My market for you this week offers top prize money of £10,000 to both winners of its short story and poetry competitions. So the competitions are certainly worth entering!

The Manchester Writing Competition is inviting entries for the best portfolio of between three to five poems (maximum combined length of 120 lines) and the best short story of up to 2,500 words.

The competition is open to international writers aged 16 and over.

To find out more go to the website

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