Ongoing Competitions

And opportunities for publication, performance - oh all sorts of things

Overseas

Fiction

May 15
PILLHILLPRESS ANTHOLOGIES
Email entries to relevant address
all free to enter
Silver Moon, Bloody Bullets: An Anthology of Werewolf Tails
Due out Summer 2010
Payment:$10.00 plus 1 contributor’s copy.
Length: 2,500-5,000 words
(will consider stories from 1,500-10,000 words).
werewolf@pillhillpress.com
Daily Flash: 365 Days of Flash Fiction
Open until filled; due out December
Most genres of speculative fiction are welcome,
eg horror, science fiction & fantasy – but no more zombies.
NB, no erotica.  Length: 500 words.
flash@pillhillpress.com
See website for more information, submissions requirements etc;
titles published almost every month.
www.pillhillpress.com/open-submissions.html

3rd Monday
Write On The Night is an informal evening held upstairs in the beautiful and historic Sallyport Hotel, situated opposite Portsmouth Cathedral in High St. Old Portsmouth. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start.
3 themes are given and those inspired to write on any one of them put £3 in the pot and have 20 minutes to come up with a story. After all have been read there is an anonymous vote, and the winner takes the pot.

There will always be 2 opportunities to write/read/win in an evening. Admission is £2 which includes a complimentary glass of wine. Come along for a challenging and fun evening in a friendly environment.

robbierich@hotmail.co.uk or ring 92291463
Also, WriteOnSite, the monthly 20 minute write on one of 3 themes; need to register beforehand.
www.write-invite.com

Weekly

Daily Telegraph Just Back Weekly Travel Writing Competition
NB, email entry; no attachments. Residents of UK and Ireland only.
1st Prize: £200 in currency of choice, courtesy of The Post Office.
Length: 500 words.
justback@telegraph.co.uk

Monthly

Poetry

2nd Tuesday
Lumen

Ruth O’Callaghan Presents - includes Open Floor Poets;
new sponsor: Cinnamon Press.
Please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology

Short Stories

2nd Tuesday
Liars League
If you can’t get enough of books, stories, plays etc. read aloud online, you could have a listen to www.audiobookradio.net - they’ve got tons of stuff, including classics and new writing, on a rolling 12-hour programme.
www.liarsleague.com
Writers write. Actors read. Audience listens. Everybody wins.
7pm, every 2nd Tuesday of the month, £3 on the door
Upstairs at The Wheatsheaf
25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1DG (5 min from Tott Ct Rd/Goodge St)
http://fancyapint.com/pubs/pub2.html

Last day of month
DARK TALES SHORT STORY COMPETITION
7 Offley Street, Worcester WR3 8BH.
competition@darktales.co.uk   www.darktales.co.uk

Playwriting

Female Playwrights with New Scripts Wanted
Velvet Ensemble aims to facilitate the work of women playwrights, directors, actors, stage managers, set, costume, lighting and sound designers. They are interested in hearing from female playwrights with new scripts. For more information please e-mail V: velvetensemble@yahoo.co.uk

Books

WIZZBOOK welcomes unsolicited submissions from authors and illustrators.
Looking for original chapter book fiction to form part of a brand new list for 2009:
Under-5s; length, stories around1,000 words;
short chapters of 2/3 pages and simple language construction
6 – 8s, as above but 4,000 – 5,000 words; short chapters of 6/10 pps.
9 –12s: stories of 15,000 – 30,000 words, divided into 10–20 short chapters
age-appropriate subject matter with exciting plot lines,
strong characterisation and possibly an element of humour.
Subject matter: mystery, adventure, science fiction, school-life,
animals, friendship, spooky. NB, not fantasy.
Submit synopsis and sample chapter by post only.
Response time: three months.
SEND TO: The Managing Editor, WizzBook Ltd, 1 Stairbridge Court,
Bolney Grange Business Park, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 5PA
www.tonypotter.com