The latest mini competition from On the Premises is to write a story of 25 - 50 words without using the letter R. That doesn't sound too difficult - but I've not tried it yet! Funny how often things seem easy until we give them a try. There's a $35 prize.
Thanks to Sharon Boothroyd for finding out about this crime novel competition. There's a £3,500 prize, plus an an offer of representation from AM Heath. The novel must be unpublished (self published is OK). You'll want to read the rules yourself, but it does seem anyone over 18 living in Britain or Ireland is eligble, published or not.
Here's a short story competition from Irish Country magazine. Thanks to whoever left the link in the comments - Sheelagh?) Thay want between 500 and 1,200 words on the theme of slowing down. The prize is publication plus 'an amazing gift worth €300' for first place and online publication for second.
This competition offers a £500 prize for the best essay on George Elliott.
Thanks to Kate Hogan, for providing the link to the Never Too Late competition. It's for writers over 60, and you can submit poetry, a short story, novel or flash fiction. The prize is £500.
My news
It had been planned for authors to give readings at the book fair I attended last week. Unfortunately the acoustics in the building made that impossible. As I'd prepared something and nerved myself up to do it, I read to a camera at home. Here's the result.
This week I had a notification that a story I'd entered in a competition didn't get placed, and an acceptance for a story previously rejected by that same editor (it was a no for the weekly mag, but a yes for the annual).
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