Submit Your Work
Aesthetica invites writers 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
Entry Fees
| Date | Poetry | Short Fiction |
|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2025 – 31 August 2026 | 拢12 | 拢18 |
| 1 – 6 September 2026 | 拢18 | 拢24 |
Prizes
- 拢5,000 prize money (拢2,500 for the Poetry Winner, 拢2,500 for the Short Fiction Winner)
- Publication in the聽Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology
- 5 Day Arvon at Home Online Writing Week or Evening Course (Fiction Winner)
- Two Online Masterclasses from Arvon (Poetry Winner)
- One-year print subscription to聽Granta (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
- One-year digital subscription to聽Mslexia (Poetry & Fiction Winners)
- Six-Week Online Course from Curtis Brown Creative (Poetry Winner)
- A course from鈥痶he Poetry School (Poetry Winner)
- Full membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry 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.
Timescale
- 1 December – 31 August: Entries Open.
- 1 September – 6 September: Late Entries.
- November 2026: Shortlisted writers are contacted and book proofs sent
- December 2026: Winners are announced
- December 2026: Publication of winners and shortlist in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2027
Image: Fikri Amanda Abubakar.聽