more than one entry will be accepted as long as fee is paid for each entry. No manuscripts will be returned. Only winners will be notified.
Poetry: max. 3 poems or 150 lines | Fiction: max. 3,500 words
There will be blind judging, therefore, do not put your name or address on entry submission, but enclose a cover sheet with your name, address, phone number and title(s) of entry. Entries must be typed on 8.5 X 11 white paper. Prose must be double-spaced. Each entry must be original, unpublished, not submitted or accepted elsewhere for publication and not entered simultaneously in any other contest or competition.
Visit the competition website page HERE
Judges:
Fiction: June Hutton
Poetry: Jennica Harper
Creative Non-Fiction: Lynn Van Luven
Rules & Details:
Send entries to:
Room Contest 2010
P.O. Box 46160, Station D
Vancouver, BC V6J 5G5
Canada
Visit the competition website HERE
Manuscripts will not be returned. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers are permitted, but Codhill Press must be notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
]]>This year’s awards ceremony will be held at the Arnolfini arts centre, located on Bristol’s vibrant harbourside
Prizes: 1st £500 plus £150 Waterstone’s gift card; 2nd £350 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card; 3rd £200 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card. The other 17 writers whose stories are published in the anthology will each receive a cheque for £50. There is a £7 entry fee for each story submitted. Max. word count is 3,000, no minimum.
Stories can be submitted online or by post.
Full Details HERE
]]>Closing date: 15th February 2010
s long as your entry is connected to Wales in some way then the genre is your choice. You can submit poetry (up to 40 lines), short stories (up to 1000 words), micro-fiction (up to 300 words) and illustrations.
The winning and outstanding entries will be published in the forthcoming Leaf Writing magazine, to be launched in Spring 2010. These, and further commended entries, will also be published in an anthology.
More Details HERE
All you have to do is write a short story (for adults) of no more than 2,000 words, on the theme of ‘Unity or Union’ and email it to competition@acblack.com with ‘WAYB10 competition’ as the subject line.
Arvon provides residential creative writing courses at four beautiful, historic houses around the UK. Their courses – tutored by professional, published writers – are world famous for the inspiration they provide to writers at every stage of their writing lives.
*Courses are subject to availability at the time of booking.
The closing date is 14 February 2010.
You’ll Find Rules And Full Details HERE
]]>The Kerry Group Irish fiction Award.
The Bryan Mac Mahon Short Story Award.
Duais Foras Na gaeilge.
Eamon Keane Full Length Play.
Writer’s Week Originals Competition.
Writing in Prisons.
The Single Poem Competition.
The Collection of Poetry Competition.
Irish post/Stena Line New writing competition.
Fiction Slam competition.
Kerry County Council creative writing competition for youth.
‘Tell your Story’
Rules and details HERE
]]>Prizes for authors:
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $500
Third Prize: $300
The 10 best-rated stories will be given to an independent jury consisting of the Georgia Writers Association & BookRix.
Perhaps you want to inform your members and subscribers about the competition so they can win great prizes.
More Information HERE
]]>The prize is $1,000 and the winner gets literary agency representation including assistance preparing the novel for submission to publishers.
The 2008 winner, 13 to Life, was written in five weeks on the website and is coming out as the first of a three book series in June 2010 from St. Martin?s Press.
Contest details are at http://www.textnovel.com/contestrules.php. There is no entry fee.
]]>