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2026 Wells Festival of Literature Competitions

Wells Festival of Literature recently has announced an international writing competition in its 2026 edition inviting entries worlwide in the categories Open Poetry, Short Stories and Book for Childre ...

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The Moth Short Story Prize 2026

The Moth Short Story Prize 2026 is an international prize recently announced for entries and is open to anyone from anywhere in the world, as long as their story is original and previously unpublished ...

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2026 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Australian Book Review (ABR) welcomes entries in the 2026 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for short fiction that now it's in sixteenth edition. ...

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BDFIL Prize 2026

BDFIL, in partnership with the water Departement of the city of Lausanne and le Musée Romain de Lausanne-Vidy, recently has organised new edition of its BDFIL 2026 inviting everyone worldwide to part ...

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2026 HG Wells Short Story Competition

The annual HG Wells Fiction Short Story Competition 2026, recently annouced for entries is founded by the world-renowned BBC Aeronautics Correspondent Reg Turnill and his wife, Margaret, to celebrate ...

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The Bridport Prize 2026

The Bridport Prize 2026, run by the Bridport Arts Centre in Bridport in England, committed to discovering new writers in poetry, short story, flash fiction, the novel and memoir, now is opened for ent ...

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