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January 2020: Competition Monthly

...Francesca Capaldi Burgess has been placed or shortlisted in a number of competitions including Winchester Writers’ Conference, Twyford Writers, Chorley & District Writer’s Circle, Retreat West, Cordelia.net, Meridian Writing, Flash...

Competition Monthly: May 2021

...a dozen competitions including Winchester Writers’ Conference, Retreat West, Meridian Writing, Wells Festival Book for Children, Writing Magazine and The People’s Friend serial competition. She’s had stories published in magazines...

July 2018: Competition Monthly

...win some financial help while you write that novel. There are three other novel / novella competitions, four flash fiction prizes, eight short story comps and a chance to enter...

January 2019: Competition Monthly

...2019. Good luck!     * Rolling competitions: Writers’ Forum Short Story Competition Theme: Open. 1,000 to 3,000 words Prize: £300 / £150 / £100 Closing date: Rolling Entry: £3...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #7

...Happy writing! Jenni X   Celia Anderson (59 Memory Lane) Writing friends are invaluable. Without my writing buddies I’d have given up long ago. When the rejections start coming in,...

February 2020: Competition Monthly

...2019 and January 2020 for posts detailing further competitions closing in March and April.   *   Rolling Competitions Writer’s Forum Short Story Contest Theme: Open, 1000 – 3,000 words...

Competition Monthly: September 2020

...contests. Good luck to you all in your competition endeavours. Click August 2020 for posts detailing further competitions closing in October.     * Rolling Competitions Writers’ Forum Short Story...

The Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award

...story is one that I loved writing, and it’s wonderful to know that readers enjoyed it. An interesting story: Catherine has a busy day job managing an NHS maternity hospital,...

March 2020: Competition Monthly

...£8 Details Writers’ Weekend Short Story Competition Theme: Open, 1,500 – 3,000 words Prizes: £250, one-year subscription to Writing Magazine, publication in magazine / 2 x one-year subscriptions to Writing...

April 2019: Competition Monthly

...and good luck in your competition endeavours.   * Rolling competitions: Writers’ Forum Short Story Competition Theme: Open. 1,000 – 3,000 words Prize: £300 / £150 / £100 Closing date:...

Liam Livings: Writing, Publishing And Promoting

...writing and also promoting romance stories? My top tips for writing are: Stop thinking about writing and write the book. Don’t aim to write a perfect book, just aim to...

September 2018: Competition Monthly

Be careful of trying to wedge a theme into, or a word count onto, an already completed story… and some good news! Many of the short story competitions I come...