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William Hazlitt Essay Prize (Notting Hill Editions): closing date 1 August 2013
Notting Hill Editions has launched an annual literary prize for the best essay in the English language, of between 2,000 and 8,000 words, published or unpublished, on any subject. The chair of judges is author and journalist Harry Mount. The … Continue reading
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Mslexia Women’s Pamphlet Competition, closing date 17 June 2013
For short collections of 20-24 pages of 18-20 pems by women poets who have not previously had a full-length collection published. 1st prize: Publication by Seren Books, plus £250, 25 complimentary copies of the pamphlet and a 10 per cent … Continue reading
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Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition, closing date 17 June 2013
For unpublished poems of any length and in any style by women poets. 1st Prize: £2,000 Judge: Kathleen Jamie Closing date: 17 June 2013 Entry fee: £7 for up to three poems. See http://www.mslexia.co.uk/whatson/msbusiness/pcomp_active.php for more information and competition rules.
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2nd Parallel Universe poetry competition, closing date 13 Sept 2013
The Radcliffe Science Library, in association with the Museum for the History of Science. Theme: Science and Medicine as its theme Open to all members of Oxford University – students, staff and alumni. Closing date 13th September 2013. Further details … Continue reading
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The 17 Winchester Writers’ Competitions: closing date 24 May 2013/ 19 July 2013
The 17 Winchester Writers’ Competitions are now open – the competitions include Writing for Children the Short Story the Shorter Short Story Poetry, Haiku Feature Articles Slim Volume Small Edition Crime Fiction Lifewriting Retirement The First Three Pages of the … Continue reading
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Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize
The language of focus in 2013 is Portuguese, the text to be translated is ‘O sucesso’ by Brazilian author Adriana Lisboa. The judges are Ellie Steel (editor), Naomi Alderman (author), Margaret Jull Costa (translator) and Ángel Gurría-Quintan (literary reviewer). Open to … Continue reading
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14th V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize for best unpublished short story
First prize £1,000, and the story published in Prospect online and in the RSL Review. “In addition to this, there will be an opportunity to appear at an RSL event with established short story writers in autumn 2013 (the 2012 … Continue reading
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Yeovil Literary Prize 2013, Prose and Poetry. Closing date 31 May 2013.
There are three categories: The novel: Short list judge Tracy Chevalier Synopsis and opening chapters (up to 15,000 words in total) Entry fee – £11 for each novel submitted The short story: Short list judge Julia Churchill, The Greenhouse Literary … Continue reading
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Cheshire Prize for Literature (poetry). Closing date 1st September 2013.
The 2013 Cheshire Prize for literature has now opened. The prize is for poetry. Note that this open only to writers with a Cheshire connection: “The writer must have been born, live or have lived, study or have studied, work … Continue reading
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Wenlock Poetry Competition: closing date 6th Feb 2013
The 2013 Wenlock Poetry Competition is now open for entries to anyone age 17 and over. Up to 5 original poems, maximum 40 lines, on any subject, can be submitted. Entry fee is £5.00 per poem. · 1st prize £500 … Continue reading
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