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2025 Penguin Literary Prize: $20,000 for an unpublished manuscript + the opportunity to publish with PRH AU. Closes 16 December 2024. Enter here.
Bristol Short Story Prize now open. Entries of up to 4,000 words from any genre and from published and unpublished authors alike. Enter by Friday 31 January, 2025 for the chance to win £1,000 and publication in the Bristol Short Story anthology. All shortlisted entries will receive £50, be published in our print anthology, and receive a free copy. 1st Prize: £1000; 2nd Prize: £500; 3rd Prize: £250. Enter here.
Williamstown Literary Festival Writing Competitions: The Adas Writing Awards – The Young Adas Short Story Prize; The Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize; The Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize; and The Jennifer Burbidge Short Story Award, for writing that involves the theme of disability in an Australian setting. The closing date for the Biographical Prose, Poetry, and Burbidge prizes is March 7, 2025. The Young Adas competition closes on March 21, 2025. Enter here.
Anthology Short Story Competition: For original, unpublished short stories, written in English with a maximum of 1,500 words. First prize: The winner will receive €1,000 and the winning story will be published in a future issue of Anthology. Second: €250; Third: €150. Enter here. Closes 31 July, 2025.
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