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Nearly
New Anthologies on offer to UK Writers:
find out
what a winning story or poem looks like - take a look at a selection of
recent anthologies from our ex-workshop stock: click here to choose three
books for a fiver.
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Links and Listings
Here are some of
our friends, and some of our favourite small presses and writer-friendly
organizations. If you are a member of the Writers and Reviewers Club, don't
forget to tell us about publications you currently have work in, so that we can
display them.
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Sentinel Literary Quarterly
is the online Magazine of World Literature published by
the Sentinel Poetry Movement and edited by Nnorom Azuonye. We publish fiction, poetry, essays, drama, and interviews. We also run short story and poetry competitions every 3 months.
www.sentinelquarterly.com
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Kudos
Everybody remembers that amazing moment they won a
prize,
but writers also come out on top -
because entering competitions
encourages motivation,
organisation, and inspiration.
Every issue, around 200 competitions – some with free entry;
poetry, stories, plus collections, playwriting, non fiction, books etc.
Details of around £250,000 in prize money.
kudoswritingcompetitions.com
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www.word-power.co.uk
That hyphen is very important!
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WORD POWER BOOKS is a leading quality independent bookshop opened formally by Booker Prize-Winner James Kelman on 1 December 1994.
This world-wide online service is an alternative to corporate bookshops that refuse to allow their workers to join trade unions. Unlike Amazon, recipient of £1.6 million taxpayers' money from the Scottish Executive (The Bookseller, 28 May 2004), Word Power receives no state funding.
The site offers access to all books in print in the UK but is committed to promoting literature outwith the mainstream thereby making it more accessible and helping to support small presses and new writers, Platform - a regular column for groups, campaigns or individuals to post articles and foster debate, and Noticeboard, where you can post information and details of events.
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www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk
Home of the International Writers’ Block
Segora open poetry and short story competitions, writers’ assignments, ideas for creative writing, editing and appraisal service, Through the Mill publications
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Second Light Network & ARTEMISpoetry
www.secondlightlive.co.uk
Second Light: a network of women poets, serious about developing their work and promoting poetry written by women, through publications,
readings, one-day and residential events and festivals. ARTEMISpoetry is a
twice-yearly journal featuring poetry, reviews of books by women poets and
articles. Second Light's anthologies (in association with other publishers
or by Second Light Publications) have proved very successful.
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Legend Writing Award
Cash prizes: 1st £500,
2nd £250, 3rd £100 3 x £50 Runners-up
This competition is for
short stories up to 2000 words and particularly aims to encourage new
writers living in the UK. Email
for entry form.
Entry Fee: £7 plus
flash fiction comp, fee £3. Closes 31st August.
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Taff
Lovesey was born in 1959 in the Welsh valleys but now resides in
Lincolnshire. A fan of all things fantasy and inspired by writers such
as Stephen Donaldson and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lovesey launched his
Portal Chronicles series in 2006.Having
recently turned away from corporate life, Lovesey now makes a living
from a combination of IT support for home users, adult tuition in
Lincolnshire and, of course, his writing.
The
Books
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Bi-monthly magazine established 1996. Publishes the best in fact, fiction and poetry; packed full of market information, monthly email news bulletin included in subscription package, administers annual Prose & Poetry Prizes.
www.thenewwriter.com
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The
Penniless Press
The eclectic North West
based magazine of poetry, prose, reviews and comment - a quarterly for
the poor in pocket and rich in mind.
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If you have read about our
High Fantasy Challenge, you
might like to join in the debate about the future (or lack of it) for High
Fantasy. You could start by sampling "Legend" where you can read Arthurian and
romantic fantasy, and articles on alternative history, myth and magic. Legend,
and other publications from Trevor Denyer are on sale at
www.midnightstreet.co.uk. While
you're there, take a look at the latest issue of Midnight Street and
Roadworks magazines |
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If you like poetry, you'll enjoy
a
tour of
www.iotapoetry.co.uk
You will find a very attractive poetry magazine, with readers' reviews and
news about competitions and festivals, and a useful links page. This
is also the home of
Ragged Raven Press
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Pennine Platform publishes new poetry and reviews twice a
year. The magazine is independent, though currently supported by the Leeds
Philosophical and Literary Society. It is one of the longest surviving
little magazines in the UK, having started in 1973. |
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Words Magazine
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Words Magazine
Editor Shaun Peare writes: "Writers website containing a host of
resources, short story competitions (all entries considered for both
magazine or website publication) produces a quarterly magazine (free gift
for all subscribers) and has a free advertising opportunity. Well
worth a visit!!" |
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Graphic
design and photographic art.
Original
designs for book covers and promotional material
for
writers and artists.
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Circaidy Gregory Press
Independent Books
for Independent Readers
and
The
Circaidy
Gregory Review by Booksy
A
site is for readers who aspire beyond this month's 100 fastsellers. If
you want to try something new and/or different, if you are fed up with
seeing the same books in every bookstore in the land, have a look around
and see what other readers have found. You can read about small press
publications, lesser known publishing houses and specialist bookshops.
You can recommend your favourites, and discuss and review the books on
display on site. |
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Editor James Smith writes: The
Story campaign aims to increase the profile,
prestige and presence of the short story in our culture via the
National Short Story Prize, the largest award for a single short story
in the world, and the Story
website. Updated on an almost daily basis with information about new
books, competitions, events and magazines, the website also has a
bibliography of more than 570 titles to date; articles about story
projects; opinion pieces about the state of the market for short
stories; and a growing database of freely downloadble stories.
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WritersReign |
Mervyn Love writes: WritersReign is an oasis of
calm for the aspiring writer who wants high quality articles on all
aspects of the writing craft, competitions for short stories,
non-fiction and poetry, links to other sites for writers, plus links to
a wide variety of resources, software and teaching products. Phew! Does
WritersReign really offer all this? Yes, we do. Really, really. Why not
make a quick cup of tea and get over there NOW!
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A quarterly magazine
that publishes longer short stories and long poetry
Check
out the new website here...
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www.southpoetry.org
SOUTH is published twice yearly, and features 60 or so poems written in
English, and previously unpublished. Selection is anonymous, and is made by
a selection panel, which changes for each issue. SOUTH features a profile of
a poet associated with SOUTH, accompanied by a selection of their poems.
SOUTH encourages the poets it publishes to meet each other by inviting them
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