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Crowvus Christmas Ghost Story Competition, Manchester Fiction Prize, Mslexia 2023 Fiction Competitions, New Voices First Novel Competition, New Voices First Novel Competition 2023, The Ovacome Writing Competition, V S Pritchett Short Story Prize
Time to apply yourself before the autumn is upon us – perhaps by entering one of the following competitions?
The Manchester Fiction Prize is awarded for a short story up to 2,500 words The winner will receive £10,000. Entry fee is £18 per story. Deadline: 1 September. Details: http://www.mmu.ac.uk/writingcompetition
V S Pritchett Short Story Prize for stories between 2,000-4,000 words. The winner will receive £1,000 and have their story published in Prospect Magazine and the RSL Review. Entry fee is £7.50 Deadline 1 September. Details: https://rsliterature.org
Mslexia 2023 Fiction Competitions invite entries from women writers for the following fiction prizes. Novel: the first prize is £5,000 for the first 5,000 words of a novel for adult or young adult readers. Short fiction, up to 3,000 words has a winning prize of £3,00 and three finalists will receive £100. Flash Fiction of no more than 300 words has a winning prize of £500, with three runners’ up receiving £50. Closing date for all categories: 18 September. Details: mslexia.co.uk
The Ovacome Writing Competition 2023. Short stories up to 1,500 words on the theme ‘Between’. There is a first prize of £250, with a runner-up prize of £50 Waterstones book voucher. Entry fee: £8. Deadline: 15 September. Details: https://www.ovacome.org.uk
Crowvus Christmas Ghost Story Competition 2023 is an annual competition for supernatural stories up to 4,000 words. Prizes: £100, £75 and £50, together with publication. Each author may enter up to two stories. Entry: £3 for one, £5 for two. Closing date: 30 September. Details: http://www.crowvus.com/competition
New Voices First Novel Competition 2023. Win a Start-Up mentoring package worth £750 which is aimed at writers who have completed at least 50 pages of a manuscript. Submit the first page plus a one-page synopsis. Entry fee: £10. Closing date 14 September. Details: http://adventuresinfiction.co.uk/new-voices-competition/
Hammond House (UK) 2023 International Literary Prize for short stories, 1,000-5000 words,poems up to 40 lines and scripts, up to 10 pages on the theme of FATE. Entry: £10 Prizes: short stories, £1,000, £100, £50; poems, £500, £50, £20; scripts £250. Deadline 30 September. Details: http://www.hammondhouse.org.uk
As ever, please check entry details in case of changes. Someone has to win, why not you!