Writing Competitions

Poetry London Poetry Competition is for poems up of to 80 lines on any subject and is celebrating its tenth competition. Judge: Don Paterson.
Prizes £1,000, £500, £200, 4 at £75.
Entry fee: £5 per poem for non-subscribers, £3 per poem for subscribers.
Poetry London Competition,
81 Lambeth Walk,
London SE11 6DX.
http://www.poetrylondon.co.uk/
Closing date: 1 June

The Bridport Prize is for stories of up to 5,000 words and poems of up to 42 lines. Judges: Ali Smith and Jackie Kay.
Prizes in each section: £5,000, £1,000, £500, 10 at £50.
Entry fee: £6 per poem, £7 per story.
The Bridport Prize
PO Box 6910,
Dorset DT6 9BQ
T: 01308 428333.
http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/
Closing date: 30 June