The Apprentice Writer

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MARCH/APRIL COMPETITION in THE PAGES

 

This month we are running a short story competition. The prize is a copy of Su Laws Baccino’s‘Birthrights’ a tale set in Italy, whetting the appetite for travelling while telling a very good story (we’re not giving anything away, but see the press release in Issue 5 for an excerpt).

The theme is Travelling North. North of where is up to you, depending on your starting point. What is your reason for the journey? Where are you going? Short story, maximum 1000 words.

One prize: £15 + a copy of 'Birthrights', by Su Laws Baccino for the best story.

The competition is free to enter. All entries (and any queries) should be sent to

maritmeredith@aol.com by the 31st of May 2009

 

T he Pages   (This competition has closed. See issue 4)

Short Story Competition           

 

 

This issue’s short story competition is a photo story.

 

We invite you to write a short story using the photograph shown below as your inspiration. Feel free to plumb the depths of your imagination, being as fantastical and experimental - or alternatively as conventional as you wish.

 

The photo is an autumnal woodland scene; you can choose to write about what happens there and to whom (or what?). Or perhaps you’ll feel inspired by the enchanted nature of the photograph; a place fit for faeries perhaps?  

 

Your story should be maximum 1000 words.

 

Poetry Competition

 

For the poetry competition, we’re using the same photograph – and how you interpret it is up to you. All we ask is that it is a maximum of 40 lines.

 

There is a prize of £25 to be won in each category and the winning story and poem will also be published in the next issue of The pages. In addition, they may also be included in a future anthology - with the writers’ approval.    

 

 

 

 

Please email your entries to annareiers@aol.com All entries should be submitted by midnight (GMT) on the 25th August.

 

 

Entry fee is £1.50 per story or poem, and you may as many times as you

wish. Click the paypal button below to pay your entry fee. Once you have paid simply copy and paste your paypal reciept and attatch it to your entry.

 

 

 

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