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Spring is on its way. There are grape hyacinths in our garden and a few daffodils with fattening buds. Surely this is the best time to put pen to paper – or finger to keyboard – and create the beginning of a play or novel, or to enter a writing competition…
Farnham Flash Fiction Competition for original flash fiction up to 500 words. Prizes: £100 and £25, plus a £25 prize for an entry involving Farnham. Entry fee: £5 Closing date: 1 February. Details: http://www.flashfiction500.com
Bath Flash Fiction Award is a thrice-yearly competition for flash fiction up to 300 words. Prizes: £1,000. Entry fee: £7.50. Closing date: 4 February. Details: bathflashfictionaward.com
Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize for the first 40-50 pages of a finished but unpublished novel by a woman writer. Prizes: £1,500 and feedback. Entry fee: £12. Closing date: 9 February. Details: http://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk
Writers’ and Artists’ Short Story Competition for stories up to 2,000 words on the theme of ‘risk’. Prizes: Arvon Residential Writing Week (worth £850). Entry fee: FREE. Closing date: 12 February. Details: http://www.writersandartists.co.uk
Spotlight First Novel Competition for a one-page synopsis plus first page of an unpublished novel. Prizes: professional input worth up to £1,9,50. Entry fee: £16. Closing date: 14 February. Details: adventuresinfiction.co.uk
Edinburgh Short Story Award for up to 2,000 words. Prizes: £3,750. Entry fee: FREE. Closing date: 29 February. Details: http://www.storyawards.org
Fish Flash Fiction Contest for up to 300 words. Prizes: 1,600 Euros. Entry fee: 14 Euros. Closing date: 28 February. Details: fishpublishing.com
Exeter Writers Short Story Competition, stories in any genre, but not children’s, up to 3,000 words. Prizes: £700. Entry fee: £7. Closing Date: 29 February. Details: http://www.exeterwriters.org.uk
UK Film Festival Script Writing Competitions. 3-minute scripts, 10-minute scripts, feature film scripts. Prizes: possible production, publicity and marketing. Entry fee: see website. Closing date: 29 February. Details: http://www.ukfilmfestival.com
Fiction Factory Chapter Novel Competition for your first chapter and synopsis. Prizes: £500 and appraisal. Entry fee: £18. Closing date: 29 February. Details: fiction-factory.biz
Flash 500 Short Story Competition for stories up to 3,000 words. Prizes: £500, £200, £100. Entry fee: £7, £12 for two, £16 for three, £20 for four. Closing date: 29 February. Details: http://www.flash500.com
Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger Award for a crime novel. Submit the first 3,000 words plus synopsis up to 1,000 words. Prizes: £500. Entry fee: £42. Closing date: 29 February. Details: http://www.thecwa.co.uk
Lots of opportunities here for you to get your writing efforts noticed by people in the business and walk off with a monetary prize. As ever, do please double-check details before entering anything.
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