# Bridport Prize: International Creative Writing Competition > The Bridport Prize is an international creative writing competition and one of the most prestigious awards in the literary world\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.7, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Novel Award](https://bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/novel-award/) - [Memoir Award](https://bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/memoir-award/) - [Postal Entry](https://bridportprize.org.uk/the-competition/postal/) - [Novel Award Copy](https://bridportprize.org.uk/novel-award-copy/) - [Flash Fiction Copy](https://bridportprize.org.uk/flash-fiction-copy/) ## Posts - [And the Memoir winners 2025 are\.\.\.](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/and-the-memoir-winners-2025-are/) - [Read our Memoir 2025 winners\!](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/read-our-memoir-2025-winners/): We’re delighted to share extracts from our winning and runner\-up memoirs – and some words of praise from Judge Manni Coe\! - [A week of discovery, serendipity and spookiness: Dorset writers\-in\-residence](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/writers-in-residence/) - [The Novel Shortlist 2026](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/the-novel-shortlist-2026/): The wait is over\. We’re delighted to share this year’s fab five shortlisted novels — congratulations to all the authors\! - [The shortlists 2026: short story, poetry, flash fiction Congratulations\!](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/the-shortlist-2026-short-story-poetry-flash-fiction-br-congratulations/): Congratulations to all the writers\. You are now officially a  shortlister\! ## Products - [The Bridport Prize Novel Extracts Anthology 2026 \- ebook](https://bridportprize.org.uk/products/the-bridport-prize-novel-extracts-anthology-2026-ebook/): Extracts from the winning and long listed novels 2026\. - [The Bridport Prize Anthology 2026 \- ebook](https://bridportprize.org.uk/products/the-bridport-prize-anthology-2026-ebook/): Winning poems, short story and flash fiction from 2026\. - [The Bridport Prize Novel Extracts Anthology 2026](https://bridportprize.org.uk/products/the-bridport-prize-novel-extracts-anthology-2026/): Extracts from the winning and long listed novels 2026\. - [The Bridport Prize Anthology 2026](https://bridportprize.org.uk/products/the-bridport-prize-anthology-2026/): Winning poems, short story and flash fiction from 2026\. - [The Bridport Prize Anthology 2010](https://bridportprize.org.uk/products/the-bridport-prize-anthology-2010-2/) ## Judges - [Sarah Moss](https://bridportprize.org.uk/judges/sarah-moss/) - [Jennie Godfrey](https://bridportprize.org.uk/judges/jennie-godfrey/) - [Tania Hershman](https://bridportprize.org.uk/judges/tania-hershman/) - [Manuel Muñoz](https://bridportprize.org.uk/judges/manuel-munoz/) - [Anthony Anaxagorou](https://bridportprize.org.uk/judges/anthony-anaxagorou/) ## Writer's Room - [From classics to contemporary lives\. Read on\.\.\.](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room/from-classics-to-contemporary-lives-read-on/): By Rose Billington, Associate Editor, The Literary Consultancy - [Your guide to flash fiction in under 250 words](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room/your-guide-to-flash-fiction-in-under-250-words/): Creating a micro story is like doing life laundry, you really need to chuck out everything but the bare essentials\. Leaving everything to the end also runs the risk of losing the reader early \&; make the middle the lifeblood of the piece\. The ending should always make you wonder what happens next, as if… - [Tips for Writing and Editing Your Memoir](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room/tips-for-writing-and-editing-your-memoir/): Joe Sedgwick, Head of Writing Services, The Literary Consultancy - [Never Too Late \ 60\+ award](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room/never-too-late-60-award/): This £500 award is for the highest placed writer aged 60\+ across poetry, short story, novel or flash fiction\. - [Bursaries for under represented writers](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room/bursaries-for-under-represented-writers/): The bursary schemes are currently closed\. Applications for poetry, short story, flash fiction, novel and student bursaries will open on 1 December 2026 and close on 20 February 2027\. Memoir bursary applications will open on 1 July 2027\. ## Winners - [Rachael Fulton](https://bridportprize.org.uk/winners/rachael-fulton/) ## Results - [2025](https://bridportprize.org.uk/results/2025/) - [2024](https://bridportprize.org.uk/results/2024/) - [2022](https://bridportprize.org.uk/results/2022/) - [2023](https://bridportprize.org.uk/results/2023/) - [2018](https://bridportprize.org.uk/results/2018/) ## Categories - [News](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/category/news/) - [Novel](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/category/novel/) - [Watch](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/category/watch/) - [Uncategorised](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/category/uncategorised/) - [Memoir](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/category/memoir/) ## Tags - [Novel](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/tag/novel/) - [Memoir](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/tag/memoir/) - [Shortlist](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/tag/shortlist/) - [Peggy Chapman\-Andrews](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/tag/peggy-chapman-andrews/) - [short story](https://bridportprize.org.uk/news/tag/short-story/) ## Categories - [Novel](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room-categories/novel/) - [Masterclass](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room-categories/masterclass/) - [Flash Fiction](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room-categories/flash-fiction/) - [Memoir](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room-categories/memoir/) - [Short Story](https://bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room-categories/short-story/) ## Product categories - [eBook](https://bridportprize.org.uk/product-category/ebook/) - [Paperback](https://bridportprize.org.uk/product-category/paperback/) - [Merchandise](https://bridportprize.org.uk/product-category/merchandise/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://bridportprize.org.uk/sitemap_index.xml)