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    Essay Writing Winners Promote Free Trade

    College students from the three major island groups of the Philippines were the winners of an essay writing competition coinciding with World Trade Week in the United Kingdom.

    “World Trade Week UK is an annual platform for a wide range of regional, national and international activities to demonstrate the vital importance of trade and the [...]

Competitions

The Manchester Fiction Prize 2009

The Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching The Manchester Fiction Prize – a new literary competition celebrating excellence ...

Leaf Books Poetry Competition

Leaf Books invites you to submit poems (max 35 lines) on any subject. All selected entries will be published in ...

Calyx Poetry Prize

CALYX, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, accepts submissions of poetry, short fiction, visual art, essays, reviews, and ...

Aldeburgh First Collection Prize

The Poetry Trust invites submissions from publishers or individual poets for its annual prize awarded to the author of what ...

‘Acts Of Kindness’ Travel Competition

To enter, simply spend five minutes telling us about an 'Act of Kindness' that you have experienced whilst travelling by ...

Highland And Islands Short Story Competition

HISSAC is a loose network of writers who keep contact with each other for the purpose of critiquing and encouraging ...

Writting Articles/tips

Guard Your Copyright

Occasionally you will see competitions where the organisers make it a condition of entry that you must give up your copyright. Occasionally this will apply to all contestants whether they are winners or also rans. Never, never, never, give up your copyright. If that is a condition of entry move on to the next [...]

Book Reviews

Imagine This

Imagine This is a book that does more than just tell a story; it takes the reader on a voyage of discovery.

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Abandoned by her father and separated from her brother, Lola must adjust to living without the basic necessities, where a drink of water entails a six-mile trek to the bushes. Unable to [...]

Classic Stories & Poetry

De Profundis By Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin on 16 October 1854. Wilde was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford. While at Oxford, Wilde became involved in the aesthetic movement. After he graduated, he moved to London to pursue a literary career.

Drama and tragedy marred Wilde’s private life. He married [...]

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