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
- Cease Cows opens for Flash (max 1500 words) on 15th Jan
- Granta - for fiction, their window opens on 16th Jan and closes on 16th Feb
- Litro - theme: Change. Deadline 19th Jan. See https://litro.submittable.com/submit/68840/change-march-2017-print-magazine
- Severine - theme: wild, deadline 31st Jan
- Flash Frontier - theme: Remnants. Deadline 31st Jan. Word limit 250. See http://www.flash-frontier.com/submissions/
- Wigleaf - stories under a 1000 words. Submit during the last week in January - see http://wigleaf.com/about.htm
- February
- into the void (max 1000 or 5000 words). Window opens on 1st Feb
- Litro - theme: Wants and Needs. Deadline 19th Feb - see https://litro.submittable.com/submit/68843/wants-needs-april-2017-print-magazine
- Under the Radar - Submission window opens
- Interpreter's House - Submission window opens
- Stinging Fly - Submission window opens
- Ambit - Submission window opens
- Spelk (window opens mid to late February. 500 words)
- Exeter - Competition deadline 28th Feb. Max 3000 words. Fee £6, 1st prize £500. See http://www.exeterwriters.org.uk/p/competition.html
- Reflex - Competition deadline 28th Feb. Free entry. 180-360 words. See http://www.reflexfiction.com/
- March
- Thresholds short fiction feature writing - Deadline 5th Mar. Max 2000 words. Free entry. 1st prize £500. See http://thresholds.chi.ac.uk/feature-writing-competition-2017/
- Brilliant Flash Fiction competition - Deadline 15th March. Max 300 words. Prompt: Overseas Travel. Free entry. 1st prize 50 euro. See https://brilliantflashfictionmag.wordpress.com/
- short fiction - Deadline 31st Mar. Max 5000 words. Fee £7, 1st prize £500. See http://www.shortfictionjournal.co.uk/?page_id=33
- National Flash-Fiction Day 100 word flash-fiction competition. Deadline 31st March
- Banshee (Dublin). Flash (1000 max) and stories. Deadline 31st March
- April
- National Flash-Fiction Day anthology. Max 500 words. Deadline 14th April
- May
- Bath short story award - http://bathshortstoryaward.co.uk/. Deadline 1st May. Max 2,200 words. Fee £8, 1st prize £1000.
- Bristol Competition- deadline 3rd May. Max 4000 words. Fee £8, 1st prize £1000. There's an anthology too. See http://www.bristolprize.co.uk/
- 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/
- Yeovil - Competition deadline 31st May. Max 2000 words (Fee £6, 1st prize £500). See http://www.yeovilprize.co.uk
- Flash Frontier deadline 31st May for max 250 words on "Journeys"
- June
- VS Pritchett - (Fee £5, 1st prize £1000). See http://rsliterature.org/award/v-s-pritchett-memorial-prize/ Deadline 31st June.
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