New Writers UK

18/09/2026

An excellent competition for writers of flash, poetry or short stories, with brilliant judges.

✍️ Have a short story, poem, or flash fiction piece that you feel is F(r)iction material? Our Fall Writing Contests give you a shot at cash prizes and publication.

🏅 Impress our amazing judges with your words and you may just win!

🔗 frictionlit.org/contests

15/07/2026

*** It's Deadline Day! ***

Send us your best poems (by 23.59 on 15th July) for the chance to £1,000.

Enter here: https://newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition/

We're donating 10% of the entry fee proceeds to charity, split equally between Funzi and Bodo Trust and Duchenne UK.

Also check out the Q&A with our brilliant Head Judge, JLM Morton (JLM Morton Poetry), for last-minute tips and motivation: https://newwriters.org.uk/jlm-morton-interview-2026/

Good luck!

23/06/2026

11/06/2026

The New Writers Poetry Competition is open for entries of poems of up to 42 lines. Deadline: 15th July 2026.

Full details: https://newwriters.org.uk/poetry-competition/

Submission Guidelines
- Open to entries from anywhere in the world from writers aged 18 or older.
- Entries may be poems on any theme or subject up to a maximum of 42 lines (excluding the title).
- Entry fee: £10 (one entry), £18 (two entries), £26 (three entries)
- Head Judge: JLM Morton Poetry
Prizes: 1st: £1,000; 4x Runners-up prizes of £100 each
- The five winning entries will be published on the NewWriters.org.uk website and in the next New Writers Anthology
- Charity: 10% of the proceeds of the competition will be split between two UK-registered charities, Duchenne UK and Funzi and Bodo Trust

27/05/2026

Call for submissions from a brilliant publication:

We're opening on Monday!
Here's a reminder about our guidelines. Find out more: https://rawlit.weebly.com/submissions.html

24/04/2026

The deadline for our 100-word writing competition is almost here.

Enter now: https://newwriters.org.uk/100-word-competition/

- Top prize: £1,000
- 4x Runners-up prizes: £100
- 10% of proceeds donated to Duchenne UK
- Poetry or prose accepted (of up to 100 words)
- Open to writers from anywhere in the world