Thanks to Sharon for sending me the link to this Christmas ghost story competition. As Sharon says, it doesn't actually have to be a Christmas story. First prize is £100. Max word count, 5,000. (That's the Boo)
This competition is for unpublished authors only. They must be citizens of, or living in the UK or Ireland. The first prize is £3,000, with runners up prizes of £1,000. Max word count 5,000. (Boo hoo, I can't enter!) Sorry - this has just closed!
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Most of my ebooks are currently 99p in the UK or 99c in the US. Woohoo! Sorry, Amazon doesn't currently allow me to set up this deal elsewhere.
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Thanks Sharon and Patsy for the comp info. I think the boo is that when I clicked on the second link it said competition closed! Checked elsewhere on the website and the closing date seems to have been yesterday. (Like many, I couldn’t have entered anyway!)
Thank you, Sharon and Patsy. The ghost one is definitely for me. I know the Toasted Cheese will be announced 1st October (deadline 21st December) but they seem to vary their generally ghost theme. I'm afraid I couldn't play in the summer one (non-genre - whatever that really means). I'll put it on here when I see it.
Thank you very much Patsy and Sharon. I shall definitely have a go at the Christmas Ghost story. I've just entered the Best Halloween comp - love writing spooky!
Alyson
Crowvus hold a Xmas ghost story competition too, but there is a fee.
I haven't got a Halloween one for the best comp.
I'm not good at writing with seasons or special days in mind, although I can just about manage Xmas and valentine's.
I've entered the write time competition this year, for the first time.
Has anyone had their entries placed in their competition?
Just did a quick check from my spreadsheet, Sharon: 12, sometimes more than one in a session, over a two-three year period. Not once placed. Varied: ghost, romance, humour, sci-fi. Hey ho.
Thanks Patsy & Sharon, the ghost story one sounds interesting. Must put my thinking cap on.
@ Fiona – Oh dear. I thought it closed in October. Must have got mixed up with another one.
@ Marguerite – I look forward to the update.
@ Alyson – The spooky stuff can be a lot of fun to write.
@ Sharon – I quite like writing the seasonal stuff. My problem is that I generally write it at the wrong time, and forget to send it later on. I need a better system for that.
I've not tried write time I'm not quite eligible!
@ Sheelagh – Between us, we'll be haunting that competition!
Btw, most of my books are currently reduced to 99p / 99c. I've just added a link in the post.
Thank you Sharon and Patsy - I have never written a ghost story, perhaps now is the time to have a go…
Dee
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