New Competition: Book-length Fiction for Children or Teens

1st Prize £100 advance and publication OR £350 cash

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The 2010 Short Story Competition is now closed. Judging is in progress. The results will be listed on this website and in the monthly newsletter in October or November.  

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New, Open Competitions

Poetry Competition 2011

£75 first prize, £15 second + £5 runner-up prizes

Rules and Conditions

• The competition is open to anyone over 16.
• The first prize is £75 and first place in the anthology. The best entries will be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy. 10-20 will be included, depending on length and quality. All winners will be offered further copies at a reduced price.
• Closing date April 30th 2011 Winners will be notified in June.
• Entry fee £3 per poem or £12 for up to 6 entries. Payment in pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green, or use the Paypal buttons below.
• Poems must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not simultaneously entered for other competitions.
• Poems may be in any style and on any topic. Maximum length 40 lines.
• Poems must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.
• Each entry must have a cover-sheet attached, marked EP2011, giving title(s) of poem(s), author’s name, address, and/or telephone number/email address. Please say where you heard about this competition.
• The judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
• Entries are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that purpose.
• Copyright remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to publish winning entries in a competition anthology in 2011. 
• email entries accepted. Please pay your fee using the Paypal buttons below then email the poems to us, along with your Paypal transaction number. Please post them in the body of an email. We will not open attachments if we don't  know the recipient.
• Alternatively, send paper copy to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings Sussex TN34 1HL.
• Submission of work will be taken as acceptance of rules and conditions.  

Email entries

Please choose single or multiple entry.

Single entry £3.00 Multiple entry £12.00

Please  click here to email your entry.

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Flash Fiction Competition 2011

£75 first prize, £15 second + £5 runner-up prizes

We are being extravagant this year. 

Flash fiction entries can be up to 

250 words, including the title.

Rules and Conditions

• The competition is open to anyone over 16.
• The first prize is £75. The best entries will be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy of the anthology. 10-20 will be included, depending on length and quality. All winners will be offered further copies at a reduced price.
• Closing date June 30th 2011 Winners will be notified in August.
• Entry fee £3 per story or £12 for up to 6 entries. Payment in pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green, or use the Paypal buttons below.
• Stories must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not simultaneously entered for other competitions.
• The judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
• Entries are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that purpose.
• Copyright remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to publish winning entries in a competition anthology in 2011. 
• email entries accepted. Please pay your fee using the Paypal buttons below then email the works to us, along with your Paypal transaction number. Please post them in the body of an email. We will not open attachments if we don't  know the recipient.
• Alternatively, send paper copy to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings Sussex TN34 1HL
• Paper entries must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.
• Each entry must have a cover-sheet attached, marked EF2011, giving title(s) of story(s), author’s name, address, and/or telephone number/email address. Please say where you heard about this competition.  
• Submission of work will be taken as acceptance of rules and conditions.

Email entries

Please choose single or multiple entry.

Single entry £3.00 Multiple entry £12.00

Please  click here to email your entry.

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Memoirs & Journalism Competition 2011

£100 first prize, £50 second prize,

up to 10 x £10 runner-up prizes

There are two categories for this competition. You can tell a story from your own or your family's experience, or write an opinion or journalistic piece about a current event or issue in the news that interests you.

Rules and Conditions

• The competition is open to anyone over 16.
• The first prize is £100. The best entries will be published on the website. up to 10 will be included, depending on length and quality.
• Closing date August 30th 2011 Winners will be notified in October.
• Entry fee £5 per article. Payment in pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green, or use the Paypal buttons below.
• Articles must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not simultaneously entered for other competitions. Maximum length 2000 words.
• Please mark your entry EPM if it is a personal or family memoir or EPJ if it is about a current event or issue.
• Entries can be on any topic or event anywhere in the world, and may be either reportage or opinion pieces but they must not be fictional. Entrants must ensure that information in the articles is true as far as they can ascertain, and that their work contains nothing which is illegal, defamatory, obscene or libellous.
• The judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
• Copyright remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to publish winning entries on the website. 
• Email entries accepted. Please pay your fee using the Paypal buttons below then email the works to us, along with your Paypal transaction number. Please post them in the body of an email. We will not open attachments if we don't  know the recipient.
• Alternatively, send paper copy to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings Sussex TN34 1HL along with a cheque for your entry fee.  
• Paper copy must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.  
• Each entry must have a cover-sheet attached, marked EM2011, giving title(s) of article(s), author’s name, address, and/or telephone number/email address. Please say where you heard about this competition.  
• Entries are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that purpose.
• Submission of work will be taken as acceptance of rules and conditions.  

Email entries

Please  click here to email your entry.

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Short Story Competition 2011

£100 first prize

Quality book publication for shortlisted entries

Rules and Conditions

• The competition is open to anyone over 16.
• The first prize is £100. The best entries will be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy of the anthology. 10-20 will be included, depending on length and quality. All winners will be offered further copies at a reduced price.
• Closing date October 31st 2011 Winners will be notified in January 2012.
• Entry fee £5 per story up to 4000 words. £10 for over 4000. Maximum 8000 words.
• Payment in pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green.
• Stories must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not simultaneously entered for other competitions.
• The judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
• Entries are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that purpose.
• Copyright remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to publish winning entries in a competition anthology in 2012. 
• Send paper copy to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings Sussex TN34 1HL
• Entries must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.
• Each entry must have a cover-sheet attached, marked ES2011, giving title(s) of story(s), author’s name, address, and/or telephone number/email address. Please say where you heard about this competition.  
• Email entries accepted if you have no access to UK post or cheques but we prefer paper copy. Please email us for assistance. If you wish to send e-copy.
• Submission of work will be taken as acceptance of rules and conditions.  

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Competitions 2010 - results   

Flash Fiction 2010 winners

Web poetry 2010 winners

Competitions 2009 - results   

 Short Story 2009 winners

Flash Fiction 2009 Winners

Web Poetry 2009 Winners

Old Magic in a New Age competition Winners

Competitions 2008 - results   

Short Story competition Winners

Spring Poetry Competition Winners 

Sixty Word Saga Winners

Gender Genre Winners and Judges Reports

Rhymers' Poetry Competition Results

Competitions 2007 - results

Science Fiction Challenge  Winners

Web Poetry  Winners

Spring Poetry Competition Winners

Short Story Competition Winners

Competitions 2006 - results

November Poetry Competition Winners

November Short Story Competition Winners

High Fantasy Challenge Winners

First Short Story & Poetry Competition Winners