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By: Kathy Temean,
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Wondering what’s in it for you?
- An announcement of the winner on the cover of Writer’s Digest*
- A 30-minute Platform Strategy Consultation with Chuck Sambuchino*
- A one year subscription to Writer’s Digest eBooks
- A chance to win $3,000 in cash
- Get national exposure for your work
- One on one attention with four editors or agents
- A paid trip to the ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference!
*A 30-Minute Platform Strategy Consultation with Chuck Sambuchino: In this 30-minute session, Chuck Sambuchino will review your current platform-building efforts, discuss goals for your platform, then provide tailored advice and a specific strategy for launching or growing your platform to achieve the results you want. Chuck Sambuchino is the author of Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript (Writer’s Digest, 2009), the bestselling humor book How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack (Running Press, 2010), which has been optioned for film by Robert Zemeckis, and the forthcoming titles Red Dog, Blue Dog (Running Press, July 2012) and Create Your Writer Platform (Writer’s Digest, Nov 2012). Chuck is also the editor of the bestselling Guide to Literary Agents and Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market annuals (Writer’s Digest). Chuck is a former staffer of several newspapers and magazines. During his tenure as a newspaper reporter, he won awards from both the Kentucky Press Association and the Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists. During the past decade, more than 650 of his articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines and books. Chuck also speaks at more than a dozen writing conferences each year on the topics of securing an agent and building a platform.
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Entry Deadline: June 2, 2014 How to enter: register and pay online or download a printable entry form. The Entry fees are $30 for the first manuscript; $25 for each additional entry submitted during the same transaction. Poems are $20 for the first entry; $15 for each additional poem submitted submitted during the same transaction. Enter your work into one or more of these categories:
- Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious)
- Memoirs/Personal Essay
- Magazine Feature Article
- Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.)
- Mainstream/Literary Short Story
- Rhyming Poetry
- Non-rhyming Poetry
- Stage Play
- Television/Movie Script
- Children’s/Young Adult Fiction
One Grand Prize winner will receive:
- An announcement of the winner on the cover of Writer’s Digest*
- $3,000 in cash
- One on one attention from four editors or agents
- A paid trip to the ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference!
- A one year subscription to Writer’s Digest eBooks
- A 30-minute Platform Strategy Consultation with Chuck Sambuchino
First place will receive $1,000 in cash and $100 off a purchase from the Writer’s Digest Shop Second place will receive $500 cash and $100 off a purchase from the Writer’s Digest Shop Third place will receive $250 in cash and $100 off a purchase from the Writer’s Digest Shop Fourth place will receive $100 in cash and $50 off a purchase from the Writer’s Digest Shop Fifth place will receive $50 in cash and $50 off a purchase from the Writer’s Digest Shop Sixth through Tenth place winners will receive $25 in cash. All winners will also receive:
Be sure to check out more writing contests sponsored by Writer’s Digest.
Good Luck!
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
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Free to enter. Fun to enter.
Other people do crosswords, writers work on sonnets or competitions like this.
Words with Jam are giving away three mugs (who said you were going to get rich as a writer). All you have to do is tell in exactly 140 characters (including spaces and punctuation) why you hate TWITTER. Simple as that.
Entries should be sent in the body of an email to [email protected]. (I'm told attachments will be mortared all to hell.) Closing date 5th of September.
Why not...if you complete a crossword, you just complete a crossword....
Back in April I helped spread the word about Explore Learning's National Young Writers' Award 2012.
I've been sent details of the winner, so huge
CONGRATULATIONS to seven year old Jamie Reger -
the winner of this year’s National Young Writers’ Award.
Now in its fourth year, the annual competition run by tuition provider, Explore Learning, attracted over 13,000 entrants from budding young writers from across the UK. Jamie Reger was awarded a trip to Disney Land Paris with his family, as well as £500 worth of books for his school, Broomfield House in Kew.
The task was to write a 500-word story with the theme ‘Old and New’ and Jamie Reger’s story stood out amongst the thousands of other entries made due to its creative approach, ingenuity and wonderful use of descriptive language.
Jamie’s story was about how a cuddly bear links a boy to his distant past. The story can be read in full
here The winning entry was selected by bestselling children’s author Andrew Cope, famous for the popular ‘Spy Dog’ series. Andy commented: “
The entrants this year completely blew me away. These are some of the best young writers in the country and I’ve loved the opportunity to get involved in a competition where we encourage children to put pen to paper, get inspired and create something that’s never been created before. I chose Jamie’s story because it was simple, thought-provoking and leaves me wanting more. Where will the history book and teddy take him next? I can feel a series coming on…”
The competition aims to encourage children to get their creative juices flowing and give writing a try and to support this, tutors from Explore Learning ran free workshops with hundreds of schools across the UK.
Jamie said: "
I was very surprised to find out I'd won. I have wanted to be an author since I started learning to write, so to win Explore Learning's National Young Writer of the Year from over 13,000 children was a dream come true. I was thrilled to be chosen by an amazing author like Andrew Cope. He said my story made him cry. I'm so excited about taking my family to Disneyland Paris to celebrate!"
Alexis Humphrey from Explore Learning was thrilled with the number of entries received this year. She said: “
Writing is a fantastic pastime for children. As well as helping with their grammar and spelling, it takes them away to another place where anything goes; it lets their imagination run free and we were amazed by the inventiveness of some of the stories we received. We’re proud to put on a competition that attracted so many entrants and want to congratulate all our participants, and of course Jamie, who fought off tough competition to have his story named the best in the country.”
Explore Learning specialise in providing maths and English tuition to children aged 5-14 of all abilities. The programme works in line wi
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New Millennium Writings is now accepting submissions for there Thirty-fourth Consecutive Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction.
Writing competition winners will be published in New Millenium Writings and on there website.
PRIZES: $4,000 offered in Literary Grants and Awards, Plus Publication
$1,000 for best Poem
$1,000 for best Fiction
$1,000 for best Nonfiction †
$1,000 for best Short-short Fiction
DEADLINE: June 17, 2012
Entry Fee: $17.00
1. There are no restrictions as to style, content, number of submissions, nationality, or country. Enter as often as you like.
2. Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome. Previously published material welcome if under 5,000-circulation or if previously published online only.
3. Each fiction or nonfiction piece is counted as a separate entry, and should total no more than 6,000 words except Short-Short Fiction (no more than 1,000 words).
4. Each poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages total per entry. All poetry Honorable Mentions will be published.
5. Author maintain copyright.
Good Luck!
Talk tomorrow,
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"NEIGHBORS" - a potential radio play...maybe.
Toying - actually more than toying - with the idea of entering the next BBC Radio International Playwriting Competition. A while back when I first started playwriting, wrote what was then a short play entitled, "Neighbors." Over the years, I've tinkered with it modifying the story line and defining the characters. It's always been a personal favorite and at one point actually expanded it with the idea of turning it into a full play. In any case, I got as far as writing it as a 60-minute play, which just may - note word may - suit my purpose. It requires sound effects, which will be a challenge.
In the way of a tease, here is a sample of the beginning. Feedback always welcomed - and appreciated. It's presently written for stage.
NEIGHBORS
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
TAYLOR, JEFFREY, 45
PORTMAN, ROBBIE, 47
JENKINS, 50, another neighbor
PATTY, 40-ish. attractive bartender working for PORTMAN
MARTINI, 60, land surveyor and personal friend of PORTMAN
THE TIME
The present, mid-summer
SETTING:
Back garden(s) of two neighbors. A picket fence seperates their properties
AT RISE:
Morning. Hot summer's day.
SOUND FX: LAWN MOWER
ROBBIE (ROB) PORTMAN lazes in a hammock reading a book while holding a glass of liquid in the other hand. Dressed in cut-off jeans and a grungy tee shirt, his hair is long and unkempt and he sports a heavy beard
JEFFREY TAYLOR, his next-door neighbor, is the antithesis of Portman, and a perfectionist.
TAYLOR
Phew-ee! Must be a hundred degrees in the shade today. I’d be indoors right now if my tomatoes didn’t need pampering. That’s the real secret of growing big veggies, y’know. Give ‘em extra ‘TLC’… Hello? Hope I'm not disturbing you or anything
PORTMAN
Must be them damn chipmunks making a racket again. It’s gettin' so’s a person can't read in peace anymore. I’ll just take off my shoe here and aim it at that noise near the fence
TAYLOR
You’d do that, wouldn’t you? How long you been there?
PORTMAN
What time was sunrise, today?
TAYLOR
You are so pathetic… I see you’ve got another one of your liquid breakfasts
PORTMAN
For your information it’s pure orange juice.
&nbs
Spectral Press and
Read Horror are running a writing competition where you could win publication in a Spectral Press anthology / chapbook plus a lifetime subscription to Spectral Press. Closing date is 31st January 2012 and they're looking for stories between 7,500 and 8,000 words. Full details are available over at
Read Horror.
You can also win a future Spectral Press chapbook of their choice without submitting a story. Again, details at the Read Horror site.
Good luck.
tall tales & short stories has been asked to be part of a promotional blog tour for a very exciting competition for Children's and YA fiction.
The post will be going live on the 9th April with Submission Details, Links and Lots of Information about the competition. So -
In the meantime, the Times / Chicken House competition is now open to entries. There's a change this year, with the introduction of a £15 entry fee, but the competition is open to all entrants over 18.
The competition will run from March 26 to October 28, 2011.
Closing date for entries is last mail delivery October 28, 2011.
Details can be found
HERE
tall tales & short stories has featured interviews with past winners of the Times / Chicken House competition.
SOPHIA BENNETT won the 2009 competition with her winning entry THREADS.
JANET FOXLEY won the 2010 competition with her winning entry MUNCLE TROGGtall tales & short stories receives a lot of books to read and review, so in the run-up to the competition announcement, and to help inspire and fire the imagination, the blog will be focussing on reviews of several children's and YA books that have been particular favourite reads. They cover all age groups and genres, so there should be something for everyone!
Save the Children have teamed up with author
Melvin Burgess to bring the first ever charity-run blogging conference. The event takes place in
London on
Saturday 26th February, and will be packed with exciting workshops and multi-media training sessions, and a keynote speech by Melvin Burgess, award winning children’s author, about the power of the written word.
Save the Children have launched their biggest ever campaign
No Child Born to Die to stop millions of children from dying from preventable illnesses such as diarrhoea and pneumonia.
Save the Children is urging the the public to think of their individual talents or '
what they are born to do', and to use that to help save children’s lives.
The
#Borntowrite blogging conference is aimed at inspiring bloggers, the increasingly powerful army of online commentators, to take part in their campaign by doing what they do best, and help spread the word.
Their keynote speaker is
Melvin Burgess, one of today’s most controversial children’s authors.
Melvin Burgess, said:
“
Of all skills, being able to write well is perhaps the most fundamental today. It is something that has only increased in importance in the digital age. All stories, all reportage, nearly all thought-out communications begin with the written word, and the ability to communicate well. Not just our thoughts but our feelings, beliefs and passions, are the first thing anyone wanting to participate in this society at any level needs to learn.”
Win a masterclass with Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess, best selling author of Junk, has recently returned from a trip to the Congo with Save the Children.
Win this fantastic opportunity to learn some top writing tips from one of the UK's best selling authors.
To win a place
To celebrate Save The Children's campaign,
No child born to die, write a blog post about what you were born to do and why.
It could be that you think you were born to travel and want to write about a recent trip or holiday experience. Or maybe you were born to blog – in which case you could submit your favourite blog post to date.
It’s very open to interpretation – so flex those creative muscles and get writing
There are
eight places on the masterclass to be won and it will be
judged by Melvin Burgess.
Limited spaces are available and bloggers are urged to apply online for a free space at the conference. Bloggers from all areas are invited and sessions on the day will include something for everyone.
Register online<
Pratham Books are running a contest to celebrate their new book Mumtaz Embroiders Her Dreams. Girls aged 8-14 are asked to send in no more than 200 words, telling them what their dream is and why it is important to them.
Boys can enter too, by asking a girl about her dream and writing about it – in the same way that in the book, “thanks to her friend Munna, Mumtaz dreams and learns even more than she had imagined!”
All entries will be posted on Pratham Books’ blog and the top 5 entries chosen by their editorial team will win a book hamper – but hurry: the deadline for entries is 24 January. For full details from Pratham Books, go here.
Circalit have launched a free competition in partnership with
The Literary Consultancy aimed at aspiring novelists who are looking for the opportunity to get a book deal.
The Literacy Consultancy will assess the winning scripts' suitability for publication and fast-track work it deems marketable on to agents and publishers. The winning writers will also receive an in depth editorial report from The Literary Consultancy as well as an invitation to a publishing industry event at the Free Word Centre.
Recommended by The Arts Council England and all major publishing houses,
The Literary Consultancy was started 14 years ago by Rebecca Swift and Hannah Griffiths, who is now an editor at Faber & Faber. The company has since made its name as the UK’s leading manuscript assessment service, providing expert, market-aware editorial advice to writers of all kinds. The company holds a strong track record of helping writers get into print, and has helped writers secure book deals with top publishers including Penguin, Orion, Macmillan, Random House and Bloomsbury.
Rebecca Swift, Director of TLC said, “
We’re pleased to be launching a competition with Circalit which is encouraging a vibrant online community. Their competitions get participants involved as they review each other's work, and vote for their favourites. We hope that this competition will uncover talented new writers.'
Circalit, which started life as a site where screenwriters could showcase their work to film studios, has already hosted free competitions with companies such as the BBC and Hollywood producer, Julie Richardson. It’s social networking features make it an invaluable resource for writers looking to make industry contacts and it is integrated with Facebook, giving talented writers the means to spread their wings and go viral across the internet.
“
The idea behind this competition is to help those up and coming writers who’ve yet to make their mark in the industry or who are unsure where to take their work and need some impartial advice,” adds Raoul Tawadey, CEO and Founder of Circalit, “
That’s why we’re incredibly pleased to be doing this competition with The Literary Consultancy, who share the same ethos of helping writers through objective, independent critique. '
The competition will open on the 1st October and will take place quarterly over the next year.The first winner will be announced on 31st December 2010. For more information or to enter yo
In the build-up to the launch of her new book, Peacebuilders: Daisaku Ikeda & Josei Toda, Buddhist Leaders, a Biography, author M. LaVora Perry has launched an essay competition for kids right through from K-12 – that’s 5-18 year olds. Divided into three age-groups, there’s a choice of essay titles about building peace. Deadline for entries is 11:59 P.M. US Ohio time on the book launch date, Tuesday, March 16, 2010.
Older Brother and Little Brother have just watched the trailers (both the long and short version) and are resolved to read the book – we’ll be reviewing it soon on PaperTigers. And I also want to find out a bit more about Daisaku Ikeda’s children’s books…
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) presents their annual competition, the AWP Award Series. All authors are eligible to submit book-length entries, whether published or unpublished. Following are the categories offered.
The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry awards the winner $4,000 and publication. The Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction awards the winner $4,000 and publication. Winners in the AWP Prize for the Novel and AWP Prize for Creative Nonfiction both receive a $2,000 cash honorarium and publication.
Manuscripts must be an original work typed and double-spaced on good quality paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Poetry manuscripts may be single-spaced. Poetry entries must have 48 pages minimum, short story collection and creative nonfiction manuscripts must have 150-300 pages and novel manuscripts must have at least 60,000 words.
There’s an entry fee of $25. You may enter in more than one genre, and you may also enter multiple manuscripts in one genre, provided that each manuscript is accompanied by its own entry form and entry fee.
Final judges for the 2010 Prizes include Peter Ho Davies and Francine Prose.
Check out all the details at the AWP site: http://www.awpwriter.org.
And best of luck to you!
Some things I captured while trawling the net...
Ellen Datlow has posted a list of anthologies she has received for consideration for Best Horror, Volume 2. If an anthology you're in isn't on the list, you might want to consider sending a copy along to Ms. Datlow or contacting your editor. Well, if you love your story that is, and if you don't, hide it under your bed.
It's time for the annual Cafe Doom short story competition again. I loved reading the entries last year and choosing my favourites, it gave me a feel of how a slush reader works. All you have to do to enter is join the forum (oh, and of course write the story). They want dark stories up to 3,500 words and the deadline is 30th October 2009.
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Thanks for the reminder Kathy. :-)