2025 Calendar

London Independent Story Prize 2025

14th February 2025-New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 15th March

Regular Deadline 15th April

Late Deadline 15th May

Extended Deadline 15th June

Entries Close 15th July

Winner Announcement September

2024 Calendar

LISP 2024 – Creative Writing1st Competition

15th October 2023 – New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 15th November 2023

Regular Deadline 15th December 2023

Late Deadline 15th January 2024

Entries Close 15th February 2024

Winner Announcement on 22nd March 2024

LISP 2024 – Creative Writing 2nd Competition

1st March 2024 – New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 1st April 2024

Regular Deadline 1st May 2024

Late Deadline 1st June 2024

Entries Close 1st July 2024

Winner Announcement in September 2024

LISP 2024 – Creative Writing 3rd Competition

Mid September 2024 – New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 1st October 2024

Regular Deadline 1st November 2024

Final Deadline 10th November 2024

Extended Deadline 25th November 2024 (Updated)

Winner Announcement in February 2025 (Updated)

We received an unexpected amount of high-quality writing! Thanks for sharing your brilliant stories with us. Therefore, we had to add additional reading steps to our selection process to ensure that we made the right decisions on the selection of the stories.

Please accept our sincere apologies for keeping you waiting. The announcement will be soon, in mid-February!

2023 Calendar

LISP 2023

10th November 2022 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 15th December 2023

Regular Deadline 15th February 2023

Late Deadline 21st May 2023

Extended Deadline 15th June 2023

Final Deadline 15th July 2023

Entries Close 24th July 2023

Winner Announcement:

Creative Writing Winners on 16th October 2023-UPDATED

Film and Script Winners on 6th November 2023-UPDATED

Award Ceremony, Anthology Launch, and Film Screening details will be announced in November/December 2023.

2022 Calendar

LISP 2022

15th February 2022 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 21th March 2022

Regular Deadline 30th May 2022

Late Deadline 10th July 2022

Extended Deadline 26th September 2022

Entries Close 24th October 2022

Winner Announcement on 12th December 2022

Calendar, 2021

1st Half 2021

15th January 2021 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline15th February 2021

Regular Deadline 15th April 2021

Late Deadline 15th May 2021

Extended Deadline 31st June 2021

Entries Close 30th June 2021

Winner Announcement on 30th August 2021

2nd Half 2021

30th August 2021 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 30th September 2021

Regular Deadline 17th October 2021

Late Deadline 14th November 2021

Extended Deadline 12th December 2022

Entries Close on 16th January 2022

Winner Announcement on 30th March 2022

Calendar, 2020

1st Quarter 2020

8th December 2019- Open For Submissions

11th January 2020- Early Bird Discount Deadline

12th January 2020- Regular Entry

9th February 2020 -- Regular Deadline- Submissions Close

8th March 2020 - Winner Announcement

2nd Quarter

8th March 2020- Open For Submissions

3rd April 2020- Early Bird Discount Deadline

4th April 2020- Regular Entry

17th May 2020 -- Regular Deadline-Submissions Close

7th June 2020 - Winner Announcement

3rd Quarter

7th June 2020- Open For Submissions

4th July 2020- Early Bird Discount Deadline

5th July 2020- Regular Entry

2nd August 2020 -- Regular Deadline-Submissions Close

6th September 2020 - Winner Announcement

4th Quarter

6th September 2020- Open For Submissions

27th September 2020- Early Bird Discount Deadline

18th October 2020- Regular Entry Deadline

6th December 2020 -- Late Entry Deadline

27th December 2020 -Extended Entry Deadline

30th January 2021 - Winner Announcement

Calendar, 2019

1st Half 2019

13th November 2018 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline13th November 2018- 13th January 2019

Regular Deadline 14th January 2019- 3rd March 2019

Late Deadline 4th March 2019 - 30th March 2019

Extended Deadline 31st March 2019 - 5th May 2019

Competition Closes on 6th May 2019

Winner Announcement on 1st July 2019

2nd Half 2019

7th May 2019 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

Early Bird Deadline 6th May 2019- 30th June 2019

Regular Deadline 1st July 2019- 1st September 2019

Late Deadline 2nd September 2019 - 29th September 2019

Extended Deadline 30th September 2019 - 2nd October 2019

Competition Closes on 3rd November 2019

Winner Announcement on 8th December 2019

Calendar, 2018

1st Quarter

9th November 2018- Open For Submissions

10th January 2018 --Deadline

10th February 2018 -- Winner Announcements

2nd Quarter

10th February 2018 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

18th April 2018 --Deadline

16th May 2018 --Winner Announcements

3rd Quarter

16th May 2018 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

16th July 2018 --Deadline

12th of August 2018 --Winner Announcements

4th Quarter

12th August 2018 --New Competition Opens for Submissions

12th November 2018 --Deadline

12th of December 2018 --Winner Announcements

1st Quarter of 2019

13th November 2018 --New Competition Opens for Submissions