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You've a month to get entries in to The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. On the theme of "Joy". 1,250 words max. £10 entry. £3,000 top prize plus two £1,000 runners-up. Includes 'non fiction and non-academic essays'.
alpinefellowship.com/writing…
Stay or leave, but either way, SoA members ought to know this about them. By @KateClanchy1. kateclanchy.substack.com/p/t…
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The SoA joined in the bullying and lied to her when she asked for legal advice.
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Great in-depth interview in the @Telegraph with the very talented @RooneyRachel about how a few vile bullies in the publishing industry ended her career. This should have been stopped but those who could have helped turned a blind eye.
Archive version here: archive.ph/WpGhY
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The @MTP_Agency short story competition is open until 1st June 2026. They accept short stories and non-fiction (biography, memoir, true story). 3,000 words max. £9 to enter. £1,000 top prize. Winners published in an anthology in print and eBook formats. mtp.agency/competition
One month to enter the Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize. 500–10,000 words. $1,000 top prize. Entry fee is steep: $23. "We welcome all work painted with creative nonfiction’s broad brush."
northamericanreview.org/terr…
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The £3,000 Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism: last call for entries.
Ahead of the closing date on 28 February, @TimAdamsWrites, New Review editor, recalls a writer’s doomed vocation. Here’s how to enter the annual prize.
bit.ly/3MJ0dJi
Edinburgh Essay Prize 2026 is open until 10th March 2026. 2,000 words; all subjects. £10 entry. Prizes: £1,000 / £500 / £250.
scottishartstrust.org/essay
I left the SoA, because I no longer wanted to be a part of an organisation that treated authors like this. They may have scuttled off X, but the behaviour of its senior members should not be forgotten. By @KateClanchy1
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The @AustBookReview Calibre Essay Prize has a prize pot of A$10,000. 2,000–5,000 words on any subject, and open to all essayists. Deadline: 3rd February.
australianbookreview.com.au/…
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Looking to self-publish in 2026? Still places available on the next two webinars in my successful self-publishing series
writers-online.co.uk/webinar…
A week left to get entry forms in to the @GuildFoodWriter Newcomer Award 2026!
You'll need a piece of up to 1,500 words. Details: gfw.co.uk/2025/calling-all-a…
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SiP was delighted to have @RooneyRachel answer our questions and explain the importance to her of her new book, Granny's Flag. seeninpublishing.substack.co…
The Observer Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism is open until 28th February. Max 800 words. Open to those with no or little journalism track record. Review of a 2025 release, publication, performance or exhibition. Top prize £3,000.
anthonyburgess.org/observera…
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We are pleased to announce that the Wincott awards 2025 are now open for submissions.
Our annual awards recognise the very best financial, economic and business journalism. Awards are for work completed in 2025. Instructions linked below:
wincott.co.uk/wincott-awards…
This is a vital read for budding (or even experienced) non-fiction authors. Is it still enough to be a damned good writer, or do you now also need to be a social media performer? #nonfiction
If you’re a non-fiction writer who is currently struggling to get published, this post is for you ❤️
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Entries close 31st January 2026. #writingcompetition
Our Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019)
The Nature Chronicles Prize is also a memorial to Prudence Scott, a lifelong nature diarist who died in 2019. Her Trust is the Prize’s sponsor.
naturechroniclesprize.com
ALT The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019).
ALT The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019). Prudence Mary Milligan was born in 1926 to a naval family. She was given a Quaker education and then trained as a nurse. In 1952 she married and in 1961 moved to the Lake District where she brought up her four children, mostly as a single parent. It was a quiet, contained sort of existence, which immersed her children in nature: hedgehogs, Fell ponies, curlews. She was a great reader, and sometimes painted and sometimes wrote poetry – but always she kept up with her journals.
ALT The Nature Chronicles Prize Sponsor, Prudence Scott (1926–2019). She died in London on 1 September 2019, aged 93. I count the days happiest when I have ridden a horse, baked a cake, bathed the children, written for an hour or two, and read before sleeping. (July 1964).
Two weeks to get your entries into the Tacchi-Morris Centre's The Page is Printed Prize.
"Write in any genre: prose, poetry, script, a confession, a love letter, a list… be bold, be imaginative, but contain your entry to just one side of A4"
tacchi-morris.com/the-page-i…
