William Hazlitt Essay Prize (Notting Hill Editions): closing date 1 August 2013

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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an annual literary prize for the best essay in the English language, of between 2,000 and 8,000 words, published or unpublished, on any subject.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 other judges are Gaby Wood, Adam Mars-Jones, Lady Antonia Fraser, David Shields.
Entries between 2,000 and 8,000 words.
Entry fee £10.Award £15,000.
Five runners-up will each receive £1000.

Authors of any nationality are eligible, but submissions must have been written originally in English.
“If already published, the essay must have appeared for the first time in periodical (print or online) but not book form, between 1 January 2012 and 31 July 2013.”
 Further details on the website.
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MSt tutor Nikita Lalwani’s book The Village available in paperback

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt tutor Nikita Lalwani’s book The Village is now available in paperback.

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Mslexia Women’s Pamphlet Competition, closing date 17 June 2013

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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 royalty on sales.

One or more poems from the pamphlet will be published in _Mslexia_ magazine.

Judge: Amy Wack, poetry editor at Seren Books

Closing date: 17 June 2013

Entry fee: £20 per collection
See http://www.mslexia.co.uk/whatson/msbusiness/pamcomp_active.php for more information.

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MSt alumni Paul Sweeten and Luke Smith launch literary journal The Harlequin

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt graduates Paul Sweeten and Luke Smith have launched The Harlequin, a new quarterly literary journal featuring poetry, fiction, interviews and personal essays. The first issue features poetry from MSt tutors Jane Draycott and Geore Szirtes, and also work from Lydia Davis, Jim Shepard, William Kittredge, Sara Miller and more.

Enjoy and subscribe to it:

www.theharlequin.org

 

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Mslexia Women’s Poetry Competition, closing date 17 June 2013

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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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MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play on Radio 4, May 20th

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play Edward Edward will be broadcast on Radio 4 on May 20th at 2.15 pm.

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2nd Parallel Universe poetry competition, closing date 13 Sept 2013

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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 on the Library’s website: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science.

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The 17 Winchester Writers’ Competitions: closing date 24 May 2013/ 19 July 2013

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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 Novel
  • Sustainability of the Environment
  • the Young Writers Poetry Competition.

Entries must be original, unpublished work, written by one author, submitted using a pseudonym and must not have won an award in any previous competition. Self-published work is acceptable. Copyright remains with the author. The deadline is 24 May, 2013 for all competitions, except the Young Writers’ Poetry Competition, which has a deadline of 19 July.

Sixty-three prizes and five trophies will be awarded at the Writers’ Awards Ceremony on June 22nd, during the 33rd Winchester Writers’ Conference. In addition, the winner of each competition will be published in the Winchester Writers’ Conference anthology,_The Best of 2013_, published in the autumn. For the competition booklet, please follow this link:http://www.writersconference.co.uk/

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Creative Writing Seminar Series, Kellogg College Centre for Creative Writing: 7 May 2013. David Morley

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

David Morley: “A Performance through Poetry, with Images”

Mawby Room, Kellogg College, 62 Banbury Road
4.45pm (refreshments) for 5.15pm
Seminar Convenor:  Dr Clare Morgan

All are welcome and no bookings are necessary
http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/researchcentres/creativewriting.php

 

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Harvill Secker Young Translators’ Prize

Posted on May 6, 2013 by MSt Creative Writing

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 all between the ages of 18 and 34, with no restriction on country of residence.

Deadline for entries is 2nd August 2013.

The short story and details on how to enter are available at www.youngtranslatorsprize.com

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