Sunday Times short story shortlist is out
The Sunday Times short story award is open to stories under 6,000 words written by fiction writers who have been published in the UK or Ireland. The winner of the prize receives £30,000, the other...
View ArticleWriting competitions closing in March
The Flash 500 Competition A quarterly, open-themed competition for a story in 500 words. The results will be announced within six weeks of each closing date and the three winning entries each quarter...
View ArticleCalling all budding young authors!
Have you got an aspiring young writer in the family? Budding young writers can have a spring in their step thanks to a great new story competition. And there is even the chance for them to have their...
View ArticleThe Wellcome Book Prize shortlist
Bill Bryson, chair of the 2015 £30,000 Wellcome book prize, has said brain surgery, death, cruelty, anxiety and grief are all explored in the shortlisted books – with laughs and joy amid the...
View ArticleWriting competitions closing in April
Kishboo magazine short story competition Ongoing short story competition – stories must be no more than 2,000 words Entry fee: £3 First prize -£50 , runner- up f £25 Closing date: 20 April First...
View ArticleThe Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist
We like some translated fiction, so it’s great to have these titles longlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize It’s warded to honour contemporary fiction in translation and worth £10,000 in...
View ArticleCalling all budding crime writers
New book this week, How to write crime fiction by Sarah Williams This book provides a comprehensive overview of all the different kinds of crime fiction, with examples from successful contemporary...
View ArticleWriting competitions closing in May
The Bridport Prize Up to 5,000 words for the short story; 42 lines for the poem. The poem and short story categories each have a first prize of £5,000, second prize £1,000 and third prize £500. An...
View ArticleFeatured library – Dewsbury Road
I thought I would do a series of blog posts that casts the spotlight on our individual libraries. Really being a librarian, I should feature them in alphabetical order, but as we have some good new...
View ArticleChildren’s Writing Competition: Leeds Big Bookend
The Big Bookend are currently running a writing competition aimed at young writers in the city. They would like you to write a short story or poem about the First World War. If you are between 7 and 16...
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