Free Online Writing Contests 2025. Here's a list of more than 25 short story contests in 2024 and 2025 that cater to a range of genres and writers, arranged chronologically. Prizes range from $55,000 to publication.

31 january 2025 (10 am gmt) open for: This january there are more than five dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, cnf, nonfiction, and plays.