Writers Online Writing Competitions

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Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions.
The fee range is GBP £6 to £17.50 (below average to above average for contests).

Important: Lengths, themes, and other details change with each contest. As always, read the complete guidelines before submitting.

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Awarded 12 x per year

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Statistics Synopsis

Regular Speed: Writers Online Writing Competitions's overall average response time is within a normal range for contests.

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Collapse section Fiction Open Fee-based

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: No specific word count limits known (our definition: up to 1000 words).
Short Story: No specific word count limits known (our definition: 1000 to 7500 words).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Other: May vary.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: Varies by contest, up to GBP £1,000 for Grand Prize.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Nonfiction Open Fee-based

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Lengths:

Essay: No specific word count limits known.
Narrative Nonfiction: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Other: May vary.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: Varies by contest, up to GBP £1,000 for Grand Prize.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry Open Fee-based

Dates:

Rolling Deadlines: Check cutoff dates.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:

Open to all/most Genres, including:
General

Lengths:

Poem: No line limits known.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Other: May vary.

Winner's Prize:

Professional payment (US$50 or more per poem) Professional payment. Details: Varies by contest, up to GBP £1,000 for Grand Prize.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Writers Online Writing Competitions Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 8 reports from 3 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

63 min | 105.3 mean avg | 114.0 median | 381 max days (104.4 std dev)

Pending

5 responses are pending (53 min | 148.8 mean avg | 122.0 median | 348 max days waiting | 609.0 std dev) from 2 different members

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: GBP £7.00.
Most submissions are acknowledged on the same day.
Most recent response reported was received on 06 Aug 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 31 Mar 2026.
Date compiled: 06 Sep 2026 19:44 UTC (2 hours, 55 minutes ago).

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Dates

Last Updated: 21 Apr 2026

We check their guidelines for changes every four weeks, and we audit the listing twice a year.