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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025 is open for entries. \nThe deadline for receipt of all entries is September 30th at 4 pm (GMT). \nEntries will only be accepted through Submittable. \nEntries can be on any subject\, theme or genre. \nEntry fee: £12 per entry. You can submit multiple entries as long as each entry is paid for individually and includes a separate entry form. \nMaximum word count is 3\,000 words. \nAll entries are judged anonymously. Please do not include your name\, address\, phone number\, email\, website\, social media details\, etc. on the short story document or in the file name as this will result in disqualification. \nFormatting your short story: \nYour story must be written in English. A maximum of 3\,000 words. No minimum. Title not included in the word count. \nPlease submit a typed story in Arial or Times New Roman\, 12pt\, black. Double spaced. \nInclude a front page which details the title of story and the word count ONLY. The author’s name should not be included anywhere in the document or the file name. \nNo illustrations. \nSave as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx). We also accept file types .rtf\, .pdf\, with the \nShort Story title as the file name. Please do not include the author’s name in the file name or it will be disqualified. \n  \nEntry fee: £12 per entry
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/creative-writing-ink-short-story-competition-2025/
LOCATION:Creative Writing Ink Annual Short Story Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - The Writers College Short Story Competition. Theme: "All the things we didn't learn"
DESCRIPTION:Competition Rules\n\n\n\n\nWho Can Enter\nThis competition is designed to support beginner writers aged 16 and up from any country. We accept entries from writers who: \n\nHave never been published or\nHave been published fewer than four times in any genre (fiction or non-fiction)\, in any publication (paid or unpaid).\n\n\nIf you have had more than four pieces published\, you are not eligible to enter. \nNot eligible: \n\nJournalists\, copywriters\, web writers\, or content writers.\nWriters who have ever earned a living from writing\, even if it was decades ago.\n\n\nExceptions: \n\nUnpaid articles for community or workplace newsletters or blogs with a circulation of under 5\,000 do not count as published work.\n\n\nWhat to Submit\n\nStory length: Maximum 2\,000 words.\nWord count limit: If your story exceeds the word count by more than 50 words\, it will not be considered.\nTheme for 2025: All the things we didn’t learn.\n\nWriters are free to interpret the theme in any way they choose.\nThe exact phrase “All the things we didn’t learn” must appear somewhere in the story.\nWriters must create their own title.\n\n\nGenres accepted: All genres are welcome (literary\, horror\, sci-fi\, fantasy\, speculative fiction). However\, literary fiction tends to perform best with our judges.\n\nEntry Requirements\n\nOnly one story per entrant.\nEntries must be written in English.\nStories must be original and unpublished (including online).\nEntrants must have written the story 100% themselves.\n\n\nCompetition Timeline\n\nFree entry deadline: 30 June 2025 (midnight\, UTC).\nPaid entry period: After 30 June\, an £ 8.00 entry fee applies.\nFinal deadline: 30 September 2025.\nLonglist announcement: 31 October 2025.\nWinners announced: 15 November 2025 (published on our website).\n\n\nPrizes and Publication\n\nWinners will be notified by email and announced on our website.\nPrize money will be paid via electronic transfer or PayPal.\nWriters retain copyright but grant permission for their story to be published on our website and in an anthology.\n\n\nImportant Notes\n\nThe judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.\nIf you do not receive an entry confirmation within three working days\, please re-send it. Your submission may have been lost in transit.\nNo generative AI (ChatGPT\, etc.) may be used. If a story appears to be AI-generated\, it will be disqualified\, and the author will be banned from future competitions.\nSubmission fees are non-refundable. Please ensure you wish to enter before submitting.\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Submit Your Entry\n\n\n\n\nWe only accept email submissions. Follow these steps to ensure your entry is correctly formatted and considered for judging. \n\nEmail Submission Guidelines\n\n\nCopy and paste your story into the body of the email AND attach it as a Word document (.doc or .docx).\nUse the subject line: The 2025 Writers’ College Short Story Competition.\nOnce you have paid the entry fee\, you will receive the submission email address.\n\n  \n\nEntry Requirements\n\n\nTitle your story uniquely – do not use the competition theme as your title.\nIn your email\, include:\n\nYour story’s title and your name (e.g. Once Upon a Time – by John Smith).\nThe following declaration:\n\n\n\n“I declare that this is my own work\, 100% unassisted by generative AI (such as ChatGPT etc.)\, and I have been published in a mainstream print or online publication fewer than four times.” \n\n\n\nYour word count.\n\n\n\n\nFormatting Guidelines\n\n\nDo not include your name anywhere in the story document – entries are judged blind.\nUse a readable font (Arial or Times New Roman\, size 12 or larger).\nLine spacing should be 1.5 or double.\nInstead of indenting paragraphs\, leave a clear line between them.\nIf a formatting detail is not specified here\, it means we’re flexible – story quality matters most.\nWinners will be required to provide valid proof of identity.\n\n\nMake sure your story has been edited and polished according to tips and guidelines provided on our college site under “Writing Resources”\, or on our webzine. Read these:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou will be directed to the Submissions page once your tranaction has been completed. Remember to make a note of your transaction number or proof of payment\, this is required when you make your submission. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nEntry fee: £ 8.00\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-writers-college-short-story-competition-theme-all-the-things-we-didnt-learn/
LOCATION:The Writers College Short Story Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction Seeking Submissions on the Theme: Fish | Ngā Ika
DESCRIPTION:What we like\nWe are looking for variety and originality. Tickle us\, haunt us\, gobsmack us. Choose your words carefully and leave our readers wanting more. And do it in a small space. \nPlease submit only previously unpublished stories. If the work has appeared in any other print or electronic journal\, we consider it published. \nIf it has appeared on a writing workshop site\, we will consider it but please do let us know\, and we expect Flash Frontier to be credited with first publication if your work appears in our pages. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to submit\n\nPlease submit your story to the editors in email: \n\n\nflashfrontier@gmail.com \n  \n\n\nPlease paste your work and your bio directly into the body of the email. \n\nIf your story requires unusual formatting let us know – the editors may ask for a different kind of document to confirm your formatting requirements. \nProvide a brief biographical sketch (approx. 60 words) about yourself – written in third person – that can be included on our Contributor page. You do not have to include your bio if you have submitted to us before. \n  \n\nSubmissions are due by the last day of the month for the following month’s issue.\nIssues are published during the last week of the month.\nRemember to count: 251 won’t be accepted.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-flash-frontier-an-adventure-in-short-fiction-seeking-submissions-on-the-theme-fish-nga-ika/
LOCATION:Flash Frontier: An Adventure in Short Fiction
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:F - Call for Submissions to The Ecological Citizen. Theme: Feral Lines (Flash Fiction Only)
DESCRIPTION:Old longings nomadic leap\,\nChafing at custom’s chain;\nAgain from its brumal sleep\nWakens the ferine strain. \n— ‘Atavism’ by John Myers O’Hara \n\nStep over the edge and into the wilderness of Feral Lines\, an upcoming flash fiction collection from The Ecological Citizen. In these untamed reveries\, wolves roam free through expansive forests\, renewing rivers in their wake. Little green fingers transform into fists\, shattering concrete. Fences fall\, hedgerows billow\, and dams crumble. The land earns respite from the relentless grazing of industrial agriculture\, as wild herbivores regain their foothold. And humanity finally finds peace in the healing of planetary wounds. \nWith plot-driven narratives as lush and dynamic as the habitats they evoke\, Feral Lines is an invitation to hear the call of the Earth unshackled from human dominion. \nSubmit your most inspiring and powerful tales of nature’s rebounding in no more than 500 words (including the title) by 30 September 2025. Accepted stories will be published in February 2026 (within Vol 9 No 1 of The Ecological Citizen). \n\n\nHow to submit: The process is handled by email exchange. You can submit your story to ferallinesflash@gmail.com. Alternatively\, you can get in touch about submitting fiction using our contact form. \nImportant notes: We are seeking previously unpublished writing. There are no submission fees; but\, sadly\, we do not have any funds to pay for accepted stories. \n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-call-for-submissions-to-the-ecological-citizen-theme-feral-lines-flash-fiction-only/
LOCATION:The Ecological Citizen
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:FN - Call for Submissions to Plenitude Magazine. Theme: Genre Bender (Canadians Only)
DESCRIPTION:Submission Guidelines\n\n\n\nAll poetry\, prose (fiction\, creative nonfiction)\, and hybrid / genre bender entries must be submitted via our Submittable platform:\n\n \nEmailed submissions will not be considered. For book reviews\, see below. \nOur new Genre Bender category is only open to Canadian writers at this time. \nPlenitude Magazine is Canada’s only queer literary magazine. We aim to promote the growth and development of LGBTQ2S+ literature through online publication of poetry\, fiction\, creative nonfiction\, book reviews\, and interviews by both emerging and established LGBTQ2S+ writers. We especially encourage BIPOC\, trans\, and disabled writers to submit their work. \nWe define queer literature and arts as works created by LGBTQ2S+ people\, rather than works which feature queer content alone. \nWe are not interested in genre writing\, political essays\, or rants; that said\, we recognize that LGBTQ2S+ experiences are often inherently political\, and we invite submissions that explore this through creative writing. If you are interested in writing political essays or other critical analyses of interest to a queer literary readership\, please query the reviews editor at reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca. \nAll of our poetry\, prose\, and book reviews are open sourced\, free and available to read. We highly recommend reading examples of work in the genre you wish to submit to get a feel for our style. \n\nGenre Bender: Text-based submissions should be no longer than 2000 words\, and can include images in the body of the text. Genre-bending poems should be no longer than 5 pages long. Standalone literary images/photographs such as collages or cut-and-paste poems can be uploaded as .jpg or .png files.\nPoetry: Up to five pages of poetry\, single spaced\, in a 12-point font. Each poem should appear on a new page. Submit one file per submission with all poems in the same document.\nFiction: One story per submission\, double spaced\, paginated\, in a 12-point font\, maximum 5\,000 words.\nCreative Nonfiction: One piece per submission\, double spaced\, paginated\, in a 12-point font\, maximum 5\,000 words.\nBook Reviews: Query the reviews editor for reviews (up to 1000 words): reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca\nArticles: Query the reviews editor for articles (up to 3000 words): reviews(at)plenitudemagazine.ca\n\nA cover letter in the document you upload is not necessary. Instead\, please enter your name\, mailing address\, email address\, title of submission\, and a 50-word bio into the Cover Letter section of the form. Let us know if you self identify as BIPOC\, trans\, and/or disabled. \nPlease submit work only once per calendar year per genre. Multiple submissions in the same calendar year by the same writer will be rejected. \nSimultaneous submissions are allowed; however\, in the event your work is accepted elsewhere\, please let us know. We do not accept previously published work. \nWe aim for a response time anywhere from two to six months\, and up to nine months for prose. \n\nStarting May 1\, 2024\, writer fees will increase from $50 CAD to $60 CAD per poem\, and from $100 CAD to $125 CAD per prose contribution (fiction and creative nonfiction). Book reviews will continue to be paid at $100 CAD.\n\n\n\nGenre Bender submissions will be paid at $100 CAD upon acceptance.\n\nPlenitude Magazine buys first serial rights; copyright remains with the author/creator.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/fn-call-for-submissions-to-plenitude-magazine-theme-genre-bender-canadians-only/
LOCATION:Plenitude Magazine
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Call for Submissions to Fourteen Hills. Theme: Hope is a Discipline
DESCRIPTION:Calling for submissions to Issue #32’s Special Feature “Hope Is a Discipline.” This year\, amidst the struggle our community faces in fighting back against oppression\, we have chosen the theme of our special feature in homage to Mariame Kaba’s work in transformative justice. We take the title of our special feature from Kaba’s documented interview in “Hope Is a Discipline\,” in which she reflects on wisdom once received from a nun regarding hope\, “The hope that she was talking about was this grounded hope that was practiced every day\, that people actually practiced all the time.” For our upcoming issue\, we want your poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction\, hybrid work that show us how you and or your community turn hope into an active practice. From culinary traditions that nourish the fire in your belly to essays on protest – show us what it means to you to make hope into a discipline. \n\n\n\n\nSubmission Guidelines:  \n\n\nAll written submissions must be in .doc or .docx file format (Microsoft Word or Open Office files) \n\n\nCover letter should include\, at minimum\, contact information and third-person bio (max 3-5 sentences) \n\n\nIf you have questions about the status of your submission\, please contact us at hills@sfsu.edu \n\n\nWriters and artists may submit only once\, in a single genre\, per submission period \n\n\nFor artwork: Please label each image with your last name and and in the order which you want us to view them. If your name is not attached to the exported ZIP files it is immensely difficult to keep track of and manage your valuable submissions. We want to see your work and give it the attention it deserves. In your cover letter\, please provide a image list with titles\, medium\, size\, and the year it was made. When submitting images\, all images must be 300 dpi at 8.5 by 11 inches. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf your submission is accepted for publication in the journal\, you will receive two free copies of the issue you’re featured in and a yearlong subscription to Fourteen Hills. \nWe accept simultaneous submissions; however\, please be sure to notify us immediately via Submittable should you need to withdraw submissions due to publication elsewhere. \nWe do not accept hard copy submissions. We are adamantly opposed to AI-generated submissions and reserve the right to reject any piece created with AI-assistance on sight.  \n\n\n\n\nSubmission file(s) must be in .doc\, .docx\, or .rtf format (Microsoft Word\, Open Office\, or Pages). Cover letter section should include contact information\, a third-person author biography (3–5 sentences in length)\, and any other relevant information. \nPoetry submissions can be up to 3 poems and a maximum of 7 pages total.  \nFiction submissions can be 1 short story or novel excerpt (maximum 20 pages or 6000 words\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash fiction stories (maximum 1000 words each).  \nCreative nonfiction submissions should be 1 piece of long-form creative nonfiction (maximum 25 pages\, though our sweet spot is 2\,000-4\,000 words) OR up to 3 flash/lyrical pieces (up to 1\,000 words each). \nIf you have questions about the status of your submission or subscription\, please contact us at hills@sfsu.edu. \n  \nSubmission fee: $3\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-call-for-submissions-to-fourteen-hills-theme-hope-is-a-discipline/
LOCATION:Fourteen Hills
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Pure Slush Great Cities Anthology Series Seeking Submissions. Theme: London
DESCRIPTION:London Great Cities Vol. 2\n\n\nSubmissions for London Great Cities Vol. 1 are NOW OPEN. \nWe are accepting submissions of poetry and prose (fiction and non-fiction) for London. (Submissions will close 30th September 2025.) \nYour submission must include London\, whether as a memory\, wishful thinking\, an anecdote\, the setting for your story or poem\, a place of importance\, or where you live or holiday … \nYour submission must also be: \n\noriginal\, so previously unpublished online or in print (so that includes authors’ websites and blogs)\n150 word minimum limit for fiction and non-fiction\, stories and essays / maximum 1000 words. (That’s for each story / essay: maximum number of prose pieces you can submit is 3.)\n80 word minimum limit for poetry / maximum 1000 words. (That’s for each poem: maximum number of poems you can submit is 5.)A good idea is to check out what we do and don’t like … and to find out more about this\, click here.\nIf you have any further questions\, please email edpureslush@live.com.au. \nTo SUBMIT\, click here. Please include the word LONDON\, plus your name and the title of your submission\, and the word count. (Please note: word counts do not include titles or your name.) \nPLEASE NOTE: if you are submitting more than one poem\, story or essay\, we really prefer they are all included on one document. So if you have 5 poems or 3 stories to submit\, please include them on one document\, and thus make one submission\, rather than 5 submissions (one for each poem) or 3 submissions (one for each story). \nIf you are new to Pure Slush\, please include a brief bio or profile of yourself.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-pure-slush-great-cities-anthology-series-seeking-submissions-theme-london/
LOCATION:Pure Slush Great Cities Anthology Series
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:P - The Passionfruit Poetry Prize is back for 2025. This year's Theme: Love
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nPassionfruit Poetry Prize 2025\n\n  \n\n\n\nThe theme is love – and it’s yours to interpret as broadly\, as interestingly\, and as tenuously as you wish.\n1st prize £600\n2nd prize £100\n3rd prize £60\n9 × COMMENDED POEMS £10 EACH\nAll prizewinning poems will also be published in a special issue of The Passionfruit Review. \nJudge: Amlanjyoti Goswami\nA Note from the judge\nLove doesn’t always have to be about roses and thorns.\nThere are other ways too.\nSometimes it comes with guns blazing.\nAt other times\, silently\, without calling attention.\nYou can also write about roses and thorns. \nSubmission Guidelines \n\nEntry fee: £4 for 1 poem\, £6 for 2\, or £7 for 3.\nPlease submit up to three poems in a single document.\nSubmissions are open to all poets writing in English.\nPoems must be previously unpublished.\nStrong language is fine – abusive or discriminatory language is not.\nSimultaneous submissions are welcome – just let us know promptly through the submissions manager if you need to withdraw any of your poems.\nPoems up to 40 lines – including spaces – will be considered (we consider longer poems as general submissions!)\nPlease do not include any identifying information on your attached document.\nAll unsuccessful entries will also be considered for future publication in The Passionfruit Review.\n\n  \n\nEntry fee: £4 for 1 poem\, £6 for 2\, or £7 for 3.\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-passionfruit-poetry-prize-is-back-for-2025-this-years-theme-love/
LOCATION:Passionfruit Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:P - Earth Amulet Poetry Prize. Theme: Nature
DESCRIPTION:Earth Amulet Poetry Prize™\n\n\nABOUT\nThe Earth Amulet Poetry Prize™ is an environmental poetry contest that invite poems rooted in the natural world—its landscapes\, elements\, and living beings. Submissions may explore themes centered on forests\, rivers\, oceans\, mountains\, deserts\, or other ecosystems; reflect on weather\, seasons\, and natural forces such as fire\, wind\, and rain; or engage with flora and fauna\, including trees\, flowers\, birds\, animals\, insects\, etc. \nWe’re looking for work that offers thoughtful engagement with nature—through observation\, reflection\, and a genuine connection with our environment\, that can also become a catalyst in countering environmental threats and the destruction caused by wars\, human greed\, lack of awareness\, and proper resources to protect our planet. \nSubmission Deadline : September 30\, 2025 \nResults of the Earth Amulet Poetry Prize will be announced within three months of the submission deadline\, through a press release and on social media platforms. Selected folios will be published in a print anthology. \nThe  Earth Amulet Poetry Prize offers the following \n\nWinner – $25 cash prize\, publication of a folio of poems\, Certificate of Excellence\, announcement in a press release and on social media\, and an electronic copy of the anthology.\nFinalist – $20 cash prize\, publication of a folio of poems\, Certificate of Distinction\, announcement in a press release and on social media\, and an electronic copy of the anthology.\nSemi-Finalist – $15 cash prize\, publication of a folio of poems\, Certificate of Merit\, announcement in a press release and on social media\, and an electronic copy of the anthology.\nHonorable Mentions – A number of outstanding individual poems will be selected from the pool of submissions for publication. Each poet will receive an electronic copy of the anthology and their name announced on social media. (No cash prize is offered for Honorable Mentions.)\n\nSubmit your work through Duotrope or send it directly to River Paw Press via email \nSubmission Guidelines\n\nLength: Submit 3–5 unpublished poems\, not exceeding a total of 6 pages\, along with an author bio in 100 words or less.\nEligibility: This is an international contest open to poets age 18 and older. Poems must be originally written in English. Translations from other languages are not eligible for submission.\nFormat: Submissions must be error-free\, typed in Times New Roman\, 12-point font\, single-spaced. Please submit your poetry folio in both DOC and PDF formats.\nSubmission Fee: $10.00 payable via PayPal to riverpawpress(at)gmail(dot)com. However\, if you are experiencing financial hardship\, we welcome your submission with a pay-what-you-can contribution. We recommend a minimum tip of $5.00\, sent to riverpawpress(at)gmail(dot)com via PayPal to help us cover administrative and operational costs and sustain our mission to support independent literary publishing. Please note that all submission fees and tips are non-refundable.\nDisqualification: Submissions that do not follow the guidelines or contain plagiarized content may be disqualified for consideration.\nSimultaneous Submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed\, but please notify us immediately if your poems are accepted elsewhere.\nJudging Process: All entries will be read and scored based on the following evaluation criteria:\nOriginality\, Craft\, Cohesion\, Emotional Resonance\, Insight\, Imagery & Language\, Structure & Flow\, Style & Tone\, and Lasting Impression.\nSubmission Method: Email your submission to: riverpawawards(at)gmail(dot)com. In the subject line\, please write: EAPP 2025 and Author’s Name\nSubmission Deadline: September 30\, 2025\n\n\n\n  \nEntry fee:$10\n 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-earth-amulet-poetry-prize-theme-nature/
LOCATION:Earth Amulet Poetry Prize
CATEGORIES:Call for Submission
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SUMMARY:PFN - Didcot Writers Writing Competition. The Theme: Proximity
DESCRIPTION:Our quarterly themed competition has a 500-word limit. You can send prose\, script or poetry; fiction or non-fiction; a complete story or an extract of a longer work. \nSubmissions will be read anonymously\, and the Reader’s favourites published on this site. Want to be a Reader for a future theme? Get in touch via didcotwriters@gmail.com. \nWe aim to announce the winning pieces as soon as possible following the close of the competition\, but please bear with us – our current pattern is to process several competitions at once followed by a lag (it is what it is). A single winner and a handful of other ‘Reader’s Choice’ pieces will be published on this site shortly thereafter – usually a few weeks after the competition closes. Read work selected as ‘Reader’s Choice’ in previous competitions here. \nOur current theme is: Proximity\nYou could be close to your one true love\, your worst enemy\, your child\, or someone you didn’t realise was there at the time. You could be close to achieving something\, near to death\, close to a realisation or approaching the start of a whole new adventure. Whatever it is\, we look forward to reading your responses. \nDeadline for submissions: 30th September 2025 \nSubmission guidelines:\n\nSubmit your entry via the google form linked under ‘How to Submit’ below. Please note the entry fee for those who are not participants at our free online events.\nRespond to the theme/challenge/prompt. If you’ve got the perfect piece of work but it doesn’t fit the current challenge\, get in touch to suggest a theme for next time!\nThere is no lower word limit. The upper word limit (not including title) is 500 words.\nThere are no strict formatting requirements\, but nothing too weird please.\nPlease title your document with your entry title\, and also put the title at the top of the work. Do not include your name in the document as entries will be read anonymously. Full credit will be given to the author if the work is published.\nNo really bad swear words or explicit content\, please.\nSubmissions are welcomed from around the world\, but must be in English.\nWe don’t mind simultaneous submissions\, or if your entry has been published elsewhere in the past\, but please make sure your work is copyright cleared for it to be published online if chosen. (For example\, if you need to include the line ‘first published in…’ to comply with a former publisher’s terms\, let us know.)\nIf your work is selected as winner or ‘Reader’s Choice’ it will be published on our website. We reserve the right to make minor edits. We would like to leave your work on our site indefinitely\, but if you would like it removed after a minimum of 12 months online please get in touch.\nThere will be no monetary payments to authors for work accepted as this is a non-profit competition run by volunteers; there is a possibility your work may be included in a printed/ebook anthology in future – we will get in touch if we want to include your work.\nWe will keep your data in accordance with GDPR\, and use your email address only to contact you to announce the competition winners and let you know of new competition opportunities (maximum one email a month after the announcement of winners). You can unsubscribe at any time\, just email didcotwriters@gmail.com.\n\nHow to submit:\nIf you have not attended one of our events (online or otherwise) in the last 12 months you will need to pay a fee of £4 per entry. If you are unable to pay this fee\, all you have to do to receive a free entry is attend one of our events (there are lots of free events and many are online – see bit.ly/didcotwriters for further info\, or email didcotwriters@gmail.com). \nPay the competition entry fee via PayPal here or via SumUp here (it’s the same price to you in both places\, but SumUp take less commission\, so we like them better). \nFor multiple entries: even for event participants only your first entry is free\, no matter how many events you have attended. So for second and subsequent entries to the same competition please pay the £4 fee using the link above. If you want to pay for multiple entries to the same competition you can do it as one transaction. \nSubmit your entry via the google form here (you will need to sign in). \nPlease make your document title the same as the title of your entry\, and include your title in your document (it’s not counted in the word count). All this saves us a headache later. \nWant feedback on your work?\nIf you would like feedback on your work (that is\, a ‘track changes’ version to give corrections\, comments and suggestions) one of our team can provide this for an £8 fee. You can pay the fee here (this link takes you to our SumUp store\, let us know if you’d rather pay via PayPal or bank transfer)\, then email your work to didcotwriters@gmail.com. \nWe cannot guarantee that feedback will be given before the competition closes (please allow two weeks after payment is received\, and slightly longer during holiday periods)\, and we cannot guarantee that your story will be chosen as winner or ‘Reader’s Choice’ as a result of our feedback. But we aim to provide supportive and constructive comments\, letting you know what’s good about your work\, what our first response was as a ‘cold’ reader\, where simple improvements can be made\, and how you can make it shine!
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-didcot-writers-writing-competition-the-theme-proximity/
LOCATION:Didcot Writers Writing Competition
CATEGORIES:Contest
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