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  The Ako Caine Prize for African Writing is a literary award given to an African author of a short story published in English.   Prior to the announcement of its 2022 shortlist, Ako Caine Prize had been in existence since 2000. Its aim is to promote and highlight the diversity and depth of African...

Green Stories competition is looking for stories about the environment. Green stories Competition sees that most times, when promoting waste reduction and reduction of high-energy activities, such as running hot water, we come up against health and safety issues. Some of these are valid, but many are misinformed. This is a targeted competition aimed at...

The Tales By Moonlight Contest is a novella writing competition. The genre is fiction and the theme is magic/fantasy. The organizers look forward to receiving entries where the writers explore the theme properly. A novella is a short story between 7,500 – 40,000 words. However, the submission requirements for tales by moonlight might differ from...

The HG Wells short story competition was founded  by the word-renowned BBC Aeronautics Correspondent Reg Turnill and his wife, Margaret, to celebrate the life and works of HG Wells and encourage creative writing, especially among the young. The prestigious HG Wells Short Story Competition offers generous Senior and Junior prizes and free publication of all...

The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to authors who have published a book-length collection of fiction or at least three short stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals. Manuscripts are judged anonymously by...

  The Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award  is a contest for writers organized by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation located in New York City. Each year, The Foundation administers the Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award. The competition’s aim is to motivate non-American novice writers under the age of 30,...

The bardsy character contest 2022 wishes to attract writers who can write a short story featuring a character that will inspire a novel. The Bardsy Character Contest 2022 requires that the writer focuses on the protagonist of their next novel. For example, create a compelling narrative from a defining moment in their backstory, an out-of-character...