Competitions

Here you can browse through not only our own competitions, but writing competitions featured in the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook. All competitions uploaded to the Writing Calendar will also feature here.

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W&A Competitions

Christmas Giveaway 2023
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Win our entire Christmas book bundle!
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Writers' & Artists' Short Story Competition 2024
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Enter our annual free short story competition to win a place on one of Arvon's residential writing courses.
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W&A Working-Class Writers' Prize 2023
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Are you a writer who identifies as working-class? Looking for an opportunity to get your writing out there? Are you getting ready to take that next step on the path to publication?
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WAYB Competitions

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Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour
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Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
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The Queen's Knickers Award
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Writing Calendar Competitions

Artist Link- Up - Poetry Slam
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Artist Link-Up are hosting a weekly POETRY SLAM
 
 Weekly prize- £10 gift card- Reading Railway Pub bar + entry to 2024 competition 
 
 EVERY THURSDAY 
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The People's Friend Writing Bursary
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UK's biggest prize for unpublished authors, with a £10k top prize. Deadline Feb 5.
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Northern Life Magazine Short Story Competition
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The winning short story will be published in Northern Life magazine.
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