Below are some free current competitions you could enter!
Scottish Book Trust - 50-word stories
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/50-word-fiction
This is a monthly flash fiction competition . Entrants submit 50 word stories on preset themes.
The Young Walter Scott Prize
If you are aged between 11 and 19 and interested in history and writing, then you’ve come to the right place! We are the UK’s only creative writing prize specifically for budding historical fiction writers.
You could win a £500 travel grant, tickets to one of the UK’s best book festivals, and the chance to see your own work in print in a special anthology. Stories must be between 800 and 2,000 words, and set in a time before you were born.
This year’s competition is now open, and you have until 31st October 2026 to get your entries in.
https://www.walterscottprize.co.uk/home/young-walter-scott-prize/