Where Can I Find Competitions To Enter?

You've already found the best service for UK competitions - Loquax - but we would say that as we are biased! We've been running a competition community for over 25 years now and thanks to our users there are plenty of prize draws, competitions and contests added to the site daily. The site is free to use and if you register you'll get access to all the listings, different options, tracking and the forums. Not bad for nowt now is it?

Why Choose Loquax?

On Loquax you can find 100s of competitions to enter via our Competition Listings! These are listed in a number of ways including new today, closing soon or alphabetically! You can also sort these lists by date added, date closing, prize and type of competition. Our 'Preferences' option also allows you to filter out comps you don't want to see. The choice is yours! For specific prizes take a look at our The Prize Directory. For those of you who like Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, Purchased Necessary, Creative, Text To Win and other types of competitions, then we can help you with those in our Type Of Competitions section. Our site boasts a brilliant tracker too so that you can mark off the comps you've done and ignore the ones you don't like. Loquax can often be quite daunting to a newbie but the site is simplicity itself. We suggest you either dive right in (you can't break anything) or check our the Loquax FAQ first.

Searching Google For Competitions

If you still want more competitions then the best advice is search for them using Google. Suggested 'Key Words' to look for when using Google include Competitions, Contests, Sweepstakes, Prize Draws, Surveys, Tiebreakers and combinations like "September 2023" "prize draw". If the Search Engine allows for a second word as a 'filter' - it may be useful to include 'UK' to narrow the search results down to a more managable size. When looking at Google results we suggest choosing 'Tools' and changing 'Any Time' to either '24 Hours' or '1 Week' as this will give you the newest additions to the database and hopefully the latest comps. You can also limit the country to 'Just UK' via the Tools option. For more specific prizes use phrases such as "win a television" or if you want to be different "terms and conditions" and "closing date" can sometimes yield useful results.

Search Social Media

As well as Google you might like to consider searching on social media to see if you can find prize draws and competitions. The problem here is that the powers that be who run Facebook, X, Tiktok and Instagram have some of the worse search systems ever! X limits what you can see and Instagram ditched hashtags which made it easier to locate things. Facebook does have a search system but that is limited. You can try and use Google to search by setting "site: facebook.com" for example and then using prize, win, competitions etc to see what comes up. As social media is where a lot of competitions appear these days then - other than using the various lists on Loquax - we suggest following other compers. Otherwise get used to doing a little bit of doom-scrolling. Once you start entering competitions the algorithms should start flagging up more options for you.

Finding Low Entry Competitions

Although comping is a popular hobby and many giveaways get shared across Loquax, other listing sites, social media, private groups etc. there are still low entry draws in the mix. Some compers actively aim to seek these out because the less entries in the hat then the more chance of winning. To find them you're going to need to a bit of leg work such as scrolling through social media or deep diving into search engines. Localised prizes such as meals out, tickets and giveaways where prizes need to be collected are usually where entry numbers are low. One popular comping myth is that every competition listed on Loquax gets 1000s of entries. They don't so do keep an eye on entry numbers where they're shown on platforms such as Instagram and X.

Make Comping Friends

Making comping friends is a good idea because when they share comps as part of their entries then you also see what they're doing. Having comping friends is also useful for sharing tips too. A lot of Loquax users are happy to share their social media names and follow for follow new comping friends. if you're not too keen on a lot of friends or are a reluctant social media user then you always 'stalk' a few well known compers and check out what they're doing. It's not that polite though! All around the country there are social groups of compers who regularly meet up and discuss comping. For a while we managed to emulate something similar on Loquax with our Local Groups section. However as local media dwindled and social media increased these sections have become less busy which is a shame. We understand there are local groups running on Facebook so keep an eye out for one in your area - or maybe even set one up?

Other UK Competition Sites

We're not the only competition portal or competition listing service online but we are the oldest, we were the first and we're probably the best. The best way to search for alternatives to Loquax is head to Google. You will come across various other sites that find prizes or database competitions but just be wary of pay to enter competitions sites that tend to dominate search results these days. Listing sites that are alternatives to Loquax all have their good and bad points. But it's up to you to discover whether they're good for you or not. Our only advice is be wary of sites that charge subscriptions to find what you can get on Loquax for free.

Comping Magazines

Comping magazines have been very popular in the past due to the likes of Competitors Companion and Simply Prizes. The former has closed (the website of the same name is not a relation) and the latter is now web based only and charges for competition listings. So that actually leaves Compers News as the only service still publishing an actual magazine. We haven't seen an issue for years so don't feel that we can really comment on whether it's any good but we know that some compers still love it as it highlights competitions that can be found in magazines, newspapers, supermarkets, on labels of products as well as those that are online. However a lot of that information also appears on Loquax. It's worth just checking that you're getting value for money. as Compers News costs just under £60 a year, by direct debit, for an annual subscription! Subscribers get access to an exclusive forum. Lucky Legends from Di Coke is similar to Compers News but doesn't offer a magazine. For £50 a year subscribers get access to an exclusive forum.