Awards

Fiction Competitions and Awards

Defenestrationism.net Flash Suite Contest

2024

Dead of Winter Competitions

2022

2021

2019

Remastered Words

2020

2018

Divination Hollow Reviews (formerly Dead Head Reviews) Competitions

2020 Horror in Hollywood

  • Moncreith (shortlisted)

Wordsmag Short Story Competitions

2020 Murder Theme

  • Curry and Chips (longlisted)

Hiraeth Publishing Drabble Competitions

2021 Don't Pull That Cord Theme

  • Aversion Therapy (Second)

Alban Lake Drabble Competitions

2019 Treasure Hunt Theme

  • Vault (Joint-First)

Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competitions

2018 Lewis Carrol Theme

  • At the Kitty Kat Klub (Honourable Mention)

2018 Dorothy Parker Theme

  • Inspection (Honourable Mention)

Erewash Competitions

2021 Holiday Romance Theme

  • Not what she'd imagined (shortlisted)

2018 Summer Garden Theme

Writing Magazine Subscriber Competitions

2022

Antihero Short Story Competition (May 2022 issue)
  • Misty (shortlisted)

2021

'Separation' Young Adult Short Story Competition (October 2021 issue)

  • Erin's Future (shortlisted)

2019

'Without' Short Story Competition (September 2019 issue)

  • Bloom (shortlisted)

2017

'Music' Short Story Competition (May 2017 issue)

  • Music Unlike Any (shortlisted)

2016

'Local Reporter' Short Story Competition (February 2016 issue)

  • The Upstairs Flat (Second Place) - read it here

'Mid-Story Sentence' Short Story Competition (January 2016 issue)

  • Behind Schedule (shortlisted) [misattributed as DY Tyrer]

Earlyworks Press Competitions

2016

Flash Fiction Competition

Carillon "Let's Be Absurd" Competition

2015

  • Beaker Man (short-listed)

Stonethread SpecFic Competition

2014 - SpecFic III

  • How Do I Feed? (semi-finalist)

Write A Story For Children Competition

The Academy of Children's Writers competition.

2013

  • Sir Blodry the Sentry (final 10% in the judging)

Editor's Choice/Readers' Choice Awards

Some anthologies include an  editor's choice (chosen by the editor and/or panel) and/or a readers' choice for best fiction in the collection.

2023

Midsummer Madness 2023 (Bindweed Magazine)

  • The Best Birthday Cake Ever (editor's pick prize for fiction).

2015

Ill-Considered Expeditions (April Moon Books)

  • The White Goddess (one of five editor's choice awards).

Other

2024

Poetry Competitions and Awards

Dwarf Stars Award

2022

Rhysling Award

2016

Data Dump Award

DJ Tyrer is one of the most long-listed poets for the Data Dump Award for the best speculative poetry published in the UK, and finally had a poem placed in 2015. Sadly, with the passing of Steve Sneyd, the Award is no longer active.

2016

  • Strange Beings (short-listed)
  • Vanguard Fleet (long-listed)

2015

  • Virgil's Ongoing Researches (Joint-Second). 
  •  Mechanical Man (long-listed)

2014

  • Virgil's Ongoing Researches (short-listed; placed in 2015).

2013

  • Opening Shots In The Time War (long-listed).

2012

  •  Horizon Of Time (long-listed).

2011

  • Pioneer Approaches Aldebaran (long-listed).
  • Dark Star (long-listed).

2010

  • Pioneer Approaches Aldebaran (short-listed; long-listed again in 2011).
  • Back To The Beginning (long-listed).

2009

  • On A Far And Distant World (long-listed).

2008

  • Relativity (long-listed).

2006

  • Children of the Swarm (long-listed)
  • Star Cats (long-listed)

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