What’s the prompt for Off Topic Publishing’s March competition, closing 10 March? Find out from 1 March! Submit your entry and receive judges’ feedback. All the details are here → https://offtopicpublishing.com/contest/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS @offtopicpublishing.bsky.social

UK/Irish writers, submit your short fiction (1,000-3,500 words) to the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize by 2 March for cash prizes and publication. All the details are here → https://bricklanebookshop.org/2026-short-story-prize/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

If you want to (re)start your creative writing habit, here's a free, fun, community-focused writing challenge to bring forth 31 stories in March. Just follow #30Words365 for the daily prompt and join in! No pressure, all play! Everyone welcome! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

New2theScene are running a Short Story competition for up to 4,000 words. You decide the topic! Exposure, publications and promotion all included in the prizes. Closes 1 March! All the details are here → https://www.new2thescene.co.uk/new2thecomp #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

AU writers: enter a short story (2,500-3,000 words) in the Sorrento Creative Writing Prize by 1 March, for a $5,000 cash prize and festival recognition. All the details are here → https://www.writing.org.au/sorrento-creative-writing-prize-2026/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Submit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ five weekly prompts on one theme by next Friday for a chance to win $250.  All the details are here → https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

The Sutherland Shire Library Competition is open to Aussie writers for short stories (up to 2,000 words). Closes Feb 28! All the details are here → https://libraries.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/sutherland-shire-literary-competition #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Submit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ five weekly prompts on one theme by next Friday for a chance to win $250.  All the details are here → https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Aussie writers, submit free verse or rhyming poetry (up to 80 lines) to the Sutherland Shire Library Competition by Feb 28. All the details are here → https://libraries.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/sutherland-shire-literary-competition #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS #poetry

The Hilarie Lindsay Prize invites Australian women writers to submit up to 5,000 words fiction or nonfiction on social justice. Closes 27 February! The details are here → https://womenwritersnsw.org/news/the-hilarie-lindsay-prize #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

The Next Generation Short Story Awards are open to writers aged 13 and over for short stories (up to 5,000 words) in 30+ categories by 26 February to win prizes, medals and publication. The details are here → https://www.shortstoryawards.com/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

Join the Twisted Tournament for 3 rounds of prompt-driven 500-, 250- and 100-word story submissions. Next comp in March. Early bird pricing closing soon! Get more details here → https://twistedtournament.com/register-for-contest #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS @twistinthetale.bsky.social

Submit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ five weekly prompts on one theme by next Friday for a chance to win $250.  All the details are here → https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Submit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ five weekly prompts on one theme by next Friday for a chance to win $250.  All the details are here → https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

With no entry fee and a mere 55-hour window, are you ready for February's 500-word Furious Fiction challenge? Starting Friday 6 Feb, give it a go! Low stakes, high fun! The details are here → https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS #FuriousFiction

An unknown text is the prompt for Off Topic Publishing’s February short story competition, closing 10 Feb. Submit up to 1500 words and receive judges’ feedback. All the details are here → https://offtopicpublishing.com/contest/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS @offtopicpublishing.bsky.social

If you want to (re)start your creative writing habit, here's a free, fun, community-focused writing challenge to bring forth 28 stories in February. Just follow #30Words365 for the daily prompt and join in! No pressure, all play! Everyone welcome! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

Open now! Submit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ 5 prompts by next Friday for a chance to win $250.  All the details are here → https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Have you written a novel or memoir? Congratulations! And if so, submit your first chapter to Off Topic Publishing’s First Chapter Contest by 10 February! The details are here → https://offtopicpublishing.com/first-chapter-contest/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

It’s here! NYC Midnight’s Short Story Challenge 2026 starts NOW! Get ready for the first round of this prompt-driven 2,000-word story competition! All the details are here → https://www.nycmidnight.com/ssc #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS #NYCMidnight

Open now! Submit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ 5 prompts by next Friday for a chance to win $250.  All the details are here → https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Need some juicy prompts and a swift deadline to fire up your next story? The Not Quite Write Flash Fiction competition starts on 23 January for just 60 hours. All the details are here → notquitewritepodcast.com/prize/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS #NotQuiteWritePrize

Emerging writers, enter your daring, formally innovative short fiction or nonfiction (up to 15k words or 100 pages) in the Chautauqua Janus Prize by 31 Jan! The details are here → https://www.chq.org/things-to-do/education/literary-arts/chautauqua-janus-prize/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition is looking for imaginative flash fiction under 300 words, offering significant cash prizes and publication. Submit by 31 Jan! The details are here → https://newwriters.org.uk/flash-fiction-competition/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

A tiny 100-word story could win you €20,000 in the César Egido Serrano Foundation VIII International Microfiction Contest. Don’t miss this one! Closes 31 Jan. The details are here → https://www.fundacioncesaregidoserrano.com/en/contest #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Enter your story about ‘Old Gods, New Feelings’ (20k words) in the Myth Weaver Writing Contest now to increase your chances of winning! Closes 31 Jan. The details are here → https://www.inkitt.com/contests/myth-weaver-writing-contest-old-gods-new-feelings #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

NYC Midnight’s Short Story Challenge 2026 kicks off on January 23. Register now for the first round of this prompt-driven 2,000-word story competition! All the details are here → https://www.nycmidnight.com/ssc #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS #NYCMidnight

Open now! Submit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ 5 prompts by next Friday for a chance to win $250.  All the details are here → https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Enter your ‘fresh and original’ fiction (min. 25,000 words) in the Cai Emmons Fiction Award by 15 January. Winner gets $5,000 and book publication by Red Hen Press. All the details are here → https://redhen.org/awards/cai-emmons-fiction-award/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Need some juicy prompts and a swift deadline to fire you up to write your next story? The Not Quite Write Flash Fiction competition starts on 23 January for just 60 hours. All the details are here → notquitewritepodcast.com/prize/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS #NotQuiteWritePrize

The 2026 Rattle Chapbook Prize wants your chapbook (15–30 pages of poems) by 15 January. Three winners each get $5,000, 500 copies and distribution to 8k subscribers! All the details are here → https://rattle.com/page/chapbookprize/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS #poetry

Submit your short fiction (up to 1,500 words) to the Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition - deadline extended to 15 Jan! Here are the details → https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/short-short-story-writing-competition #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

The Story Unlikely Short Story Contest wants good stories of any genre (up to 7,000 words) by 14 January and offers a substantial cash prize and publication (online/magazine). All the details are here → https://www.storyunlikely.com/#contest #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

UK/Irish women and non-binary writers, enter the opening pages and synopsis of a novel in the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize by 7 Jan for a chance at £1,500 and feedback. All the details are here → https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/fictionprize #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

500 chances to win in the 95th Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition, open to emerging writers in all genres! Early Bird deadline 4 May 2026. The details are here → https://www.writersdigest.com/writers-digest-competitions/annual-writing-competition #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

Enter your unpublished poem (no line limit, any subject) to the Moth Poetry Prize, with an €11,000 prize pool and closing 31 December! The details are here → https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=9445&page=59 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS #poetry

Submit the first 5 pages and a synopsis of your novel to the Farnham’s First Five Pages Writing Competition for a £1,000 prize + critique. Closes 31 Dec! The details are here → https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/literary-writing-competition/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

NaNoWriMo writers, enter the Fiction Factory First Chapter + Synopsis Competition for a £500 prize + appraisal. You can still polish your writing. Closes 31 Jan! The details are here → https://fiction-factory.biz/first-chapter-synopsis-competition/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

#FiftyWords — A Speculative Fiction Challenge Years ago, I entered a 50-word horror contest. I didn’t win. I did write ten stories I’m still proud of. Fifty words is merciless. No padding. No mercy. Only story. Join me. If you dare. #Writing #MicroSFF

The Crime Fiction Indie Gold Award with a $500 prize is open for your short story or first chapter of a novella/novel. Mystery, thriller or suspense genres welcome! Closes 14 Feb, early bird entry until 31 Dec. The details are here → https://indiegoldawards.com/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

The Love at First Kick Writing Contest wants your soccer romance (20,000 words)! Submit early to get engagement and improve your chance to win - closes 31 Dec. The details are here → https://www.inkitt.com/contests/love-at-first-kick-2025 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS

The Screw Turn Flash Fiction competition is offering prizes up to $1000 for 250-1000 flash fiction with an 'uncanny element' submitted by 31 January. All the details are here → https://theghoststory.com/screw-turn-flash-fiction-competition-guidelines/  #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Submit your entry (up to 10,000 words) to the Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction by 31 December for a chance to win the $1,000 prize. All entries are considered for publication!!  All the details are here → www.lascauxreview.com/contests/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

NYC Midnight’s 250 Microfiction Challenge 2025 kicks off on December 5. There’s still time to register and this is such an itty-bitty li’l writing comp!!! Give it a try! All the details are here → https://www.nycmidnight.com/250 #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS #NYCMidnight

With no entry fee and a mere 55-hour window, are you ready for December's 500-word Furious Fiction challenge? Starting Friday, 5 Dec, give it a go! Low stakes, high fun! The details are here → https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/ #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #TCS #FuriousFiction

US/Canadian teenage writers, you can still enter the 9 writing categories in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards to win medals, scholarships and more. Closing soon - check your state deadlines!  All the details are here → https://www.artandwriting.org/ #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Submit up to 3 poems to the 61st New Millennium Writing Awards by 30 November for a $1,000 prize. All poetry finalists will be published online and in print!!! All the details are here → https://newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit  #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS #Poetry

Are you an Aussie writer of fiction, narrative nonfiction, verse novel or memoir? Submit your work to The Dorothy Hewett Award by 30 Nov for a chance to win the $10,000 prize! All the details are here → https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/pages/dorothy-hewett-award #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

AU/NZ graphic novelists, enter your fiction manuscript (for children aged 6-17) for the 2025 Perentie Prize by 30 November to win a contract + author advance.  All the details are here → www.perentiepress.com/perentie-prize #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS

Australian writers, enter your poetry collection (90+ pages) in The Dorothy Hewett Award by 30 November for a chance to claim the $10,000 prize! All the details are here → https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/pages/dorothy-hewett-award #WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS #Poetry