writing competitions
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Do you enjoy writing dialogue? Then why not write a story that’s dialogue-only? This is the requirement for one of Writing Magazine‘s latest competitions. ‘No attribution, no description – just tell us what was said. You’ll need to use all your narrative skills to paint a scene, define a character and tell a story, while
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Writing Magazine are holding their 500-word flash fiction competition. There’s no theme, so you can choose your subject, but you don’t have long – the closing date is 15th November 2019. Visit the competition page for the rules and to enter. Prizes: 1st place: £200 Runner-up: £50 Entry fees: £6 (£4 for subscribers) ***
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Fancy trying something a bit different? Then why not enter the Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest? The closing date is 2nd November 2019. ‘It should be weird or strange or odd. It can be “Haha!” weird or “Oh, Jesus, no!” weird. It can be genre (sf, fantasy, horror/weird, bizarro, etc.) or it can just be
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1000 Word Challenge This is a themed competition for stories up to 1000 words. The current theme is Strangers. The closing date is 30th November 2019. Here are some more details for you: Prizes: 1st: £150 2nd: £75 3rd: £50 Entry fee: £5 or £15 for an entry with feedback Take a look at their
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Entering a writing competition? Here are a few tips to ensure your entry is on the shortlist: A judge wants to read something unexpected, exciting and compelling so think outside the box. Make sure your story isn’t over the word count. Your story may only have gone over the limit by five words, but if
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US paper, ‘The Saturday Evening Post’, is calling for your best limerick about an image featured in the paper. To see the said image, click on the following link: Wanna join in the fun? Submit your limerick! Entries are accepted worldwide. $25 dollars goes to the best one. The winning entry is published in the
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Cinnamon Press: This independent publisher publishes poetry, fiction and also selective non-fiction. It’s a small company run by a family team. Cinnamon is proudly different. We don’t do social media; it’s neither innovative nor supportive of independent thought. Instead we value a community of readers and writers who don’t so much buy our books and
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