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The race is NOW ON to find the NEXT Worcestershire Poet Laureate
Fancy YOUR chance to become our sixteenth Worcestershire Poet Laureate?
The competition to find the new Laureate is NOW OPEN!
If you are an experienced poet this could be a great opportunity for you to showcase your work and promote poetry as an art form across the County...
Let us hear YOUR voice!
CLOSING DATE: FRIDAY 8th MAY 2026
To enter the competition please send us two poems, one on the theme of: ‘Wonder’ and one original poem of your own.
For rules and entry info please visit:
litfestworcs.org
(doc. below)
Submit all entries and enquiries via email to:
Reference: WPL competition 2026
Please supply your full address with your entry.
The Worcestershire Literary Festival in partnership with Black Pear Press are proud to announce the
Flash Fiction Short Story Competition 2026
• The competition is NOW OPEN!
• Closing Date: Friday 1st May 2026
• Send us your best Flash Fiction
(maximum 300 words)
• Up to three submissions
• Entry fee: £4 per story or £10 for three
• For rules and entry info please visit: litfestworcs.org
(docs below)
The Flash Fiction Winners will be announced at the LIVE Festival Launch event
on Sunday 7th June 2026.
There will also be a live launch of the printed Flash Fiction anthology later in the year, hosted by our publishing partners, Black Pear Press.
Win cash for your flash!
First prize: £30.00
Second prize: £20.00
Third prize: £10.00
Please submit all entries via email to:
Reference: FF competition 2026
The Young Writers competition 2026
This year’s Young Writers Competition is
NOW OPEN - wonderful prizes to be won!
• Closing Date: Friday 1st May 2026
• The theme will be: ‘Wonder’
• Word limit is a maximum of 300 words
• One entry per young writer
(supplied as a Word Document please!)
• FREE to enter
• For rules and entry info please visit:
litfestworcs.org
(docs below Rules & Parental Consent Forms)
Age Groups (in current school years)
JUNIOR: School Years 3-6
INTERMEDIATE: School Years 7-9
SENIOR: School Years 10-12
All entries will be judged anonymously by our judges.
The judges have been selected for their experience in literature and related experience
with Young Writers and will include a director from LitFest.
The finalists will be invited to read their entries and receive their prizes at our LIVE launch event
on Sunday 7th June 2026.
The prizes for each age group
are as follows:
1st prize: £30 book vouchers
2nd prize: £20 book vouchers
3rd prize: £10 book vouchers
Plus trophies and personalised
Certificates.
PLUS: Potentially the opportunity to have your work published in the Black Pear Press
YW Anthology later in the year!
Please submit all entries as Word Documents via email to our Young Writers judging panel at:
Reference: YW competition 2026