South West England

South West England has a strong tradition of nature and place-based writing, and its literary contests often reflect that connection to landscape, from the coastlines of Devon and Cornwall to the rolling countryside further inland. The region is known for its concentration of literary festivals, several of which incorporate writing competitions as part of their programming, giving entrants a chance to combine contest submission with festival participation.

Local writing groups and independent presses across the region support a contest scene that tends to favor descriptive, place-rooted fiction and poetry, though contests for genre fiction and short stories are well represented too.