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James Plunkett Short Story Award |
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Sponsored by the 1913 Lockout Commemoration, Dublin UNESCO City of Literature,
Dublin City Council, Dublin City Libraries and ICTU
Organised by the Irish Writers' Union in partnership with the Irish Writers' Centre.
We are delighted to announce the 2013 James Plunkett Short Story Award for new and emerging writing talent. James Plunkett was known as one of Ireland's greatest social commentators. A founder member of the Irish Writers' Union, James Plunkett's seminal work, Strumpet City, still stands as one of the great Irish works of the 20th century. This year, it is of particular importance as it allows the reader to access the story behind the 1913 Dublin Lockout.
The Award will be presented on 16th October 2013 at the Irish Writers' Centre.
1st prize: €2,000
2nd prize: €1,000
3rd prize: €500
Winners will be chosen from 9 shortlisted candidates.
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RASP |
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The call is for a new anthology, 'Disobedience', which will be a collection of work by dyslexic writers that will focus on the theme of ‘disobedience and subversion’. That is, the way in which dyslexics are perceived to be defiant and disobedient when 'difference' is misunderstood, or misinterpreted and the kinds of affect this has on ones self-image, sense of self and meaning making. The purpose is twofold, first to give a voice to writers marginalised by prejudices Second, to provide a fresh approach to thinking about dyslexia by opening up a critical debate about authorship.
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Writing4all.ie: A Small, Good Thing Short Story Competition |
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Writing4all.ie have announced a new short story contest. A Small, Good Thing Short Story Competition is a monthly short story competition that accepts (via email or post) short stories of up to 3000 words max. Entry is €3 (€5 for two stories). The prize is €100 and publication in the Writing4all: Best of 2012 anthology.
The competition has been set up in response to the long waiting times that writers suffer when submitting work to journals and competitions. Winners are announced mid-month, so unsuccessful authors don’t have to wait too long until they can submit elsewhere.
The competition opens on May 1, 2012, with the May winner announced in mid-June.
Terms & Conditions
- A monthly competition for short stories (3000 words max).
- Entry: €3 to enter one story, €5 to enter two stories.
- Prize: €100; winning stories published in the Writing4all: Best of 2012 Anthology.
- Winners announced mid-month, (so if you don’t win, you don't have to wait an age to submit your stories to other competitions and magazines)
- You can submit by post/email.
- By post: A Small Good Thing Short Story Competition, Writing4all, Spade Enterprise Centre, Smithfield, Dublin 7.
- By email: Please send as .doc attachments to asgt@writing4all.ie, with the subject title: A short story for your consideration (amend as appropriate for multiple stories)
- If paying by paypal, please quote your payment number (which will look something like 98B96318D4186023G) in the email/cover letter
- If paying by cheque/postal order, please make them payable to Writing4all Ltd
- Unpublished stories only. Stories that have appeared on ‘workshopping’ sites like Writing4all are, however, eligible.
- English language only, sorry. We’ll let you know if we learn any other languages.
Any questions, please contact Thomas Morris; thomas@writing4all.ie
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Brit Writers' Awards - Monthly Picture the Story Writing Competition |
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This new monthly competition will feature a selected photograph and entrants will be invited to tell us what they think it says… Submit a story, poem or song in no more than 300 words. Challenge your creative writing skills, join in and have a go!
The rules? There aren’t any, just be as creative as you can.
The winner will be announced at the end of April and will receive a high quality mounted print of the image, thanks to our partners, RKL Photography. We will also include the winning piece in the following month’s e-bulletin and on our website.
This monthly competition is free to enter and the deadline for this month is Thursday 31st May 2012 at 5.00pm. Please email your submissions to picturethestory@britwriters.co.uk or send it through the form below.
For more information click here>>>>
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Telegraph Short Story Club. |
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The Telegraph is running a short story writing club on its My Telegraph social site. Join up to share work with other writers and for the chance to be published by The Telegraph, win £500 and be invited for lunch with top publishers.
For more information click here>>>>
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Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry Competition |
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Each week on Tuesday at midday (GMT), from the 16th of April 2013, five words are posted on this competition page. Entrants then have one week to compose and submit poems that must include all five words.
At noon next Tuesday, these words will no longer be eligible, and replaced with five new words. The competition will run for a total of forty weeks, until the last week of January 2014.
Prize
A prize of 500 euro will be awarded to one winner, and if available, then invited to read at Ó Bhéal’s seventh anniversary event, on Monday 14th of April, 2014 (an additional travel fee of 100 euro plus B&B accommodation will be provided for this). The shortlisted poems and winning entry will also be published in Five Words Vol VII – the next annual anthology of five word poems, launched at the same event.
A panel of poets from the Ó Bhéal board will adjudicate, and a shortlist of twelve poems including the overall winner will be announced during the first week of March, 2014.
The five words offered each week for 2013-14 have been sourced from the audiences of the first fifty Five Word Challenges (held each Monday evening during 2007-8 at Ó Bhéal – with a few extra words added due to deletion of duplicates). They are then selected from this list randomly.
Click here for to enter and for submission guidelines>>>>
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Rubery Book Award |
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First Prize £1000 (approx 1599 US$, 1233€ )
The winning book will also be read by a top literary agent from MBA
2nd prize £200(approx 320 US $, 246€)
3rd prize £75 (approx 120 US$, 92€)
Closing date is 30th April 2013.
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Entries will be acknowledged only if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope
* All work must be previously unpublished
* Please keep poems to a maximum of 35 lines
* To ensure impartiality in judging, please do not write your name on the page with your poem.
For more information click here>>>> |
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The Bridport Short Story Prize |
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Open to all writers, UK and non UK based. First prize is £5000 plus publication.
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The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition |
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The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is an annual short story competition dedicated to one of Ireland’s most accomplished story writers and theorists, sponsored by the Munster Literature Centre, and is now open for submissions to writers from around the world.
First prize is €2000, publication in Southword Journal, and a week's residency at Anam Cara Writers' Retreat. (Prize money will be converted to the winner's currency. First prize was equivalent to $2602.11 on xe.com April 10 2013.)
Second prize is €500 and publication in Southword Journal, and 4 runners-up will receive payment for publication in Southword Journal.
If the first prize winner comes to Cork, Ireland, to collect their prize, we will lavish them with hotel accommodation, meals, drinks and VIP access to the literary stars at the Cork International Short Story Festival (18-22 September 2013).
Deadline: 31 July 2013. Judge: Joyce Russell.
For more information visit the Munster Literature website>>>
Or the Seán Ó Faoláin Competition Facebook page |
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