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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for entries and is open to anyone from anywhere in the world, as long as their story is original and previously unpublished ...

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Poetry London Prize 2026

The Poetry London Prize 2026, a major, internationally renowned award for a single outstanding poem, has been recently organized by Poetry London, a literary magazine based in London and invites to po ...

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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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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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2026 Ocean Awareness Contest: Your Story, Our Ocean

The 2026 Ocean Awareness Contest, “Your Story, Our Ocean“, encourages students to to explore the many ways our ocean sustains, protects, and inspires us. ...

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BlueCat TV Writing Competition 2026

The BlueCat TV Writing Competition 2026 has been recently announced for entries and is accepting submissions looking for the very best of television writing. ...

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The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology 2026

The Lumen Prize for Art and Technology 2026, international annual juried competition now in its 14th year is calling for entries and like every year celebrates the very best art created digitally by a ...

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