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.
Why not subscribe for SSS newsletters so you don't miss a thing? http://stroudshortstories.
Cheltenham Poetry Festival - Poetry Pamphlet Competition
Cheltenham Poetry Festival are delighted to announce the launch of their Poetry Pamphlet Competition,
This is a fantastic (and rare) opportunity to get your work into print with the Prize of 50 copies of a 32-page pamphlet
plus a publishing contract for the winner
Cheltenham Poetry Festival will also provide marketing support, including a headline poet event for the winning poet.
Closing date: 15 January 2019.
Please click through to full details of how to enter: Frosted Fire Firsts
Good luck everyone !
Competition time...
- Graffitti Magazine 'Travel' Competitions - Short Story and Poetry
Deadline 31st January 2019. Please see their attachment for the competition rules.
- Evesham Festival of Words Short Story Competition
Find competition rules and festival info here:
WWW.EveshamFestivalofWords
Review - GWN Winner's event by Sharon Webster
Gloucestershire writers’ network event at the Cheltenham Literature Festival
An increasing interest in everything writing, a discovery of the Gloucestershire Writers’ Network, and a toe dipped in the water of their competition, finds me in the audience at this event looking forward to hearing the successful
Conceived originally by the Literature Festival, Gloucestershire Writers’ Network was set up to encourage local authors and to inform and unite the various writing groups and this is the show piece of their competition. Although the festival does provide the opportunity of a bigger platform for the winners to air their talents, there is a certain home-grown feeling to the audience and I get the impression there are more than a few local supporters.
It is a warm atmosphere and there is an expectation of enjoyment as the winners and runners up read their prose and poetry pieces, all conforming in some way to the theme “East Meets West”. The breadth of the interpretations is wider, more unusual than I had anticipated, the readings unselfconscious and engaging. I particularly enjoy the prize winning prose piece, “ The Locals ” by Emma Kernahan because it rings true and makes me laugh, and “ Public school - Private Hell “ a poem by Marilyn Timms, for the strength of its delivery. In fact the whole is summed up quite nicely by my neighbour’s comment,
“The standard is much higher than I expected.”
It is as I scan the anthology that I realise the authors have all had some success previously and are not quite the amateurs I thought they were. **
In the second half we are treated to recitals from the judges themselves, Kim fleet reads extracts from her most recent crime novel “Holy Blood” and Anna Saunders a selection of her poetry, with particular focus on her latest book “Ghosting for Beginners”.
The 50: 50 mix of poetry and prose makes the evening varied and entertaining and I will put it on my wish list next year.
As I leave I have a conversation with a stranger about the Ghosts we have seen, it is a good way to end the day thanks to Anna!