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BookRix Free To Enter Contest

Kevin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:59:57 +0000

There is currently running a free-to-enter short story contest on BookRix for writers and readers. The theme is “Family Stories”. (No page limit)

Prizes on the line include $1.800,00 in prize money for writers, “fame!” and Amazon vouchers (each worth $20) for voting readers.

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

Textnovel Writing Contest

Kevin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:50:02 +0000

Interested in the web? Have your own website or blog then here’s a contest that might just appeal to you. Textnovel.com is running a contest January 1, 2010 through August 31, 2010 for the best online serial novel.

Textnovel allows writers to get attention based on how many followers, views and votes they get and also provides an interactive format for creating the novel.

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.

Filscap Songwriting Contest Now Open

Kevin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:50:42 +0000

The FILSCAP Foundation, Inc. has announced the start of its songwriting competition. The contest aims to provide incentives to established composers, to discover new talents and provide the winning works national and international showcase through radio/TV, print and other media exposure.

FILSCAP trustee Vehnee Saturno, one of the country’s most prolific composers, sees this as an excellent way to give Filipino music a much needed boost. “I was very fortunate when I was starting out because Filipino music was getting a lot of support from the government and the record companies,” he said. Vehnee was himself a winner of various songwriting contests here and abroad.

Among his winning songs were “Isang Dakot” which copped the Grand Prize at the 6th Metro Manila Popular Music Festival and “Be My Lady,” a finalist at the 5th Metropop, which became a big hit for Martin Nievera.

“Filipino music now has to contend with competition not only from America and the UK but also from Korea,” added Vehnee. “There is also piracy and the economic situation. Konti na ang bumibili ng CD. So we thought we should do something to get composers writing hit songs again and FILSCAP is the best organization to initiate the effort.”

There are four categories in the competition: Pop, R&B, Rock and Novelty. Entries can be in any Filipino dialect or in English. Contestants can submit only one entry. Entries will be accepted until Feb. 15, 2010.

At stake for the winners are cash prizes in the amount of P200,000, Grand Prize; P50,000, First Prize; P30,000, Second Prize; and P20,000, Third Prize for every category; P10,000 for each of the 12 finalists; a commemorative album with top singing stars performing the 12 finalists; and a trip to Australia for the Grand Prize winner to be part of the Song Summit 2010 Conference in Sydney on June 19-21, 2010, which will feature internationally acclaimed artists and songwriters and panel discussions on topical issues regarding the music industry at large.

The contest is open to Filipino composers and lyricists of all ages except members of the board of the Filscap Foundation, of the Filscap Board of Trustees, of the competition steering committee, employees of Filscap and Grand Prize winners of past songwriting competitions. “We thought it best to disqualify previous winners,” says Vehnee to give others a chance.

Entries can be sent via MP3 through the FILSCAP songwriting website, songwritingcompetition@Filscap.com.ph or sent to the FILSCAP office at 140 Scout Rallos St. Barangay Sacred Heart, Quezon City.

The FILSCAP Foundation is the music nurturing arm of the Filipino Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. It was established to preserve and make known the music legacy of the Filipinos; to provide incentives for composers and authors to continue making hits; and to discover and nurture the talents of young composers and authors who will provide the hits of tomorrow.

2010 Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition

Kevin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:08:19 +0000

Wrekin Writers have launched their 10th Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition, inviting writers to submit short stories of 1200 words or less.

There is a small charge of £3 per entry or £5 for two entries. You can enter as many times as you like. The competition is open to everyone and the stories can be on any subject.

To celebrate the10th anniversary of our competition we have increased the prize money: First Prize is £150 and Publication Second Prize is £70 and Publication Third Prize is £40 and Publication

The closing date for entries is 12^th July 2010. To read the 2009 winning story and to download an entry form with the full rules please see our website www.wrekinwriters.co.uk or you can send a stamped addressed envelope to:

The Competition Secretary 29 Christine Avenue Wellington Telford TF1 2DX The stories we received last year were very enjoyable to read and it was difficult to select just three winners. This year we are hoping that the increased prize money will motivate even more people to create great stories for everyone to enjoy. The three best stories will be published in the Wrekin Writers 2010 Anthology.

Ladder Writers Contests

Kevin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:28:57 +0000

The first competition is now on! It’s an open story competition with a word limit of 1500 and a cash prize of £50. The deadline for submission is 30th September 2009. This is the first competition on a new site, so chances of
winning could be high!

Entrance costs £2. To enter, firstly make the payment using the Paypal button below. Please ensure you enter your Ladder Writers username so I know who it is who has made the payment! Once you have done so please email me your entry/entries with your username as the subject, to contests@ladderwriters.com.

If you live outside the UK you can still take part.

You’ll find more details HERE

Short Film Screenwriting Competition

Kevin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:15:42 +0000

Blue Lizard Productions short film screenwriting contest. The main goal of the competition is to uncover the best unproduced short film screenplay and to work with the gifted writer(s) who wrote it, packaging it with a great director, talented actors and experienced film crew to be produced next year and then screened at film festivals around the world.

Up until July 15th, 2009 there is no fee to submit your script. After July 15th, we will be implementing a $10 submission fee as the response to this contest has been really great, but overwhelming for our script readers, and as we want to make sure every single screenplay is read we will be compensating our script readers for their time. You can easily make your submission payment on this website using PayPal.

Short films must be less then 15 pages

Enteries by August 31

You’ll find more details HERE

If Only I Could Tell You

Kevin — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:06:47 +0000

Nearly everyone has memories of a former sweetheart. Write your true story of an earlier love, in no more than 700 words. Tell us about someone whose memory brings a smile or a tear, or both. What did she or he mean to you? In particular, how did that person’s presence in your life change you, and what do you still carry with you? Your story may be heart-warming or humorous. Just tell it as if you were talking to a good friend.

Here’s a taster of the 2008 winning entry

I Sing of You

by Patricia Boies

I was still sixteen, a freshman like you, when we met, you who would become my first love, my first lover. I had a crush on you from the start, your thick curly dark hair exploding under the wide brim of your black felt hat, your smooth olive skin that needed no shaving, your crooked front tooth, your long lean body, the battered cane you carried because of your knee operation. I was shy and you were shyer, so even though we spent months hanging out with the gang, my eyes on you as the joint passed and the music played in all those dorm rooms, at all those concerts, even though we hitchhiked from Boston to Ithaca in the middle of winter, huddling close in the phone booth after the state trooper threw us off the highway, it was not until April, spring breaking out all over, that I told your best friend how much I liked you, and he told you, and so it began.

You can find more details of the contest and read the rest of the story HERE

The Manchester Fiction Prize 2009

Kevin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:06:13 +0000

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

The Manchester Fiction Prize is open internationally and will award a cash prize of £10,000* to the writer of the best short story submitted. The competition is open to entrants aged 16 or over; there is no upper age limit.

A bursary for study at MMU will also be awarded to an entrant aged 18-25 as part of the Jeffrey Wainwright Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award*. Eligible entrants are asked to indicate on the entry form if they would like to be considered for the Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award in addition to the main prize.

All entrants are asked to submit a complete short story of up to 5,000 words in length. The story can be on any subject, and written in any style, but must be new work, not published or submitted for consideration elsewhere. The competition will be judged by distinguished novelists and short story writers Sarah Hall, M. John Harrison and Nicholas Royle.

The Manchester Fiction Prize celebrates the substantial cultural and literary achievements of Manchester, building on the work of MMU’s Writing School and enhancing the city’s reputation as one of Europe’s most adventurous and creative spaces. The prizes will be awarded at a gala ceremony, held as part of the 2009 Manchester Literature Festival.

You’ll find more details HERE