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The following are competitions for writers. Good luck to all who enter.
There are 4 separate sections of the competition.
Each writer may submit only one entry per section. The adult sections are open to all writers worldwide. The schools competition is for Highland Council schools or schools abroad with direct links to Highland Council schools. School entrants must be in the named year group at the closing date.
http://www.highland.gov.uk/
www.writers.asn.au/uploads/file/pdf/PR10-125-k-A5-NeilGunnPoster-Flyer.pdf
www.writers.asn.au/uploads/file/pdf/PR10-125-k-A4NeilGunnPoster-Flyer(2).pdf
Closes Friday 1st October 2010 at 5pm
The competition is to provide an outlet for writers to gain acknowledgement for their wor and create an interest in the art of Writing
All entries must be fictional, original previously unpublished works.
All works must not have won prizes contracts or cash in any other competition
More information and an entry form can be downloaded from the following websites
www.cdcc.asn.au or www.pical.org.au/
Categories
Short Story: 2,500 words
Prize: The Glen Miles Scholarship $1,000
Short Story Seniors over 75 years: 1250 words
Prize $250
Short Story Junior 15-18 years: 1250 words
Prize: $250
Short Story Residents of Bass Coast Shire: 1250 words
Prize: $250
Poetry: open
Prize: $250
Write a blog post 200-500 words
Closing DATE:
August 31, 2010
THEME:
Beauty, fashion or health
ENTRY FEE:
Nil
PRIZES:
Open: 1st $250
High School Students: 1st $250, 2nd $150, 3rd $100
ENTRY:
Enter online at http://blogcomp.sassable.com
Entries open 1st August 2010.
More information from http://blogcomp.sassable.com or email questions to
blogcomp@sassable.com
What is the competition for?
Write a blog post and be published on sassable.com
Who is eligible?
Australian residents: cash prizes for high school students, and open category
What are the prizes?
Open Category
First prize: $250
High School Category
First prize: $250
Second prize: $150
Third prize: $100
School bonus prize: $100
The first 50 schools to submit 50 or more entries will receive a cheque
for $100.
Where can more information be found?
http://blogcomp.sassable.com
Contact:
Debbie Smith
debbie@sassable.com
0414 931 951
We are seeking short (10 minutes or less) scripts that deal with/challenge
notions of mental "illness." We are seeking scripts that can be performed
with no set, minimal props and deal with mental "illness" in a positive
manner. Scripts that are chosen will be performed by teams of
actors/directors with just 24 hours to rehearse and stage the final show.
The best of the best will be filmed and those films exhibited on websites
such as Youtube, RETHiNK, Titirangi Theatre and Dramatrain.
By submitting a script writers agree to having them be performed live for
the RETHiNK Theatre Challenge shows and possibly being filmed and shown on
websites. However, live shows and websites aside, as this is a voluntary
competition, no financial reward, ownership and copyright of the script
remains with the author.
Closing date for the script submissions is Wednesday 1st September 2010.
Please send scripts to Adam@DramaTrain.co.nz. For more information and
writer's guidelines, visit http://titirangitheatre.co.nz.
A. Open short story: Limit 2,500 words
B. Open poetry: Limit 40 lines
All entries to be previously unpublished work
Closing DATE:
Autust 31, 2010
THEME:
`Sentences`
ENTRY FEE:
$5 for one entry, $12 for three
PRIZES:
1st $100, 2nd $75, 3rd $50
ENTRY:
No entry form necessary. Name, address and entry details to be submitted on a seperate cover sheet.
Post to: The Bridge Foundation PO Box 9279, Sale, Victoria 3850
Results are published on http://www.bridgefoundation.com.au
Closing DATE:
Must be postmarked no later than August 31, 2010
THEME:
Open
PRIZES:
$3,000, publication in Wet Ink and a year's subscription to the magazine.
Two commended entries each receive $100, publication in Wet Ink and a year's subscription to the magazine.
ENTRY FEE:
$15 for 1 entry, $25 for 2 entries [maximum 2 entries]
Wet Ink Short Story Entry Form (PDF Download)
More information from http://www.wetink.com.au/
A. Poetry: Maximum 60 lines
B. Fiction: Maximum 2000 words
THEME:
Open
PRIZES:
1st $300, 2nd $150, 3rd $75
Application form essential. P: 08 9344 1757
or email: rogans1@bigpond.com
A. Open Short Story : up to 3,000 words.
B. Open Bush Poetry : up to 100 lines.
THEME:
Stories or poems can be based on any or all of the persons involved with the expedition and their experiences, or specific
part(s) of the expedition rather than the whole. Stories can be a mix of fiction and non-fiction.
ENTRY FEE:
$10 per entry in each genre.
Cheques, money orders to be made payable to Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets Inc.
PRIZES:
1st $200, 2nd $100, 3rd $50 in each genre. Entrants placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each genre will have their poem or
story published in an anthology of adult and school children placed entries on the theme. All entrants placed will
receive a copy of the anthology.
Both competitons are open to all adults. Persons 18 years and over.
Entries to be mailed to Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets, PO Box 1152, Bendigo 3552.
The competitions are being run to celebrate the sesqui centenary of both the Burke and Wills expedition and also
their Camp 6 having been at Mia Mia Victoria. Results and launch of the anthology will occur at the Mia Mia
celebrations on Saturday 28th August.
More information can be obtained from the project coordinator Colin Carrington by emailing col@mulgabill.net.au
or telephoning 03 5433 2427.
Please select your appropriate entry form below:
Burke and Wills short story entry form (PDF Download)
Burke and Wills open poem entry form (PDF Download)
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