Contest

We provide a prompt to get you started, but where the story goes from there is entirely up to you.

Open to submissions on any theme, however, we are particularly interested in pieces that challenge us – that redefine the parameters of form, concept and technique

Past winning pieces have reflected upon both social and political structures, human relationships and experiences. They have pushed the boundaries of imagination – providing new possibilities and ideas.

Letter Review believes in the power of literature, and in the importance and magic of new writing.

A wonderful opportunity for emerging writers to demonstrate their ability and secure publication, and an exciting arena in which established writers can showcase new work and build their reputations.

Any and all works which convey information about the real world are welcome, and subjective conclusions are certainly encouraged

£2,000 prize for writers worldwide and stories on any topic up to 250 words
Britain’s biggest flash fiction prize - open to writers worldwide

Show us truth camouflaged by falsehoods, the blurred line between fact and fiction, or the entanglement of half-truths and illusions.

Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners!

Open to women who are not yet published as novelists, to novels of at least 50,000 words in any genre for adult, or young adult readers.

This competition is for unpublished complete short fiction of up to 3,000 words.

Our competition is for unpublished complete short fiction of up to 300 words

Our Annual Literary Prize is back again for 2023, with bigger cash prizes, publication for all shortlisted entries in our annual anthologies, a televised award ceremony, and an inspiring new theme.

A prize of $1,200 and publication in Mudfish is given annually for a single poem.

Winners receive publication, promotion, and a cash prize.

The theme is ‘blue’, but how you interpret and handle that – maybe literally, maybe in one of its varied metaphorical meanings – is entirely up to you.

This year our editors are looking to read your best short narratives, whether they are stories, essays, poems, or hybrid forms.

Fiction and Poetry Writing Competition open to all Canadian authors with $700 in prizes and the chance to work with a professional editor and be published in an annual anthology!

For a short story of up to 5,000 words

This year’s LGBTQ writing contest theme, FIRSTS, is an opportunity to share your own queer travel adventurers with an LGBTQ audience. Your essay just might inspire someone to stretch their comfort zone and try a new activity!