comp neWS
CoMPS noW oPen ConT.
Write Children’s
writers must join the Write Idea forum
and register/pay to enter the comp.
Stories For Pleasure
Final round is 10 July 2010. You may
enter after 7 March but must still pay
full entry fee. Web entry: www.
helenwhittaker.net/phpBB2
We offer a comprehensive
home-study course
The Yellow Room
Competition
with individual tuition Closing dates: 31 Mar 2010
and sales advice.
and 30 Sep 2010 competitions.html Postal entry:
Story: 2500 words. Fee: £4 or £10 Heaven Can Wait Short Story Compe-
Become a succesful for three. Prizes: £80; £45; £20 tition, Darley Anderson Literary, TV &
Children’s Writer.
(cheques payable to JM Derrick or pay Film Agency, Estelle House, 11 Eustace
online at www.theyellowroom-maga- Road, London SW6 1JB.
Send Now for a Free Brochure
zine.co.uk) Rules: Both men and
The Academy Of Children’s Writers
women welcome to enter. Postal leaf Books Memoir Comp
entry: The Yellow Room Competi- Memoir: 1000 words. Fee: £4 or £10
Dept WF, Freepost PE375 tion, 1 Blake Close, Bilton, Warwicks for three. Prizes: £200 and anthol-
P.O. Box 95
CV22 7LJ. ogy; copy of anthology and set of Leaf
Books. Web entry: http://leafbooks.
Huntingdon CloSing Soon
co.uk Postal entry: Leaf Books, GTi
Cambridgeshire
Suite, Valleys Innovation Centre, Navi-
9 Jan 2010 gation Park, Abercynon CF45 4SN.
PE28 5RL
Or phone our 24 hour
The Stirred Poet no2 Comp 31 Jan 2010
Poems: 6 poems x 40 lines max.
answering service Fee: $5 Canadian (approx £3). Drama association of Wales
on (01487) 832 752
Prizes: $50 Canadian (approx £30). one act Playwriting Comp
Rules: All entrants must be members Play: One act 20-50 mins. Min cast of
of The Write Idea. Please note 9 Jan two. Fee: £10. Prizes: £250 in each
2010 is deadline for payment, not for of three categories (see website for
entries, which are entered over a six- details) and Ty Newydd bursary for
week period beginning 10 Jan 2010. Welsh-based writer. Web entry:
Web entry: www.helenwhittaker.
www.academi.org/lit-comps/i/135282
Fish Publishing
net/phpBB2 Postal entry: Drama Association of
Wales, The Old Library, Singleton Road,
15 Jan 2010 Splott, Cardiff CF24 2ET.
One-Page Story Prize
Cally Taylor’s Heaven Can Spike the Cat Secrets and
Judges: John Hegley and
Wait Short Story Comp Spies Short Story Comp
Story: 1000 words. Theme: Story: 2500 words. Fee: £3. Prizes:
Simon Munnery
Heaven. Fee: FREE. Prizes: £100 £100; £50; 9 x publication plus anthol-
€1,000 1st prize and signed jacket artwork from Heaven ogy for all winners. Web entry:
Closing 20 Mar ‛10
Can Wait; £50; £25. All winners get one-
www.spikethecat.co.uk Postal entry:
300 word limit
on-one consultation with an agent Spike the Cat Limited, PO Box 2179,
Entry €12
from the Darley Anderson Literary Buckingham MK18 9AU (email:
Agency, and a signed copy of Heaven
contact@spikethecat.co.uk).
Can Wait. Five runners-up get a copy of
Fish Anthology ’09 the book. Judges: Cally Taylor, Write Space Short Story Comp
Tamsyn Murray and Sally Quilford. Story: 1500 words. Theme: Lost
Poetry Prize
Web entry:
www.callytaylor.co.uk/ love. Fee: £5, plus optional critique £5.
Prizes: £150; £100; £50. Web entry:
Judge: Matthew Sweeney
www.writespace.co.uk or email vanda@
€1,000 1st prize
WINNERS
writespace.co.uk) Postal entry: send
Closing 30 Mar ‛10
PUBLISHED
sae for entry form to Vanda Inman’s
200 word limit IN
Write Space, Rivendell, St Clether,
Entry €12 2010
Launceston, Cornwall PL15 8QH.
FISH
ANTHOLOGY
Unless otHerWise stated…
theme and genre are open. entries
should be original and unpublished.
they should be printed on white a4
Full details & online entry
in a clear plain font. include a
www.fishpublishing.com
separate cover sheet with the title,
word count, your name, address and
Or post: Fish Publishing Durrus, Bantry,
postcode, phone and email. stories
Co. Cork, Ireland
should be double-spaced with good
margins. Where necessary include
email:
info@fishpublishing.com a large enough sae with sufficient
postage. Check organiser’s website
for more details and tips.
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forum #99 Sally’s online Competition Calendar at
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