If you like the look of the magazine, unlike most publications, no need to sign up for a whole year: you can buy just 1 or 2 issues.
At £3, the cost is largely offset by savings on postage (around 70p each time) because several entry forms are usually enclosed - which also saves time and effort.
And you are welcome to sample a free back issue, emailed as a pdf.
Post your request or email: baldockdotcaroleatgooglemail.com
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1 copy (UK; post free): £3
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Kudos January/February Competition; closing date: February 12
May have made it a bit complicated last time, so since the previous one was very popular, if it ain’t broke…
To celebrate 40 years of Orbis, and with the next issue being the big 150,
plus - and my 30th issue as Editor. And 40 + 150 – 30 = 160, plus 1 for luck: 161, so
all you have to do is email 1 entry, with ‘Orbis’ as subject by February 12:
Poem (30 lines), which may rhyme
(though maybe try something a bit more adventurous
than couples, sonnets or villanelles?)
50 word short, short story
Or intro to a short story
which incorporates the words ‘161’ and ‘Peacock’.
Plus, extra copy of magazine if you can tell me which competition listing the word comes from, in the Overseas listings for February, 2009, on this page: www.kudoswritingcompetitions.com/?page_id=1156
If this doesn’t work, as a couple of people found last time, it’s the 15th line down, or 13th heading, if you want to push your luck, on the left: ‘Archive: Overseas Competitions 2009’ Page, then scroll down nearly to the bottom.
Overall Winner: 1st prize is a year’s subs to either Kudos or Orbis, plus publication on website (and if the results are as good as the second competition [ see below] I may well invite submissions for Orbis)
Winner in each category: complimentary copy of current issue of Kudos, plus 1 free copy.
Runners-up: 1 free copy.
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Kudos 80
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010
Cover by Green Lightening Design: www.kapulco.com
TRUE…
The Brit Awards offer all kinds of money for all kinds of writing
And it’s Art for Art’s sake, plus prizes - literally,
with the Hannah Frank Art Poetry Competition
Fish for compliments with your writing, while winning The Hippocrates Prize will do you a power of good
You can coast along with Fylde Writers; spring into action and be ahead of the game with Northampton, Southport and Ware
Or investigate Verulam Writers Circle’s ‘Get Writing’ 2010 competition and Conference, and, of course: The Crime Writers’ Association’s Debut Dagger Competition
Still time for DAWs, David Burland, Diverse Voices, Dark Tales,
Limnisa, Mirehouse, Theatre Royal and Bridge House
Plus The Rider Haggard Society Annual Short Story Competition,
and a free competition for children, with Oliver Eade’s Moon Rabbit
All here – only in this issue of Kudos
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We now have a Facebook group, Kudos for Writers,
which you are welcome to join
(OK, not everybody is a fan/friend of Facebook, so if you would like to receive our newsletter, email me at baldock[dot]carole[at]googlemail[dot]com)
The aim is to make this the most useful resource for writers – if we don’t know the answer to your query, we’ll know somebody who does.
Plus, you will receive regular updates about calls for submissions, publication opportunities – and of course, the latest competitions.
Along with our own Kudos competitions and the chance of free copies via the occasional quiz and a monthly raffle.
For people who prize writing:
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=187955986920
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Winners of the 2nd Kudos Competition:
1st: Prose Poem, a whole year of Orbis subs
Sidekick by John Walsh
When I was a student, I played Kiro, Basho’s
gawky, little sidekick monk in Edward Bond’s
‘Narrow Road to the deep North’. I fitted the part
perfectly. Every night for a week I had to fake
hara-kiri. It’s the closest I want to come to death.
Joint runners up; 2 issues
Gabriel Griffin (Stork) and Oz Hardwick (A Child’s Atlas of Dreams)
1st: Short Story, a whole year of Orbis subs
Going Gently by Rosemary Badcoe
Misunderstanding the instructions, they’ve brought a goat, a rope round its gawky neck. They’re at the terminus, luggage intact, all kin accounted for. Was this the intent, to reach death cautiously? They move towards the waiting room. Seraphs descend; the Angel of the North raises arms in greeting.
Joint runners up, 2 issues
Sonia Hendy-Isaac (Burlesque)
and Karen Sands-O’Connor (Green is the Color of Escape)
Honorable Mentions,
Copy of current issue of Kudos
Derek Adams; Aidan Baker; Alexandra Benedict; Lynne Hackles; James Miller; Noah Tipton
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Winner of the Manga Jiman competition is Helen Buckingham of Bristol.
Several people had similar ideas, but I felt this was spot on:
manga jiman
opening the comic
her eyes widen
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Kudos - for people who prize writing
You may know one of these winners, and you could be one of them
Many congratulations to our subscribers (Orbis and Kudos)
Roger Elkin: 1st, Diversity House Poetry Competition
Barbara Daniels: 1st,
Writer’s Bureau Poetry & Short Story Competition (poetry)
Julia Painter: 1st, Writeonsite
Jeremy Worman, 1st, Cinnamon Press Short Story Competition
Derek Taylor, 1st, Carillon Minisaga Competition
Gol McAdam, 1st,
Sussex Playwrights Club 2008 Television Screenplay Competition
Annette Keen, Winner of The Yeovil Literary Prize (novel category)
Oz Hardwick, Winner of the Dawntreader Poetry Award;
Alan Spencer, Joint Winner of the Indigo Dreams Booklet Competition
Look forward to your comments: send us your contest details, judge’s reports and success stories
About the Editor
Carole Baldock is the author of Making Money from Writing - and a second hand copy from Amazon will cost you 25 quid…
But it can be yours for just a fiver, emailed as an updated pdf file.
She is currently Editor of Orbis International Literary Journal, one of very few publication which provides proofs:
‘This is the poem I meant to write. Thank you so much.’ (UK)
‘I’m so impressed by the painstaking care you’ve devoted to my poem; your suggestions are the sort of thing a good workshop session would provide.’ (Ireland)
‘Your editorial expertise has been invaluable for improving my work’ (New York)
‘Wow – I thought it was all finished but you have made it so much better.’ (New Zealand)
Other books
How to Succeed as a Single Parent;
How to Raise Confident Children;
Writing Reviews.
All half price, also £5, plus £1 pandp
As a freelance for over 15 years, she has had a wide range of writing published home and abroad: news items; reviews for The Stage, Whatsonstage, BBC, etc; features in national newspapers.
Her work also includes marketing -
one book from an American publisher has sold over 25,000 copies.
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Available for readings and workshops:
‘The A to Y of Getting into Print’
Anything at Any level to help You succeed:
magazines; collections, via competitions; books
The way to publication is paved with good intentions…
and the best way to set off in the right direction
is making sure you have enough information