New Writing South
Bridport Prize
Annual international writing competition for poetry and short stories. One of
the top prizes of its kind in terms of both prestige and prize money, it has
been the first step in the careers of many established poets and novelists.
The prize money totals £14,000 with a first prize of £5000 for
both poetry and short stories.
Cardiff International Poetry
Competition 2006
The Academi, the Welsh National Literature Promotion Agency and Society for
Authors, runs the
Competition, and offers
a First Prize of £5000
Cinnamon Press
Short Story Competition
For unpublished fiction writers only.
Chapter
One Promotions International Short Story Competition
Prizes: up to £2,500 plus publication for the top three winners, ten runners
up and five highly recommendedstories
Costa
(formerly the Whitbread) Book
Awards
The Awards has five categories – First Novel, Novel,
Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book. They select one book
from these five as overall Costa
Book of the Year.
Fish
International Short Story Prize
One of the largest international short story competitions. First Prize - €2,500.
Has been running since 1994 They also run poetry, crime, and historical fiction
competitions
Guild of Food
Writers Awards
Numerous awards presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement.
The awards remain the only awards judged entirely by professional food writers,
journalists and editors..
One of the world’s most prestigious awards, now in its thirty-eighth year. The prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
International IMPAC Dublin Literary AwardLargest and most international prize of its kind involving libraries from all corners of the globe, open to books written in any language.
Kraszna-Krausz Book AwardsAwards recognise publications about film, television and photography.
Plough
Poetry Prize
An annual poetry competition run by The Plough Arts Centre in Devon.
Raymond Carver Short Story Award
Write a Story for Children Competition
Twenty Second Annual Competition open to all
amateur writers. Prizes of £2,000 for
the best story submitted.
Writer's Digest sponsors several writing competitions annually.