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Enjoy writing poetry? Here’s a competition for you. The Samuel Taylor Colderidge Memorial Poetry Prize welcomes entries of up to 25 lines for its themed competition. Here’s some information for you: Prizes: 1st: £100 2nd: £70 3rd: £50 Entry: FREE Theme: Trees Closing date: 1st June 2016 Send your entries to: 38, Brendon Road, Watchet, West…
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I’m not going to say anything about this one…
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If you’re like me and feeling that sluggish Monday-mind-syndrome, why not get it working by entering one of my two short story competitions (with prizes!)? One of them is for a short story of up to 1000 words on the theme of TREASURE. How you choose to interpret that theme is up to you. You…
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I’m looking for some new writers for my Friday guest slot. If you’d like to see your work in my Guest Writer Spot, please contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer…
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If you fancy flexing your creative writing brain, why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word SCHOOL in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of WILDLIFE Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: COLIN, GAMER, INEFFABLE, TRAPEZE…
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A competition with a difference is my market for you this week. The Page is Printed is looking for any type of writing on any topic for its creative writing competition. But your entry must be no longer than the length of a single page of A4. Here are the all-important details: Prizes: £75 each…
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I know you’re not going to believe this but…
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As usual, the weekend went by in a flash and Monday has whizzed round far too quickly. To get your mind working, why not have a go at one of my two short story competitions (with prizes!) One of them is for a flash fiction story of up to 100 words. You could write a…
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It’s Friday and time for my guest slot. If you’d like to see your work in my Guest Writer Spot, please contact me here or by e-mail: esthernewton@virginmedia.com. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer than 2000 words…
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I hope you’ve all had a good week. Here’s my latest challenge for you: Option one: Write a limerick with the word TEETH in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of WAR Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: PRINCE CHARMING, GANGSTER, BALLET, APOCOLYPSE and CHUFFED…