Manchester Writing Competition
Some of the UK’s biggest international literary prizes for new, unpublished work, presented by the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University
Overview
Celebrating Manchester as an international city of writers, finding diverse new voices, and creating opportunities for writer development.
The Manchester Writing Competition offers the UK’s biggest literary awards for unpublished work, offered by the country’s most successful writing school. The Competition was established in 2008 by Carol Ann Duffy (UK Poet Laureate 2009-19) and has awarded more than £240,000 to writers. The Manchester Writing Competition awards two £10,000 prizes: the Manchester Poetry Prize for best portfolio of poems and the Manchester Fiction Prize for best short story. Designed to encourage and celebrate new writing across the globe, the competition is open internationally to new and established writers.
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