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 The novel must be unpublished (self published is OK).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. (Sorry - just discovered this one isn't free!)
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).
6 comments:
Thanks Patsy for all the writing opportunities.
Love the video and you managed all that without one crumb of cake too!!
Re your last paragraph that's intriguing that you would have a piece rejected for the weekly magazine but then have the same piece accepted for the annual, brilliant. It reinforces the fact that while a story might be unsuitable for one magazine or section of a magazine, it could be perfect for another.
My news is that I had an acceptance from TPF yesterday which was a nice start to the weekend.
Well done to all with positive news and acceptances.
Thanks, Patsy for the competitions and congrats on your successes this week. Sadly I think the Never too Late competition, as I understand it, is part of the Bridport Prize (awarded to entrants of the various categories who are over 60) and Bridport has a big entry charge... but I'm on a flaky internet in Turkey at the moment so might be wrong?
Alyson
Thanks, Patsy. I’ve tried the On The Premises competition. It was fun to try, but I have a feeling there’ll be much better stories than the one I ended up with!
My news is that I had an acceptance from Woman’s Weekly, with a date for publication straight away, rather than going on file, so that was a boost.
I enjoyed the video! I think @Alyson is right about the Bridport Prize involving an entry fee unfortunately. I liked the idea of Never too late! :(
Congrats to Patsy, Sheelagh and Marian, and anyone else who's had an acceptance recently :) I've just watched your tale, Patsy - an oxymoron! "TOO MUCH cake"? surely not! 😉 A shame you couldn't read them at the book fair.
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