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14/06/2022

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15/04/2022

Fancy yourself as a poet? Get your poem published on our eBook platform BorrowBox on National Poetry Day by taking part in our poetry competition.

Open to all ages, find out more here: https://bit.ly/36bgotQ

11/04/2022

Call for submissions from FIYAH.
"FIYAH is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora. This definition is globally inclusive (Black anywhere in the world) "
https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/"

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11/04/2022

Another competition for young writers:

The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation dedicated to empowering young writers and the advancement of the adventure writing genre.

11/04/2022

Competition deadline 17th April - free to enter for under 18s (but a fee for over 18s).
GO FOR IT!!!!!

With a main prize of £400 for adults and prizes for under 18s, entrants have over 2 months to submit their entries of no more than 2,000 words on any theme they like. The winners will be announced mid May.

28/02/2022

A great site for animating your own characters. Very easy to use and amazing fun.

Bring children's drawings to life, by animating characters to move around!

02/02/2022

http://www.hippocrates-poetry.org/the-hippocrates-prize/2022-hippocrates-prize/online-entry-for-2022-hippo.html

Listen to judge Robert Francis QC discussing the Hippocrates shortlist with Martha Kearney on the BBC's World at One and hear extracts of shortlisted poems

02/02/2022

https://goldentriangledc.com/event/golden-haiku/

Calling all aspiring poets from around the neighborhood and around the world: The Golden Triangle BID’s ninth annual Golden Haiku poetry contest is open.

02/02/2022

“We have received work from some excellent poets already, and you still have until 14th Feb if you have fiction or memoir relating to the landscape, past, present or future of the Antonine Wall! https://t.co/mFJyDP9SKk”

28/01/2022

Lots of lovely paint colours to inspire a story about decorating.

“Wrapping up my month as 's Futurist In Residence, I returned to an experiment I did nearly five years ago: neural net generated paint colors. https://t.co/fEaj5HcaFw”

24/01/2022

I was struck by how few authors I could name who are women. With Makewana, the ‘mother’ responsible for rain, as our namesake, my group set out to end the literary drought

23/01/2022

Fancy penning a tiny story? Check out Paragraph Planet for all the details.

A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map