Writing and speaking competitions 

Useful websites that run writing or speaking competitions, including poetry competitions, are listed below, in alphabetical order.

Bristol Short Story Prize
www.bristolprize.co.uk/

The John Betjeman Young People's Poetry Competition
www.johnbetjeman.com

Leaf Books writing competitions
http://leafbooks.co.uk/New/For%20Writers/CurrentCompetitions.html

Moon Town Cafe poetry contests
www.moontowncafe.com/contest.asp

Park Publications short story competitions
www.parkpublications.co.uk

Poetry Rivals competition
www.poetryrivals.com

Prime Prose
www.soszynski.btinternet.co.uk/primeprose/

Reading Is Fundamental, UK, children's competitions
See Rifsters for 5-19 year olds.

Search For a School poetry competitions
www.searchforaschool.com

txtlit.co.uk
www.txtlit.co.uk/

Voices on the Page
A national writing event for adults in Skills for Life adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL classes in England. www.nrdc.org.uk/voices

Writers’ Forum magazine monthly poetry competition
www.writers-forum.com

Write for BookCrossing
www.bookcrossing.com/articles/submit

Writers Circle
www.writerscircle.biz/Competition.aspx

Writers Online 
www.englishonline.co.uk/writers/.

Writing Writers
www.writingwriters.co.uk.

www.brevitything.co.uk
www.brevitything.co.uk