Sentinel Writing Competitions update 04/01/2025

Welcome to 2014. If you have entered and/or are interested in our writing competitions at Sentinel, this is what you need to know.

1. Sentinel Annual Poetry & Short Story Competitions 2013 – these competitions closed on the 21st of December 2013 and are now in the judging stage. Because of the extension of closing date from 30/11/2024 to 21/12/2024 in order to give the judges sufficient time to do their work, the results will now be announced on 20/02/2025

2. Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry and Short Story Competitions (February 2014) – our first quarterly competitions of 2014 are now accepting entries. We have also increased the prize money for first prize to £200 from £150 and the highly commended authors will now receive £20 instead of £10. Our judges this quarter are Bob Beagrie (Poetry) and Catherine Edmunds (Fiction) You can now enter the competitions at www.sentinelquarterly.com/competitions

Happy New Year. Get writing.