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
- Stinging Fly - Submission window closes on Jan 9th
- Spelk - window opens in January: (100-500 words)
- Cease Cows opens for Flash (max 1500 words) in Jan
- Wigleaf - stories under a 1000 words. Submit during the last week in January - see http://wigleaf.com/about.htm
- Cambridge Short Story Prize. Deadline 15th Jan. Word limit 2K-3K. Entry fee £8. 1st prize £1000.
- HU (deadline 25th Jan)
- Strix has a January Submission window
- Losslit has a January Submission window
- The scores (St Andrews) Submission window closes on 31st Jan
- Flash Frontier - comedy, max 250 words. Deadline 31st Jan.
- February
- Lost Balloon 1000 words. (1st-7th)
- Tales from the forest (1000 words) by Feb 17th
- Interpreter's House - Submission window opens
- Ambit - Submission window opens on 1st. Closes on 1st March (you pay to submit)
- Exeter - Competition deadline 28th Feb. Max 3000 words. Fee £7, 1st prize £700. See http://www.exeterwriters.org.uk/p/competition.html
- March
- Popshot Theme - Escape (deadline 4th March). Short stories: 1,000 to 3,000 words. Flash fiction: 100 to 1,000 words
- White Review Short Story Prize. 1st prize £2,500. Entry fee £15 (50 free entries for low-income writers). Deadline 4th March. 2,000 - 7,000 words.
- National Flash Fiction anthology. Theme: Doors. Deadline 15th March.
- April
- Bath competition - deadline 15th April. Max 2,200 words. Fee £8, 1st prize £1200. See https://www.bathshortstoryaward.org/
- Shooter. Theme: Identity. Deadline 21st April. 2k-7.5k words
- May
- Bristol Competition - deadline 1st May. Max 4000 words. Fee £9, 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/
- Frome story competition - Deadline 31st May. First prize 400. Entry fee 8. 1000-2200 words. See http://www.fromeshortstorycompetition.co.uk
- June
- VS Pritchett - (Fee £7.50, 1st prize £1000). See http://rsliterature.org/award/v-s-pritchett-memorial-prize/ Deadline 28th June.
- Stinging Fly window opens.
- July
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