The Roswell Award Short Science Fiction Story Competition
No entry fee, International online Contest
Submissions open 15 September 2020
Submissions close 15 December 2020
Age limit: 16 years or above
Competitions
Our most used and benefited section for our readers, 100% online writing competitions. The competitions are covering most of the literature works, i.e. plays, short story, poetry, novels, short fiction, novellas, essays, etc. The competitions can be with entry fees or without entry fees.
The Caine Prize for African Writing 2021
Deadline
31 January 2021
Who may enter
The Prize is open to African writers. ‘An African writer’ is taken to mean someone who was born in Africa, or who is a national of an African country, or who has a parent who is African by birth or nationality.
The New Media Writing Prize 2020
Deadline
Entries must be received by Friday November 27th 2020 or if a Student entry, by Friday 18th December 2020.
Who may enter
The competition is open to anyone.
The competition is free to enter.
2021 St. Martin’s Minotaur/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
Deadline
1 January 2021
Who may enter
The competition is open to any writer, regardless of nationality, aged 18 or older, who has never been the author of any published novel.
The Ginkgo Prize for Ecopoetry 2020
Deadline – 31st October 2020
The competition is open to anyone.
Applicants may submit as many poems as they like: first submission will cost £7 then it will cost £4 for each additional poem.
Prizes:
• 1st prize: £5,000
• 2nd prize: £2,000
• 3rd prize: £1,000
The Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2021
Submissions open:
15 August 2020
Submissions close:
1 April 2021
Who may enter
Thew competition is open to anyone. There is no age limit.
All countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, and Crimea (due to US government restrictions).