Enter The Bridport Prize for Poems, Short Stories and Flash Fiction

Deadline: 31 May 2016
Entry fees: £9 for each poem submitted, £10 for each short story submitted and £8 for each flash fiction submitted.

One of the richest writing competitions in the UK, the Bridport Prize is open to all nationalities aged 16 years and over.

The poem and short story categories each have a first prize of £5,000, second prize £1,000 and third prize £500. An additional 10 supplementary prizes (for each category) of £100 each are awarded.

A new category for flash fiction with a prize of £1,000 was launched in 2010. There is a second prize of £500, 3rd prize of £250 and 3 supplementary prizes of £100.

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