Don't miss the boat!
Entries have started to arrive for this year's Competition - have you started yet??
To mark the Cheltenham Literature Festival’s 70th anniversary, poems and prose pieces are invited on the theme of:
Numbers
- How many entries will you submit? 1? 2? 3?
- You have an extra 1 day weekend this Bank holiday to write a winning entry - give it your best shot
- What can you pack into a poem of 50 lines (max)
- Maybe you have a 14 line sonnet in mind.
- Can you tell a story in 750 words?
- We'll have 2 judges 1 venue and 8 winning entries to listen to
- You have only have 52 days to go - and counting ;))
- What are your chances? - you do the sums !
You may interpret the theme as imaginatively as you’d like. Look at our How to Get Started page for more inspiration.
We look forward to receiving your entries
Happy Writing
Kathryn, Penny & Chris
GWN Competition - pass it on ;)
The Annual GWN competition, in association with The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, is now open for submissions ...
In line with the Festival - the theme this year is
‘NUMBERS’
… This can be interpreted widely and creatively.
For some tips and ideas, judges’ thoughts and how to enter, head over to our Competition section.
Pass it on ... we have an enthusiastic team to help market and advertise the competition - and your help in getting the word out is always helpful ..;)
Please see our Competition Section for more details and ideas on how to get started..
We look forward to receiving your entries – will you be this year’s winner?
Keep Writing - and Good Luck
Kathryn, Penny & Chris
Writing for Peace
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Following the successful Writing for Peace event in Tintern Abbey last September, we are currently putting together an anthology of poems, short stories (max 1500 words) and short pieces of prose on the following themes:
World Peace – Peace between nations and cultures
Peace with Nature
Inner Peace
At the moment we have about 50 pieces to include but we would like to increase this to 100 or more for the anthology, to represent as many local authors as possible and reflect all the talent in the Forest of Dean, Wye Valley and Gloucestershire.
We also welcome submissions from young people of which we only have a handful currently.
Submissions should include your name and young people should also include their age. All submissions should be sent to tinternwaystopeace@gmail.
The best pieces will be published in the anthology ready for this year’s International Day of Peace in September 2019. Those chosen will be notified by mid-July and funds raised from sales of the anthology will be used to support a variety of charities, yet to be decided.
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Call for Submissions...
We’ll be open for your submissions from April 22nd until midnight May 26th
Please only submit if you can read on Sunday June 9th 2019 between 7 and 9 pm at Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1DB.
the audience entry fee of only £5 cash on the door.
e-book/ paperback https://www.linen-
SSS - Tickets now available
BBC RADIO GWN Competition launch
Please follow the link to hear the Radio launch of our 2019 Competition
GWN Chair Kathryn Alderman and Prose Judge Amanda Reynolds join Dominic Cotter of BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
You can hear about GWN and what this years judges are looking for ;)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/
Photo - Radio Presenter Dominic Cotter and Amanda Reynolds.
GWN Competition Launch 2019
The Annual GWN competition, in association with The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, has been launched today.
2019 COMPETITION THEME
The festival theme of ‘7 at 70′ pays homage to it’s 70th anniversary but we have simplified our writing competition theme to –
‘NUMBERS’
… This can be interpreted widely and creatively. For some tips and ideas, judges’ thoughts and how to enter, head over to our Competition section
We are also delighted to announce this year’s judges, who we think will be superb. Not only are they are both excellent at their own crafts and wonderful readers but lovely individuals whose expertise will be invaluable to those more experienced or new to writing.
Prose Judge: Amanda Reynolds
https://www.amandareynoldsauthor.com/
Poetry Judge: Stephen Daniels
https://stephenkirkdaniels.com/
Please see our Competition Section for more details and ideas on how to get started..
We look forward to receiving your entries – will you be this year’s winner?
Good luck all!
GWN Team
Spring Picture Competition
Dear all
Are you also a budding photographer..?
Do you find inspiration from nature and the seasons?
In addition to our flagship Poetry Competition, we are also introducing a Spring Picture Competition.
The winner will have their (copyright free photo) used on our Web site Main page.
Perhaps your favourite photograph would also provide inspiration to others... Spring is such a good time for new and creative thought ;)
If this is successful we might extend the challenge into all Seasons and publish your picture inspired poetry;)
Please send in your photographs by 5th March 2019.
The GWN Chairs will judge and the winner will see their work on line for the first day of Spring 20th March 2019.
So! what are you waiting for - grab your cameras, mobiles, box brownies ... and send us your best shot...
- Photographs must be taken by the GWN Member.
- Your entry assumes permission to publish your photograph on line
- Email your entries to: pennygwn@gmail.com
- Don't forget to include your contact details
Good luck
Kathy and the team
University of Glos. - Creative Writing Anthology
Call for Creative Writing submissions
What does heritage mean to you? Family, identity, history… or something more?
The 2019 UOG Creative Writing Anthology – Heritage: New Writing VIII – is inviting prose, poetry and artwork submissions connected to the theme of ‘Heritage’ from Monday 4th February to Friday 8th March 2019. If you’re a student, employee or alumni of the University of Gloucestershire or Humber College, Canada, we want to hear from you!
See here for more details: https://uniofglos.blog/creativewriting/anthology/2019-heritage/ and email submissions to heritageanthology@gmail.com
Stroud Short Stories + Competition Launch
Stroud Short Stories - New dates, new theme, new venue!
The next Stroud Short Stories event will be held on Sunday 19 May 2019 at a new venue, The Cotswold Playhouse in Parliament Street, Stroud.
SSS opens for submissions from Gloucs and South Gloucs writers for this event on I February and closes on 31 March.
The theme is 'Incendiary!' so we are looking for stories, both literally and metaphorically about fire, heat, passion, rebellion, incineration, inflamed feelings, subversion etc.
As always it's free to submit, and we accept both published and unpublished stories.
Ten stories will be chosen by co-judges novelist/short story author, Ali Bacon, and SSS organiser, John Holland. On the night the authors will read their stories to an audience of up to 150 short story lovers.
All the info you need is on the SSS website - http://stroudshortstories.
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