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Colin Breck

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Colin Breck

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Kath Keep

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Kath
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Competitions
We
aim to produce three anthologies a year, based on our Open
Competitions. Altogether, this gives an opportunity for 60-100 writers and illustrators to publish in book form. All the
competitions offer cash prizes and publication opportunities. The
anthologies will be promoted online and around the country, giving
winning writers a chance to profit from their success.
Please use the email
newsletter to receive competition details and
results as they are announced.
The
spring poetry competition is now closed. Here are
the results.
Please
scroll down to see details of our new poetry and story competitions...
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Rhymers'
Web Poetry Competition
£50
1st prize, £20 2nd
£5
each for 8 runners up
Is
verse a thing of the past?
The
Queen's English Society says if it don't rhyme and scan, it ain't poetry.
Contemporary editors say end-line rhymes are old-fashioned and too obvious. Each
side proves their point by holding up BAD examples of the other side's poetry.
Let's show them some good ones. Send us a rhyming poem - it may be in a
traditional form or a pattern of your own, but must use line-end
rhymes.
Closing
31st August
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Open
Short Story Competition
£100
1st prize. Publication
for best entries.
Rules
and Conditions
- The
competition is open to anyone over 16.
- The
first prize is £100 and first place in the anthology. The best entries will
be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy. 10-20
will be included, depending on length. All
winners will be offered further copies at a reduced price.
- Closing
date September 30th 2008. Winners
will be notified by November.
- Entry
fee £5 up to 4000 words, £10 for 4 – 8000 words.
Max 8000. Payment in
pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green.
- Stories
must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not
simultaneously entered for other competitions.
- Stories
must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.
- Names
must not appear on the stories. Each entry must have a cover-sheet attached,
marked ES4, giving title(s) of stories(s), word count, author’s name,
address, and/or telephone number/email address.
Please say where you heard about this competition.
- The
competitions are judged anonymously and the judges’ decision is final. No
discussion will be entered into.
- Entries
are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that
purpose.
- Copyright
remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to
publish winning entries in a competition anthology in 2008/9.
- email
entries only accepted where access to
UK
post/currency is denied. (Email us for assistance if this is the case)
- Send
paper copy to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre,
45 Robertson Street
,
Hastings
Sussex
TN34 1HL.
- Submission
of work will be taken as acceptance of rules and conditions.
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Competitions 2008 - results
Competitions
2007 - results
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2006 - results
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