Submit Your Work

Aesthetica invites artists to enter the Creative Writing Award. Step 1: Click below to purchase your entry Step 2: Your Entry Form will be emailed to you upon registration Step 3: Complete the Entry Form SUBMIT POETRY   SUBMIT FICTION

Entry Fees

 

Date Poetry Short Fiction
1 December 2024 – 31 August 2025 £12 £18
1 – 8 September 2025 £18 £24
 

Prizes

  • £5,000 prize money (£2,500 for the Poetry Winner, £2,500 for the Short Fiction Winner)
  • Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology
  • One-year print subscription to Granta (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
  • One-year digital subscription to Mslexia (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
  • Six-week writing poetry course from Curtis Brown Creative (Poetry Winner)
  • Full membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry Winner)
  • A course from the Poetry School (Poetry Winner)
  • Two Online Masterclasses from Arvon (Poetry Winner)
  • One 5-Day Arvon at Home online writing or evening course (Fiction Winner)
  • Consultation with Redhammer Management (Fiction Winner)
  • Six-week writing short stories course from Curtis Brown Creative (Fiction Winner)
  • Full membership to Litopia (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
  • One-year Deluxe Subscription to The London Magazine (Poetry & Fiction Winners)

Guidelines

  • Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines.
  • Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words.
  • Works published or entered elsewhere are accepted.
  • We accept works on any theme.
  • You may enter the Award as many times as you wish, although each work requires a fee and new submission form.
  • Please consider that the size of the Creative Writing Annual will be A5.
  • For more information, read our FAQs here or for our refund policy.

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Image: Fikri Amanda Abubakar.