Prizes: | $1,500 for first place. Total prize pool of AU$4,000, trophy and publication. |
| Details: | Open to writers worldwide. Challenges writers to break the writing rules while still telling a compelling 500-word story. Compete for a share of AU$4,000 in cash prizes and the coveted trophy. Winners receive a publishing contract for the annual print anthology and are read aloud on the Podcast, where the judges share detailed insights into the competition and judging process. |
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| Country: | Australia |
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| Category: | Poetry |
| Closes: | 26th January 2025 |
| Fees: | £3.50 for one entry. £8 for three; £10 for five. |
| Prizes: | £220 for first place. £60 for second place. |
| Details: | For poems of any theme or subject. No style or length restrictions. |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
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| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 26th January 2025 |
| Fees: | 10 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | 500 for first place. Alternatively, EUR1,000 off a writing retreat. |
| Details: | For creative nonfiction up to 500 words on the theme: Endings. Your story can be in the form of memoir, profile, literary journalism, personal essay, travel (and remember, award-winning travel articles don't have to be about exotic destinations, it could be about your own hometown), food or any creative nonfiction category you prefer. |
| Country: | Ireland |
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| Category: | Fiction |
| Closes: | 26th January 2025 |
| Fees: | 10 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | 500 for first place. Alternatively, EUR1,000 off a writing retreat. |
| Details: | For flash fiction up to 500 words on the theme: Endings. |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Website: | Click here to view website address |
| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 27th January 2025 |
| Fees: | £0 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | $100,000 for first place. |
| Details: | Submit a summary response up to 3,000 words to the question: Is Data Failing Us? Also include outline structure of the book you plan to write and a justification statement of your ability to complete the book. |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
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| Category: | Fiction |
| Closes: | 27th January 2025 |
| Fees: | £0 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | £3,000 for first place. |
| Details: | For political fiction published between June 1, 2024, and May 31, 2025, addressing political, social, cultural, moral and historical subjects. Can include novels, short story collections, novels for children and young adults and graphic novels. Must be submitted by publisher. |
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| Country: | United Kingdom |
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| Category: | Nonfiction |
| Closes: | 27th January 2025 |
| Fees: | £0 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | £3,000 for first place. |
| Details: | For political writing first published between 1st June 2024 and 31st May 2025 by a recognised publisher or imprint based in the UK or Ireland. |
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| Country: | United Kingdom |
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| Category: | Poetry |
| Closes: | 28th January 2025 |
| Fees: | 5 for one entry. |
| Prizes: | 750 for first place. EUR500; EUR250. |
| Details: | For poems up to 50 lines including all five words listed on the website. |
| Country: | Ireland |
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| Category: | Fiction |
| Closes: | 30th January 2025 |
| Fees: | $25 for one entry. $15 for members. |
| Prizes: | $1,000 for first place. Also magazine publication. |
| Details: | For short stories or self-contained novel excerpts up to 3,000 words. |
| Country: | United States |
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