Fiction Competitions and Awards
Defenestrationism.net Flash Suite Contest
2024
Dead of Winter Competitions
2022
- Quiet, Child (Second)
2021
- Broken Bridge (Joint Third)
2019
- Answers (Second)
Remastered Words
2020
- The One-Eyed Salmon (runner-up)
2018
- The Caverns of Khidina (runner-up)
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
- Ants and Wasps and... (joint-winner flash fiction)
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
- A Sound (shortlisted) - published in Apples, Shadows and Light (2017)
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
- Altered Reality Magazine 'Author of the Month' for March.
Poetry Competitions and Awards
Dwarf Stars Award
2022
- Love on Halloween (nominated)
Rhysling Award
2016
- A Butterfly In Carcosa (nominated)
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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