Words of the Wild
Deadline 12 July 2026

The Scottish Wildlife Trust’s nature writing competition is back for a third year. The 2026 theme is “changing seasons”. Submissions can be in English, Gaelic, or Scots, up to 1,000 words long & written in any form.

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https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/wordsofthewild/competition/

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The Biggest Mistakes Writers Make

Figure out what might be holding your story back with Tiffany Yates Martin, plus more from Writer's Digest!
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@cjpaylingwrites/116750360356821832

It feels great to receive an honourable mention from this competition. You'll be able to read it on #TheBoobyPrize website very soon.

In the meantime, you can find links to my previous entries here: https://cjpaylingauthor.wordpress.com

Or go direct to the Hall of Fame here: https://theboobyprize.co.uk/hall-of-fame

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I received an honourable mention from #TheBoobyPrize - congratulations to those shortlisted, I can't wait to read some of these stories...

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Very excited to offer this to other writers who walk, and walkers who write...

Sole Erosion - an online workshop and competition, using our worn out boots as a prompt.

Part of my residency with
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bit.ly/4eCUQXS

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Norwich Writers announce Olga Sinclair Short Story competition 2026: The theme is Walls.

The Brief: The judges (Judges Helen Murray and Dave Cryer) are looking for wise choices of vocabulary, well-structured plotting and description, sparkling dialogue, pace and precision. Although the theme is always selected to represent Norwich you are free to interpret this however you see fit. Your story does not have to be connected to Norwich, but it does need to have the concept of Walls as its central theme.

norwichwriters.com/olga-sincla…

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Let’s Write About Sex, Baby

Is it hot in here, or is it just your writing? Birds do it, bees do it…so why is it so hard for writers to do it—or rather, to do...
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An update...

https://www.hhousebooks.com/about-the-island-prize/

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