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write to win a competition by 24feb12 go
cúirt new writing prize 2012 by 05mar12 go
wild escape competition by 31mar12 go

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february 2012
royal society seeks best science books of 2011 by 06feb12 go
words by the water/mirehouse poetry competition by 10feb12 go
erma bombeck competition is back by 14feb12 go
poetry competition winner will be published by 14feb12 go
from the well - short story competition 2012 by 17feb12 go
money offered for the best flash by 29feb12 go
battered moons poetry competition by 29feb12 go
commonword children's diversity writing prize 2012 by 29feb12 go

march 2012
search begins for second prole laureate in britain by01mar12 go
bbc short story to go global by 01mar12 go
young statisticians writing competition by 01mar12 go
2012 cardiff international poetry competition by 02mar12 go
kim scott walwyn prize 2012 opens for submissions by 02mar12 go
ruthless rhyme poetry writing competition by 04mar12 go
windsor fringe kenneth branagh award by 05mar12 go
write a story and win €100 by 15mar12 go
bristol short story prize by 31mar12 go
final chapters writing competition by 31mar12 go

april 2012
writing to help save britain's theatres by01april12 go
buxton poetry competition by 06apr12 go
kidwell-e festival launches ebook literary prize by 13apr12 go
dickens story competition encourages new writers by 27apr12 go
write a short story for bedtime by 30apr11 go

may 2012
david burland poetry prize by15may12 go

june 2012
the times stephen spender prize for poetry in translation by 01june12 go
writersreign launches annual short story competition by 30june12 go
pint-sized plays are to be filled again by 31june12 go