Every dated opportunity this site tracks, in one chronology, soonest first. Until now you had to open four databases and hold the calendar in your head. This is that calendar, written down. Data checked to 2026-09-30: see what was verified in the last 30 days.
Two honest notes about what is in this list. Conferences are not in it: they are dated by when the event runs, not by when a door shuts, so they sit beside this list as a linked database rather than inside it. And the magazine database records reading windows as text rather than as dates, so magazines do not yet appear here either. When they carry a closing date, they will show up in this list automatically.
31 Jan[Contest]Magma Poetry Competition(deadline to confirm)£1,000 first, £300 second, £150 third
31 Jan[Contest]NAIWE Annual Short Story Competition 2027One grand prize winner receives recognition on NAIWE.org, a book by a NAIWE member, a choice of one recording from the NAIWE On-Demand Training Center, an interview on The Freelance Life, and publication in The Edge.
4 Oct[Contest]Bath Flash Fiction Award(deadline to confirm)£1,000 first, £300 second, £100 third
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