Our weekly Writing Deadlines newsletter is out ⤵️

This week: 15 new opportunities - Prizes up to £5,000

• Passager Poetry Contest – 15 April 2026

• The Washington Prize – 15 April 2026

• The Elegant Literature Award for New Writers – 30 April 2026

• “When Things Fall Apart” Travel Writing Competition – 15 May 2026

• Black Orchid Novella Award – 31 May 2026

• The Black River Chapbook Competition (Spring 2026) – 31 May 2026

• Write By The Sea Writing Competition – 7 June 2026

• James Laughlin Award – 15 June 2026

• Medieval Horror Novella Contest – 15 June 2026

• The Cider Press Review Editors’ Prize – 30 June 2026

• The Poetry London Prize – 30 June 2026

• Weatherglass Novella Prize – 30 June 2026

• Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest – 1 August 2026

• Charleston Writing Contest – 30 August 2026

• Next Generation Short Story Awards – 25 February 2027