That time of the month has arrived again and we welcome Francesca Burgess back to the blog to give us details of more writing competitions.
The nights are drawing in, National Novel Writing
Month is in full swing for many, and it's time to get one's head down before
the Christmas season robs us of precious writing time.
Included this month is a flash fiction competition. They're good if you've only got a bit of time to write something different, but don't be fooled into thinking they're easier because they're shorter: it takes skill to encapsulate a whole story into so few words. I always start off with something too long, editing over and over, cutting away those extraneous words until the story is finally under the word count. It's amazing how much it hurts, but invariably the end result is better.
Francesca
Flash 500
Flash 500
Short fiction up to 500 words.
Prizes: £300, £200, £100.
Competition deadline: 31 December 2015 (and at the end of every
quarter).
Entry £5/£8 for 2.
Spotlight First Novel
Competition
One
page synopsis and the first page of an unpublished novel.
Prize:
Stage One Mentoring package for novel of up to 550 pages/170,000 - full
manuscript appraisal, development strategy, two consultations. C
Competition
deadline:14 February 2016.
Entry
£16.
Writers' and Artists' Yearbook
2016 Short Story Competition
Theme
of 'Aging', up to 2,000 words.
Prize:
£500 plus a place on an Arvon writing course of your choice.
Competition
deadline: 15 February 2016.
Entry:
Free.
Nottingham Writers' Club National
Short Story Competition
Theme
of 'Fire', up to 2,000 words.
Prize:
£200, £100, £50.
Competition
deadline: entries to be submitted between 1 and 29 February 2016.
Entry:
£5 (post) £6 (online).
Competition
link
Flash 500 Short Story Competition: Open Theme, 1,000 to
3,000 words. Prizes: £500, £200, £100. C/D 29th Feb 2016. Entry £7/£12 for 2.
Competition link
Competition link
Thank you, Francesca, and good
luck to everyone entering the above competitions.
Do you know of any competitions
being announced in 2016? Please let us know so we can share details.
Would
you like to write for the RNA blog? Contact us on elaineeverest@aol.com
What an excellent resource. Thanks a lot to Francesca and to the RNA for this.
ReplyDeleteGlad it's of use to you, Gabrielle.
ReplyDeleteSorry, but I've made a mistake with the Dundee novel comp, which in fact isn't open yet. Hoping to have this rectified shortly.
ReplyDeleteThe Dundee novel comp has now been replaced by a Flash 500 Open Theme short story competition
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