If you enjoy writing, why not try your hand entering a competition or two? It’s a great way to focus your mind and give you something to aim for. Here’s a few coming up in the first months of 2017.
| Exeter Novel Prize |
January 1st, 2017 | £500 Trophy |
£18 | 10,000 |
| Fresher Writing Prize |
January 5th, 2017 | Depends on category | £6 | Varies |
| The Henshaw Competition |
January 10th, 2017 | 1st £100 2nd £50 3rd £25 |
£5 | 2.000 |
| Doolin Writers’ Weekend Competition |
January 13th, 2017 | €1000 | $14 | 3,000 |
| Mogford Short Story Prize |
January 15th, 2017 | £10,000 | £10 | 2,500 |
| National Memory Day Creative Writing Competition |
January 20th, 2017 | £2,000-£4,000 | $3 | 1,500 |
| Bath Novella-in-Flash Award |
January 31st, 2017 | 1st £300 2nd £100 3rd £100 Publication |
£16 | 18,000 |
| Cúirt New Writing Prize |
January 31st, 2017 | €100 | €10 | 2,000 |
| Mercier Press Fiction Competition |
February 1st, 2017 | €1000 | Free | 12,000 |
| National Flash Fiction Youth Competition |
February 10th, 2017 | 1st £100 2nd £75 3rd £50 |
Free | 360 |
| Bath Flash Fiction Award |
February 12th, 2017 | 1st £1,000 2nd £300 3rd £100 |
£9 | 300 |
| Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook Short Story Competition |
February 13th, 2017 | Residential writing course | Free | 2,000 |
| Book a Break Short Story Competition |
February 19th, 2017 | Holiday in Provence! | Free | 2,000 |
| Readers’ Digest 100 Words Competition |
February 20th, 2017 | 1st £2,000 2nd £200 3rd £200 |
Free | exactly 100 |
| Past-Year Memoir Contest |
February 20th, 2017 | Free writing class | Free | 16 |
| Chiplitfest Short Story Competition |
February 20th, 2017 | 1st £500 2nd £100 3rd £50 |
£8 | 5,000 |
| Young Writers Short Story Competition |
February 28th, 2017 | £150 | Free | 3,500 |
| Reflex Fiction Flash Fiction Competition |
February 28th, 2017 | 1st £100 2nd £50 3rd £25 |
Free | 360 (180 minimum) |
| Exeter Writers Short Story Competition |
February 28th, 2017 | 1st £500 2nd £250 3rd £100 |
£6 | 3,000 |
| Wundor Short Fiction Contest |
February 28th, 2017 | £500 | £10 | 5,000 – 45,000 |
| Flash 500 Short Story Competition |
February 28th, 2017 | 1st £500 2nd £200 3rd £100 |
£7 | 3,000 |
| Fish Flash Fiction Competition |
February 28th, 2017 | €1,000 | €14 | 300 |
| Kelpies Prize |
February 28th, 2017 | £2,000 Publication |
Free | 30,000-70,000 |
| Jane Austen ‘A Life in Hampshire’ |
February 28th, 2017 | £1000 | £5 | < 2017 |
| 1000 Word Challenge | February 28th, 2017 | £100 | £5 | 1,000 |
| Nature & Place Poetry Competition |
March 1st, 2017 | 1st £1000 2nd £500 |
£6 | ? |
| Nature & Place Poetry Competition |
March 1st, 2017 | 1st £1000 2nd £500 |
£6 | ? |
| Wicked Young Writer Awards | March 13th, 2017 | Publication Book vouchers Writing internship |
Free | 750 |
| Limnisa Short Story Competition | March 15th, 2017 | All Inclusive Writers’ Retreat |
Free | 3,000 |
| Rubery Book Award |
March 17th, 2017 | £1,500 | £35 | Manuscript |
| Mslexia Women’s Short Fiction Competition |
March 17th, 2017 | £2,000 | £10 | 3,000 |
| Scottish Arts Club Short Story Competition |
March 31st, 2017 | £800 | £10 | 1,500 |
| Fish Poetry Contest |
March 31st, 2017 | €1,000 | €14 | 300 |
| Short Fiction Prize |
March 31st, 2017 | £500 Publication |
£7 | 5,000 |
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