E. A. MARKHAM MA WRITING SHORT STORY SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE
Applicants to the MA Writing (Short Story) have the opportunity to apply
for this scholarship, which waives the fee for full-time study on the
degree. The scholarship is awarded to the best short story portfolio
submitted with the application for a place on the course. The judges are
Hilary Mantel and Maggie Gee, Visiting Professors at the English
Department.
The award is in honour of Professor Emeritus E. A. Markham (1939-2008),
who was a tutor at Sheffield Hallam University and a guiding spirit for
the MA Writing.
Applicants for the Short Story Scholarship prize can receive further
information about the MA and applying for the prize by emailing the MA
Writing administrator at
b.fischer-thompson@shu.ac.uk
BRIDPORT PRIZE 2009
Closing date 30th June 2009
www.bridportprize.org.uk
The Bridport Prize is an annual international creative writing competition for poetry and short stories. The closing date for entries, which may either be sent by post or online is 30th June. The Bridport Prize is one of the top prizes of its kind in terms of both prestige and prize money. It has been the first step in the careers of many established poets and novelists. The prize money totals £14,000.
MERIDIAN WRITING SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Closing date 30th June 2009
www.meridian-writing.co.uk/competition_2.html
Meridian Writing have launched a new quarterly competition for short stories of up to 3,000 words for new and published writers, in any genre.
Prizes are: £100, £50 and £25 for first, second and third places respectively, with the first deadline being 30th June, 2009.
LEAF BOOKS POSTCARD WRITING COMPETITION
Closing date 30th June 2009
Something to say? A story to tell? Take part in the Leaf Books Postcard-Writing Competition. We’d like you to write on any subject or to someone on one side of a postcard.
- Ideas: write a message from the past, the present or to someone in the future, to a friend or a stranger, about a place, possession, passion.
- Your postcard can be written and/ or illustrated, bought or home made. Or, if entering online, download the postcard-sized document template from the website: follow this link:
www.leafbooks.co.uk/New/For%20Writers/CurrentCompetitions.html#PC
- Word limit (if you’re using just words): 150 words.
- ENTRY FEE: £2.50 per entry, 5 for £10.00
- PRIZES: First Prize = £100 Runners Up = full set of pocket books
- The winning pieces will be published and showcased on a website specific to this competition linked from the Leaf Books main site.
- Send to: Leaf Books, Gti Suite, Valleys Innovation Centre, Navigation Park, Abercynon, RCT, CF45 4SN, Wales
LEAF BOOKS POETRY COMPETITION
Closing date 31st July 2009
Leaf Books invites you to submit poems (max 35 lines) on any subject. All selected entries will be published in an anthology.
- ENTRY FEE: £3 per single submission; £10 for four submissions.
- PRIZES: Winner receives £200 plus a copy of the anthology plus complete collection of pocket-sized Leaf Books. Runner up receives complete collection of pocket-sized Leaf Books and a copy of the anthology.
- Enter online or by post: please see the competitions page on our website for entry form, paypal options etc:
www.leafbooks.co.uk/New/For%20Writers/CurrentCompetitions.html
THE BIOGRAPHERS' CLUB PRIZE 2009 - renamed the Tony Lothian Biographers’ Club Prize
Closing date 1st August 2009
The £2,000 Tony Lothian Biographers’ Club Prize (sponsored by her daughter, Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch) supports uncommissioned first-time writers working on a biography.
This year’s judges are Margaret Drabble, whose biographies include Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson; Anne de Courcy, author of The Viceroy’s Daughters and
Snowdon: The Biography; and John Guy, whose books include Tudor England and My Heart Is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots.
Applicants should submit a proposal of no more than 20 pages, including a synopsis and 10-page sample chapter (double-spaced, numbered pages),
CV and a note on the market for the book and competing literature, to:
Anna Swan - Prize Administrator
Email: anna@annaswan.co.uk
Or by post to:
119A Fordwych Road, London NW2 3NJ.
Entry fee: £10 (cheques payable to the Biographers’ Club).
For further details and application form visit www.biographersclub.co.uk
The winner will be announced at the prize-giving dinner on 22 October. This year’s speakers are Amanda Foreman, author of The Duchess and the forthcoming World on Fire, and the journalist and broadcaster James Naughtie.
[Only the shortlisted entrants will be contacted.]
Tony Lothian was a steadfast advocate of talented writers of all ages and backgrounds, and we are delighted to rename our annual prize for first-time biographers ‘The Tony Lothian Biographers’ Club Prize’, which was made possible through the generous gift of her family.
Antonella, Marchioness of Lothian, OBE (1922-2007) – always known as Tony – was a champion of many causes. The most far-sighted and inspired was her vision and subsequent organisation of The Woman of the Year Lunch, founded with Odette Hallowes and Georgina Coleridge in 1955 and which continues to flourish today.
She was also a current affairs columnist on the Scottish Daily Express and a broadcaster and television presenter. Her proudest achievement, however, was her biography of Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space, which was initiated by their shared values and close friendship.
Writing was her passion and, for Tony, biography was its most potent form: ‘A means to shedding a perceptive light on personalities and the events they were part of.’ It was the perfect foil for her irrepressible curiosity about human nature and the narrative of history.
NEWS -
The 2007 prize-winner Clare Mulley’s The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb is published by Oneworld on 24 April, with all royalties donated to Save the Children Fund www.claremulley.com
The Biographers’ Club is now a registered charity. We host various literary events throughout the year, some free or subsidised for students. Please visit the website for full listing www.biographersclub.co.uk
FISH PUBLISHING
www.fishpublishing.com
Competitions throughout the year.
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