As more magazines introduce submission windows, and competitions increase their significance, it's worth planning ahead. I shall try to submit to these (mostly UK) competitions and submission windows -
- January
- Bare Fiction - window closes on 9th Jan - see http://www.barefictionmagazine.co.uk/submissions/
- Wigleaf - stories under a 1000 words. Submit during the last week in January - see http://wigleaf.com/about.htm
- Litro - theme: Britishness. Deadline 25th Jan - see https://litro.submittable.com/submit/44605
- February
- Nottingham Writers Club - http://www.nottinghamwritersclub.org.uk/national-competition.php. Deadline 29th Feb. Max 2000 words on "Fire". 1st prize £200
- Interpreter's House - Submission window opens
- Stinging Fly - Submission window opens
- Ambit - Submission window opens
- Exeter - Competition deadline 28th Feb. Max 3000 words. Fee £6, 1st prize £500. See http://www.exeterwriters.org.uk/p/competition.html
- March
- brittle star competition - Deadline 1st Mar. Max 2000 words. Fee £4.50, 1st prize £250. See http://www.brittlestar.org.uk
- short fiction - Competition deadline 31st Mar. Max 5000 words. Fee £10, 1st prize £500. See http://www.shortfictionjournal.co.uk/?page_id=33
- April
- Bath short story award - http://bathshortstoryaward.co.uk/. Deadline 27th Apr. Max 2,200 words. Fee £8, 1st prize £1000.
- Bristol Competition- deadline 30th Apr. Max 4000 words. Fee £8, 1st prize £1000. There's an anthology too See http://www.bristolprize.co.uk/
- May
- Bridport - Competition deadline 31st May. Max 5000 words (Fee £9, 1st prize £5000) or 250 words (Fee £7, 1st prize £1000). See http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/
- Frome - Competition deadline 31st May. See http://www.fromeshortstorycompetition.co.uk
- Yeovil - Competition deadline 31st May. Max 2000 words (Fee £6, 1st prize £500). See http://www.yeovilprize.co.uk
- Cinnamon press - Story competition deadline 31st May. Max 5000 words (Fee £12, 1st prize £700). See http://www.cinnamonpress.com/competitions/annual-short-story-prize/
- June
- Sunderland University - (Fee £3, 1st prize £500). Deadline 1st June. See http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/shortstoryaward/
- VS Pritchett - (Fee £5, 1st prize £1000). See http://rsliterature.org/award/v-s-pritchett-memorial-prize/
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