Lots of news of various kinds about short story competitions, in the UK and beyond
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Open for entries until November 1
The Onyx Winter Prose & Poetry Contest is open for entries. ✍️
Open to all styles, genres, and types of writing. 📖
First Place: $500 (1 award for Prose, 1 award for Poetry). The deadline for entry is November 1, 2026. 🔗
onyxpublications.com/contest…
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Another Saturday, another Sargeson story to share. ✨ This week, @NewsroomNZ brings you the second place winner of the 2026 Sargeson Prize: 'Teal' by Cait Kneller.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/17/se…
Jaime Gill wins the Tom Howard/John Reid Fiction Prize, coming first out of 2000
The biggest honour of my writing career - I’ve won the Tom Howard/John Reid Fiction Prize for my story “Black Sky Blue Earth.” Coming first out of 2000 is mind-blowing. And the prize money buys me a LOT of writing time. I’m so grateful
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winners, special mentions and shortlist
The winners, special mentions, and short list for our July Short Story Competition are announced on the website today.
Thank you to all the brilliant writers who submitted, and congratulations to those featured today on the website.
#WritingCommunity
crankedanvil.co.uk/2026/10/1…
"Suggested fee / donation £5. Top prize £100."
Chawriteable’s Win-Win Writing Competition opens on 15th Dec & closes on 15th Jan 2027. Flash fiction up to 400 words & short stories up to 1,000 words. Suggested fee / donation £5. Top prize £100. Winning stories illustrated & published online. chawriteable.co.uk/competiti…
The prompt is "glimmer"
The @ironcladcreate short story competition is open for entries until 11th December 2026. The prompt is “glimmer”. 6,000 words max. £9.75 entry fee. £100 top prize. Winners and shortlisted writers are published in an anthology. ironcladcreative.org/shortst…
Submit by midnight on Sunday 18th October
There's just one week left to submit to this year's Short Story Prize.
Submit by midnight on Sunday 18th October: thelondonmagazine.submittabl…
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FFF Competition Thirty-Six...
FFF Competition Thirty-Six
100 to 300 words
Judge: Emma Phillips
@words-outwest.bsky.social
1 W £200.00
2 HC £100.00
3 SL £80.00
and publication
£4.95 per entry/story
Read the rules!
#writingcompetitions
#flashfiction
All the info...
freeflashfiction.com/current…
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The quarterly Cranked Anvil Short Story Competition is open until 31 October for stories 501-1,500 words long, any theme or genre.
All the details are here →
crankedanvil.co.uk/shortstor…
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS @CrankedAnvil
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Enter the 2027 Literary Women’s Writing Prize for Short Story
To learn more, click here: writerscentre.com.au/blog/en…
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Here are the winning, highly commended and other shortlisted stories in the 2026 HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition:
#HWADDSS26
#historicalfiction
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New publisher listing for: Hayden's Ferry 40th Anniversary 40-Word Contest @haydensferryrev (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; non-paying) duotrope.com/contest/haydens-ferry-40th-anniversary-40-word-41036 #WritingCommunity
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another distressing article on AI-generated prize-winning fiction.
my theory is that much of new fiction is AI-generated but only the prize-winners are evaluated & exposed. no one much cares about the others who will attract relatively little attention.
so long as there are large cash prizes for literary awards there are likely to be AI-generated manuscripts submitted, as in a lottery.
Exclusive: Another prestigious award has gone to a writer who seems to have used AI as the crisis of trust in the literary world intensifies, @vauhinivara reports: theatlantic.com/books/2026/1…
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Exclusive: Another prestigious award has gone to a writer who seems to have used AI as the crisis of trust in the literary world intensifies, @vauhinivara reports:
theatln.tc/9fOCEM5A
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Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza has been announced as the 2026 Caine Prize winner for his outstanding short story, ‘The Blue Fighter’, published by The Shallow Tales Review in 2025.
Read his short story via the link in our bio.
#CainePrize26
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Read a new short story set in Nigeria and written by Uduak-Abasi Ekong. One day, a mysterious man arrives at a family's door, claiming to be their father returning after long years of absence.
This story won the @BrickLaneBooks Short Story Prize 2026.
buff.ly/8iCEqRg
ALT Painting of Hamlet seeing his Father's ghost. Underneath it says: The Prodigal Father by Uduak-Abasi Ekong.
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Our contest and prize close in just 3 weeks (& fee waivers are available to those in need)!
Learn more at fc2.org/prizes
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The @ElegantLit October #shortstorycompetition is open for entries. The theme this month is “Painted Prison”. Closes 31st October 2026. 2,000 words max. $10 to enter. Top prize is $3,000 + 10c per word and publication. elegantliterature.com/contes…
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Congrats to Caroline Hayward for being a double finalist in the Romance category of the 2027 Short Story Awards!
Her stories "Piecing It Together" and "The Empty Jar" captured the hearts of our judges. Placing twice is truly a great achievement!
#romanceauthor #finalistauthor
