All Entries in the "Writing Competitions" Category
Running Late Writing Competition
Fancy winning yourself an early Christmas present? How does our top prize of £200 sound? All you have to do to win any of our fantasticwriting competition prizes is to write a story relating to our theme ‘Running Late’. How you interpret the theme is entirely up to you but we are looking for well-written, creative entries where the story is bought to life by your story-telling skills.
Flash Fiction- 300 Word Challenge
Write a story around the woman in the photo. You can be as creative as you like with your interpretation of the image but you only have 300 words (excluding the title) to impress us.
Free Writing Competition
To win this competition, all you have to do is to create a story surrounding the woman in the photo and write a summary about your story.
The Journal Fiction Competition
Using the picture for inspiration, write a one page entry in a journal. Remember this is fiction so it can be written from any viewpoint and be about any subject i.e. confidential, angry, revealing, reflective etc
First Chapter Writing Competition
A first chapter has to be convincing, compelling and tightly written to capture the reader’s attention and to plunge them straight into the heart of the plot so this competition requires you to think carefully about your opening and to lead the reader ……..
Suspenseful Fiction Writing Competition
He had been watching her for months. Checking out her behaviours, monitoring her movements until now, he felt he knew her almost as well as she knew herself. It hadn’t been easy breaking into her circle whilst hiding in the shadows retaining anonymity but now he was almost ready to make his move….
Summer Ghost Story Writing Competition
1st Prize: £300 …Ghost stories often depict cold wintry scenes and creepy old houses, but your ghost story is set to take place in the summer months. The rest of the theme is entirely open to interpretation, but your story must be original and previously unpublished.
Romantic Fiction Writing Competition
1st Prize: £300. Entangled in his embrace, the world seemed softer, warm and altogether more pleasurable. She longed for this moment to last, to stay cocooned in pure happiness forever. A shiver of trepidation ran down her spine and fought it off in vain, snuggling closer to his warmth, inhaling his intoxicating scent. Why did life have to be so complicated?
How to Win Short Story Contests
Fancy winning any short story contests of your choice? Winning those top prizes are not out of reach, you just need to approach your contest submission in a practical and applied way. Creative Competitor Editor Annette Young…
Writing Competitions – Behind the Scenes
Want to peek behind the scenes of a writing competition? Creative Competitor editor Annette Young explains the creative writing competitions judging process
How to Win Creative Writing Competitions
Want to win writing competitions?Increase your level of focus and determination and some top cash prizes could be yours. Here’s how…
Free To Enter Writing Competitions
As editor, I try to provide writing competitions that inspire. Some of them are free to enter and others require a small fee but writing competition prizes do need to be funded…
Winter Ghost Story Competition
Closing soon. Winter Ghost Story Writing Competition.Conjure up a creepy winter ghost story and you could win a fantastic prize and publication
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