Free short story competitions
There are oodles of free competitions out there at the moment, a real opportunity for ABC Tales members to sweep the board.
This is a very brief summary of the ones I know about with links. I've posted some of these before, but useful to a) have a reminder b) have them all in one place
Opening lines - BBC radio 4 are seeking short stories between 1,900 and 2,000 words in length. Deadline 14 February. Further details http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunities/opening-lines
The annual Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 15 February 2014, max wordage 2,000 words, theme of 'The Visit' https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions.
World City Stories. The challenge is to write a story about your city, in under 3,500 words. Deadline 28 February 2014. Further details at: http://worldcitystories.com
Nottingham writers club short story competition – 31 January deadline, theme 'emotion', story up to 2,000 words: Details: http://www.nottinghamwritersclub.org.uk/first-national-competition.php
On the premises – 1,000 to 5,000 words, 31 January deadline – choose from 21 different themes – further details http://www.onthepremises.com/Issues.html
James white award – 31 January deadline, 6,000 words, science fiction in broad sense, further details: http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules
Valentines day romantic writing short story comp, 1 February deadline
great stuff mate, all you need to do is write and post them for me.
I'm having a rare dry spell, brilliantly coinciding with the free competition window. So no, can't help I'm afraid, I'm sitting on the pavement with my cap on the ground asking for perfect strangers to toss me an idea.
just reheat an old idea and add sugar
Thank you, Terrance, I'll give them a good luck. I already have one in World Cities.
Thanks for correcting me Stan. It was wrongly advertised as a free competition on another writing site, I hadn't checked it.