The competition invites “imaginative work that pushes the boundaries of the two categories for entry: Poetry and Fiction”.
More information at www.aestheticamagazine.com/creativewriting
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an annual literary prize for the best essay in the English language, of between 2,000 and 8,000 words, published or unpublished, on any subject.
MSt tutor Nikita Lalwani’s book The Village is now available in paperback.
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.
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:
For unpublished poems of any length and in any style by women poets.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.
MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play Edward Edward will be broadcast on Radio 4 on May 20th at 2.15 pm.
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.
The 17 Winchester Writers’ Competitions are now open – the competitions include
Entries must be original, unpublished work, written by one author, submitted using a pseudonym and must not have won an award in any previous competition.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/
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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