Updated August 14, 2008
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CWN News and Events
Building Bridges
The Building Bridges Project will be continuing later in August with new workshops run by CWN in local community centres. These workshops will lead to a text-based visual art installation on Ormeau Bridge, funded by the Belfast City Council, which aims to express local feeling about sense of place, changing relationships and hopes for the future.
If you live in the Ormeau area and would like to be involved in these workshops please get in touch.
CWN Tel. 028 9031 2361 or info@creativewritersnetwork.org
Ulla’s Nib
Ulla’s Nib 5 is now closed for submissions. Thanks to everyone who sent in their work. Submissions received after today’s date will be put forward for Ulla 6. We hope to have issue 5 out and about by the end of August.
Submissions of poetry, short-fiction of 1500-2000 words, articles and reviews will all be considered. £50 star prize for best submission. Send to: editor@creativewritersnetwork.org or hard copy to CWN, 109-113 Royal Ave., Belfast, BT1 1FF
Issue 4 Still Available! Ulla’s Nib is available for free in libraries, cafes, galleries, art centres and book shops and at the CWN office in Royal Avenue. View it now at www.ullasnib.co.uk
Have all four issues delivered to your door for the very reasonable price of £10 per year.
Workshops
Northern Ireland
ANYONE CAN WRITE A PLAY
With Martin Lynch
An all-day writing Workshop where leading playwright Martin Lynch will give practical advice on the essential components for writing a play:
- finding your story
- finding your characters
- writing authentic dialogue
- getting your play produced
2TAPS Sat 6 Sept/08 10.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Cotton Court, Waring Street, Belfast. (Cathedral Quarter - opposite the Merchant Hotel)
Cost £25.00 per head (to include light lunch and glass of sangria)
The workshop is suitable for all abilities.
Part the Mini Arts Festival Programme being run in 2TAPS in September. For more information contact Brenda at 2TAPS 07787326104 or 028 90 311414
Ransom Productions
On the 27th of September we will host a full day workshop, facilitated by director Anne Tipton, at the Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena. Anne is a fast rising young female director. This workshop is for women who want to write for the stage and is part of the Women’s Festival. Places are free- but limited. Contact Rachel on writeontheedge@hotmail.co.uk or (0044) 2890 311759 to reserve a place.
On the 6th of December we will host another new writing workshop with specialist director Tessa Walker- this will take place at the Community Arts Forum, Belfast. Again, places are free- but do book soon writeontheedge@hotmail.co.uk
We will also host the first professional verbatim theatre workshop in the North- expert practitioner Phil Ormrod will visit Belfast for two days, 12th and 13th September, to take an intensive workshop on this fascinating way of making theatre- booking through the Old Museum Arts Centre, 0044 90 233332 cost- £50 per person. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to develop new skills.
For more information on Ransom Productions, visit our website on www.ransomtheatrecompany.com
All-Ireland
A Masterclass Creative Writing Workshop facilitated by Patrick Kearney will run at the Harvey’s Point Hotel this September on Friday 19th, 7.30pm - 9.30pm; Saturday 20th, 10.00am to 5.00pm; and Sunday 21st, 11.00am - 5.00pm, for all writers of prose and poetry. The workshop fee includes light lunch and refreshments on both Saturday and Sunday. The workshop will be intensive but fun and will encourage writers to draw inspiration from the superb natural environment at Harvey's Point. It will have a particular focus on writing and completing a piece of prose or poetry for possible publication with The Stoners' Press, a new publishing house recently established in Donegal to showcase emerging writers. The workshop will be the first of a proposed programme of creative writing at Harvey's Point including a major literary event in January-February 2009 featuring Marian Keyes and Patrick Kearney, leading literary agents and publishers. Places on the Masterclass workshop will be limited to ensure quality time for each writer, so please reserve your place as soon as possible by contacting
Patrick Kearney: 00 353 (0)74 9158836 / (0)86 1599068 or at info@patrickkearneywriting.com For additional details about creative writing and publishing opportunities for writers, please visit: www.patrickkearneywriting.com
Inkwell Pure Fiction Writers Weekend
19th-21st September 2008
Kippure Estate, Blessington, Co. Wicklow.
Facilitated by best selling author, playwright, screenwriter and TV director/producer Ferdia MacAnna and Tracy Culleton best selling author and winner of the RTE/Poolbeg ‘Write a Best Seller’ competition, areas covered will include developing character, writing sparkling dialogue, and plotting your book, plus insider tips on getting published.
Full board, single accommodation €550.
For more information contact Vanessa 087 2835382 or check out www.inkwellwriters.ie
Creative Writing Course
John Maher
Venue: Laois County Council Offices, Portlaoise
Dates: August 18 -22nd (10.a.m. to 4.00 p.m.)
The course is intended for those who are just starting on a writing career or who have already published material. The focus will be on prose writing, in particular, the short story and novel. The objective of the course will be to produce, by the end of the week, a piece of writing which reflects both the week’s work and the writer’s own individual voice.
Cost: €150
Further Details from Arts Officer, Laois County Council
johnpatrickmaher@hotmail.com
www.johnpatrickmaher.com
The Scribblers Corner
Lunchtime Writing Workshop will meet at lunchtime, 1pm – 2pm, Mondays. This is a free event, open to anyone who wishes to attend, and will be held in the Irish Writers Centre. All are welcome but please be prompt as late arrivals cannot be accommodated.
For more information please contact the centre on 01 872 1302 or info@writerscentre.ie
Write Ideas in the Write Place
Creative Writing weekend
Avondale House, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
30 & 31 August 2008
Cost €145.oo per participant - [10% discount for multiple bookings, i.e. two or more persons @ €130 each]
Cost includes participation - tea/coffee breaks – dinner on Saturday night.
Enquiries to : Joe Kearney or Tony Suttle Tel 01 289 6006
email suttle@eircom.net
Diving Deeper
Inchigeelagh, Co.Cork
Weekend writing workshop with Sandra Jensen
22 - 24 August 2008
Workshop Cost: €175 (includes lunch Sat & Sun, snacks and tea etc.)
Friday, August 22, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Sat. 23 & Sun. 24: morning to evening
Tir na Spideoga, Inchigeelagh (near Macroom) Co. Cork
E-mail: rosemarytaylor@eircom.net Telephone: 026 47210 / mobile: 087 2371817
Residential Writing Workshops: Bookings being taken now!
September 19th - 21st
Poetry with Maurice Riordan
Poet Maurice Riordan has published three collections of poetry, and his work has been nominated for the T.S. Eliot prize and short-listed for the Whitbread Poetry Prize. Taking contemporary poems as models, Maurice will set exercises to encourage those on the course to produce new work.
September 26th to 28th
Children's Fiction with Malachy Doyle
Malachy Doyle writes both picture books and teenage novels. Author of children's favourites The Dancing Tiger and Who is Jessie Flood, his work has been short-listed for the Bisto Children's Book of the Year Award and won the Tír na nÓg award. This is a course for both beginners and more advanced writers who want to develop their ideas, technique and their voice.
October 10th-12th
Starting to Write with Enda Wyley
Enda Wyley has published three collections of poetry and was awarded the inaugural Vincent Buckley Prize. She also writes for children, and her latest novel, The Silver Notebook, was published by O'Brien last year. This is a course for people who have always wanted to write but aren't quite sure where to start. The focus will be on producing new material and allowing what has already been started to develop.
October 17th - 19th
Fiction with Claire Kilroy
Claire Kilroy has published two novels and was awarded the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. This course is for students already working on a piece of fiction, either novel or short story. The focus will be on rewriting and editing, on how to bring vitality to the work.
Abigail Joffe & Nicholas McLachlan
Directors, Dingle Writing Courses
Ballintlea, Ventry, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Tel: 066 9159815 www.dinglewritingcourses.ie
Events and Festivals
Northern Ireland
Native American Storyteller Dovie Thomason
Sunday 17th August 2.30 -3.30pm Family session
Ballyemon Camping Barn, Cushendal Admission £5
liz@lizweir.net phone contact: 028-21758451
Thurs 21st August Ballycastle 2 daytime family shows
Booking advised, limited space.
www.fourswans.org .
Let Me Take you to the Island Festival of Writing
Rathlin Island 2008
A series of forces have come into play during the planning of this year’s festival that have put things beyond our control. Sadly after much soul searching we are cancelling this year's event. We are taking this year out to consolidate our position and re apply ourselves to the 2009 festival so that we can celebrate the tenth year as it deserves to be celebrated. We have tried all avenues and exhausted every possibility re funding for this years festival and have drawn a blank. It is unfair to allow the expectation that the festival is to happen to go on beyond this date
Thanks for all your interesting the event. If writers would like to be put on the mailing list for next year’s festival please send details to info@stoneireland.com
Have you got a Story about markets?
In Newry Market Quarter over the summer there is a storytelling summer school, if you have a story to share about markets, or a poem COME ON DOWN and we will get your story up on www.storyfinders.co.uk
See you either Thursday or Saturday, Newry Market Quarter.
All-Ireland
Native American Storyteller Dovie Thomason
Sun 24th August Dun Laoghaire 7.30pm €10 www.festivalofworldcultures.com Booking advised.
Wed 27th August Room No. 6 The Teacher's Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Dublin Yarnspinners : you just turn up for 8pm start
Sat/Sun 30th/31th August Electric Picnic Festival - Booked Up
5th - 7th Cape Clear Island www.capeclearstorytelling.com Accommodation almost booked up.
Meet Marian Keyes!
17th August, 2008
The Sugarclub, 8pm
A night of sparkling wit, chocolates & cocktails in the Sugarclub with bestselling author Marian Keyes and raise money for people who are homeless. Marian will be reading from her newest book This Charming Man followed by a Q&A and book signing. Fantastic prizes to be won including spot prize for 'most stylish handbag of the night' - so bring your faves! All proceeds in aid of Focus Ireland.
Ticket Price: €20 (early booking is recommended)
Doors open at 7.30, the reading starts at 8pm.
For further information please phone: 01 8815954 or email: events@focusireland.ie
The Brendan Kennelly Summer Festival
www.brendankennellyfestival.com
Ballylongford, County Kerry
White House Poetry Revival
Wed 13th Aug 2008 9.00pm
Guest Poet Miceál Kearney, 27, from Galway is published in Ireland, England and America. He has won the Cuisle, Cúirt and the North Beach Nights Poetry Grand Slams and is the current Baffle Bard. He was short-listed for the 2007 Cinnamon Press Poetry Collection Award.
His debut collection Inheritance is available at www.doirepress.com
Info: Dominic Taylor 087 2996409 or Barney Sheehan 086 8657494
Flat Lake Festival
Clones, Co. Monahan
23rd-24th AUGUST 2008
http://www.theflatlakefestival.com/
Seamus Heaney - Nobel Poet~Laureate
Michael Longley - 2008 Flat Lake interview with Adrian Frazer
Edna O'Brien - 2008 Flat Lake interview with TBA
Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Stephen Rea - reading the works of Derek Mahon
The Hourglass Readings 7pm
September
Out to Lunch 1:15 pm
August
15 Colette Nic Aodha
29 Thomas McCarthy
September
12 Enda Coyle-Green
26 Catherine Phil MacCarthy
Tickets €5
Irish Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
01 872 1302 www.writerscentre.ie
iBbY Ireland International Children’s Literature Conference
18 October 2008
Green Gables to Globalization: Crossover, Canada and Children’s Books will take place on Saturday October 18th 2008.This unique conference will examine ways in which children’s literature transcends boundaries of all kinds, focusing in particular on crossover fiction and a sense of belonging in books from Canada, a post-colonial, multiethnic society. Keynote presentations will include Sandra L. Beckett, a professor in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Brock University, Canada, Irene Gammel, Professor of English and the current Canada Research Chair in Modern Literature and Culture at Ryerson University and Tim Wynne-Jones, twice-winner of the Canadian Governor General’s Award and author of over two dozen books. Shorter presentations on ‘Perspectives on Canada and Children’s Books’ will be given by Kieran Fanning, Brian O’Neill, Martina Siefert. Full details of the conference, including booking details, will be available on the IBBY Ireland website www.ibbyireland.ie and from secretary@ibbyireland.ie after 7th August.
Four Fridays - September 19th to October 17th - A series of lunchtime readings in Dingle Bookshop, Co Kerry
Admission is free. Tel:066 9159815 www.dinglewritingcourses.ie
Opportunities
Northern Ireland
Arts Council of Northern Ireland SIAP AWARDS
The Arts Council’s scheme to support writers under the Support for the Individual Artist Programme – in particular, General Art Awards for sums of up to £5,000 – is due to open on Monday 28 July. Revised application forms and guidance notes will be available for download on that date. It will also be possible to apply online.
Support for the Individual Artist Programme
28 July 08, closes 28 August
General Art Awards
International Awards/ self-arranged residencies
New York
Arts and Artists Abroad
Major Individual Award (£15,000)
For further information and assistance, please contact the relevant Arts Development Officer at the Council.
Northern Ireland Screen Individual Writers’ Award
Up to £2.5k available for TV or Film screenplays
Writer must have had previous work published or produced or a completed 1st draft for submission. All applicants to contact me Natasha Geary
Development Co-ordinator
Northern Ireland Screen
3rd Floor Alfred House, 21 Alfred Street, Belfast BT2 8ED
T 028 9023 2444 www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council has a fund available to broaden the quality, range, and ambition of film projects being developed in the UK and to build a talent driven home for writers, directors, and producers.
The First Feature Film Development Programme aims to identify and support emerging filmmakers: screenwriters, writer/directors, and writer-director-producer teams who have not yet had a feature film released theatrically or broadcast on UK television.
Generally, awards of up to £25,000 will be offered to screenwriters or writer-directors to write and develop a feature film.
Applications for the Development Fund will be assessed quarterly. To find out more about the Development Fund, visit the UK Film Council website.
The Film Council has a list of Frequently Asked Questions which will help your application.
BBC Writersroom Roadshows
We're taking the BBC writersroom countrywide. Hear us talk about how our unsolicited scripts system works - and you can even give us your script in person.
Ever wondered what happens to your script when you send it in? Exactly how we assess your work and what we're looking for? What grabs us and what puts us off?
Here's your chance to put your questions to the people who assess up to 10,000 scripts a year for the BBC. You can also bring your script to hand in to us in person - but please make sure it meets our guidelines.
The first roadshow was at the end of June in Edinburgh, and hosted by Kate Rowland, the BBC's Creative Director, New Writing.
We'll be taking the roadshow around the country in 2008, so watch this space for details of further events.
Planned locations include:
Belfast
Birmingham
Brighton
Bristol
Cardiff
Leicester
London
Manchester
Sheffield
Find out more at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/roadshows.shtml
All-Ireland
Heinrich Böll Cottage
The Heinrich Böll Cottage on Achill Island, a residency for writers and artists, is now accepting applications. Applications, including a letter of interest, a writing sample, and a short cv should be sent to: John Mc Hugh, Abha Teangai, Dooagh, Achill Co. Mayo
Meath County Library Annual Poetry Seminar
Deadline: 13 September 2008
Meath County Library is seeking a practicing poet interested in facilitating a one-day poetry writing seminar as part of Meath County Library Annual Poetry Competition on 13 Saturday September 2008 at Navan Public Library.
The Annual Seminar, now in its third year, will run alongside the 6th Annual Poetry Competition. 10 entrants to the competition will be awarded places on a one-day poetry writing seminar hosted and funded by Meath County council Library Service.
Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship 2008
Deadline: 31 August 2008
The Trustees of the estate of Katherine Kavanagh will offer one Patrick and Katherine Kavanagh Fellowship of €8,000 again in 2008. The Fellowship is specifically for Irish Poets, in their middle years, who are in need of assistance. The Fellowships will be awarded in October 2008.
Applicants may obtain further information from the Trustees at 3 Selsker Terrace, Ranelagh, Dublin 6.
CreativeCareers.ie: Jobs & Opportunities for the Arts
A Jobs & Opportunities website, dedicated to the creative, cultural and arts sector in Ireland, has recently launched with great success. The site list jobs, opportunities and education courses in Literature and Journalism along with many other areas in the arts/creative sector. It’s very easy for users to submit information to be included online; opportunities are free to post and jobs ads cost only €50. An e-jobs-update for CreativeCareers.ie is coming soon
See website for more: www.creativecareers.ie
Writers’ Studios at 19 Parnell Square
Deadline: Open all year round
Applications are invited from emerging and established authors interested in availing of the Centre’s studios for an agreed period in 2008. Applications consisting of CV and project outline should be sent to: The Director, Irish Writers’ Centre, and 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1. Email: info@writerscentre.ie
Submissions
Call For Submissions Issue 9 of Revival
Revival, the poetry journal of the WhiteHousePoets, is calling for submissions from local, national and international poets for the next issue which will be published in Limerick, Oct 2008.
The deadline for submissions is: Issue 9 is the 31st August 2008.
Submission guidelines: http://revivalpoetrybook.blogspot.com/2006/07/revival-journal-of-contemporary-poetry.html
Moloch Seeks Submissions
Moloch - an online journal of new Irish poetry, short prose and art - is currently seeking submissions. All work should be sent to editor[at]moloch.ie
Please see our submissions guidelines at:
http://www.moloch.ie/html/submit.html
Write to be heard!
Throughout July and August New Belfast Community Arts Initiative is inviting submissions for an audio anthology of Belfast’s poetic voice. The process will result in a professionally recorded audio CD, that will be published (along with an accompanying booklet) and a public performance of the pieces.
We urge that your submissions for the CD are recorded in your own voice. Submissions should be up to one minute long and preferably as a wav file or mp3, and sent in on CD, or hard-copy (if you want one of our poets to read them for you - include any instructions about how they should be read), to:
New Belfast Community Arts Initiative
Unit 4 Clanmil Arts & Business Centre
Bridge Street
Belfast
BT1 1LU
Or by email to: submissions@newbelfastarts.org
For both methods please include the following information.
Your name:
Your poem:
Your address:
Your telephone/email:
By submitting your work you grant NBCAI the right to publish but copyright remains with you,the poet. We regret we cannot return submissions nor inform of receipt or guarantee selection. Selected poets will be contacted. The information you provided will not be passed to any third-parties.
CLOSING DATE: 5PM MONDAY AUGUST 18TH
If you don't have access to a way to record your poem in a digital audio format you can still send us your poetry text via mail or email and we will get your poems read for you by an actor.
New Belfast will also be having public recording sessions in your area. The following dates are confirmed during the month of August 2008.
- Wednesday the 13th of August, 3pm - 5pm with poet Natasha Cuddington
Conway Mill
Conway Street at Junction Falls Road, Belfast
- Wednesday the 13th of August, 12:30 - 2:30pm with poet Natasha Cuddington
Shankill Stress and Trauma Centre (portacabin)
5 Ballygomartin Road; Belfast
West 47 no. 22 will be published online by Galway Arts Centre in September. We invite you to submit work by the deadline of Friday 29th August 2008. The maximum length for prose is 2000 words and 75 lines in total for poetry.
For postal submissions, please include: a cover letter giving your name, address, phone number and email address; a 75-100 word biographical note (roughly a paragraph); an SAE; any other comments you wish to include. Please include a word version of your submission on floppy disk. Please do not include any identifying information on the submission itself. Postal submissions can be sent to west47 online submissions, Galway Arts Centre, 47 Dominick Street, Galway, Ireland.
For email submissions, please follow the following guidelines: a cover message giving your name, address, phone number and email address; a 75-100 word biographical note (roughly a paragraph); email submissions should be included in the body of the email AND as attachment; if sending more than one submission, e.g. 2 or more poems, please send as one attachment, rather than as multiple attachments. Please do not include any identifying information on the submission itself.
Email submissions can be sent to miles@galwayartscentre.ie.
Please note: due to the volume of correspondence, submissions which exceed the maximum lengths given above cannot be considered.
Work published via open submission July 2008-June 2009 is automatically entered in the Cúirt Prize for New Writing 2009.
Miles Kennedy,
Assistant Editor,
West 47,
Galway Arts Centre,
47 Dominick Street,
Galway, Ireland.
Tel: +353 91 565886
E-mail: miles@galwayartscentre.ie
Web: www.galwayartscentre.ie
Blank Media: writers and artists wanted for monthly magazine
Blank Media are delighted to offer a series of new and exciting opportunities for writers and artists. We are looking for new voices for blankverse, the new creative writing section of blankpages, our downloadable monthly magazine, specifically poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction. Additionally, blankpages is also looking for submissions for gig/exhibition reviews.
For further information please visit the link below or e-mail Jo at editor@blankmediacollective.org http://www.blankmediacollective.org/index.php/news/opportunities/
Call for applications for the 5th season of 'Screenwriting for Television'
Lighthouse announces a call for applications for the course, which gives opportunities for six writers to hone their television skills. Over a six month period selected participants will take part in workshops and apply techniques used by professionals in the TV industry. During the course each participant will write a 50 minute episode of an original six part drama series.
The nine workshop days will begin on the 2nd October 2008, and be spread over nine months.
For full course details and an application form, visit www.lighthouse.org.uk/opportunity/tvdrama.htm
Or contact Emma on 01273 647197 or info@lighthouse.org.uk
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9th September
2008Female Playwrights with New Scripts Wanted
Velvet Ensemble aims to facilitate the work of women playwrights, directors, actors, stage managers, set, costume, lighting and sound designers. They are interested in hearing from female playwrights with new scripts.
Deadline for submissions: Ongoing
for more information please e-mail V: velvetensemble@yahoo.co.uk
Submissions Wanted - Rattling Tongue Theatre Company
Deadline: 31 Aug 2008
Rattling Tongue Theatre Company Ltd are seeking new full length plays for UK premiere production. Please send scripts to Daniel Wain, Rattling Tongue Theatre Company Ltd, 44 Fairfield South, Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2UW. Please enclose an SAE for return if required.
For more information, see www.rattlingtongue.com
every1sacritic - BBC Writer's Room Script Competition
Producers Declan Hill and Simon Wright have just won a fringe award, for Best Encouragers of Talent, for their work developing sitcom scripts. They're now working with the Arts Theatre in the West End to promote new work and are actively looking for new scripts. What they want to see: Sitcom scripts or character-based comedy of no more than fifteen minutes long that are self-contained, and whose premise, situation, and characters will be immediately grasped by an audience.
The deadline for scripts is August 15th.
To find out more and apply visit the website:
http://every1sacritic.com/Home.htmlacritic website
4Talent Awards Looking For Creative Under-30s
Channel 4 is scouring the country for the UK’s most exciting young creative talent for the 4Talent Awards 2008. Deadline: 29 Aug 2008
Categories include:
- Dramatic Writing (stage and screen);
- Comedy Writing (stage, film and TV);
All entrants must be under 30 on 31 December 2008 and both your completed online form and any posted supporting materials must be received by 5pm on Friday 29 August 2008.
To find out more go to www.4talentmagazine.com/awards.
New Theatre Publications – Accepting submissions
New Theatre Publications is a publication company that is owned and managed by writers. New theatre actively encourages submissions and aim to respond within one month. Manuscripts should be digital and can either be e-mailed or posted on a CD. They require a synopsis and any other useful information, such as running time and cast details. Submissions should be sent to: New Theatre Publications, 2 Hereford Close, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 4HR or via e-mail to: plays4theatre@ntlworld.com
For further information please visit www.plays4theatre.co.uk
Calling all Writers & Directors
The Five Minute Festival aims to find exciting new playwrights and performers willing and able to prove themselves in 300 seconds!
Information go to www.losttheatre.co.uk or call 07963 083 133.
New North East publisher looking for short stories
Byker Books is looking for contributions for the quite splendidly-named Radgepacket short story page on their website – see www.bykerbooks.co.uk for more information.
Calling all Writers/Mothers:
Submissions are currently being sought for a new magazine devoted to the experience of Motherhood – the Highs, the Lows and all the In-betweens! Tell us your story and help us share the reality of what it is to be a mother today.
Reasonable rates for all published articles.
E-mail: ssmith3@ireland.com or by Post to: S. Smith, 5b, Ballinahinch Tce., Ashford, Co. Wicklow.
Succour
Succour is the UK and Ireland's most exciting journal of new fiction, poetry and art. We have editors in London, Manchester, Brighton, Exeter and Dublin who are committed to seeking out and publishing the very best new writing. The theme for the Autumn/Winter 2008/2009 issue will be Icons. Potential contributors are invited to respond to the titles we suggest in as wilful or oblique a manner as they desire. Bear in mind that Succour is a journal that publishes original, ambitious writing, and tries to avoid anything clichéd or self-indulgent. The Autumn/Winter 2008/9 issue is due for publication on 1 November 2008. Deadline for submissions is 20 August. Please send your work in Word or Rich Text format documents, with a limit of 3,500 words (fiction) or 250 lines (poetry), to new Dublin editor Christodoulos Makris at succourdublin@gmail.com.
Waterford Festival of New Plays
To celebrate our 25th birthday Red Kettle Theatre company would like to host the second Waterford Festival of New Plays. We are searching for Ireland’s playwrights who have not had their work previously published. The festival will be staged in 2010. This is a great opportunity for any new writer’s who would like to see their work come to life.
Entries should be sent by hard copy or email (no discs please)
Deadline: 31st October 2008 to:
Joan Dalton,
Red Kettle Theatre Company,
15 Broad Street,
Waterford,
Ireland, or joan@red-kettle.com
Tel: (051) 879688
Calling all Writers & Directors
The Five Minute Festival aims to find exciting new playwrights and performers willing and able to prove themselves in 300 seconds! For full information go to www.losttheatre.co.uk or call 07963 083 133.
Crannóg Magazine
Crannóg Magazine published thrice yearly by Crannóg Media, Galway, publishes fiction and poetry. Details at: www.crannogmagazine.com
WOW! Online
WOW! Online published by Wordsonthestreet. www.wordsontheweb.net
Boyne Berries
Issue four of Boyne Berries will be published by Boyne Writers Group, Trim next September and submissions are invited. The closing date for receipt of submissions is 15 August 2008. Submission guidelines: Poetry: Send no more than three poems. Each poem should be 70 lines or under. Prose: Stories etc should be 1000 words or under. Poems and prose should be original, previously unpublished and not currently submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere. Include a brief biography as you would like it to appear in the magazine and a postal address for free contributors copy. Contributors may be invited to read their work at the launch of the magazine. Some of the items published may be included on the magazine website. Submission by email is preferred to: editor@boynewriters.com but postal submission will also be considered to: Boyne Writers, 33 Avondale Drive, Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland. Full details are available on the website: www.boynewriters.com
James Barrett And The Doll In The Corner
Image As Creative Catalyst
SUBMISSION Date: ASAP 2008
James Barrett and the doll in the corner each have their own hidden histories. In the search for a middle ground you are invited to invent a poem, piece of prose, a literary sketch or a short story based on a supposed relationship or link between the two. An imaginative exploration of two entities - connected yet separate! What connects them? What separates them? Is there a link? Does one exist in dreams and the other in reality?
This book is part of the development of ‘Geist Des Ortes’, a project developed whilst on the Heinrich Boll writer and artist’s residency in Achill Island in December 2006. For more details on the residency, please look at the Irish Art Now website.
All successful submissions will be bound into an illustrated limited edition artist book; all contributors will receive a copy of the book. The anthology will become part of an Art’s Council funded performative art project in a public space in Belfast later in the year.
Contact Kathy Marsh - km@irishartnow.com
Verbal Magazine seeks contributors!
Verbal Magazine is looking for contributors. Whether you're interested in writing short stories, poems, books reviews, interviews, articles or features - we want you! Get your writing out there and earn some cash at the same time - what are you waiting for?
Verbal is distributed straight into 100,000 homes across Northern Ireland each month inside the Belfast News, Newsletter and Derry Journal. For details on how to get involved contact editor@verbalartscentre.co.uk or call us on 028 71266946.
The Melted Rubber Humans
The Melted Rubber Humans are looking for mp3 files of spoken word/ poetry readings (either live or studio) to be incorporated in a series of albums of ambient/ experimental music.
They are looking for poetry which deals with the following topics:
1. God/ the Goddess/ spirituality;
2. sex/ gender/ sexuality;
3. power/ politics/ corruption;
4. love/ want/ need;
5. fear/ despair/ greed.
They are looking for poetry with a rich, interesting and/or experimental approach to the use of language and especially those read with voices that reflect the feeling of the poem.
The plan is to select lines or verses from poems and to blend them into a sound-collage; a musical equivalent to the art of the Dadaists. The finished albums will be posted at http://www.virb.com/melted_rubber_humans and will, like their previous three albums, be available for free download.
Poems can either be submitted by email or snail mail.
Email submissions are limited to one mp3 file with a 2Mb maximum file size and should be sent to shooglemail@googlemail.com with "FAO: Captain Melted" in the subject line.
There are no file size limitations for snail mail submissions. These should be sent on CD to Dee Sunshine, 35 Falkland Street (0/1), Glasgow, G12 9QZ, United Kingdom.
There is no deadline as this will be an ongoing project.
Further information about The Melted Rubber Humans can be found at www.myspace.com/captainmelted
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR BRAND LITERARY MAGAZINE
BRAND Literary Magazine edited by Nina Rapi, with poetry editor Cherry Smyth and contributing editors including Ali Smith, Yang Lian, Nina Steiger, is now accepting submissions for Issue 4.
We focus on the short form and are looking for high quality writing in any of the following: short stories (max 2500 words); short plays or performance texts (max 10 minutes); micro-fiction (up to five pieces and/or a total of 500 words); poetry (you can submit up to three poems and max of 40 lines each); creative non-fiction (e.g. memoir and literary essays, max 2000 words). We are looking for writing that takes risks and/or has a strong voice. We welcome international work and translations.
Please submit work (2 copies; poetry 4 copies please) to Michael Langan, Creative Writing Programme, King William Court, University of Greenwich, Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS. DEADLINE: 30th September 2008. For more details visit: www.brandliterarymagazine.co.uk
Opportunities At Iota Poetry Journal
Iota poetry journal is looking for reviewers. They are also seeking features ideas and information about live poetry events taking place in winter 2008. Iota poetry journal is looking for reviewers specifically for the Live Poetry Scene. If you are interested in reviewing please send a copy of your CV and two examples of your review writing to Kate North, Reviews Editor, at
Kate North
Reviews Editor iota, Room QU214,
Francis Close Hall, University of Gloucestershire, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ.
If you’d like to review a regular Open Mic night in your area, or any other Slam/Spoken Word events, please send the event/review details to Sonia Hendy-Isaac at Soniahendy@gmail.com. We are also interested in articles: please send abstracts and a CV to Sonia Hendy-Isaac, Performance Scene and Articles Editor, at Soniahendy@gmail.com
or
Sonia Hendy-Isaac, Performance Scene and Articles Editor, iota, Room QU214, Francis Close Hall, University of Gloucestershire, Swindon Road, Cheltenham, GL50 4AZ.
Submissions Wanted - The Underground
The Underground Magazine is currently on-line but with a 'real-world' print edition planned. We are welcoming contributions, especially from new or relatively new writers. Deadline Jul 31 2008
Underground is a not-for-profit venture, sponsored by educational and other organizations; it is a serious literary enterprise and aims to encourage new writers and artists in their professional development with experienced editorial support and (possibly paid) publication.
Details regarding technical requirements and terms will be found on the magazine's website, www.undermagz.co.uk
Items may be submitted to submissions@undermagz.co.uk
Inside Out Seeks Submissions
A new breed of literary arts magazine, Inside Out encourages the submission and publication of work with a focus on self-awareness and self-help; because, sometimes, simply owning something on the page is all it takes to move past it and move on. Deadline 29 Sept 2008
Contact Rebecca editor@myinsideout.co.uk
Turn your inside out – onto the page, into the world, and out of your system. Part literary publication, part therapeutic expression, Inside Out promotes the use of creativity for personal development.
Submissions:
Send confessional/autobiographical work on any subject.
Written:
* Short Stories: up to 2,000 words
* Personal Essays & Prose: up to 500 words
* Poems, Lyrics & Mantras: up to 30 lines
Drawn:
* Illustration: 216mm (w) x 256mm (h)
* Design: 216mm (w) x 256mm (h)
* Fine Art: 216mm (w) x 256mm (h)
* Photography: 216mm (w) x 256mm (h)
* Textile: 216mm (w) x 256mm (h)
Please send a hard copy of all work in the first instance; where possible, accompanied by a CD containing a digital copy (see website for specifications).
Unfortunately, we are unable to return your work. If you wish to receive acknowledgement of receipt, please enclose an SAE. If your work is selected for publication, we will contact you.
Please include a cover letter with your name, address, email address, daytime phone number and 50-word biog.
All correspondence should be sent to: Editor, Inside Out, P.O Box 429, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 9HF.
For further information visit our website:
www.myinsideout.co.uk
Contact: editor@myinsideout.co.uk
The Recusant Seeks Submissions
the Recusant is a radical web journal publishing and promoting non-conformist poetry, prose and polemic. We seek to champion sincere writing which puts as much emphasis on 'subject' as on 'style' - all types of both considered, but with particular interest in 'unfashionable themes' such as poverty (material; spiritual), status anxiety, mental health, and all other forms of fall out from capitalist society. Deadline 29 Sept 2008
**Ongoing submissions** the Recusant www.therecusant.org.uk
Founder and editor: Alan Morrison
the Recusant seeks to give a voice to the more dissident and marginalised voices of the literary community - the Caudwells, WH Davies's, Orwells, Tressells of today. Polemical writing, articles on British and international Left literature, and socially-inclined prose and poetry, are particularly welcome. We believe it's time for writers to speak out on the important issues of today and that writing has as much a social contribution to make as it does an artistic one.
With over 12,000 visits since September 2007, the Recusant keeps counting. Our contributors cover a wide range of talents from the promising newcomer to the equally promising 'name', and an international reach with voices from Australia, Austria, Canada, India, Malta, New Zealand, Sweden, South Africa, United States and the UK.
Please email all submissions either as word docs or in the body of the email to: therecusant@yahoo.co.uk and with 'Recusant Submission' in the title box. You can also submit via a link on the website itself.
Call for Poetry Submissions for The Stony Thursday Book
Closing date for submissions is August 8th 2008.
The Stony Thursday Book is calling for submissions from local, national and international poets for the next issue which will be published in Limerick, Ireland, as part of Cuisle International Poetry Festival on 16th October 2008. The Stony Thursday Book was founded by Limerick poets John Liddy and Jim Burke in 1975, and has also been edited by Liam Liddy, Miguel Ortega, Mark Whelan, Kevin Byrne, Patrick Bourke and Knute Skinner. This year’s editor is Thomas McCarthy.
Poetry submissions are now being accepted for issue No. 7 which will be published in October 2008.
How to submit:
Send no more than 6 poems
When submitting poems, write your name and address on each page.
Send poems to :
The Arts Service, Limerick City Council, City Hall, Merchant’s Quay, Limerick City Council.
Please mark your envelope : Stony Thursday
Further information from : The Arts Service, Limerick City Council
Email : artsoffice@limerickcity.ie
Contests
The super heroes & villains writers’ & illustrators’ competition!
Are you able to create the ultimate geek, nerd, loser or quirky character?
Can you turn him or her into a hero/heroine?
Can you create a compelling real life or fantasy villain?
Are you a fan of Star Wars, Heroes, Lost, Spooks & Dr Who?
Are you a writer based in Northern Ireland?
If so then Be Entertainment needs you!
We are looking for new writers and illustrators for cross media internet and TV series: people who can write compelling characters and / or illustrate for teen drama and fantasy; people who can create stories that can enthrall, surprise and entertain and make a new generation of teen viewers laugh, cry and care.
What we want: A 2,000-word character description of a hero and a villain set in either the ‘real world’, sci -fi or a fantasy world that makes us want to know more. The description should include a little about the character’s world and background, how they are turned into a super hero or villain and their goal and motivation (as well as their special powers)
The deadline: Send your entry NOW. Closing date for receiving all submissions is September 30th . And yes you can submit as many entries as you want. The winner will be notified 3 weeks after the closing deadline.
The prize: Up for grabs is 1,000 pound sterling development deal with Be Entertainment.
For further details and an application form please contact:
Be Entertainment LTD
5 Cromac Avenue, The Gasworks, Belfast, BT7 2JA
Phone: +442890447616 / Fax: +442890447645
Email: info@befilms.com
Web: www.befilms.com
BOOK & PAMPHLET COMPETITION
2008 JUDGES
Michael Longley
Peter Sansom
Ann Sansom
Entrants should send a collection of poems between 20 and 24 pages.
The Competition will be judged in two stages:
1. The judges will select up to five manuscripts, to be published in pamphlet form as individual small collections. Prize money of £1,000 will be shared equally among these winners, who will also receive 20 complimentary copies of their own pamphlet.
2. Each of these first stage winners can then within one month submit an extended manuscript.
Depending on the judges’ opinion, one of these submissions may be chosen as a final winner, to be published as a full length collection.
The final winner will receive 20 complimentary copies and royalties, as well as their share of the prize money. There will be full publicity and national distribution. All winners will be invited to a launch reading in Sheffield, and their work will be showcased on The Poetry Business website and in The North magazine. Entry fee: £24
www.poetrybusiness.co.uk/competition.aspx.
Summer Challenge
RISE films, Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, and Sight & Sound are making an open call for film scripts in any genre from unagented writers. RISE will then choose one script to take into development with a view to financing and producing the film. The winner will also have the opportunity to be taken on by an agent.
To find out more and apply, visit the Rise films website
Deadline: 26th September 2008
Red Planet Prize 2008
Red Planet Pictures have just announced their second annual writing competition. The winner will receive:
* A £5,000 prize
* Representation by a leading literary agency
* A script commission from Red Planet Pictures.
Runners-up will have the opportunity to be mentored by the Red Planet team.
To enter, you need to send the first ten pages of a 60 minute pilot script with television series potential, together with a one-page outline about the series.
The first ten pages of a script are the most important. It's in those first ten pages that you have to grab your audience. The series outline should give them a flavour of your own unique voice as well as an idea of your vision for the series.
There are no guidelines or restrictions in terms of genre or subject.
The deadline for entries is September 30th 2008.
To find out more and enter, visit the Red Planet Pictures website.
Screen Story Competition 2008
The deadline of the 2009 Euroscript Screen Competition is midnight, 31st March 2009. Winners of the Euroscript Screen Story Competition write three drafts of their script within a specified time period. Working one-to-one with a script consultant they receive as much face-to-face and written feedback as is required to complete each of the three drafts. Once each draft is complete, they receive a full script report, usually running to eight or nine pages, together with an annotated script. At the end of the process they are offered marketing advice. We welcome submissions from all over the world.
Any questions? Call +44 (0) 7958 244 656 or e-mail: competition@euroscript.co.uk.
Horror Fest 2008
Following the huge success of propellertv’s first ever short film festival, ShortFest, they are now launching a brand new competition to find the most horrifying short. To get involved all you’ve got to do is send in your horror short (no longer than 10 mins) to Horrorfest, Propeller TV, C/O Screen Yorkshire, Leeds, LS2 7EY, UK before Friday 12th September 2008, along with a completed submission form which you can download from;
http://www.propellertv.co.uk/Contributetofilmfirst.aspx
All entries to ‘HorrorFest’ will be broadcast on propellertv over Halloween (subject to terms and conditions).
For more information please contact john@propellertv.co.uk and/or check www.propellertv.co.uk http://www.propellertv.co.uk/
Torbay Open Poetry Competition
Poems of up to 50 lines. First prize £700, second prize £300, third prize £150. 14-18 years' prizes: £200, £100, £75.
Judges: Sheenagh Pugh, 14-18 years' prize: Helen Mort.
Entry - £4 per poems or 3 poems for £10, 6 poems for £20. £2 a poem for 14-18 years or 3 poems for £5
Contact: The Administrator, c/o The Mount, Brixham, South Devon TQ5 8QY Deadline: August 15, 2008.
Essex Poetry Festival 8th Open Poetry Competition
First Prize £500, Second £200, Third £100
and 3 runner-up prizes of £10 book tokens
This years judge will be Catherine Smith.
Prize giving will be at the Essex Poetry Festival in October
Winners & runners-up will be invited to read their winning poems at the festival. Winning poems will be published on the Festival website
Closing date 30th August 2008
For details of rules and entry fee visit Essex Poetry Festival website www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk
Salopian Open Poetry Competition 2008
For poems of up to 36 lines.
Adjudicator Hilary Llewellyn Williams.
Entry - £3 per poem entered or 4 poems for £10
Competition information at http://www.s129554693.websitehome.co.uk/wwsalopianpoetrycompetition.htm
or Roger Hoult, at 5 Squires Close, Madeley, Telford, Shropshire, TF7 5RU Deadline: August 31, 2008
Earlyworks Press Competitions 2008 - Rhymers Poetry Competition
Is verse a thing of the past? The Queen's English Society says if it don't rhyme and scan, it ain't poetry. Contemporary editors say end-line rhymes are old-fashioned and too obvious. Each side proves their point by holding up BAD examples of the other side's poetry. Let's show them some good ones. Send us a rhyming poem - it may be in a traditional form or a pattern of your own, but must use line-end rhymes. £50 1st prize £20 2nd prize Winners and runners up will be published on the website. £5 paid for each one we use. Also regular web-based competitions – poetry, flash fiction, short story and genre challenges. Full details on the website, or write to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street, Hastings, Sussex TN34 1HL* www.earlyworkspress.co.uk Deadline August 31, 2008.
Chroma International Queer Writing Competition
Poem category for poems of up to 50 lines. For a further £15 writers will receive a critique of their poem/story. Judges: Robert Gluck, Betsy Warland, Sarah Waters and Stella Duffy. First prize £300.
Entry - £5 for each poem or story
Chroma Writing Competition, PO Box 44655,
London N16 0WQ
Website: www.chromajournal.co.uk Deadline: Sept 1, 2008
Amateur theatre group seeking new material
Bench Theatre is an amateur theatre group based in Havant, Hampshire. They are launching a play competition to mark their 40th anniversary and are seeking a new full-length play describing in some way the state of Britain today. The winning play will be performed in September 2009, and a first prize of £500 will be awarded.
You can find more information at www.benchtheatre.org.uk/40yearsofbench/competition.php. If you have any questions or would like to know more about the competition, contact competition organiser Jacquie Penrose at jacquie@benchtheatre.org.uk or 02392 481318
Robert McLellan Award for Playwriting
The competition calls specifically for plays written in living Scots – any dialects, urban or rural, which have not been performed professionally as yet. Plays should contain no more than three characters and can be up to 50 minutes long.
For more information please contact Heather Gough, Chairman, Arran Theatre and Arts Trust at: gough.carol@virgin.net
Deadline: 30 September 2008
Sir Peter Ustinov Television Scriptwriting Award
This annual competition is designed to recognise non-American novice writers under the age of 30. Entrants are asked to create a completed half-hour to one-hour English language television drama script for a family audience. The winner will receive $2, 200 and an invitation to the Emmy Awards Gala in November 2008. For more information please visit www.iemmys.tv/foundation.aspx
The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition 2008
Deadline: 31 October 2008
The Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition allows anyone who enters the opportunity to discover their own potential. Whether you are an established poet or someone new to writing, winning often provides the essential spur to take your writing further.
It is also an exciting opportunity to have your poems read by three of today's leading poets, booster the coffers with £5000 prize money, appear at the Ledbury Poetry Festival 2009, add your name to long prestigious list of past winners, free annual membership of the Poetry Society and - if all that wasn’t enough - an annual subscription for Aesthetica Magazine, the new media partner for the competition. The Judges this year are Frieda Hughes, Jack Melange and Brian Patten.
You can enter now at http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/
The competition is the longest running poetry prize, and since it began back in 1978, has turned the spotlight on some exciting new poetry stars, as well giving further encouragement to already established poets.
As well as entering the National Poetry Competition 2008 to discover your own potential, you can judge your own favourite competition winner from the past 30 years at http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/npc30/
Scottish Book Trust
Creative Writing Competition For Young Writers
Scottish Book Trust are running a story writing competition.
You must be aged between 12 and 16 to enter. Submitted stories must be your own work and between 1,000 and 2,500 words in length. Stories must be submitted in a Word document via email to: teen@scottishbooktrust.com
All stories must be submitted by 5th September 2008
All entries must include the pupil’s name, class teacher’s/librarian’s name and email address, as well as the name, address and telephone number of the school or library. If you have been successful we will inform you by 30th September 2008. The winning entries will be reproduced (with acknowledgement) on the Scottish Book Trust website for the purposes of promoting the Writer in Residence project. We regret that we cannot return entries. The judges’ decision is final and we will not enter into any correspondence. There are no runners-up prizes.
http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/children-and-young-people/creative-writing/creative-writing-competition
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year 2008
Creative Writing Competition:
€1,000 in prizes plus major reading opportunity
Deadline: August 1 2008
Sponsored by Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop, Bank of Ireland,
Kelly Office Supplies and Des & Mary Kavanagh
The Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2008 competition is open to both poets and fiction writers. The winner will receive a cash prize of €600, a spot as a Featured Reader at an Over The Edge: Open Reading, and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2008. The runner-up will receive a cash prize of €300, while the third-placed writer will receive €100.
Entries should be sent to Over The Edge, New Writer of the Year competition, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland with an accompanying SAE.
Entries will be judged anonymously, so do not put your name on your poem(s) or story. Put your contact details on a separate sheet.
Criteria: fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines. Entries longer than these will be disqualified. Multiple entries are acceptable but each entry must be accompanied by a €15 fee and an SAE. Fee payable by cheque or money order to Over The Edge. All entries must be typed.
To take part you must be at least sixteen years old by August 1st 2008 and not have a book published or accepted for publication. Chapbooks excepted. Poems and stories entered in the competition must not have been previously published.
THE CLOSING DATE IS AUGUST 1ST 2008. A shortlist of eight will be announced in Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008. The Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2008 will be announced at the Over The Edge reading in Galway City Library on Thursday, September 25th, 2008. The winner will be a Featured Reader at a reading to be scheduled in Galway City Library in Winter 08/09.
For further details contact Over The Edge on 087-6431748 or e-mail over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com or see http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
CUISLE LIMERICK CITY INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL
15 – 18 OCTOBER, 2008
CUISLE
YOUNG POET OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
CALLING ALL YOUNG POETS
POEMS ACCEPTED IN EITHER ENGLISH OR IRISH
POEMS INVITED IN THREE CATEGORIES
1: UNDER 12 YEARS,
2: 12-15 YEARS,
3: 16-18 YEARS on 23 September, 2008
PRIZES AWARDED IN EACH CATEGORY
Closing date 23 September, 2008
ENTRY FORM AND INFORMATION FROM LIBRARY, SCHOOLS or Email: artsoffice@limerickcity.ie or www.meta.ie or www.cnmg.ie
Waterford Festival of New Plays
To celebrate our 25th birthday Red Kettle Theatre company would like to host the second Waterford Festival of New Plays. We are searching for Ireland’s playwrights who have not had their work previously published. The first Festival of New Plays was a huge success, and coincided with the Sean Dunne Literary Festival. The second festival will be staged in 2010. This is a great opportunity for any new writer’s who would like to see their work come to life.
Entries should be sent by hard copy or email (no discs please)
Deadline: 31st October 2008 to:
Joan Dalton,
Red Kettle Theatre Company,
15 Broad Street,
Waterford,
Ireland, or joan@red-kettle.com
Tel: (051) 879688
10th Annual Ledwidge International Poetry Award 2008
Deadline: 5 November 2008
The Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Award is organized by the Inchicore Ledwidge Society who are dedicated to bringing a new awareness of the life and work of Ireland's best known poet and soldier of the First World War.
Usual guides, no more than 40 lines of type, original work, name and address on separate sheet; can be modern or traditional.
Fee. 4 Euro per poem, 3 for 10Euro, max 6 poems. Foreign currency accepted. Payable to the Inchicore Ledwidge Society
S.A.E will ensure full list and details of winners and awards night.
The winner will be entered into the Forward Prize UK competition
Address: The Inchicore Ledwidge Society, 34, Sallins Pier, Sallins Co Kildare
2008 Aeon Award for Short Stories
Deadline: 30 September and 30 November
The contest is open to submissions of up to 8000 words (no minimum word limit) in any speculative fiction genre, from Fantasy and Science Fiction to Supernatural and Horror or anything in-between, especially any stories that are quirky or unclassifiable. The judges have very broad tastes in this regard. The grand prize is 1000 euro and publication in Albedo One. Thanks to the success of last year’s Award, we’ve been able to add a second and third place cash prize of 200 and 100 euro respectively for this year. The second and third place stories will also be published in Albedo One.
The contest will run in four rounds from January 1 2008 to November 30 2008. Submissions can be made at any time between those two dates, and stories making the shortlist will be announced shortly after the end of each of the rounds, which end on March 31, June 30, September 30 and finally November 30. After the last round, the top six stories from the shortlist will be chosen and passed on to well known author Ian Watson (www.ianwatson.info), who will act as Grand Judge and pick the winner and second and third place stories. The Aeon Award is all about promoting new writers and writing in the speculative fields, which has long been the goal of Albedo One.
The contest is open to writers from all countries, though the entries must be written in English. Full details and guidelines for entering the Award can be found on the Albedo One website at the following link: http://www.albedo1.com/html/aeon_award.html
Entry fee for the Award is 7 euro. This can be sent by post or can be paid easily and securely on the Albedo One site. Email submissions may be made to fraslaw@yahoo.co.uk
Cardiff International Poetry Competition: entries now open
The judges for the 2009 Cardiff International Poetry Competition have been announced by Academi as esteemed poets Ian McMillan and Kurt Heinzelman. The competition is now open for entries, so if you think your poetry has got what it takes to pick up the £5,000 prize, head for www.academi.org/cipc/i/132712 for all the details.
Seven Stories launches Frances Lincoln Prize
Children's books publisher Frances Lincoln and Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books in Newcastle, have announced the creation of an award in memory of company founder Frances Lincoln, who died, aged 55, in February 2001. Called The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award, it aims to “take positive steps to increase the representation of people writing from or about different cultural perspectives, whose work is published in Britain today”. The prize of £1,500, plus the option for Frances Lincoln Children's Books to publish the novel, will be awarded to the best work of unpublished fiction for 8-12 year-olds by a writer, aged 16 years or over, who has not previously published a novel for children. Entry forms can be obtained by email from diversevoices@sevenstories.org.uk or from Helena McConnell at Seven Stories on 0845 271 077.
Dungannon Borough Arts Festival
As part of this year’s Arts Festival celebrations, which takes place 2nd to the 10th October throughout the Borough, the organisers are launching a Short Story Competition.
Aspiring authors are invited to submit an original typewritten story of between 2,000-5,000 words. The opening sentence should read “It was a beautiful morning……”
Entries should reach the organisers no later than August 20th, and must be accompanied with the author’s contact details.
First Prize £ 300
Second Prize £ 200
Third Prize £ 100
Send your story to:
“Short Story Competition”
Dungannon Community Arts Studio
Unit T 11, Enterprise Centre, 2 Coalisland Road, Dungannon,
BT71 6JT 028 8775 3626 www.dungannonartsforum.com
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year competition 2008
Entries are being accepted in Galway for the Over The Edge creative writing competition which is open to both poets and fiction writers.
The winner will receive a cash prize of 600 euro, a spot as a featured reader at an Over The Edge: Open Reading, and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2008. More on http://www.askaboutwriting.net
Aesthetica Creative Works competition
Aesthetica, the national arts magazine, is looking for undiscovered talent with this competition which is open to fiction, poetry and artwork and with a first prize of £500. For more information and how to apply, see www.aestheticamagazine.com by 31 August 2008.
The Arvon International Poetry Competition 2008 is now open. This year’s judges are Moniza Alvi, Andrew Motion and Alice Oswald. Prizes of £11,000. Deadline – 15th August. Submit poems online at www.arvonfoundation.org/poetry
Info sheet: National resources for writers and literature professionals in the UK and Ireland
A 20-page listing of organisations, websites, magazines, publications and information sources across the new writing and literature sector compiled by literaturetraining and available to down load at their website.
http://www.literaturetraining.com/metadot/index.pl?id=36900&isa=DBRow&op=show&dbview_id=2323
Services
Fish Publishing offers a full Editorial Consultancy Service
The Service is designed to provide writers with on-going, constructive feedback on their work, whether it is a complete novel or just the beginnings. The Editorial Service will provide authors with the opportunity to request assistance on specific areas and to then re-submit the work as it progresses. To maintain consistency, the same editor will remain with an author throughout the editing process. This Service offers a one-to-one opportunity to discuss your work and to meet your individual needs and requirements.
The Managing Editor of the Editorial Consultancy Service, Katie Gould, has worked at Fish Publishing for four years. She is a book critic for a number of magazines and broadsheets; literary magazine editor; agent submissions assistant; editor for a number of publishers in the UK and US; and reader for The Scotsman & Orange Short Story Prize. She is also employed as editor to published author, two-time Pushcart and BASS nominee, and recipient of the 2004 Fish International Short Story Prize, Marc Phillips. She edited his debut novel, short story collection, and screenplay, all of which have obtained agent representation. She has worked as a research assistant to Germaine Greer and Shere Hite and as an English language teacher. She has a BA in Journalism and MA in Gender, Literature, and Modernity from Warwick University. Take a look at: http://www.fishpublishing.com/editorial-consultancy-service.php
Changes at IncWriters Forum
Writers, readers, promoters and publishers can now use the Incwriters forum without joining the The Incwriters Society. With over 750 articles on the forum and over 5,000 members of the Society regularly using the forum and the RSS feed, it is a vital and useful tool for writers, publishers and promoters to tell readers and audiences about events and publications across the UK.
Visit the forum at http://incwriters.informe.com.
Info sheet: National resources for writers and literature professionals in the UK and Ireland
A 20-page listing of organisations, websites, magazines, publications and information sources across the new writing and literature sector compiled by literaturetraining and available to down load at their website.
http://www.literaturetraining.com/metadot/index.pl?id=36900&isa=DBRow&op=show&dbview_id=2323
BBC Filmmaking Guide
With the new filmmaking guide you can out more about the filmmaking and exhibition process, from pre-production through to marketing and distribution.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/Filmmakingguide
Or write to:
BBC
Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
www.bbc.co.uk
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