Will you love to win £2,500, a trip to London, and also have your play broadcast all over the world? If you have answered in the affirmative, then you should consider applying for the BBC Radio Playwriting Competition 2011. The BBC World Service and the British Council runs the International Radio Playwriting Competition. The 12th […]
People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA), is an NGO whose main purpose is to create a safer society that does not tolerate violence against women, and where women are powerful, self reliant, equal and respected, is calling for entries for the 2010 POWA Women’s Writing Project. Read: 10 Tips on How to Apply for Writing Contests […]
This light-skinned lady, Uduak Akpabio, isn’t just a natural storyteller who knows her roots like Alex Haley. She is one intellectual beauty who had a unique childhood. Having grown up with her father as an only child, in a fine house, right up the hill, the number one female literary icon in Akwa Ibom, Uduak […]
One norm of writing, especially for creative writers, is: Show, don’t tell. However, show don’t tell is one writing rule that many emerging writers struggle with. To succeed as a writer, you must understand how to balance showing vs telling. There are scenes which stick with you, even long after the book has been put […]
They have announced the 2010 Nobel Laureate for Literature. And the winner of the 2010 Nobel Laureate for Literature is Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa. About the winner the winner of the 2010 Nobel Laureate for Literature Mario Llosa is a Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, essayist, novelist and, recently, Nobel Prize Laureate. Most critics consider him […]
Storyscape, an online literary journal that is story-centered, asks for your submission. We want your: True story, invented story, overheard story, visual story, poetic story, audio story, found story, given story. Just captivate us with the strength of the story. The premise of the journal is to expand the notion of what stories are while […]
Accepting short fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and excerpts. Length flexible. Receives simultaneous submissions & reprints, postal mail and email submissions prefer attachments in Microsoft Works Word Processor. Copyright reverts to author one time rights. See downloads for tone & style. Editorial lead time 1-2 months. Selects material from ezine to be printed up in anthology. […]
New Madrid will dedicate the Winter 2011 issue to the viability of water as resource and symbol. We’re looking for submissions that incorporate lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, rain in all its guises (hurricanes, monsoons, floods), rituals involving water, recreational uses of water, etc. We’re also interested in work that addresses such concerns as access to […]
The World Youth Movement for Democracy, a youth network of the World Movement for Democracy, is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Essay Contest. Fifteen semi-finalists (3 in each region: Asia, Central/Eastern Europe & Eurasia, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa) will be announced on Human […]
Apply to the annual Caine Prize Award 2011. Deadline: 31 January 2011 ENTER THE 2011 PRIZE The award is made in July each year and the deadline for submissions is 31st January. Eligibility * Unpublished work is not eligible for the Caine Prize. * Submissions should be made by publishers only. […]
