- Current Competitions:
(Click Here for previous competitions and results)
(Download Competition Guidelines)
NEW Poetry Competition
NEW Nano Fiction Competition
Drawing Competition: SPRING
Wales Themed Competition
Writing About Writing Competition - now closed, judging in progress.
Memoir Competition - now closed, judging in progress - there were an outstanding number of excellent entries so this could take some time.
Tiny Weeny Competition click her for results
2009 Micro-Fiction Competition - Click here for results
Blog-Post Competition - Click here for results
Postcard-Writing Competition - now closed. Click here for winners and see our Showcase for the winners and commended entries
Click Here for previous competitions and results
New Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 31 May 21020
Leaf Books invites you to submit poems (max 35 lines) on any subject.
Winning and commended entries will be published in an anthology and very outstanding poems in the Leaf Writing magazine.
First Prize: Winner receives £200 and a free copy of the anthology.
Runners up receives a free copy of the anthology and 10 free mini-books.
All published authors will be able to pre- order the book and the magazine at a significantly reduced rate.
To enter:
£3 per entry, 4 entries for £10.
nter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.00):
For 4 entries (£10):
Closing Date: 31 May 21020
Nano Fiction Competition
Closing Date: 30th April 2010
Can you tell a story in 100 words or fewer?
Leaf Books invites you to write a piece of Nano Fiction on any subject.
This is our second Nano competition - and with the success of our first collection of Nano- fiction, Ada, hitting record sales we thought it was about time we put further writers of outstanding short sharp storywriting into print.
Winning and outstanding entries will be published in the Leaf Writing magazine,
These, and further commended entries will also be published in an anthology.
First prize: Winner receives £150 and a free copy of the Leaf Writing magazine and the anthology
One runner up will receive a free copy of the magazine / anthology.
Further successful entrants published in the magazine will get a free copy, and commended authors for the anthology will be able to pre- order the book at a reduced rate.
To enter:
£3 per entry, 4 entries for £10.
Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.00):
For 4 entries (£10):
Closing Date: 30th April 2010
Drawing Competition: SPRING
Following the success of our cover design competition, we’ve decided to branch out toward art publishing.
Leaf Books therefore invites you to take part in a Drawing Competition, and the theme is ‘SPRING’.
All types of drawing welcome - charcoal, pen, pencil, stitch....
Size: A4 or smaller
Winner receives £150 and publication in the Leaf Books magazine
Runners up will be published in the magazine, and will receive a free copy.
All selected entries will also be published on the Leaf Books showcase site.
This will be a great opportunity for arts students, graduates and everyone else who dabbles in design and drawing to get your work seen by our audiences.
To enter: £3.50 per design, 4 for £10
Enter online or by post
For online entries please send them as jpeg or gif files.
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Competition opens: December 2009
Closing date: 28th February 2010
Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.50):
For a multiple entry (3 entries for £10):
Wales Themed Competition
Leaf Books invites you to submit writing on the theme of Wales. Perhaps a retelling of the Mabinogion, a comment on climate, a political satire, a landscape poem – as long as your entry is connected to Wales in some way then the genre is your choice.
You can submit poetry (up to 40 lines), short stories (up to 1000 words), micro-fiction (up to 300 words) and illustrations.
The winning and outstanding entries will be published in a forthcoming Leaf Writing magazine.
These, and further commended entries, will also be published in an anthology.
PRIZES:
First prize: Winner receives £150 and a free copy of the Leaf Books magazine / anthology
One runner up will receive a free copy of the magazine / anthology
Further successful entrants published in the magazine will get a free copy, and commended authors for the anthology will be able to pre- order the book at a reduced rate.
To enter: £3 per entry, 4 for £10.
Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If sending entries by post, please note that we are unable to return submissions.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.00):
For a multiple entry (4 entries for £10):
Click Here for previous competitions and results