Writing competitions
The Prize Calendar
A worldwide calendar of writing contests — short stories, poetry, novels, memoir, plays and screenplays — ordered by deadline, with fees, age rules and official links. By Stewart Ferris.
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Other independent tools from the same desk. Writing prizes, a US sweepstakes list, side hustles, and calculators for everyday money.
US sweepstakes
Prize Desk USA
The American desk: free sweepstakes, supermarket giveaways, magazine contests and paid raffles, listed by closing date and refreshed each month.
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Side hustles
Sideline
Legitimate extra-income ideas, reviewed weekly. Filter by location, skills and hours, and skip the scams.
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Savings calculators
LatteLifetime
What a skipped coffee, a mortgage overpayment or flying economy is actually worth once compound interest has decades to work.
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Cashflow planner
Meridian
A personal budget planner for income, spending and the gap between them. Figures stay in your browser.
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Mortgage
Mortgage Overpayment Calculator
See how extra monthly payments or a lump sum cut interest and knock months off the final settlement.
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UK pensions
Oakspan
An independent calculator for SIPPs and workplace defined-contribution pots: drawdown, the tax-free lump sum, income tax and the State Pension.
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