Let the world know about WritingRaw.com and all the good things we do for up-and-coming writers.
Thank you everyone for the show of support these last few weeks. The submissions to WritingRaw.com have been amazing. As you will notice we have changed format again based on some of the suggestions we received. The site has a much sleeker design, better online font, no more "Like" buttons or other outside forces that have slowed the site down in the past. We have gone back to basics… concentrating on the written work and the promotion of it.
Besides fiction, poetry, essays and other various forms of writing, we would also like:
· 500 words or less essays about your struggle to write or published in the traditional sense (put Struggle in the subject line of the email)
· 500 words or less essays about your struggle to write or published in the traditional sense (put Struggle in the subject line of the email)
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In the February issue:
FICTION:
· 2061 by J A Williams: What will the world look like after 50 years of Global Warming? And when THE BIG ONE hits the West Coast, what will remain? This is a microcosm of one possible future for mankind… Unless we wake up!
· Burgermen by Alan Zacher: Tom Mayor is being threaten by the manager of a grocery store for quitting and not giving two-weeks notice. For two weeks, the manager terrorizing Tom by phone, and then shows-up at his mom and dad's home at 2 a.m. with a gun.
· Coming of Age at Brighton Beach by Vivian Conejero: In 1970s Brooklyn, a sheltered and shy Latin American teenager ventures to the beach by herself, the year she turns eighteen. By the end of her visit to Brighton Beach, she realizes that she is no longer a child.
· Empath by Sabrina Sumsion: When a woman can feel the emotions of others, she must learn to insulate herself from the outside world. When the violent world comes to her, she fights against the inevitable to save another's life.
· Fishing Story by Billy Rutter: Like most fishing stories, life at times makes it difficult to decipher fact from fiction and is often riddled with disappointment that goes unseen. A masterfully crafted narrative, "My Fishing Story" is about a boy who discovers lower lifeforms and a man in search of a higher power.
· Hackademic by Ian Boulton: Roy teaches investigative journalism to a large group of international students at a London university. News has been his life but to the young people he teaches he is an anachronism, a figure from history. How can he cope when keeping up-to-date has been both his profession and his passion but every day brings fresh evidence that the world is passing him by?
· Population One by David Bridge: In the middle of a desert, in a country far from home, Andrew Finsbury puts the finishing touches to his business, which looks set to make him a millionaire. But will he overcome the prying state bureaucrat who has the power to turn his dream to dust?
· Olde Camden Road by Robert Welsh: Sean Garrity lives a quiet if unfulfilling life in the town where he grew up in rural Pennsylvania. But fate intervenes one evening when he finds himself exploring an allegedly haunted road in a remote part of the county. Olde Camden Road developed a notorious reputation with the locals over the decades as an area rife with paranormal occurrence. Like many, Sean ignored the legends as he grew up and busied himself with everyday things. But tonight he is going to discover the road's deepest secrets and the truth will change him forever -- if he can survive til morning.
· Sidestep by Alessandra Siraco: Childhood was always fun, until you thought of getting older. Mark and his sister Jessie, in the midst of contemplating clouds and forts, wonder what happens when you grow up and need to leave childhood behind--and they wonder why a strange couple is standing on their grandfather's backyard hill.
· The Fairy and the Princess by Katie Alford: A harmless fairy prank goes wrong leaving Alyn in the power of a very angry human court. But that proves not to be the worst event of the day.
· The Raggedies by Tom Sheehan: Young Thornwell didn't have a hint at what "The Book" was, though the other town kids in the group he had enlisted in, these new friends of his, spoke of it with admiration, love, and whatever else was coming at him that he couldn't figure out. It had drawn him in because they seemed to be on fire every time they talked about it, "The Book." In time, the sheriff learned the whole story about "The Book," and the young west trying its best.
· The Staircase by Gibson Culbreth: After a disappointing evening Courtney and Eric find themselves stuck in a stairwell. The unlikely pair try to mend their unraveling lives through cigarettes and screaming.
· Woodland Stalker by Kristopher Miller: Ben Matthews is hunting moose in the frozen wilderness of Canada. When he finds his prey, he finds something else that takes it... something that will hunt Matthews deeper into the woods. What is hunting him is far more ferocious, cunning, and terrifying than any wild animal he's ever seen.
NEW!
Season 3, Episodes 3: Give Me My Robe, Put On My Crown
POETRY:
· Brine by Allegra Freund
· Cottonwood by Scott Lutz
· Do I Have A Right? by Susan M. Bell
· Endless Conception by Matt Panetta
· My Pen by Chris Birrane
· Now Until Forever by Matt Panetta
· On The Road Beyond the Midnight Passion by Matt Panetta
· Pandora's Box by John Ernest Giffard
· That Cezanne Girl by Joseph Grant
· The Infinite Ecstasy by Juliette Beswick Pokletar
· Times Square by Jordan Elizabeth Mierek
· Until He Came by Elaine Rosenberg Miller
ASSORTED:
· Artist of the Month: Jason Denaro
· Humour Is A Funny Thing by John Joyce: Humour is a funny thing don't you think? Everyone has an opinion on humour, and say have a sense of humour and like a good laugh. It even has its own memory since we gladly recall funny situations years later.
· Lost & Found in Ohio by Steve Myers: A search for a lost mother and lost time.
· Sagging Middles: The Intimidating Space between Beginnings and Endings. AND… Plot Outlines: Who Could Ever Remember The Machinations of These Weird Characters? by Milton Trachtenburg: Imagine that two of your favorite characters from fairy tales become a writer and an agent. In a blending of what I imagine to be their personalities with the content that a writer and an agent might discuss, Little Red Writing Hood, a agent of sterling reputation discusses sagging middles with her client---surly, egotistical yet somewhat skillful writer, Big Bad Word Wolf. If there is a lesson to be learned here it may be that every writer can benefit from learning the rules of the writing road...as well as table manners if he happens to revert to his true persona.
· Shylock in the Twenty-First Century by Christopher Nagle: Nearly 67 years after the end of The Holocaust, Jews are still the most widely and vehemently loathed ethnic minority on the planet. The geography and cultural setting for this has changed, but its intensity now threatens the global order. What is to become of these extraordinary people, and the attitude of their neighbors towards them, as this undoubtedly convulsive century unfolds?
· What I Seen by Derek Frazier: In the Piney Woods of East Texas, there is no difference between faith and reason. Perception is reality, even when the subject is a hairy cryptid denied existence by mainstream science and traditional religious beliefs.
7 QUESTION INTERVIEWS:
· Joe Haldeman: SciFi author currently working on the Marsbound series. Current release: Earthbound
· Ed Kovacs: Author of Storm Damage (his current novel) and Unseen Forces
· Margaret Maron: Author of the Sigrid Harald and the Judge Deborah Knott series. Current release: Three-Day Town
· Kyle Mills: New York Times bestselling author of twelve books, including the latest in Robert Ludlum's Covert-One series, The Ares Decision. Current release: The Immortalists
· Jonas Saul: Author of the Sarah Roberts and the Drake Bellamy series. Current release: The Kill
· REPRINTED: 7 Question Interview with Literary Agent: Lucinda Blumenfeld
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Monday 30 January 2012
Free Writers' Newsletter
Poetry competition winners and new magazine
This month, firstwriter.com has announced the winner, runners-up, and special commendations of its Tenth International Poetry Competition, as well as releasing Issue 20 of firstwriter.magazine, Hieroglyphs.
Shelley Griffiths, from Sidmouth, Devon, was announced as the winner of the competition for her poem "Estuary Mud", and wins £500 (around $750).
Shelley Griffiths was born in Portsmouth, UK in 1969, but was soon moved to the Cotswolds where she spent the formative years of her childhood with her two siblings and a dog called Buffy. At the age of eight, she moved to London where she stayed until she graduated with an English and Drama degree from Kingston University in her early twenties. After teaching for a few years, Shelley turned her hand to painting, and achieved global success with her abstract impressionism, painting under the name LAURIE MAITLAND. Royalties from print sales enabled Shelley to return to her first love – that of writing, and to study for a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at Exeter University, Devon.
Shelley still lives in Devon, where she continues to paint, alongside writing poetry, screenplays and novels – the first of which, Hailstones in May by Laurie Maitland, is now available on Amazon. The second novel, The Ganesha Keystone, will publish on Amazon in March 2012.
Shelley hopes to earn just enough from her writing and painting to move to a house with a bigger garden so that she can have chickens which she plans to name Betty, Marjorie, Ethel and Mabel.
Jessica Prather, of Hilliard, Ohio, wins $150 for submitting the best entry from the United States with her poem "Mortar", and Alice Stride of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, wins £100 for entering the best runner-up poem from the United Kingdom, "Walnuts and Apples". The winning poems can be read online at http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/poetry_competition/previous_winners/10thpoetry.shtml.
International Copyright Registration
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All the winners will also be published in a future issue of firstwriter.magazine, and receive vouchers worth £24 / $36 – as will the ten Special Commendations:
Pauline Asper, United Kingdom, "Maturity";
Christine Bond, United Kingdom, "Shamus Heaney. Queens University 1968s Heaney: Queens University 1968";
Richard Tyley, United Kingdom, "Home Sweet Home";
Joris Heise, United States, "Ashlie, the Student in Special Education";
Harvey Rothenstein, United States, "Our Example";
Kathleen Strafford, United Kingdom, "Under the Card Table";
Sarah Hosking, United Kingdom, "Armistice, November 11th";
Kate Brown, Australia, "102 degrees";
Ginna Wilkerson, United States, "Laws of Travel";
Tom Brown, United Kingdom, "Birds".
firstwriter.magazine Issue 20: HieroglyphsThe latest issue of firstwriter.magazine has also just been released, featuring quality fiction and poetry submitted from around the world, plus your first chance to see not just the winning story from our Seventh International Short Story Contest, but also all ten Special Commendations. To view the magazine click here. To enter your work in our Eighth International Short Story Contest click here.
If you submitted work for issue 20 you can check to see if your work has been included by viewing the magazine online (click here). If your work has not been included then, unfortunately, on this occasion your submission has not been successful. We'd love to see more of your work, though, and are now accepting submissions for issue 22 of the magazine. We accept poems up to 30 lines and short stories up to 3,000 words. You can submit your work for consideration online at http://www.firstwriter.com/Magazine/submit.shtml
The Bridport Prize 2012 website is now open for entries
The Bridport Prize is the richest open writing competition in the English language, with £5,000 first prize for a short story (of up to 5,000 words); and £5,000 first prize for a poem (of up to 42 lines). The category of Flash Fiction attracts £1,000 to be won for the best short, short story of under 250 words. [To read the full article, click here]
For details of over 150 writing contests, click here
Short stories required for new greeting card concept
The Circle of Joy is a new concept in greeting cards, with each card pairing a commissioned illustration on the front with a related short story on the back. The range of "storycards" will be launched in mid-2012, with the initial forty cards focusing on everything from the "Joy of Weddings" to the "Joy of Golf", from the "Joy of Birthdays" to the "Joy of Wine". At the end of each story, readers are invited to visit the Circle of Joy website, where they can enjoy thousands more anecdotes, stories and photos posted by other users, share their own stories of joy if they wish, as well as order more storycards from the webshop. [To read the full article, click here]
New website for travel writers
World of Travel Writers is a unique website where travel writers across the world can meet up, share their travel writing experiences and travel stories, and find markets and contests for travel writers all on one website. World of Travel Writers will be updated every two months: Feb/Mar, Apr/May, June/July/ Aug/Sept, Oct/Nov, December/End of Year issue.
The website needs articles by travel writers; press releases about new markets for travel writers; press releases about upcoming writing competitions and photography competitions. It also needs news that pertains to travel writing. [To read the full article, click here]
Jewish Women's anthology seeks submissions
Submissions are being sought for a new anthology, Just Between Us – Jewish Women Get Personal. The stories should be personal true slices of life showing how you have grown, overcome challenges, gained wisdom, etc. All subjects are welcome: Dating, marriage, pregnancy, birth, nursing, raising children, mikveh, holidays, living in Israel, divorce, widowhood, illness, grandmotherhood, etc. Humor is welcome, as is poetry. [To read the full article, click here]
One month left to apply for £30,000 Futures Fund
Last year IdeasTap opened a fund in partnership with Sky Arts to give five young creatives the chance to win £30,000 each. They have already awarded funding to opera director Daisy Evans and visual artist Phoebe Boswell, and they will be taking applications for the remaining three bursaries until February 24, 2012. [To read the full article, click here]
New site for writers
Voices in Space is a new site that includes a free online writers’ forum, where writers can post original fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; receive critique from a global community of readers; and read new works by aspiring and established authors. The site also lets writers’ workshops create groups, through which their members can connect and share writing.Since Voices in Space is a new site, still in its beta stage, they are searching for writers and readers to populate the site with works and feedback. To visit the site, click here
Resources for writers at firstwriter.com
Visit firstwriter.com for the following invaluable resources for writers:
over 850 literary agencies
over 1,400 book publishers
over 150 writing contests
over 1,400 magazine publishers
and more...
This month, firstwriter.com has announced the winner, runners-up, and special commendations of its Tenth International Poetry Competition, as well as releasing Issue 20 of firstwriter.magazine, Hieroglyphs.
Shelley Griffiths, from Sidmouth, Devon, was announced as the winner of the competition for her poem "Estuary Mud", and wins £500 (around $750).
Shelley Griffiths was born in Portsmouth, UK in 1969, but was soon moved to the Cotswolds where she spent the formative years of her childhood with her two siblings and a dog called Buffy. At the age of eight, she moved to London where she stayed until she graduated with an English and Drama degree from Kingston University in her early twenties. After teaching for a few years, Shelley turned her hand to painting, and achieved global success with her abstract impressionism, painting under the name LAURIE MAITLAND. Royalties from print sales enabled Shelley to return to her first love – that of writing, and to study for a Master’s Degree in Creative Writing at Exeter University, Devon.
Shelley still lives in Devon, where she continues to paint, alongside writing poetry, screenplays and novels – the first of which, Hailstones in May by Laurie Maitland, is now available on Amazon. The second novel, The Ganesha Keystone, will publish on Amazon in March 2012.
Shelley hopes to earn just enough from her writing and painting to move to a house with a bigger garden so that she can have chickens which she plans to name Betty, Marjorie, Ethel and Mabel.
Jessica Prather, of Hilliard, Ohio, wins $150 for submitting the best entry from the United States with her poem "Mortar", and Alice Stride of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, wins £100 for entering the best runner-up poem from the United Kingdom, "Walnuts and Apples". The winning poems can be read online at http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/poetry_competition/previous_winners/10thpoetry.shtml.
International Copyright Registration
Register your copyright online for instant copyright protection in more than 160 different countries worldwide. Click here for more information.
All the winners will also be published in a future issue of firstwriter.magazine, and receive vouchers worth £24 / $36 – as will the ten Special Commendations:
Pauline Asper, United Kingdom, "Maturity";
Christine Bond, United Kingdom, "Shamus Heaney. Queens University 1968s Heaney: Queens University 1968";
Richard Tyley, United Kingdom, "Home Sweet Home";
Joris Heise, United States, "Ashlie, the Student in Special Education";
Harvey Rothenstein, United States, "Our Example";
Kathleen Strafford, United Kingdom, "Under the Card Table";
Sarah Hosking, United Kingdom, "Armistice, November 11th";
Kate Brown, Australia, "102 degrees";
Ginna Wilkerson, United States, "Laws of Travel";
Tom Brown, United Kingdom, "Birds".
firstwriter.magazine Issue 20: HieroglyphsThe latest issue of firstwriter.magazine has also just been released, featuring quality fiction and poetry submitted from around the world, plus your first chance to see not just the winning story from our Seventh International Short Story Contest, but also all ten Special Commendations. To view the magazine click here. To enter your work in our Eighth International Short Story Contest click here.
If you submitted work for issue 20 you can check to see if your work has been included by viewing the magazine online (click here). If your work has not been included then, unfortunately, on this occasion your submission has not been successful. We'd love to see more of your work, though, and are now accepting submissions for issue 22 of the magazine. We accept poems up to 30 lines and short stories up to 3,000 words. You can submit your work for consideration online at http://www.firstwriter.com/Magazine/submit.shtml
The Bridport Prize 2012 website is now open for entries
The Bridport Prize is the richest open writing competition in the English language, with £5,000 first prize for a short story (of up to 5,000 words); and £5,000 first prize for a poem (of up to 42 lines). The category of Flash Fiction attracts £1,000 to be won for the best short, short story of under 250 words. [To read the full article, click here]
For details of over 150 writing contests, click here
Short stories required for new greeting card concept
The Circle of Joy is a new concept in greeting cards, with each card pairing a commissioned illustration on the front with a related short story on the back. The range of "storycards" will be launched in mid-2012, with the initial forty cards focusing on everything from the "Joy of Weddings" to the "Joy of Golf", from the "Joy of Birthdays" to the "Joy of Wine". At the end of each story, readers are invited to visit the Circle of Joy website, where they can enjoy thousands more anecdotes, stories and photos posted by other users, share their own stories of joy if they wish, as well as order more storycards from the webshop. [To read the full article, click here]
New website for travel writers
World of Travel Writers is a unique website where travel writers across the world can meet up, share their travel writing experiences and travel stories, and find markets and contests for travel writers all on one website. World of Travel Writers will be updated every two months: Feb/Mar, Apr/May, June/July/ Aug/Sept, Oct/Nov, December/End of Year issue.
The website needs articles by travel writers; press releases about new markets for travel writers; press releases about upcoming writing competitions and photography competitions. It also needs news that pertains to travel writing. [To read the full article, click here]
Jewish Women's anthology seeks submissions
Submissions are being sought for a new anthology, Just Between Us – Jewish Women Get Personal. The stories should be personal true slices of life showing how you have grown, overcome challenges, gained wisdom, etc. All subjects are welcome: Dating, marriage, pregnancy, birth, nursing, raising children, mikveh, holidays, living in Israel, divorce, widowhood, illness, grandmotherhood, etc. Humor is welcome, as is poetry. [To read the full article, click here]
One month left to apply for £30,000 Futures Fund
Last year IdeasTap opened a fund in partnership with Sky Arts to give five young creatives the chance to win £30,000 each. They have already awarded funding to opera director Daisy Evans and visual artist Phoebe Boswell, and they will be taking applications for the remaining three bursaries until February 24, 2012. [To read the full article, click here]
New site for writers
Voices in Space is a new site that includes a free online writers’ forum, where writers can post original fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; receive critique from a global community of readers; and read new works by aspiring and established authors. The site also lets writers’ workshops create groups, through which their members can connect and share writing.Since Voices in Space is a new site, still in its beta stage, they are searching for writers and readers to populate the site with works and feedback. To visit the site, click here
Resources for writers at firstwriter.com
Visit firstwriter.com for the following invaluable resources for writers:
over 850 literary agencies
over 1,400 book publishers
over 150 writing contests
over 1,400 magazine publishers
and more...
National Poetry Anthology 2013
Please find below details of this year’s National Poetry Anthology 2013, which some of your members may be interested in. It is free to enter and will publish 250 poets as regional winners, with an overall winner taking the £1,000 first prize.
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Have you entered the biggest free-to-enter annual poetry competition there has ever been?
The National Poetry Anthology has been discovering new poetry talent for the past 14 years.
We pick 250 regional “poet laureates” – then put their winning poem in the book.
They get a free copy and then get to vote for the best poem in the book. The overall winner gets £1,000 and a magnificent trophy to keep for life.
You can see all of the previous winners and their winning poems on our website at www.unitedpress.co.uk/free-poetry-competitions/previous-npa-winners.html
If you haven’t entered before – why not?
Just send up to three poems (160 words and 25 lines maximum each, including blank lines) on any subject.
You can submit your poems online at www.unitedpress.co.uk/submit-poetry-online/ or post them to United Press Ltd, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB.
If you have never entered one of our competitions before now is the perfect time to do so, because first-time entrants will receive a free copy of the National Poetry Anthology 2012, in which you can read all 250 winning entries from the last book. But hurry because we cannot keep this offer open for long.
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Have you entered the biggest free-to-enter annual poetry competition there has ever been?
The National Poetry Anthology has been discovering new poetry talent for the past 14 years.
We pick 250 regional “poet laureates” – then put their winning poem in the book.
They get a free copy and then get to vote for the best poem in the book. The overall winner gets £1,000 and a magnificent trophy to keep for life.
You can see all of the previous winners and their winning poems on our website at www.unitedpress.co.uk/free-poetry-competitions/previous-npa-winners.html
If you haven’t entered before – why not?
Just send up to three poems (160 words and 25 lines maximum each, including blank lines) on any subject.
You can submit your poems online at www.unitedpress.co.uk/submit-poetry-online/ or post them to United Press Ltd, Admail 3735, London, EC1B 1JB.
If you have never entered one of our competitions before now is the perfect time to do so, because first-time entrants will receive a free copy of the National Poetry Anthology 2012, in which you can read all 250 winning entries from the last book. But hurry because we cannot keep this offer open for long.
Jamie Garner
United Press
V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize
The Royal Society of Literature is delighted to announce that the submissions for the thirteenth V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize are now open.
This prize for the best unpublished short story of the year was founded by the RSL at the beginning of the new millennium to commemorate the centenary of an author widely regarded as the finest English short-story writer of the 20th century, and to preserve a tradition encompassing Pritchett’s warmth of feeling and mastery of narrative.
There is a prize of £1,000, and the winning entry will be published in Prospect and the RSL Review. In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to appear at an RSL event with established short story writers in autumn 2012.
The judges this year are Jane Gardam, Aamer Hussein and Penelope Lively.
The closing date for entries is 29th June 2012.
David K. Nouvel
www.rslit.org
This prize for the best unpublished short story of the year was founded by the RSL at the beginning of the new millennium to commemorate the centenary of an author widely regarded as the finest English short-story writer of the 20th century, and to preserve a tradition encompassing Pritchett’s warmth of feeling and mastery of narrative.
There is a prize of £1,000, and the winning entry will be published in Prospect and the RSL Review. In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to appear at an RSL event with established short story writers in autumn 2012.
The judges this year are Jane Gardam, Aamer Hussein and Penelope Lively.
The closing date for entries is 29th June 2012.
David K. Nouvel
www.rslit.org
Sunday 29 January 2012
Our next meeting
A reminder that our next meeting is not until Tuesday week - that is 7th February when the homework assignment will be 1,000 words on 'News'.
Let's hope you've got some!!!
Keep Scribbling!
Let's hope you've got some!!!
Keep Scribbling!
Saturday 28 January 2012
I have been asked by The Theatre Royal to spread the word to all of our thespian members and those who enjoy an evening at the theatre. There will be more literature at our meeting on Tuesday 7th February. That's the day you should bring in your thousand words on 'News' along.
For further information on the production contact the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds at marketing@theatreroyal.org
Click on image to view.
Sunday 22 January 2012
WREKIN WRITERS – DORIS GOODERSON SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2012
It's that time of year again...Doris is back!
Yes, the Doris Gooderson short story competition is open and waiting for YOUR entries.
So come on, put pen to paper and get those creative juices flowing.
COMPETITION INFORMATION
Rules of Entry:
1. Entries must not exceed 1200 words, be in the form of a short story and written in English.
2. Prizes: 1st = £150, 2nd = £70 and 3rd = £40. Further prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the judge.
3. An entry fee of £3 is required, or £5 for 2 entries. (1 entry = £3, 2 entries = £5, 3 entries = £8 (£3+£5), 4 entries = £10, and so on.)
4. Postal entries from overseas can only be accepted with an entry fee in sterling.
5. This entry form can be photocopied if required.
6. An entry form must accompany your entries.
7. The Closing Date is 9th July 2012.
8. Entries should not have the author’s name or any other identifying marks on their typescript but each page should contain the story title in the footer or header.
9. All entries must be on white A4 paper (or foreign equivalent), and be double-spaced, typed, and on one side of paper only.
10. No entries should be submitted into any other competition, whilst this competition is running, but may be entered elsewhere after 30th September 2012. No entries should have been published elsewhere (including on the Internet, where it has been involved in an editorial process.)
11. Entries failing to meet all of these rules will be disqualified. Fees from disqualified entries will not be returned.
12. Copyright remains with the author, although winning entries will be published in the Wrekin Writers 2012 Anthology and may also be published on the Wrekin Writer website.
13. The judge’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
14. Winners will be notified by 30th September 2012.
15. This competition is open to any one, of any age, from anywhere in the world.
16. No postal entries will be returned unless a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed.
17. No postal entries will be acknowledged unless a stamped addressed post card is enclosed.
18. Entries with insufficient postage will NOT be collected from the Post Office, but returned to sender.
19. Entry indicates an acceptance of these rules.
Electronic Submissions
For the 2012 Doris Gooderson Short Story competition, we are able to accept electronic submissions, subject to the following:
20. All the rules above apply.
21. Entries are submitted by email to dorisgooderson@gmail.com by 11.59pm BST on 9th July 2012.
22. Send your entry as an attachment to the email. All submissions must be accompanied by a completed entry form, which must be attached in the same email.
23. Entry fees should be made by PayPal to wrekinwriters@gmail.com. The same fee applies for electronic entries as postal entries.
24. Fees from disqualified electronic entries will not be refunded.
25. There is no need to sign an entry form for electronic submission, however, entering this competition electronically means that you accept and abide by all rules of the competition.
26. Do not send payment by PayPal and then post your submission. Only pay by PayPal if you are going to submit an email entry.
Yes, the Doris Gooderson short story competition is open and waiting for YOUR entries.
So come on, put pen to paper and get those creative juices flowing.
COMPETITION INFORMATION
Rules of Entry:
1. Entries must not exceed 1200 words, be in the form of a short story and written in English.
2. Prizes: 1st = £150, 2nd = £70 and 3rd = £40. Further prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the judge.
3. An entry fee of £3 is required, or £5 for 2 entries. (1 entry = £3, 2 entries = £5, 3 entries = £8 (£3+£5), 4 entries = £10, and so on.)
4. Postal entries from overseas can only be accepted with an entry fee in sterling.
5. This entry form can be photocopied if required.
6. An entry form must accompany your entries.
7. The Closing Date is 9th July 2012.
8. Entries should not have the author’s name or any other identifying marks on their typescript but each page should contain the story title in the footer or header.
9. All entries must be on white A4 paper (or foreign equivalent), and be double-spaced, typed, and on one side of paper only.
10. No entries should be submitted into any other competition, whilst this competition is running, but may be entered elsewhere after 30th September 2012. No entries should have been published elsewhere (including on the Internet, where it has been involved in an editorial process.)
11. Entries failing to meet all of these rules will be disqualified. Fees from disqualified entries will not be returned.
12. Copyright remains with the author, although winning entries will be published in the Wrekin Writers 2012 Anthology and may also be published on the Wrekin Writer website.
13. The judge’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
14. Winners will be notified by 30th September 2012.
15. This competition is open to any one, of any age, from anywhere in the world.
16. No postal entries will be returned unless a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed.
17. No postal entries will be acknowledged unless a stamped addressed post card is enclosed.
18. Entries with insufficient postage will NOT be collected from the Post Office, but returned to sender.
19. Entry indicates an acceptance of these rules.
Electronic Submissions
For the 2012 Doris Gooderson Short Story competition, we are able to accept electronic submissions, subject to the following:
20. All the rules above apply.
21. Entries are submitted by email to dorisgooderson@gmail.com by 11.59pm BST on 9th July 2012.
22. Send your entry as an attachment to the email. All submissions must be accompanied by a completed entry form, which must be attached in the same email.
23. Entry fees should be made by PayPal to wrekinwriters@gmail.com. The same fee applies for electronic entries as postal entries.
24. Fees from disqualified electronic entries will not be refunded.
25. There is no need to sign an entry form for electronic submission, however, entering this competition electronically means that you accept and abide by all rules of the competition.
26. Do not send payment by PayPal and then post your submission. Only pay by PayPal if you are going to submit an email entry.
LAST FEW DAYS FOR SUBMISSIONS
UNPUBLISHED FICTION AUTHORS PRINT READY COMPETITION
This competition started January 2012.The closing date for this competition is the 31st January 2012 23:59 BST
JANUARY 2012 - SCIENCE FICTION
This is a genuine, no fee competition that stretches over 12 months.Each month a different genre; each month a winner. Winners are offered acontract, paid royalties, and receive full promotion and marketing strategies.This is not a competition with prizes. There is no entry fee.Only Print Ready novels of genuine merit will be chosen.Your book could be a winner.Full details of rules, genres and how to submit,on our website, http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions.php
Entry form here: http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions/competition-entry.php
Phillip Grizzell, Creative Print Publishing Ltd.
This competition started January 2012.The closing date for this competition is the 31st January 2012 23:59 BST
JANUARY 2012 - SCIENCE FICTION
This is a genuine, no fee competition that stretches over 12 months.Each month a different genre; each month a winner. Winners are offered acontract, paid royalties, and receive full promotion and marketing strategies.This is not a competition with prizes. There is no entry fee.Only Print Ready novels of genuine merit will be chosen.Your book could be a winner.Full details of rules, genres and how to submit,on our website, http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions.php
Entry form here: http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions/competition-entry.php
Phillip Grizzell, Creative Print Publishing Ltd.
Thursday 19 January 2012
The Springfield Follies were formed in 1948, to raise funds for Springfield Junior School. The group was set up by Bert Taylor, Bob Sharman, and other members of the Parents’ and Teachers’ Association, along with the school’s headmaster, Mr Leslie Stow, who had a great enthusiasm for drama.
Over the decades, the Follies have performed popular annual pantomimes at various schools, including Springfield, and Chantry, Copleston and Westbourne High Schools, as well as Olde Tyme and variety shows across the Ipswich area.
Some of the current members have been with the Follies for nearly 50 years, but the friendly group, which feels like one big family, is always keen to welcome new members with new ideas as well.
The Springfield Follies continue to raise funds for local charities and good causes.
So why not go along to one of the shows at the Kesgrave Community Centre and support the Springfield Follies to help local charities.
MEETING REPORT FOR 17th JANUARY 2012.
Apologies: Barry, Les, Caz, Sally, Liliane.
Present: Tony, Dick, Ali, Sandy, Cathy, Beryl, Martin, Carolyn, Ray and Dave (chair).
The evening started with a little panic when nine brave souls were queued outside the library awaiting the key to get into our meeting place. Finally Dick arrived with it and we made it inside but only after a certain member managed to activate the alarm instead of unsetting the system.
Liliane couldn’t be with us so Barry, who had the key then went on a mercy mission to the hospital to collect Les and wife Joan leaving Dick with the key and Dave the dubious honour of taking the chair.
Neither Caz nor Sally could make the meeting and so the evening seemed quite depleted in numbers compared to the last Bill Budner competition.
It was nice to see Ali back with us again after a long break brought about by work related courses throughout 2011, a wedding and a significant birthday. Now 2012 is here, Ali hopes to get back to writing with the ultimate aim of publication.
Trish has now moved out of Trimley where she lived and is enjoying her new home in the country. Just a shade too far away to come to our meetings though she remains very much in our minds.
The beauty of the Bill Budner Competition is that it has now been staged fifteen times including this meeting. Those meetings have produced some tremendous and diverse entries and, more than that, have now seen eleven different winners. Amazing!
The competition commenced with Tony reading Paris April (author Carolyn) a story of a photograph, the last one on the roll of film...
Dick read Cheat (author Ali) a wife finds a necklace in her bed etched with the letter ‘C’ and seeks revenge...
Ali read Forever Came Today (author Ray) A tale of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier who awaited his wife...
Cathy read Bobby Moore’s Assistant (author Martin) The hilarious but unlikely tale of selecting a football team to represent heaven against the red devils from the other place...
Beryl read The Bullring (author Tony) An account of every move and turn in a Spanish bull fight...
Martin read Body of Evidence (author Dave) The story of the growing suspicion a husband had for his wife Jessica...
Carolyn read Over My Dead Body (author Beryl) Dennis puts up a fight against going into a care home or having a team of carers to look after him in his own home...
Ray read The Night Before Christmas (author Cathy) A wartime story of a little girl with her mother and grandparents when a telegram is delivered...
Dave read Not A Wise Move (author Dick) A woman discovers her husband is having an affair and decides his lover must die. She hires a hit man to do the task...
Sandy did not enter the competition.
With the votes cast in which every story gained votes the result was:
In joint third place: Carolyn, Tony and Cathy.
Runner-up Martin
The Winner: Ray: with his story ‘Forever Came Today’.
A photograph appears next down on our weblog and also in the Roll of Honour.
An excellent evening of entertainment with some really good and diverse stories and some very close voting. Well done Ray! Our 11th winner!
Rounding off the evening Dave played a tape of 50 word stories that were written and recorded in a meeting back in 2004. Rachel Sloane, then a Radio Suffolk presenter, came along and asked that we all wrote these stories about a place we remembered. It is surprising what you can do with fifty words as the tape proved.
Those stories were broadcast in Writers’ Tales on Friday 21st June 2004 and for Dave and one or two others it brought memories flooding back of the Scribblers of the day...from our late and lamented Allen, to young Jack who is sadly missed.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 7th February when the homework assignment will be up to 1,000 words on “News”.
Until next time,
Keep Scribbling!
Dave deputising for Barry.
For all your research and information
visit your local Felixstowe Library
and the Suffolk Record Office .
Apologies: Barry, Les, Caz, Sally, Liliane.
Present: Tony, Dick, Ali, Sandy, Cathy, Beryl, Martin, Carolyn, Ray and Dave (chair).
The evening started with a little panic when nine brave souls were queued outside the library awaiting the key to get into our meeting place. Finally Dick arrived with it and we made it inside but only after a certain member managed to activate the alarm instead of unsetting the system.
Liliane couldn’t be with us so Barry, who had the key then went on a mercy mission to the hospital to collect Les and wife Joan leaving Dick with the key and Dave the dubious honour of taking the chair.
Neither Caz nor Sally could make the meeting and so the evening seemed quite depleted in numbers compared to the last Bill Budner competition.
It was nice to see Ali back with us again after a long break brought about by work related courses throughout 2011, a wedding and a significant birthday. Now 2012 is here, Ali hopes to get back to writing with the ultimate aim of publication.
Trish has now moved out of Trimley where she lived and is enjoying her new home in the country. Just a shade too far away to come to our meetings though she remains very much in our minds.
The beauty of the Bill Budner Competition is that it has now been staged fifteen times including this meeting. Those meetings have produced some tremendous and diverse entries and, more than that, have now seen eleven different winners. Amazing!
The competition commenced with Tony reading Paris April (author Carolyn) a story of a photograph, the last one on the roll of film...
Dick read Cheat (author Ali) a wife finds a necklace in her bed etched with the letter ‘C’ and seeks revenge...
Ali read Forever Came Today (author Ray) A tale of the tomb of the Unknown Soldier who awaited his wife...
Cathy read Bobby Moore’s Assistant (author Martin) The hilarious but unlikely tale of selecting a football team to represent heaven against the red devils from the other place...
Beryl read The Bullring (author Tony) An account of every move and turn in a Spanish bull fight...
Martin read Body of Evidence (author Dave) The story of the growing suspicion a husband had for his wife Jessica...
Carolyn read Over My Dead Body (author Beryl) Dennis puts up a fight against going into a care home or having a team of carers to look after him in his own home...
Ray read The Night Before Christmas (author Cathy) A wartime story of a little girl with her mother and grandparents when a telegram is delivered...
Dave read Not A Wise Move (author Dick) A woman discovers her husband is having an affair and decides his lover must die. She hires a hit man to do the task...
Sandy did not enter the competition.
With the votes cast in which every story gained votes the result was:
In joint third place: Carolyn, Tony and Cathy.
Runner-up Martin
The Winner: Ray: with his story ‘Forever Came Today’.
A photograph appears next down on our weblog and also in the Roll of Honour.
An excellent evening of entertainment with some really good and diverse stories and some very close voting. Well done Ray! Our 11th winner!
Rounding off the evening Dave played a tape of 50 word stories that were written and recorded in a meeting back in 2004. Rachel Sloane, then a Radio Suffolk presenter, came along and asked that we all wrote these stories about a place we remembered. It is surprising what you can do with fifty words as the tape proved.
Those stories were broadcast in Writers’ Tales on Friday 21st June 2004 and for Dave and one or two others it brought memories flooding back of the Scribblers of the day...from our late and lamented Allen, to young Jack who is sadly missed.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 7th February when the homework assignment will be up to 1,000 words on “News”.
Until next time,
Keep Scribbling!
Dave deputising for Barry.
For all your research and information
visit your local Felixstowe Library
and the Suffolk Record Office .
Tuesday 17 January 2012
And the latest winner is.....
Ray Foster seen here being presented with the Bill Budner Trophy by previous winner Dave Feakes. Well deserved Ray!
Saturday 14 January 2012
A silver meeting coming up...
A reminder that the next meeting will be on Tuesday the 17th January is the Bill Budner evening when members are invited to bring along up to 1000 words their chosen subject to try and win the silverware.
Entries must be anonymous of course and writers will only be revealed at the end of the meeting when the Bill Budner Trophy will be awarded to the author of the best story.
Should be another great night so hope to see you there.
Keep Scribbling!!!!
Entries must be anonymous of course and writers will only be revealed at the end of the meeting when the Bill Budner Trophy will be awarded to the author of the best story.
Should be another great night so hope to see you there.
Keep Scribbling!!!!
Sunday 8 January 2012
Don't let WritingRaw die!
I know that some among us have contributed over the years to this magazine, but sadly it seems that this number is too few. I shall endeavour to be one that sends a short story or piece to them on a more regular basis so it would be good if we, as a group, tried to keep this site alive.
http://www.writingraw.com/
Barry
http://www.writingraw.com/
Barry
WritingRaw ... where to now?
SPREAD THE WORD: Don’t let us die! Forward this or send a message to all of your writer friends that we are out there. Let the world know about http://www.writingraw.com/ and all the good and positive things we do for up-and-coming writers.
People would like to know what has happened to the January issue of WritingRaw.com. The answer is easy, but quite sad too. We did not get enough submissions to put together a new issue. Fiction-wise we did but there were only 6 poetry submissions, 2 for the contest, and some of the people who were doing columns were not able to do them for January. I am again lost on how to proceed with the site. Without submissions there is no point – unless I can figure out a way to redevelop the site into something that does not require submissions. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I believe in what we are doing, and believe in all of the authors who have appeared on WritingRaw.com, but it would seem that an online literary magazine just does not work. Am in the process of discovering how to continue with the material that I do have… Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Weeb
WritingRaw.com
People would like to know what has happened to the January issue of WritingRaw.com. The answer is easy, but quite sad too. We did not get enough submissions to put together a new issue. Fiction-wise we did but there were only 6 poetry submissions, 2 for the contest, and some of the people who were doing columns were not able to do them for January. I am again lost on how to proceed with the site. Without submissions there is no point – unless I can figure out a way to redevelop the site into something that does not require submissions. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I believe in what we are doing, and believe in all of the authors who have appeared on WritingRaw.com, but it would seem that an online literary magazine just does not work. Am in the process of discovering how to continue with the material that I do have… Again, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Weeb
WritingRaw.com
Wednesday 4 January 2012
AGM and four little words.
The AGM had only eight members in attendance but that gave us more time for a convivial chat after the AGM proper was closed.
Members present were, DAVE, DICK, LILIANE, BERYL, MARTIN, CAROLYN, TONY and yours truly.
With so few numbers we managed to complete the business in good time to get a tea break in before a four word exercise.
The meeting was chaired by Dave and with no business from the last meeting outstanding we had a general discussion on how we thought the group was coping with todays pressures of life and Dave revealed that the Weblog has been visited by double the numbers from last year, with interested parties from all over the world, including Russia!
The question of Committee ratification was covered by everyone present thanking each and all for their work throughout the year and each committee member agreeing to continue for another year. Be careful what you wish for.
The Treasurer (Beryl) gave her brief report with the group holding a healthy if not excessive balance.
My meeting reports seem to be received quite well so they will continue.
One last item was the suggestion by Dick for a new format at one of our future meetings. He has kindly volunteered to write slips with different genres, i.e. western, romance, historical and on the prior meeting each member will draw from Dicks hat one slip and that will be their genre subject for the next meeting. The date for this change was agreed to be 21st August this year instead of a four word session. The change of format will be advised the week before.
Thus ended the AGM for the year ending 31st December 2011.
There followed a brief four letter exercise. My description will be brief as we had limited time available.
Dicks four words were; NOTEBOOK, GALOSHES, CUCUMBER and HOMEWORK. A report on allotment thieves.
Liliane had HANDCUFFS, STILETTO, ASKEW and SNOWDROP. Another Police investigation into a Snowdrop thief.
Beryl had SEETH SQUELCH, WRECKAGE and SUBTERRANEAN. Children's fantasies about the sea.
Carolyn had RESOLUTION, CARNAGE, MECHANICAL and SOLIDITY. A moving story with Champagne.
Tony. ANAEMIA, CLOISTER, HOUSEHOLD and WINDOWLENE. Thoughts from a lady cleaning windows in and old house.
Martin. STATISTIC, ALPACA, BLOCKBUSTER and FEEDBACK. A strange story narrated by a Polar bear cub.
Dave. SOFTLY, HORSE, INGENIOUS and EXTRAPOLATE. A few words of Cindy in long boots questioning a man named Horse.
Finally my four words were. CARNIVAL, BED, SCRABBLE and PURGATIVE. A short story of The Rubicon Rebels and the day of The Carnival.
Another meeting where we all agreed with Dave's remark that we are proud to be in a group that can produce quality work no matter what the subject and time allotted.
The next meeting will be a Bill Budner evening on the 17th January. Bring along an anonymous 1000 words on any subject to be read by another and be marked in order of preference to find this quarter's cup winner.
Hope to see you there.
Regards your old/new secretary.Barry.
Members present were, DAVE, DICK, LILIANE, BERYL, MARTIN, CAROLYN, TONY and yours truly.
With so few numbers we managed to complete the business in good time to get a tea break in before a four word exercise.
The meeting was chaired by Dave and with no business from the last meeting outstanding we had a general discussion on how we thought the group was coping with todays pressures of life and Dave revealed that the Weblog has been visited by double the numbers from last year, with interested parties from all over the world, including Russia!
The question of Committee ratification was covered by everyone present thanking each and all for their work throughout the year and each committee member agreeing to continue for another year. Be careful what you wish for.
The Treasurer (Beryl) gave her brief report with the group holding a healthy if not excessive balance.
My meeting reports seem to be received quite well so they will continue.
One last item was the suggestion by Dick for a new format at one of our future meetings. He has kindly volunteered to write slips with different genres, i.e. western, romance, historical and on the prior meeting each member will draw from Dicks hat one slip and that will be their genre subject for the next meeting. The date for this change was agreed to be 21st August this year instead of a four word session. The change of format will be advised the week before.
Thus ended the AGM for the year ending 31st December 2011.
There followed a brief four letter exercise. My description will be brief as we had limited time available.
Dicks four words were; NOTEBOOK, GALOSHES, CUCUMBER and HOMEWORK. A report on allotment thieves.
Liliane had HANDCUFFS, STILETTO, ASKEW and SNOWDROP. Another Police investigation into a Snowdrop thief.
Beryl had SEETH SQUELCH, WRECKAGE and SUBTERRANEAN. Children's fantasies about the sea.
Carolyn had RESOLUTION, CARNAGE, MECHANICAL and SOLIDITY. A moving story with Champagne.
Tony. ANAEMIA, CLOISTER, HOUSEHOLD and WINDOWLENE. Thoughts from a lady cleaning windows in and old house.
Martin. STATISTIC, ALPACA, BLOCKBUSTER and FEEDBACK. A strange story narrated by a Polar bear cub.
Dave. SOFTLY, HORSE, INGENIOUS and EXTRAPOLATE. A few words of Cindy in long boots questioning a man named Horse.
Finally my four words were. CARNIVAL, BED, SCRABBLE and PURGATIVE. A short story of The Rubicon Rebels and the day of The Carnival.
Another meeting where we all agreed with Dave's remark that we are proud to be in a group that can produce quality work no matter what the subject and time allotted.
The next meeting will be a Bill Budner evening on the 17th January. Bring along an anonymous 1000 words on any subject to be read by another and be marked in order of preference to find this quarter's cup winner.
Hope to see you there.
Regards your old/new secretary.Barry.
New Competition - Final Chapters: writing about the end of life
FINAL CHAPTERS: WRITING ABOUT THE END OF LIFE - COMPETITION
Talking or reading about other people’s experiences helps us cope with our own ups and downs, but such comfort is seldom there when our life is nearing its end or people close to us are dying. So the Dying Matters Coalition is running a writing competition to stimulate discussion of dying and bereavement.
Closing date: 31 March.
No entry fee.
Visit http://www.dyingmatters.org/finalchapters .
Talking or reading about other people’s experiences helps us cope with our own ups and downs, but such comfort is seldom there when our life is nearing its end or people close to us are dying. So the Dying Matters Coalition is running a writing competition to stimulate discussion of dying and bereavement.
Closing date: 31 March.
No entry fee.
Visit http://www.dyingmatters.org/finalchapters .
Tuesday 3 January 2012
Tonight's the night...
Our AGM takes place this evening in the Room at the Top, Felixstowe Library starting at 7.30pm. It is expected to be quite a brief affair unless YOU have any issues to raise. The AGM will be followed by another of our very short and popular creative writing exercises which have proved so inspirational since they were introduced.
Come along to the meeting, have your say on the progress of the Scribblers but remember to bring along pencil and paper for the creative writing exercise and four words, each on a separate small piece of paper.
So we move into 2012 with positive thoughts for our friendly group in the forthcoming months.
Happy New Year to everyone and remember:
Keep Scribbling!
The Scribe
Come along to the meeting, have your say on the progress of the Scribblers but remember to bring along pencil and paper for the creative writing exercise and four words, each on a separate small piece of paper.
So we move into 2012 with positive thoughts for our friendly group in the forthcoming months.
Happy New Year to everyone and remember:
Keep Scribbling!
The Scribe
Monday 2 January 2012
STILL TIME TO ENTER
Happy Holidays from Unbound Press & Spilling Ink
Write 500 words or less for a chance to win a brilliant iPrize!!
All genres welcome, online & postal entries accepted and we accept online entry fees in £, $, € (payment by cheque must be from a UK bank, GBP)
Closing Date: January 9, 2012Winning and short-listed entries notified no later than January 31, 2012
Full details on the website
Sunday 1 January 2012
UNPUBLISHED FICTION AUTHORS PRINT READY COMPETITION
This competition has now opened and runs until the deadline on 31st January 2012 23:59 BST.JANUARY 2012
"SCIENCE FICTION"
This is a genuine, no fee competition that stretches over 12 months.Each month a different genre; each month a winner. Winners are offered a contract, paid royalties, and receive full promotion and marketing strategies.This is not a competition with prizes. There is no entry fee.
Only Print Ready novels of genuine merit will be chosen.
Your book could be a winner.
Full details of rules, genres and how to submit,on our website:
http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions.phpEntry form here: http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions/competition-entry.php
Phillip Grizzell
Creative Print Publishing Ltd
"SCIENCE FICTION"
This is a genuine, no fee competition that stretches over 12 months.Each month a different genre; each month a winner. Winners are offered a contract, paid royalties, and receive full promotion and marketing strategies.This is not a competition with prizes. There is no entry fee.
Only Print Ready novels of genuine merit will be chosen.
Your book could be a winner.
Full details of rules, genres and how to submit,on our website:
http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions.phpEntry form here: http://www.creativeprintpublishing.com/publishing/competitions/competition-entry.php
Phillip Grizzell
Creative Print Publishing Ltd
5 minute fiction competition
A new short story competition has been launched at www.5minutefiction.co.uk and should be of interest to our members.
Full details are on the website.
Full details are on the website.
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