Leilanie Stewart’s round-up of FREE writing competitions – update 1

Hang on in there… you’ll get discovered!

In a day and age when it is getting harder and harder for an up-and-coming writer to get noticed (and especially if they’re a starving artist…) what’s the best solution? Competitions – and better still – free ones. In an ideal world, it would be great to be able to subscribe to all the zines and competitions to keep supporting the cause, but face it, who has a money tree growing in their garden? Here are a few up-and-coming competitions for all you up-and-coming writers in the adult market (April to Dec 2014):

ALL OF THESE ARE FREE TO ENTER!

Poetry – deadline is coming up on the 27^th of April:

http://www.dylandowntheups.org.uk/#/guidelines/4569268234

Chocolate-themed poetry – deadline coming up on the 30^th April:

http://www.divinechocolate.com/uk/poetry

Dystopian Stories – deadline coming up on the 1^st of May:

http://www.almondpress.co.uk/#/dystopian-short-story-contest/4581919339

Travel writing flash fiction competition:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-writing-competition/

Horror stories:

http://www.spinetinglers.co.uk/

Travel writing flash fiction competition (for over 18s):

http://seniortravelexpert.com/writing-competition/

Celebration-themed poetry (deadline the 28^th June):

http://forwardpoetry.co.uk/post/celebrations.html

Poetry about the First World War (deadline the 28^th June):

http://forwardpoetry.co.uk/post/in-flanders-fields—one-hundred-years-on.html

Flowers/ Dust themed poetry (deadline the 15^th of Nov):

http://www.kindofahurricanepress.com/p/switch-difference-our-anthology-for.html

Shadow/ Light themed poetry (deadline the 30^th of Sep):

http://www.kindofahurricanepress.com/p/anthology-switch-difference.html

Amusement Park themed poetry (deadline the 31^st of July):

http://www.kindofahurricanepress.com/p/switch-difference-our-anthology-for_1.html

Erbacce Poetry Prize 2014:

http://www.erbacce-press.com/#/erbacce-prize/4533449873

And many of the above also offer cash prizes. So what’s the catch? Nothing! They’re free to enter, so all it will cost you is writing and submitting time.

Good luck!

Leilanie Stewart is a widely published writer and poet. In addition to promoting her own work, she has run creative writing workshops for gifted and talented London secondary school students aged 12 to 18 and is currently a poetry editor for Ashvamegh International Literary Journal. She is married to the writer and poet, Joseph Robert.

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