On this page you can find regular and annual short story competitions from around the world.
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Abrendal Austin National Writing Contest
Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition
The Archie Markham MA Writing Short Story Scholarship
The Asham Award
The Bath Flash Fiction Award
The Bath Short Story Award
The BBC National Short Story Competition
The Biscuit Short Story Competitions
Black River Chapbook Contest
Blue Thumbnail Short Story & Poety Competitions
Bridge House Short Story Competition
The Bridport Prize
The Bristol Short Story Prize
The Brit Writers’ Award
Bryan MacMahon Short Story Award
The CBC Literary Awards
Charles Christian’s Urban Fantasist
The Cult of Me: Monthly Short Fiction Contest
Dream Quest One Writing Contest
The Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story
2012 Equinox Prize for Shorter Fiction
The Fish Prize
Five Stop Story (monthly) Competitions
The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
The Global Short Story Competition
The H.E. Bates Short Story Competition
Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest
Hour of Writes
InkTears Competition
The Manchester Fiction Prize
Mason’s Road
The Momaya Short Story Prize
Mslexia Prize
Narrative
New Michigan Press/ Diagram Chapbook Contest
Oregon Northern Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest
The NCLA International Student Short Story Competition
The New Writer
Nicole Blizzard Short Story Contest
The 34th Nimrod Literary Awards
The NYCMidnight Short Story Challenge
The Observer/Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize
The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition
The Rubery Book Award
Sage’s Young Environmental Writers Contest
The Sean O’Faolain Short Story Prize
The Segora Short Story Competition
The Short Story Challenge
The Society of Authors’ Awards
The Spoken Ink Audiostory Competition
The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award
V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize
William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition
Women Who Write Contest
See the STORY Website (care of Book Trust) for even more competition ideas.
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If you run a short story contest on a regular basis, then send an email to thresholds@chi.ac.uk and we’ll add it to our list.
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