Some new dates for your diary… The 2018 Stroud Book Festival brings the best in new writing from some of the finest novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, children’s writers and storytellers from Gloucestershire and beyond.
Festival dates: Wednesday 7th – Sunday 11th November 2018
You are invited to visit their web site, sign up for more news and competition details –
Competitions:
There are 3 writing prizes with a deadline for submissions of 31 July 2018:
Mainstream Fiction Prize (open to writers living in Gloucestershire)
Judged by author Katie Fforde
First prize £100 and 5-day writing retreat at Hawkwood College
Entry requirement: Synopsis of up to 200 words plus excerpt of up to 3000 words
Flash Fiction Prize (open to International entries)
Judged by author Sue Limb
First prize £500
Maximum length: 500 words
Poetry Prize (open to international entries)
Judged by poet Adam Horovitz
First prize £500
Maximum length: 40 lines