The Yeovil Literary Prize 2010 is now open for entries. Full details can be found at http://www.yeovilprize.co.uk.

There are categories for Short Story (prizes £500, £200 and £100, entry £5)and Poetry (prizes £500, £200 and £100, entry £5 for one, £8 for two and £10 for three), and Novel, for which the top prize is £1000, second £250 and third £100. The entry fee for the novel category is £10 and authors are required to submit a synopsis and opening chapters to a maximum of 15,000 words.

Closing date is 31 May, and entries can be submitted very easily on-line, and paid for by PayPal, cheque or postal order.

Some novel prize winners in the past have been quickly taken up by literary agents. This year’s judge is Sharon Blackie of Two Ravens Press, so opportunities for publication may be even more possible!

The Playwrights’ Co-operative/New Theatre Publications One Act Play Competition is now open.

First prize will be £100 and there are other prizes. The winning entry or entries will be offered a

publishing contract.

Entry fee is £7.50 per play and writers can submit as many times as they wish. Members of the

Co-operative will be allowed one free entry.

Entries must be by email attachment or disk. With an eye of the environment, no paper copies will be

accepted.

Full rules are available on http://www.plays4theatre.com/compy.htm

Best wishes

Your website is a fantastic resource for writers - we’ll let you know when we next run a writing competition, which will be sometime in 2010 now.

While I’m here, would it be possible to add Writers’ Centre Norwich to your links page? We’re a literature development organisation running literature events, workshops, readings and other community projects.

We’re currently developing a new website (with the same URL) so I’ll make a note to add you as a link under our ‘resources for writers’ section.

Thanks

Watch this space for the next one, or you can join us at Kudos for writers: for people who prize writing
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=187955986920