The Web Poetry Competition is now closed, and the results are HERE

Please scroll down this page for details of our current short story and flash fiction competitions...

Flash Fiction

Closing 31st July 2009 

at least £100 in prizes

1st prize £50, 2nd £25 

£5 for runners up we publish on the website

How to enter

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Open Short Story Competition   

Closing September 2009

£100 1^st prize.  Publication for best entries.  

Rules and Conditions

• The competition is open to anyone over 16.
• The first prize is £100 and first place in the anthology. The best entries will be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy. 10-20 will be included, depending on length.  All winners will be offered further copies at a reduced price.
• Closing date September 30^th 2009 Winners will be notified by November.
• Entry fee £5 up to 4000 words, £10 for 4 – 8000 words.  Max 8000.  Payment in pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green.
• Stories must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not simultaneously entered for other competitions.
• Stories must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.
• Names must not appear on the stories. Each entry must have a cover-sheet attached, marked ES4, giving title(s) of stories(s), word count, author’s name, address, and/or telephone number/email address.  Please say where you heard about this competition.
• The competitions are judged anonymously and the judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
• Entries are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that purpose.
• Copyright remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to publish winning entries in a competition anthology in 2009/10. 
• email entries accepted where access to UK post/currency is denied. (Email us for assistance if this is the case)
• Send paper copy to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street , Hastings Sussex TN34 1HL.
• Submission of work will be taken as acceptance of rules and conditions.  

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Books Born in Hastings 2009

will be held at Hastings Town Hall on 10th October to coincide with the opening of the Hastings Week celebrations. During the day at the Town Hall, the winners of the 

Visions of Hastings Competition will be announced.

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Competitions 2009 - results   

Old Magic in a New Age competition Winners

Competitions 2008 - results   

Spring Poetry Competition Winners 

Sixty Word Saga Winners

Gender Genre Winners and Judges Reports

Rhymers' Poetry Competition Results

Competitions 2007 - results

Science Fiction Challenge  Winners

Web Poetry  Winners

Spring Poetry Competition Winners

Short Story Competition Winners

Competitions 2006 - results

November Poetry Competition Winners

November Short Story Competition Winners

High Fantasy Challenge Winners

First Short Story & Poetry Competition Winners