This week's writing competitions!

Calling all creative writers! This week's competition selection is below:

Guardian Weekend Summer Fiction Special
Deadline: 13/06/2011 - UK
Guardian Weekend's summer fiction special is your chance to appear in print alongside some of the best writers around today.

Write a Short Story for Bedtime
Deadline: 28/10/2011 - UK
The A.Vogel Dormeasan has launched a ‘Write a Short Story for Bedtime’ competition, which will run until 28th October 2011.

Northern Crime Competition 2011
Deadline: 31/08/2011 - North East England
Northern Crime is an innovative competition that aims to unearth and publish exciting new crime writing from writers who live and work in the north of England.

The V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize
Deadline: 30/06/2011 - UK
The VS Pritchett Memorial Prize of £1,000 is for an unpublished short story. It was relaunched in 2009 in collaboration with Prospect magazine, who will be publishing the winning entry.

Rubery Book Award Short Story Competition
Deadline: 30/09/2011 - International
There are 3 prizes - first prize is £500. Author Dr Paul McDonald is the judge.

Leaf Books Open Competition 2011
Deadline: 30/09/2011 - UK
Sometimes what your write just doesn’t seem to fit a genre or size, maybe it’s not quite what competitions are asking for. If that's the case then this is the competition for you!

The Writers Bureau 2011 Competition
Deadline: 30/06/2011 - UK
The Writers Bureau Short Story Competition 2011 is now open and accepting entries.

BFS 40th Anniversary Anthology
Deadline: 30/06/2011 - UK
2011 is the 40th Anniversary of the British Fantasy Society, and to mark that event, we would like to publish a paperback anthology for FantasyCon this year.

WordAid Survival Submissions
Deadline: 31/07/2011 - UK
WordAid we are going to produce an anthology in aid of www.shelterbox.org.uk who
provide 'emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies for families around the world who are affected by disasters at the time when they need it the most.'

Wasafiri New Writing Prize
Deadline: 29/07/2011 - International
Renowned worldwide for featuring some of the best and brightest new talent, Wasafiri launched an annual New Writing Prize as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations in 2009. Now in its third year, the competition is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book.

Essex Poetry Festival 11th Open Poetry Competition
Deadline: 30/07/2011 - South East England
Sole Adjudicator: George Szirtes. First Prize £500, Second £250, Third £100 and 4 runner-up prizes of £25.

Regardless of what genre of writing you complete, Words Worth Reading Ltd are here to give you a helping hand.