New Writers 100-Word Writing Comp 2026 Results Winner (£1,000): "Guangzhou Sees First Snow In 67 Years" - China Daily, January 24, 2016 by Jaime Gill Runners-up (£100): Fallout - Letty Butler Kintsugi - Lucy Grace Love and Kitchens - Jack Barrie The oldest art - Natasha Wielogórska Big congrats!

We're delighted to announce the award-winning poet JLM Morton as Head Judge for the New Writers Poetry Competition 2026. Submit your best poems (up to 42 lines) by 15th July for the chance to win £1,000 and publication. Full details: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-compe... #Poetry #PoetryCompetition

Big congratulations to the winners of the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026. Full results here: newwriters.org.uk/flash-result... 1st place: Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social 2nd place: Jay McKenzie 3rd place: Teodora Vamvu Thank you to everyone who entered! #flashfiction

The New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026 is open for entries. Info: newwriters.org.uk/100-word-com... Deadline: 30th April 2026 Entry Fee: £10 Prizes: 1st: £1,000; 4x Runners-up: £100 each Word Limit: 100 words Charity: 10% of entry fee proceeds donated to Duchenne UK (duchenneuk.org)

** Deadline alert: 31 Jan 26 ** Link: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... - Top prize: £1,100 - 10% of entry proceeds donated to charity (funzi.org.uk and @firststory.bsky.social) - 300 words Send us your brilliant flash fiction! #flashfictioncompetition #flashfictioncontent #writingcompetition

We're delighted to announce the winners of our recent Historical Flash Fiction Competition: newwriters.org.uk/historical-f... Thanks to all who entered (10% of the entry proceeds were split between @firststory.bsky.social & www.funzi.org.uk). #historicalfiction #flashfiction #writingcompetition

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026 is open to entries. newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... Top prize: £1,100. Deadline: 31st Jan 2026 10% of proceeds donated to charity, split between @firststory.bsky.social and the Funzi & Bodo Trust #writingcompetition #flashfiction

Writers of historical fiction, check out our new comp: newwriters.org.uk/historical-f... Deadline: Wednesday, 5th November 2025 Top Prize: £500 Word Limit: 300 words Charity: 10% of proceeds to First Story & the Funzi & Bodo Trust Get involved! #writingcommunity #historicalfiction

We're very pleased to announce the winners of the New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2025. Check out the winning entries here: newwriters.org.uk/competitions... Thank you to everyone who entered & congratulations to the winners and those on the shortlist and longlist. #writingcompetition

The New Writers Poetry Competition 2025 is now open! Details here: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-compe... Deadline: 17th July 2025 Entry Fee: £10 (£18 for two or £26 for three) Prizes: 1st: £1,200; 2nd: £300; 3rd: £150; 4th to 6th: £50 each Head Judge: Katrina Moinet #poetrycompetition #welovepoetry

Last call for entries... deadline: 23.59 (UK time) on Wednesday, 30th April 2025: newwriters.org.uk/100-word-com... Prose or poetry welcome from anywhere in the world. #writingcommunity #writingcompetitions

We're delighted to present the inaugural New Writers Anthology: newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is... It features a selection of prize-winning and shortlisted stories, poems and book reviews from the competitions we ran between 2022 and 2024. We hope you enjoy it! #newwriters #writinganthology

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025 results, picked by Shreya Sen-Handley, are out: Winner (£1,100): First Kiss by Garglestone 2nd (£300): Confetti Letter by Chris Cottom 3rd (£200): The Injecting Capital of Europe by Lisette Abrahams Full results: newwriters.org.uk/competitions...

The New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2025 is open for entries. Prizes: 1st: £500; 2nd: £200; 3rd: £100, 4th-10th: £50. Charity: 10% of proceeds split between First Story and The Funzi & Bodo Trust. Deadline: 30 April 2025 Details: newwriters.org.uk/100-word-com...

“Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all.” ― Emily Dickinson

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ― Pablo Neruda

Just a couple more days left to enter our Flash Fiction Competition: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... Head Judge Shreya Sen-Handley is looking forward to picking the winners: shreyasenhandley.com/2025/01/28/s... #writingcommunity #flashfiction

We're running a free-to-enter Winter 50-Word writing competition (sign-up to our free monthly newsletter prior to entry). Prize: £50 + free entry to our Flash Fiction Competition Deadline: 30 Dec 24 Theme: Winter (poetry or prose) Details: newwriters.org.uk/competition/... #writingcommunity

Greetings #WritingCommunity and #bookreviewers - check out our free-to-enter book review competition (deadline 30th September). Details here: newwriters.org.uk/competition/... If you have read a great book recently, get involved! We're seeking reviews of debut novels or poetry collections.

Deadline day for our poetry competition, £1,500 in prizes, £1 from each entry to the First Story charity. Get involved: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-compe... Deadline: 23.59 UK time on 31st July 2024!

The New Writers 1000-Word Short Story Competition 2024 is open to stories of up to 1,000 words on any theme or subject. Open to entrants from anywhere, £1 from each entry will be donated to charity (FirstStory). Entry fee: £10 Top Prize: £1,000 Link: newwriters.org.uk/short-story-... #authors

Check out the New Writers December newsletter: bit.ly/nwdec23 It includes a free-to-enter Winter Writing Comp (£50 prize) and the chance to win a copy of @stephaniecarty.bsky.social's brilliant story collection, The Peculiarities of Yearning. #WritingCommunity #Authors #writingandbooks

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition has a top prize of £1,000 & £1 from each entry is donated to an amazing creative writing charity. Head judge: @stephaniecarty.bsky.social Charity: firststory.org.uk Enter now: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... #WritingCommmunity

The New Writers Flash Fiction Competition has a top prize of £1,000 & £1 from each entry is donated to an amazing charity. ** Early Bird Discount Ends: Midnight 30th Nov 23 ** Enter now: bit.ly/nwflash Head judge: @stephaniecarty.bsky.social Charity: firststory.org.uk #WritingCommmunity