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A source of writing challenges, competitions, prompts and ideas to get you started, keep you going, and help you achieve your writing dreams...
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The Creative Splurge @thecreativesplurge.bsky.social · May 14
Want to write more? Something? Anything!?
Don't know where to start (or how to keep going)?
Here at TCS, we share writing challenges, competitions, and tips so you can build a creative writing practice.
Join in here → https://www.thecreativesplurge.com/
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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/ 

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Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition Guidelines - The Ghost Story
Enter the Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition for a chance to win $1,000 and publication. Learn the guidelines today!
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December 6, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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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/

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December 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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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

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The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.
www.nycmidnight.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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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/

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Just a moment...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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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/

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https://www.artandwriting.org/
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November 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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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 

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November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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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

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https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/pages/dorothy-hewett-award
The Dorothy Hewett Award is open to all writers who have completed a manuscript and are seeking publication. The work must be fiction, narrative nonfiction or poetry, inclusive of hybrid genres such as verse novels or memoir. The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, courtesy of Copyright Agency.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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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

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November 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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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

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https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/pages/dorothy-hewett-award
The Dorothy Hewett Award is open to all writers who have completed a manuscript and are seeking publication. The work must be fiction, narrative nonfiction or poetry, inclusive of hybrid genres such as verse novels or memoir. The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, courtesy of Copyright Agency.
uwap.uwa.edu.au
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Enter your flash fiction (up to 1000 words) in the 61st New Millennium Writing Awards by 30 Nov for a $1,000 prize and publication for winners and select finalists!

All the details are here →
https://newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit

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November 25, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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The Dorothy Hewett Award offers a $10,000 prize for fiction, narrative nonfiction, verse novel, memoir (40k+ words) or poetry (90+ pages) by Aussie writers. Submit by 30 Nov!

All the details are here →
https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/pages/dorothy-hewett-award

#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS
https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/pages/dorothy-hewett-award
The Dorothy Hewett Award is open to all writers who have completed a manuscript and are seeking publication. The work must be fiction, narrative nonfiction or poetry, inclusive of hybrid genres such as verse novels or memoir. The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000, courtesy of Copyright Agency.
uwap.uwa.edu.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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AU/NZ writers, submit your nonfiction graphic novel manuscript (for children aged 6-17) to the 2025 Perentie Prize by 30 Nov to win a contract + author advance. 

All the details are here →
www.perentiepress.com/perentie-prize

#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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The 61st New Millennium Writing Awards has a $1,000 prize + publication for finalists and winning entries. Submit your fiction piece (up to 7499 words) by 30 November!

All the details are here →
https://newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit

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November 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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US/Canadian teens (grades 7-12), enter any of 9 writing categories in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards to win medals, scholarships and more. Closes from 1 Dec - check your state!

All the details are here →
https://www.artandwriting.org/

#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS
https://www.artandwriting.org/
www.artandwriting.org
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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AU/NZ writers, enter your fiction graphic novel manuscript (for children aged 6-17) for the 2025 Perentie Prize by 30 November! 

All the details are here →
www.perentiepress.com/perentie-prize

#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #TCS
November 22, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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The 61st New Millennium Writing Awards (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, flash ) have a $1,000 prize per category + publication for finalists and winning entries. Closes 30 Nov!
All the details are here →
https://newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit 

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November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Nonfiction writers, enter your piece (up to 7499 words) in the 61st New Millennium Writing Awards by 30 November for a $1,000 prize + publication for winners and select finalists. 
All the details are here →
https://newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit

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November 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Get ready for the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge! The first round of this prompt-driven 2,000-word story competition starts 23 Jan 2026.
Early bird fee closes on 20 Nov 2025!

Get more details here →
https://www.nycmidnight.com/ssc

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The Short Story Challenge — nycmidnight
The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as 24 hours.
www.nycmidnight.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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AU/NZ writers – the 2025 Perentie Prize is inviting you to submit your graphic novel (fiction or non-fiction) or fiction manuscript for children aged 6-17.

All the details are here →
www.perentiepress.com/perentie-prize

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November 20, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Submit your first 5,000 words of your unagented book to the Bath Children's Novel Award by 30 November for a £5,000 prize.

All the details are here →

https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/childrens-novel-award/

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The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025 - £5,000 writing prize
The Bath Children’s Novel Award 2025 is a £5,000 international competition for emerging authors of children’s novels, YA, chapter books and picture book texts.
bathnovelaward.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Enter your poem (up to 250 words) about the beauty within darkness in the International Dark Poets Prize by 30 Nov for a £1,000 prize. All entries considered for publication!

All the details are here →
www.darkpoets.club/darkpoetsprize

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November 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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€2,500 is up for grabs in the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize, which is open for up to 6,000-word stories until 30 November 2025.

All the details are here →
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize/

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November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Submit your fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrid work (1,000 words) and poetry (2 pages) on what shelter means today to Glossy Planet by 15 Nov for a $1,000 prize.
All the details are here →
https://www.glossyplanetmag.com/challenge/a-house-divided/
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A House Divided - November 2025 Writing Challenge
We want writing that explores what the shape of shelter means today. Learn more about Glossy Planet's November 2025 writing challenge theme.
www.glossyplanetmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Emerging writers, be among the first 300 to submit your most compelling and vital short fiction (up to 5,000 words) for The Varnish Prize for Fiction. Closes 15 Nov!

All the details are here →
https://www.varnishlit.com/varnish-fiction-prize

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The Varnish Prize for Fiction – Varnish Literary Journal
We’re looking for submissions of the most compelling, formally-inventive and vital unpublished short fiction. Closes 15 November.
www.varnishlit.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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Join the Twisted Tournament for 3 rounds of prompt-driven 500-, 250- and 100-word story submissions. It's on this week!
Get more details here →
https://twistedtournament.com/register-for-contest

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Register for Contests - Twist in the Tale Writing Competitions
Join Twist in the Tale Writing Competitions - Team and Tournament Contests
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November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM