Firstly, before I get down to a whole host of competitions for you to peruse, I’ve had a number of emails from people trying to vote for Sometimes A River Song, for the Peoples Book Prize but finding it tricky – I have to agree it can be, but it is a truly democratic and worthwhile prize, so I do hope this guide will help and THANK YOU- THANK YOU for your support
Go to the Peoples BOOK PRIZE – here
Click on Register – which is right at the top, along with other tabs, like Home and About us etc or is HERE
You will then have to fill in your name, email address, then solve a simple sum and click on SUBMIT
You will then be sent a password to your email. If it does not appear in your email check your JUNK MAIL FOLDER.
Now go back to the main page again HERE. Click on the image for Sometimes A River Song. Fill in email and password. PASSWORD IS CASE SENSITIVE
Click on the vote square – a green tick should appear. Comment if you wish, solve the simple maths problem and click SUBMIT.
If it keeps going wrong try starting afresh – if you can bear it! CHEERS,
Now for the COMPETITIONS – good luck (click continue reading to find them all)
Hodder & Stoughton’s literary imprint Sceptre is marking the release of a collection of stories about love in November by launching a love-themed short story competition.
How Much the Heart Can Hold contains seven commissioned original short stories each exploring a different concept of love, authored by award-winning writers Bernardine Evaristo, Carys Bray, D. W. Wilson, Donal Ryan, Grace McCleen, Nikesh Shukla and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan.
The competition, called “Sceptre Loves”, will coincide with the collection’s launch by
seeking out stories based on “any sort of love, from obsessive to platonic, unrequited to all-consuming”, with the winning entry to feature in the paperback edition MORE HERE http://www.thebookseller.com/news/sceptre-launches-short-story-competition-mark-new-multi-author-collection-love-stories-388236
The National Memory Day Creative Writing Competition invites short story and poetry entries on the theme of Memories. Deadline: 5pm 20th January 2017.
Prizes: £4000 each to the winner of the best poem and best short story. Plymouth University Best Young Writer aged 15-18 Award: £2000. Best Primary Carer Voice Award: £2000.
All funds raised by the competition will be reinvested in the National Memory Day projects to benefit more people living with memory loss, to support new writing talent and creativity in the UK, and to support dementia and Alzheimer’s research. MORE HERE http://nationalmemoryday.org.uk/competitions/
Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest Deadline: October 3, 2016 Entry Fee: $20
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Zoetrope: All-Story website is given annually for a short story. The winner and finalists are considered for representation by several literary agencies, including the Georges Borchardt Literary Agency, the Gernert Company, International Creative Management, Sterling Lord Literistic, and William Morris Endeavor. Anthony Marra will judge.
MORE HERE https://www.zoetrope.com/contests/stories-2016/
Zoetrope Screenplay Contest’s mission is to find and promote new and innovative voices in cinema. Every script is read closely by a select handful of professional readers, and Francis Ford Coppola selects a grand prize–winner from among the top ten finalists. The grand prize–winner receives a cash prize, and the scripts of all top ten finalists are sent by Zoetrope to leading production companies and talent agencies for consideration.
The winner of the contest will receive the grand prize of $5000. The winner and nine honorable-mentions will be considered for representation by William Morris Endeavor, CAA, The Gersh Agency, Exile Entertainment, ICM, Oasis Media, UTA, The Radmin Company, Prolific Entertainment, Energy Entertainment, and Dontanville/Frattaroli. Their scripts will be considered for film option and development MORE HERE https://www.zoetrope.com/contests/screenplays-2016/
The Plough Prize 2016 Open Poetry Competition – Judge: Philip Gross is open until January 31st 2017 – MORE HERE http://www.theploughprize.co.uk/
Inside The Bell Jar is a quarterly journal accepting poetry, short stories and flash fiction of absolutely any genre. The only real requirement we have is that your piece is related to mental illness in some way; through a character, the general theme, something about the setting – you decide. Deadline Sept 15th MORE HERE http://www.insidethebelljar.com/submit/
New Rivers Press are looking for poems, either published or previously unpublished, that are inspired by the life and work of Bob Dylan. We’re interested in work of every character. Send us your best, polished work. If previously published (or forthcoming), please include a citation with details. We plan to gather together 100 poems by 100 poets that bear witness to Dylan’s enormous influence on American and global literature. MORE HERE https://newriverspress.submittable.com/submit
