Never Too Late
60+ award
This £500 award is for the highest placed writer aged 60+ across poetry, short story,...
Catch up and fire up your words!
Events from £5
From motivation to inspiration, hear from winners, published authors and literary agents featured in our...
Key dates for Short Story, Poetry, Flash Fiction
Key dates for your calendar in 2025 Save these dates to keep you ahead of...
Bursaries for under represented writers
Our bursary scheme gives under represented writers a free entry to the Bridport Prize competition...
Why a deadline is good for you
Mike Kilgannon is an English teacher from Sheffield whose philosophy “if you enter competitions you’ll...
Tessa Hadley. How to write fiction
Here is a thought about writing fiction which I was developing in my head the...
Your guide to flash fiction in under 250 words
Creating a micro story is like doing life laundry, you really need to chuck out...
Masterclass with… David Gaffney
Masterclass with… David Gaffney. David is a former Bridport Prize flash fiction judge and has...
Masterclass with… Robert McCrum
Masterclass with… Robert McCrum, Former literary editor of The Observer, author of Shakespearean (2020) Telling...