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competitions are listed by closing date - nearest first. Links to new entries are flagged in the first week here, others are below. Come back each week for updates. See disclaimer below.
Competitions

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ted walters international short story and poetry competition by 31may08 go
write for the bcsa 2008 by 30june08 go
manchester poetry prize by 01aug08 go

bad writing award current go

May
writers digest accepts ten by15may08 go
bsfa 50th anniversary short story competition by 15may08 go
bradt travel-writing competition by 16may08 go
virginia warbey poetry prize by 19may08 go
international online haiku competition 2008 by 31may08 go
derby short stories wanted by 31May08 go
derby poetry competition by 31May08 go
liverpool poems ‘n stories by 31may08 go

June
poetry london competition by 02june08 go
edwin morgan international poetry competition by 03june08 go
bruntwood playwriting competition by 13june8 go
3rd annual tubbercurry literary festival by13june08 go
welsh poetry competition by 22june08 go
foyle young poets 2008 by 31july08 go
michael mclaverty short story award 2008 by 30june08 go
manchester cathedral poetry competition by 30june08 go

July
teenage songwriting by 11july08 go
no need to be scottish to write by 31july08 go
kenneth grahame short story competition by 31July08 go
comórtas filíochta éist 2008 by 31july08 go

August
creative writing competition in galway by 01aug08 go
essex poetry festival open poetry competition by 30aug08 go

September
asham award for unpublished women writers by 30sept08 go
irish haiku competition by 30sept08 go

October
national poetry competition by 31oct08 go

November
December

2009

and more...
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