Self-published Writers Encouraged to Enter Prestigious Competition
The Young Writer of the Year Award has been out of action for six years, but it now being revived under the sponsorship of The Sunday Times and agents Peters Fraser … Continue reading
Free International Travel Writing Competition
Writers anywhere can submit a travel essay to the Germany-based blog I Must Be Off! in its third annual travel writing competition. “If it’s about travel, we want to read … Continue reading
Publisher looking for new crime thriller writers launches short story competition
To celebrate Oldcastle Books 30th birthday the publisher has set up a new short story competition for its crime fiction imprint, No Exit Press. It is open to any unpublished … Continue reading
A free writing competition with a BIG difference – they want you to show off your marketing skills as well
Neil Raphel, acquisitions editor of Brigantine Media, says: “… publishing success or failure depends on our authors’ commitment to marketing.” Brigantine Media, based in Vermont, started life 30 something years … Continue reading
International Humour Writing competition in honour of Mark Twain
Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand — Mark Twain This is the second annual competition organised to raise funds for the Mark Twain House and Museum in Connecticut USA … Continue reading
Can you write a nice cup of tea? Brighton flash fiction competition
Crossing The Teas is a Brighton based Oral History and Photographic Exhibition exploring different cultural practices around the shared custom of drinking tea. The project is a chance for local … Continue reading
Want to be a travel writer?
Rough Guides are on the lookout for talented new authors for their online features section and have teamed up with Journeys are made @ gapyear.com to run a writing competition as … Continue reading
Music and narrative in Flash Fiction – TANIA HERSHMAN Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
(Flash fiction) is a form that balances on the flimsy boundary between short story and poem. For me, a flash story must feel like it is on the side of … Continue reading
Would you fail this writing exercise?
What do you think of these opening lines…do they entice you to read on and find out more? Councillor Brown was on time for the meeting to talk about installing … Continue reading
Write for BBC Radio
Once a year a window opens for new writers with no experience of radio to submit a short story to Opening Lines – BBC Radio 4’s showcase for short stories. … Continue reading
You’ve got 24 hours to tweet a scary story
To enter this international writing competition run by the literary magazine The Penny Dreadful all you have to do is tweet a one line horror story with the hashtag #PDHorror. … Continue reading
A new job that gave me a lot of difficult questions to answer…what would you have said?
I’ve just become Writer in Residence at the Hysteria Writing Competition run each year by the The Hysterectomy Association. One of my first duties was to answer a lot of … Continue reading
Life after 2020 – the theme of an international short story competition
What will the future bring? How will we respond to climate change? What does the Higgs-Boson mean to you? Are robots more than vacuum cleaners? Will death be conquered? I’ve … Continue reading
Literary Prize for unpublished novels or short story collections
The SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction by black and Asian women writers in the UK is now accepting entries for the 2014 Prize. The prize runs biennially and … Continue reading
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