A couple of free to enter short story competitions
Writers and Artists Yearbook Short Story COmpetition
Free to enter short story competition. Max word count 2,000. Theme ‘Ageing’. Deadline 15 February 2016. First Prize £500.
Further Information: https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions
Heffers Bookshop Short Story Competition
Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge is running a free to enter short story competition, first prize £50 of Heffers vouchers. No restriction on where you live as far as I can tell, though obviously you might not find Cambridge bookshop vouchers much use
if you can’t get to Cambridge.
Word Count 3,500 max. Deadline 10 February 2016. Theme ‘The Dark Forest’. Strangely enough the cake shop over the road is running a baking competition with exactly the same theme.
Further Information: http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/stores/heffers-academic-general-books/wr...
Oh, and I usually plug the James White Awards - a free to enter science ficiton competition. Max word count 6,000, deadline 24 January, top prize £200. Further information: http://www.jameswhiteaward.com/rules
Oh, and I forgot the Readers Digest 100 word short story competition. First prize £2,000, deadline 20 February, stories must be exactly 100 words in length. Details http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/100-word-story-competition