A shed load of writing competitions – all ending on New Year’s Eve
2017 Ernest Hemingway Prize for Flash Ficton Genre: Fiction up to 1500 words Prize: $200 and publication in Fiction Southeast Deadline: December 31, 2017 The Magic Oxygen Literary Prize Genre: Short … Continue reading
WRITE BY THE BEACH – the Brighton Writing Conference is back in 2018
And tickets are selling faster than ever before… I am so proud to be associated with such an inspiring event. It’s inspiring to meet and learn from so many great … Continue reading
Win a writing competition that offers a complete publishing package as first prize
Writing Magazine has teamed up with Lulu.com and Authoright to offer their competition winner a complete publishing package, including marketing and PR They are looking for a previously unpublished novel … Continue reading
SAVE! £1 (and 1$ and 1 euro) off Back to Creative Writing School — one week only
My writing guide currently has 118 reviews on Amazon.UK and 25 on Amazon US (and I’ve just discovered that there are reviews on most European sites as well as Canada … Continue reading
The next issue of my creative writing email newsletter is out soon. Would you like a copy?
It only comes out a couple of times a year so it won’t clog up your mailbox. The next issue will contain new writing exercises I haven’t published before, news … Continue reading
Write a short story about food and drink for a chance to win £10,000 prize
Food and drink must be at the heart of the story you enter for The Mogford Prize. It could be a life-changing conversation over lunch; a romance in a cafe; … Continue reading
A new indy publishing company is doing things differently in the search for new writing talent.
époque press is very new. They only opened for business a couple of weeks ago, but clearly a lot of hard work has gone into to building a company capable … Continue reading
International flash fiction Competition has big prizes for small stories
This competition is truly international as entries are accepted in four languages: English, Spanish, Arabic and Hebrew. The winner of the contest administered by the Museum of Words in Madrid … Continue reading
Urgent Shout Out to Devon Writers!
Writers & Artists – the publishers of (among other good things) the Year Book close to the heart of many writers are offering two FREE tickets to their How to … Continue reading
Enter the £10,000 award for a first-time writer
The Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers’ Award 2018 opened for entries on Sunday. It is an exciting award as it gives a substanial amount of money to a new writer. It … Continue reading
Interview with a published short story writer – and an invitation
This striking cover belongs to a new collection of short stories. I’ve read it, I love it and I think you might as well… 15 Minutes is about people whose … Continue reading
Fill that notebook! A confidence-building class for writers with experience AND absolute beginners.
The basics: Friday morning in Brighton in a studio facing the sea for four weeks starting on September 29. 10.30am until 12.30 What: A small-in-numbers, big-in-ideas class with plenty of … Continue reading
American literary journal offers an international fellowship to flash fiction writers
SmokeLong Quarterly is inviting applications for the 2018 Kathy Fish Fellowship. SmokeLong Quarterly celebrates its 14th birthday this year with the aim of publishing the best flash fiction on the … Continue reading
Do you know someone starting school next week?
Starting school is probably one of the biggest changes we have to deal with and it’s not just about getting used to new routines, people and surroundings (although at five … Continue reading
