Enter Competitions

Writing competitions are an excellent opportunity to test your skills, and build experience. Of course, if you win, it helps with building your portfolio and building credibility.

Some competitions also offer the opportunity for feedback. Many of them charge fees, so you may want to be selective.

The Writer's reign website is a great one for identifying upcoming writing competitions: https://writersreign.co.uk/short-story-competitions.html

There are two competitions coming up shortly which are worth looking at:

The Mslexia short story competition for Women who write is closing on 16 March 2015

https://mslexia.co.uk/competition/short-story-competition/

For aspiring romance writers, Prima are running a competition where you could win a publishing contract with Mills and Boon for a romance novel: https://www.prima.co.uk/leisure/tv-and-books/prima-mills-and-boon-writing-competition

Good luck, and happy writing.