Another Day, Another Competition

As I’m editing The Daisy, I find myself wondering if there are more competitions geared towards novelists out there. I mean, short story competitions are great for getting your name out there and everything, but what if you find it hard to write shorter stories? I know that when I was attempting to write stories for the two charity anthologies, I really struggled to get an idea out in just a couple of thousand words.

So I took to the internet and had a look around and I found a few competitions that looked quite good and I wanted to share them with you guys here in case anyone else would be interested.

Kelpie’s Prize – For children’s fiction mostly set in Scotland. 40,000 to 70,000 words long. For the age group of 8-12.

First Chapter Competition – Enter the first chapter of an unpublished, completed novel.

AWP Award – There are several categories to this one. Must be at least 60,000 words for a manuscript entry.

James Jones Fellowship Contest – US only. Must be previously unpublished.

Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize 2013 – Females only. Must be over 21.

King Author Prize 2013 Opening Of A Novel Competition – Send the first 10,000 words of an unpublished novel. (I’ve entered The Daisy into this one )

Engine Books Novel Prize – Not sure on the specifics of this one, they don’t give a lot of information on the page.

The International Rubery Book Award – This is for already self-published novels.

Novel Beginnings First Chapter Contest – First chapter of an unpublished novel. Limit of 6,000 words.

SouthWest Writers 31st Annual Writing Contest – Unpublished works. Can be entered in more than one category.

That’s just a few that I found that might interest someone. There are entry fees on most of them (some are quite steep), but if you feel your novel could win it, then go for it!