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Creative Calendar
From the annual North London Literary Festival, to Writers in Discussion (our regular online series), to writing competitions, to our Creative Writing Masterclasses, there’s plenty to get your teeth into. Start chewing here!
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Date: Rolling, monthly
Audience: All welcome
The famous Stylist magazine is looking for 1000-word short stories in any genre, on an ongoing basis, and they pay a healthy amount!
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Date: Rolling
The VP welcomes the submission of stories and articles (1.5K-6K words) in the genres of SFF, horror and spec fic.
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Audience: all welcome
Globe Soup invites you to sign up to receive free writing challenges in a range of genres... and there are prizes to win.
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Audience: all welcome
The UK's biggest creative writing competition opens for submissions of flash fiction, stories, poetry and novels in November!
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Audience: all welcome
Our annual North London Literary Festival, with guest speakers, agents, authors, publishers and more! This year's theme: The Future of Storytelling!
Audience: all welcome
The Felicity Bryan Literary Agency is looking for three writers from under-represented groups. Send 8-10K words of a novel and a synopsis
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Audience: all welcome
Send 15-20K words of your novel and a synopsis. You could win a book deal and £10K
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Audience: all welcome
16-18 June 2023
This publisher of SFF and spec fic will be accepting novels during a short window.
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Audience: all welcome
Write 1200 words in any format or genre on the theme of 'Is it a crime to be poor?', to win prizes.
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Audience: all welcome
Propose a creative writing project to win funding via Cambridge University.
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Audience: all welcome
Hachette Children's Group is welcoming unpublished BAME writers to submit 500-700 words, to win £2500 and the chance to be published.
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Audience: all welcome
Win a nine-month writing apprenticeship with major organisations by submitting a short story.
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Audience: all welcome
ree entry if you're on low income. Send a short story to win prizes, publication and representation.
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Audience: all welcome
end in a poem for their Wonky Animals publication, to win a small prize and copies.
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Audience: all welcome
This publisher is accepting literary fiction during April.
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Audience: all welcome
Send up to 2000 words (inspired by Ursula Le Guin) to Silver Press to win £1K.
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