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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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Date: monthly
Every month, the Scottish Book Trust runs a 50-word flash fiction competition, to win small prizes and publication.
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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
Win a nine-month writing apprenticeship with major organisations by submitting a short story.
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Audience: all welcome
Write an essay of up to 3.5K words, to win a small cash prize and publication.
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Audience: all welcome
Write a climate fiction short story of 3-5K words to win up to $3K.
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Audience: all welcome
This publisher is accepting poetry collections for publication.
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Audience: all welcome
The Heritage of London Trust wants poems about London sites, and is offering a £10K grant and mentorship.
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Audience: all welcome
The publisher Faber is looking for art or up to 5K words from BAME individual, in return for £1500 and mentorship.
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Audience: all welcome
This magazine initiative is looking for short pitches (for articles, reviews, etc) concerning experimentation and innovation with regard to the moving image (TV, film, etc), in return for £750 and publication.
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Audience: all welcome
This prize-winning UK publisher is looking for short stories, poetry, novellas and novels with a social message - in return for publication and royalties.
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Audience: all welcome
This publisher is looking for food-related essays and stories (2K words) in return for a flat fee.
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