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| Struggling Authors Competition Page
January 2010
Be a character in a book! *Competition details taken from the recent interview with author, Gary Murning: "Finally. When we first spoke you mentioned an exciting competition prize – would you care to elaborate for our readers? Ah, yes -- thanks for reminding me about this, Richard. As you've already mentioned, I'm currently working on what should hopefully be my third Legend Press novel and it occurred to me, whilst working on it, that it might be fun to offer readers of If I Never the chance to have their name used for one of the characters in my fourth novel. So, if any of your readers are interested, all they have to do is answer the following question:
Q. In If I Never, what is the name of Tara's mother?
Answers should be submitted using our contact form and a winner will be randomly selected from all those with the correct answer. The closing date for the competition is April 30, 2010 -- so if you haven't yet read If I Never, you have plenty of time to do so!" Read the full interview here > Gary Murning
STILL OPEN . . . 'LIFE GETS BETTER' COMPETITION | | Calling people over 60, or those who can write from an older perspective. If you can produce the best contemporary novel for people of your age, Prospera Publishing will offer you a publishing contract that will see your work in print, with 10% royalties. Here's how: 1. Pick a contemporary topic that affects those over 60. 2. Write a humorous and topical novel. 3. Give it a witty title. 4. Send it to: 'Life Gets Better', Prospera Competitions. 3/3-5 Barrett St, London W1U 1AY by close of business 31.3.10. You can submit on paper or by disk or USB. Please ensure you provide full contact details on every page of your submission and name all articles provided. 5. We cannot return any item entered, included USBs. However we will consider special cases so please include a request if you require material back, together with a self-addressed envelope for the correct postage. For style, we suggest checking out Naked in Knightsbridge by Nicky Schmidt in your local bookstore or there is a free online extract on www.prosperapublishing.co.uk. *Please note the following: this is a competition for amateurs only and not for previously published fiction authors. Non-fiction authors may apply, however. A person of any age may enter but the competition is for a contemporary novel aimed at 60+ readers. Publication is subject to a publishing contract signed by both parties. No advance will be paid, but there will be no charges of any sort imposed on the author and royalties will be paid. |
Aspiring Writers Short Story Competitions Following the success of their first Short Story competition, and the many requests from members to have more of these, the Aspiring Writers group is delighted to announce that they will now be running MONTHLY competitions. At the end of the year the winning entries (along with a bio on each author) will be collated into one book and sold on a leading e-book site. All the proceeds will go to a charity chosen by the monthly winner who has received the most votes by the members in a grand final. The rules are as follows:
Each month there will be a different genre which must be adhered to.
Only one entry per month by each participant.
Length of story not to exceed 715 words (this is for technical reasons).
The Judges will consist of members of Aspiring Writers (who won’t be participating).
Results will be given out two weeks after the closing date of each monthly competition.
Once the monthly competition has been announced, participants. will have two weeks to complete their entry.
The stories MUST be original and not a part of another story.
The first competition will commence in February and an announcement will be made nearer the time regarding the genre. I hope everyone will have as much fun both participating and reading as we all had with the first. Good luck to you all. To enter this competition you must join LinkedIn and then join the Aspiring Writers group. Click here > www.linkedin.com
UPDATE: JAN 2010 (Below) LinkedIn Groups | - Group: Aspiring Writers
- Subject: Aspiring Writers Short Story Competition for February
I know you’ve all been chomping at the bit to get going on the new monthly short story competition, so I thought I would give you some extra thinking time for the February and our first monthly competition.
The genre for our first monthly competition is: HORROR.
The rules of the competition are as follows:
Content to be no longer then 715 words
Closing date for last entry 12.00 midnight G.M.T Sunday 14th February 2010
(winner announced two weeks after)
Only 1 entry per member
The stories MUST be original and not a part of another story
The stories will be judges on the following criteria:
Originality
Quality of writing
Adherence to the genre
Broad based appeal
And most importantly – Did the judges enjoy it.
I hope this gives you some food for thought and gets those creative juices flowing yet again. As I stated in my earlier announcement, at the end of the year the winning entries, and maybe a few of the runners up (along with a bio on each author) will be collated into one book and sold on a leading e-book site. All the proceeds will go to a charity chosen by the monthly winner who has received the most votes by the members in the grand final.
There is no need for members to vote at this stage, (although you can comment) but for the grand final, you will be able to vote for the overall winner on the designated e-book site. To enter this competition you must join LinkedIn and then join the Aspiring Writers group. Click here > www.linkedin.com |
Exciting new opportunity for writers – A Novel Ending
Paperbooks Publishing is pleased to announce an innovative idea for writers – a ‘half book’ to promote novel writing and offer a new way to discover writing talent.
The book titled ‘A Novel Ending’ will be published in October 2009, and will begin with 10,000 words written by Paperbooks author Gary Davison. Printed with blank pages, authors will be invited to complete the novel. The winning writer will get a publishing contract with Paperbooks Publishing.
Tom Chalmers, Managing Director of Paperbooks comments ‘This project is an exciting opportunity to find new writing talent, offering something a little bit different to the traditional submissions procedure. We are keen to develop innovative ways to find new authors and build-on our existing successful list by discovering new talent.’
The competition will be open to all writers, whether established authors or previously unpublished. The project offers a new and interesting writing challenge, with authors invited to interpret Gary’s storyline and theme in any way they wish.
Details of the competition can be found at www.paperbooks.co.uk in the coming weeks. To register for more information email info@legend-paperbooks.co.uk.
For all media enquiries please contact Lucy on 0207 426 0340 or email lucyboguslawski@legend-paperbooks.co.uk
The Bridport Prize 2010
International Creative Writing Competition for Short Stories and Poems
The Bridport Prize 2010 website is now open for entries!
The Bridport Prize is the richest open writing competition in the English language - with £5000 first prize for a short story (of up to 5000 words); and £5000 first prize for a poem (of up to 42 lines).
This year we are delighted to launch a new category of Flash Fiction - there's £1,000 to be won for the best short, short story of under 250 words.
The Bridport is also known as a tremendous literary stepping stone - the first step n the careers of writers such as: Kate Atkinson, Tobias Hill, Carol Ann Duffy and Helen Dunmore.
Anyone can enter - so long as the work is previously unpublished. It costs £7 per story, £6 per poem or £5 per flash fiction and the closing date is 30th June 2010
Each year the prize is judged by well known writers - this year we are delighted to have Zoë Heller judging short stories and Michael Laskey judging poetry
The 2009 anthology of winning entries is available for just £12 or £15 overseas (including postage and packing). The 2008 and 2007 anthologies are available in limited numbers for £7 and £5 (£10 and £8 overseas)
Enter online at: www.bridportprize.org.uk
Or download an entry form: www.bridportprize.org.uk/entryform.pdf
Or email for a pdf entry form: frances@bridportprize.org.uk
Or send an SAE for an entry form to be posted to you
Competition Closed!  Competition Question
Which popular TV actor and soap star appears on Jenny's endorsements? ANSWER: Shane Ritchie Please submit your answer using our contact form. Closing date: Midnight on 31st January 2010 The winner is H Coates!!! Congratulations.
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