Inkitt's Boarding School Romance Writing Contest 2025 | November 30

Inkitt's Boarding School Romance Writing Contest 2025 – Free Entry & Win $500

Looking for one of the top writing contests for 2025? Enter Inkitt’s Boarding School Romance Writing Contest — a free writing contest for adults that could transform your life. Submit your story for a chance to win up to $500, a Galatea publishing deal, and even see your book adapted into a movie on the CandyJar app.

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM PST

About Inkitt's Boarding School Romance Writing Contest 2025

Inkitt hosts some of the most exciting online writing contests to help authors break into publishing. Our creative writing contest for 2025 gives you the chance to reach millions of readers and launch your writing career.

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Prompt: Ivy and Secrets – Boarding School Romance

This book writing contest challenges you to create stories filled with:

•  Trust fund babies and hidden heiress scandals
• Forbidden love and royal secrets
•  Rivals-to-lovers drama inside elite academies

Examples of what your entry could look like

A scholarship student hiding their billionaire inheritance while falling for their rival’s heir.

A rebellious student secretly third in line to a throne, caught in a dangerous forbidden romance.

Two roommates faking a relationship to escape family control, only for their love to become real.

Pro Tip: focus on high-drama romance

Possessive love interests with shocking gestures

Academic rivals with undeniable tension

Enemies-to-lovers with morally grey characters

Addictive cliffhangers that keep readers hooked

Inkitt's Boarding School Romance Writing Contest 2025 Prizes

Our writing contest for money offers exciting prizes to help you launch your career:

1st Place

• $500 USD cash prize
• Publishing offer with Galatea Stories
• Book reviewed for possible CandyJar movie adaptation
• 1 year of Galatea Unlimited
• Inkitt VIP Badge
• Instagram feature on @inkittbooks

2nd Place

• $300 USD cash prize
• 1 year of Galatea Unlimited
• Inkitt VIP Badge
• Instagram feature on @inkittbooks

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3rd Place

• $100 USD cash prize
• 1 year of Galatea Unlimited
• Inkitt VIP Badge
• Instagram feature on @inkittbooks

Inkitt's Boarding School Romance Writing Contest 2025 Terms

When Will Winners Be Announced?

 Winners will be announced within 3 weeks of the contest deadline on Inkitt’s Instagram and the Inkitt Winners Page.

Entry Guidelines

•  Free entry — always!
• Submit via the contest page or your Inkitt work settings
• Minimum 20,000 words by the deadline
• No maximum word limit
• Must be original and written in English
• No fanfiction or poetry
• New, in-progress, and ongoing stories welcome
• Previously published Inkitt stories allowed
• Stories already signed on Galatea are ineligible
• Subscription stories are eligible
• Multiple entries allowed (only one can win)

Title & Content Guidelines

Titles must be appropriate for all audiences

Mature content allowed if correctly labeled

Must follow this contest’s featured prompt:  Ivy and Secrets: Boarding School Romance

Winner Selection

Our team reviews:

Reader engagement

Readability scores

Binge-ability

Alignment with the contest prompt

Apply Here