Bookbite is delighted to announce two new writing competitions! Aiming to get the whole of England laughing, our funny poetry competition is now open. We're also eager to receive more fantastic letters following the popularity of The Letter I Wish I'd Written and have just launched the new A Letter to Myself competition - see below for details. We have even more prizes than last time and with up to £500 of book tokens to be won, we hope you'll feel inspired to get writing!
Bookbite Funny Poetry Competition
Deadline: November 1, 2010
We all know that poets like Pam Ayres and Spike Milligan have a funny way of looking at life but we want to know how you see it!
Bookbite 'A Letter to Myself' Competition
Deadline: November 1, 2010
If you could travel back in time and talk to your younger self, what would you say? In this competition we want you to write a letter to yourself at any age.
Winning entries for the My Story Competition
Deadline: March 31, 2010
When we asked our readers to send us a true story from their lives, we had no idea what a torrent of response we would get. The rules...
Winning entries for The Letter I Wish I'd Written
Deadline: March 31, 2010
Is there a letter you wish you had written to someone in your life? In this competition we asked our readers to write that letter and tell us...
My Street promotion
Deadline: April 15, 2010
This promotion has now closed. How well do you know your street and its inhabitants, the history of your village or any secrets your neighbours might harbour? We...
My Life in Books promotion
Deadline: April 15, 2010
This promotion has now closed. Have you ever read a book that made you try something for the first time; see the world with different eyes or brought...
Other writing competitions
The competitions below are external competitions and not administered by Booktrust
Legend Writing Awards
There are two categories: short stories (2000 words max) and flash fiction (100 words exactly excluding title) with six cash prizes in each.
Closing date: 31 August 2010
The Poetry Society's National Poetry Competition
The winning poems will be published in leading poetry periodical Poetry Review and on the Poetry Society's website. The overall winner will be invited to read at Ledbury Poetry Festival in the summer of 2011.
Closing date: 31 October 2010
If you would like to promote your competition on the Bookbite website, email info@Bookbite.org.uk
There are plenty more competitions – open to all ages – on our Short Story website
