The Hope Prize is open for entries. 📖 Open to writers aged 18+ from anywhere in the world. A maximum of 5,000 words (no minimum). Must be fiction or narrative nonfiction.  First place: $10,000 AUD. Deadline: 31st October, 2026. 🔗 thehopeprize.subfolios.com/s…

The 2026 Nature Writing Prize is open for entries. 🌳 Theme 'Writing of Place' set in an Australian landscape. ✍️ Major Prize: $8,000 and the winning essay published in Jan/Feb 2027 issue of Australian Book Review. Deadline: 23 September, 2026.🔗 natureaustralia.org.au/get-i…

The 2026 Six-Word Wonder Writing Contest is now open for entries. Open to worldwide entries from writers aged 16+. Stories must be 6 words. WIN $100 cash and shortlisted stories published in the next book. 🏆 Deadline: 30 September 2026. 🔗 dougweller.net/contest/

The 500 Flash Novel Opening & Synopsis Competition is open for entries. Submit your novel opening and a synopsis. 📚 First place: £500. Second place: £200 🏆 Deadline: 31st October 2026. 🔗 flash500.com/novels/

The Pearl Literary Prize International 2027 is open for entries. 📖 Up to 2000 words, any form of writing. The theme is ‘THE MYSTERY OUT THERE'. 🔎 Win $2000 AUD and more. 🔗 osborneandfawknerpublishingh…

ImPress Writing Competition 2026: Open to South Australian residents. Categories from Years 3-11. Theme: write a story about a time when harmony is threatened. ✍️ Win memberships, subscriptions and book prizes. 🏅 Deadline: 12th October, 2026. 🔗 ouaf.immanuel.sa.edu.au/writ…

The Cranked Anvil Short Story Competition is open for entries. ✍️ Open to international entries, with a first prize of £100, publication online and more. 🌟 Full details on their website: crankedanvil.co.uk/shortstor…

The Aesthetica Magazine Creative Writing Award Entry for Poetry is open. ✒️ £2,500 for the Poetry Winner plus publication, subscriptions and more.  Please visit their website for more information. 🔗 aestheticamagazine.com/creat…

The HG Wells Short Story Competition is open for entries. ✍️ Theme: ‘The Cheat’. Prizes: win up to £1,000 and publication in the competition anthology. 🌟 Deadline: 7 July 2026 at 11 pm BST Full details on their website below. 🔗 hgwellscompetition.com/

📖 The Fiction Factory Short Story Competition 2026 is open for entries ✍️ Submit a short story (up to 3,000 words) for a chance to win £500 🌟 ⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2026 Full details on their website! 🔗 fiction-factory.biz/short-st…

The Apollo Bay Wordfest Short Story Competition is open for entries. 📖 Submit a short story on the theme ‘What it means to be human’. 🌟 Open to emerging writers living in Victoria, Australia Deadline is 19 June 2026. Full details below. 🔗 apollobaywordfest.com/shorts…

The Hunter Writers Centre’s ‘Grieve’ Writing Competition is open for entries. 📖 Submit prose, poetry, artwork, video or audio. The deadline is Sunday 26 April, 8pm AEST. Full details on their website below. 🔗 hunterwriterscentre.org/grie…

The Purorrelato 2026 Micro-story Competition is open for entries. 📖 Submit a micro-story (max 1,500 characters) related to Africa for a chance to win up to €750. 🪶 The deadline for entry is 16th April 2026 Full details on their website below. 🔗 casafrica.es/en/event/purorr…

The E M Fletcher Writing Competition 2026 is open for entries. 📖 Submit a short story (1,500–2,000 words) on a family history or genealogy theme for a chance to win up to AU$1,000. 🌟 Deadline: 15 July 2026 Full details on their website below. 🔗 familyhistoryact.org.au/writ…

The Eastwood-Hills FAW Literary Competition 2026 is open for entries. 📖 Submit your writing (flash fiction, poetry, memoir, or short story) for a chance to win up to $150. 🌟 Deadline: 15th May 2026 Full details on their website below. 🔗 fawnsw.org.au/eastwood-hills…

Happy Easter from The Writing Quarter 🐣🌸 We hope the Easter period brings you rest, relaxation, and maybe a little autumn writing inspiration too ✍️🌼 We’ll be back on Tuesday as usual. See you then!

Bardsy's Spring 2026 First Chapter Anthology Contest is open for entries. 📖 Enter by 4th May for the chance to win up to $1,000 and publication. Full details on their website. 🔗 bardsy.com/contest

The IndigoTeen Magazine is open for submissions. ✍️
 Open to creatives between 13 and 19 years old. Accepting short stories, essays, novellas, memes, anecdotes, comics, poetry, graphic design and artwork. 📖 Full details on their website. 🔗 indigoteen.org/

The 2026 Peter Cowan 600 Word Short Story Competition is open for entries on 11th March. ✍️ There are 4 categories: Open, Novice, Seniors and Youth. Tell your story in 600 words or fewer for the chance to win up to $200. Full details on their website. pcwc.org.au/competitions

Put your storytelling skills to the test with AWC’s Furious Fiction Challenge. ✍️ The next challenge goes live on Friday, 6th March. In 55 hours, write a story in 500 words or fewer. Full details on their website. 🔗 writerscentre.com.au/furious…