General Competition News

Vanda Inman's Write Space

Short Story Competition

 

Theme: Lost Love

Word count: Up to 1,500 words

Entry fee £5

Optional critique £5

Closing date: 31st January, 2010

 

Email or send SAE for entry form

Vanda Inman's Write Space, Rivendell, St Clether, Launceston, Cornwall. PL15 8QH

www.writespace.co.uk vanda@writespace.co.uk

 

THE YELLOW ROOM

COMPETITION

FOR SHORT STORIES OF LESS THAN 2,500 WORDS

OPEN TO MALE AND FEMALE WRITERS

 

Closing date: 30th September 2009

 

1st Prize - £80

2nd Prize - £45

3rd Prize - £20

 The winning story will be published in

The Yellow Room Magazine

 

Entry Fee: £4 (or £10 for 3 stories)

Cheques made payable to J M Derrick

Or pay online at: www.theyellowroom-magazine.co.uk

 

All entries should be sent to:

The Yellow Room Competition, 1 Blake Close, Bilton, Rugby CV22 7LJ

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1.Entries should be up to 2,500 words, in any style or genre, on any theme.

2.Entries should be the original, unpublished work of the author (including unpaid publication in competition anthologies, internet or small press), and should not have won a prize in any previous competitions.

3.Entries should be in English, typed, double-spaced and on one side of the paper only, stapled at the top left hand corner. No binders or plastic wallets, please.

4.Closing date is 30th September 2009

5.The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript; please attach a separate sheet with contact details. The story’s title should appear on each page of the manuscript.

6.Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish.

7.No email entries, please!

8.Manuscripts will NOT BE RETURNED. A list of results will appear on the website as soon as they are available (before December 2009)

9.Please DO NOT send entries Recorded Delivery. This causes great inconvenience! Ensure sufficient postage is on your envelope, otherwise your entry won't reach us!

 

Entries which fail to conform to any of these requirements will be disqualified and entry fees will not be returned.

All prize winners will be notified before December 1st, 2009.

Copyright remains with the authors; but permission will be requested to include the winning entries in the The Yellow Room Magazine.

 

Rape and Abuse Line Writing Competition

Judged by Jane Wenham-Jones

The competition is organised by the Rape and Abuse Line and is open to all writers and photographers except organising members of R.A.L. Entries must be the original and unpublished work of the entrant and should not currently be submitted or held for publishing nor entered in any other competition or award.

The competition will be in two categories:-

A. A short story of between 1500 and 1800 words. The story will open with the words:-

  ‘If only someone had listened………....’

B.An illustrated article of 800 words maximum, written on any subject and illustrated with two photographs relevant to the written piece.

Further details of the competition together with an entry form and the full rules can be found on the R.A.L web site – www.rapeandabuseline.co.uk

Closing date 30th September 2009

Prose and Poetry Prizes 2009

from The New Writer magazine

Closing date 30 November

Established in 1997, one of the major annual international competitions for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer magazine each July (back copies available on TNW website).

Further information including guidelines and entry fees at: http://www.thenewwriter.com/prizes.htm

Writers can enter online at our secure credit card server at: http://www.thenewwriter.com/entryform.htm

Or, the entry form can also be downloaded from that page on the website and sent in the post with your entry.

Also, we can supply this years printed Entry Forms on request, and in bulk to writers' groups and organizations – just let us know, no SAE required.