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National Union of Journalists in Ireland has expressed grave concern
at the level of damages awarded to communications consultant Monica
Leech in her action against Independent Newspapers. NUJ Irish Secretary
Séamus Dooley said the record damages of €1.87m were
“disproportionate and bore no relationship with reality.”
New publishing company Red Telephone Books has officially
opened its 2009 novel competition.
A
playwriting competition in Sussex is open to any author, regardless
of nationality or country of residence, according to the promoter.
Prizes: £250; £150 or £100 plus a reading
of the play at a club meeting.
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Guardian's Weekend magazine is inviting readers to
submit their stories for the newspaper’s annual summer
fiction issue. Five runners-up will have their stories published
on the Guardian website. 
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City of Norwich will bid to become England’s first UNESCO
City of Literature by 2010. Norwich readers, writers, libraries,
the University of East Anglia, bookshops, printers, museums, media,
the city and county councils and Arts Council England are all
involved in the bid. 
Silverstreet
Publications is accepting entries to its summer 2009 short story
competition. Entry is open to anyone in the world. The theme is
optimism.
The
winning script in the STAGE International Script Competition will
receive a prize of $10,000 and a staged performance by professional
actors, in California. Submitted plays must explore scientific
or technological stories, themes, issues, and events. The competition
is not open to the genre of science fiction. Telling
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Programme
seven
features some thoughts on story construction.
The story of the football manager, the art of war and a dead chinaman
is recalled by Brendan Nolan.
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The winner of the bridge short story competition was DP Walker, with his story: Shinkyo Bridge. Read it here
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