In the days, when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 years old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him.
“How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked.
The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2020
Deadline
31st March 2020
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone over the age of 16.
Description
The contest is organised by The Caterpillar, a magazine of poems and stories and art for grown-ups.
The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize 2020
Deadline
1 April 2020
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone aged 18 and above.
Description
The competition is organised by the Alpine Fellowship, a charity project with the broad aim of ‘promoting culture and the arts’.
The Bath Novel Award 2020
Deadline
31 May 2020
Who may enter
The Bath Novel Award 2020 is a prize for unpublished, self-published and independently published writers worldwide.
Bend But Don’t Break
One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting idly on the bank. There I would enjoy the peace and quiet, watch the water rush downstream,
The Yeovil Literary Prize Year 2020
Deadline
31 May 2020
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone over the age of 16.
Description
The competition is organised by the Yeovil Community Arts Association.
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2020
Deadline
31st August 2020
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone.
Description
The competition is organised by the Aesthetica Magazine.
Three Old Men Wealth Success and Love
A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry”. Please come in and have something to eat.”
A Mother’s Love No Charge for Everything
A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on.
28th annual Tom Howard-John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2020
Deadline
30 April 2020
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone. Writers of all ages may enter.
Descripion
The contest is organised by Winning Writers.
An Incident Inspired To Build Standford University
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard’s outer office.
A Glass of Milk for a Poor Boy
One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house.