Dickens story competition encourages new writers

A writing competition celebrating the Dickens bicentenary offers guidance to youngsters on how to begin the work of a writer. The competition is open to primary and secondary school children in the UK who are aged between 9 and 14 years. Prizes include a Kindle ebook reader loaded with selected book titles, or Amazon vouchers worth £100 or £50, plus prizes for schools, including a visit from an author. more

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David Burland poetry prize

Entries will be accepted for the David Burland poetry prize from writers of any nationality and from any country provided that they are written in the English or French Language and the writer is aged more than 18 years. Prizes: £500, £100 or £30. Entry fees are: £8 for a first poem and £4 for additional poems. Submissions may be on any subject and written in free style or rhyme. more

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From The Well - Short Story Competition 2012

Cork County Library and Arts Service is accepting entries to its 2012 From The Well Short Story competition. The winning prize will be a place on a week-long writing workshop at the West Cork Literary festival 2012, in Bantry, Co Cork. The competition is open to people aged 18 years or more who are registered library members. Stories must be fictional; but may be on any subject; but must not be more than 2,000 words. No handwritten entries will be accepted. more