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Get writing and you could win £100
Bournemouth Short Story Competition
Could you be the next JK Rowling? If you’re a talented writer or someone who
just enjoys putting pen to paper, you’ll be interested to know that Bournemouth
is holding a national short story competition.
As part of the National Year of Reading project, which is
continuing until March, we’re encouraging residents to turn
their hand to writing. We want to showcase the best work
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• Award winning
of new, emerging and established writers and our Arts and
writer Nell Leyshon
Libraries division will publish a collection of extracts from
will be the Judge.
selected stories.
The Judge
If you’re looking for some inspiration then look no further
than our competition judge, Nell Leyshon. Nell is not only
a Bournemouth resident but she is an award winning writer How to enter
too, authoring short stories, novels and plays. The competition is
open to adults aged
Nell’s first novel, ‘Black Dirt’, was long-listed for the over 18 and stories
Orange Prize and her second novel, ‘Devotion’, came out in should be no longer
February 2008. She also regularly writes for Radio 3 and 4. than 3,000 words. There is an entry fee of £5 per
Find out more about Nell at: www.nellleyshon.co.uk
story. Entries can be sent to: Short Story
competition, Bournemouth Library, The Triangle,
The Prize
Bournemouth BH2 5RQ or hand stories in at any
1st £100
Bournemouth library. You can also enter online at:
2nd £75
www.bournemouth.gov.uk/artsdevelopment. Also
3rd £50
check the website for competition rules and full
Plus five further prizes of £25 each. Apart from overall
entry details or telephone Bournemouth Arts on
winners there will be a special award for the highest
01202 451805
placed writer resident in Bournemouth.
This magazine is also
available on audio tape
and in large print.
To request a different format
contact 01202 454961.
See the magazine online at:
www.bournemouth.gov.uk/bhlife
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